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Kavita Arora was one of four Carolina recipients of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Mara Buchbinder has been named chair of the department of social medicine. Dr. Buchbinder will assume the role on February 1.

Abstracts are now being accepted for the 7th ELSI Congress, which will be held on June 22 – 24, 2026 in Chapel Hill, NC. The submission period is Jan. 16 – Feb. 16. We welcome submissions from all disciplines and methodologies that reflect the wide spectrum of ELSI research, including...

Stuart Rennie, PhD, is a professor in social medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine Center of Bioethics. His current work focuses on research ethics, public health ethics, and medical ethics, particularly in the context of the developing world.   Stuart Rennie, PhD, is a professor in...

This post by Rimma Osipov reflects on the mentorship and support the Center for Bioethics can offer learners (students, residents and others). In May I joined two residents, Rohit Jaswaney, a third-year pediatrics resident (UNC Pediatrics Chief Resident), and Catherine Traub, a pediatrics critical care fellow, at the International Conference...

Jill A. Fisher is a co-author on a new letter in The Lancet: “Declaration of Helsinki’s missed opportunity for healthy volunteer trials.” The authors “applaud the Declaration of Helsinki,” but suggest that it “does not go far enough” when mentioning healthy research volunteers. The authors also reference the first Global...

Douglas MacKay was part of the NIH Ethics Grand Rounds: The Ethics of Randomized Policy Experiments on November 20. MacKay presented with Dean Karlan (Northwestern University). Watch The Ethics of Randomized Policy Experiments

On November 11, Rami Major joined the Center for Bioethics as a Postdoctoral Fellow.  Rami has a background ranging from the tiniest creatures to the biggest ethical questions. We’re excited to have her join us and we look forward to working with her.  Get to know Rami in this Q&A....

The Advancing Research Ethics in Southern Africa (ARESA) Bioethics Leadership Program is proud to announce its latest graduates. Tiwonge Mtande is currently a Research Ethics Committee Analyst at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS). Her dissertation focuses on ethical issues related to cluster randomized trials conducted in Malawi. Her...

R. Jean Cadigan is a co-author on a new article in Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. In “Ready, Set, Sort! A User-Guide to Card Sorts for Community-Engaged Empirical Bioethics,” the authors demonstrate the “fruitfulness of using card sort activities as an engagement method” and include a user...