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Rennie & Moodley Guest Editors for the South African Journal of Science
June 1, 2023
Stuart Rennie & Keymanthri Moodley were Guest Editors for the South African Journal of Science for the special issue on Big Data and AI in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to Stuart and Keymanthri, there are several bioethics-related articles from the … Continued

PROMPT Bioethics Study Team prepared White Paper
May 26, 2023
PROMPT Bioethics Study Team, Ann Dennis, MD, MS, Suzanne Day, PhD, MA; Stuart Rennie, PhD; and Kristen Sullivan, PhD. The Dennis Research Group in the School of Medicine has released a new white paper titled, “Revitalizing Community Engagement in the … Continued

UNC Center for Bioethics Reaches Students in April
May 22, 2023
The Bioethicists of tomorrow are being reached today! Members of the UNC Center for Bioethics in conjunction with the undergraduate students of the UNC Bioethics Society recently held two student-centric events that cultivated academic interest in bioethics studies. On April … Continued

Mara Buchbinder interviewed for The Progressive Pulse
March 31, 2023
Mara Buchbinder, PhD was interviewed for Joe Killian’s article for The Progressive Pulse “More important than ever” UNC Panel talks faith and abortion. Dr. Buchbinder was the moderator for the final spring installment of the Abbey Speaker Series to discuss the … Continued

Science, Ethics & Policy Dimensions of Suicide Prevention Conference Recording Available
March 30, 2023
Suicide is a leading cause of death globally and the rate of suicide is rising in the Americas more than any other region of the world. Suicide prevention legislation and policies are often proposed as a way reduce (or even … Continued

PREPARE: UNC Center for Bioethics Researchers Work Overseas
March 29, 2023
Members of the PRomoting Equity for Pregnant Adolescents in Research (PREPARE) team recently returned from a trip to Botswana and Malawi. This study is led by Principal Investigators (PI) Anne Lyerly, MD, MA, and Kristen Sullivan, PhD, MSW, MBA, of … Continued

Annie Lyerly, MD was interviewed for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday
March 13, 2023
Anne Lyerly, MD was interviewed by NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe to talk about how hospital ethics boards are being invoked when a patient requires a medical exception to an abortion ban.

Jill Fisher awarded Senior Faculty Research and Scholarly Leave Fall 2023
February 23, 2023
The UNC Provost’s Office has awarded Jill Fisher a Senior Faculty Research and Scholarly Leave for the Fall Semester of 2023. Fisher will work on writing a book manuscript from her research on pediatric food allergy clinical trials. These leaves … Continued

Congratulations to Annie Lyerly, elected as a new fellow of the Hastings Center
February 16, 2023
Annie Lyerly has been elected as a new fellow of the Hastings Center. Hastings Center fellows are a group of more than 200 individuals of outstanding accomplishment whose work has informed scholarship and public understanding of complex ethical issues in … Continued

New recommendations address crisis of physician stress
February 3, 2023
A project led by Mara Buchbinder, PhD, released a set of 12 recommendations for hospitals and health care institutions addresses moral stress in clinical practice and the ways that it impedes good care.

Webinar available: “Pregnant and Lactating Populations in Research: How Leaving These Populations Out Leaves Them Behind,”
January 31, 2023
Watch the webinar “Pregnant and Lactating Populations in Research: How Leaving These Populations Out Leaves Them Behind,” to hear about how exclusion of pregnant and lactating populations in research has resulted in an inability to support them – and what … Continued

UNC program to spotlight affirmative action in admissions, abortion in public discussion series
January 19, 2023
UNC Chapel Hill’s Program for Public Discourse will begin 2023 with public discussions of affirmative action in university admissions and abortion – two divisive social issues, one now before the Supreme Court and the other a renewed battleground in state … Continued

Health Policy & Bioethics Consortium, “Treating Healthy Clinical Trial Participants Fairly,”
January 19, 2023
If you missed the Health Policy & Bioethics Consortium, “Treating Healthy Clinical Trial Participants Fairly,” it is available on The Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics YouTube channel. The consortium was moderated by Benjamin Silverman, MD, with discussants Holly Fernandez … Continued

CEDG and HEC Welcome Mary Kaufmann and Kelsey Rich
January 11, 2023
Mary Kaufmann and Kelsey Rich have been selected as the new student leaders for the School of Medicine’s Clinical Ethics Discussion Group This position also entails appointment to the UNC Hospital Ethics Committee. Outgoing leaders are Konan Beke and Celia Mizelle. … Continued

Podcast: Conscientious Provision of MAID and Abortion
January 10, 2023
Mara Buchbinder, PhD, recently sat down with the GeriPal podcast for a discussion on two of the most controversial and hotly debated topics in bioethics: assisted dying and abortion. Dr. Buchbinder, along with Robert Brody, MD, and researcher Lori Freedman, … Continued

Annie Lyerly elected to the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars
January 3, 2023
Congratulations to Annie Lyerly, who was just elected to the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars, a wonderful honor and recognition of her immense scholarly contributions to medical ethics, women’s health, and reproductive medicine.

Rebecca L. Walker on The Value of a Life | TED-Ed
November 10, 2022
Rebecca L. Walker was part of the latest installment of the Parr Center’s Ethical Dilemma series with TED-Ed, this time on the value of a life with bioethicist.

Welcome Aurora Washington, the new Postdoctoral Fellow
October 19, 2022
Dr. Aurora M Washington recently joined UNC-CH Social Medicine department as a postdoctoral fellow in clinical ethics and the ethical, legal and social implications of precision medicine. Aurora earned her B.S in Biology from Tougaloo College where she was a … Continued

Margaret Waltz receives School of Medicine Dean’s Performance Award
October 5, 2022
Margaret Waltz, PhD, of the UNC Department of Social Medicine and the UNC Center for Bioethics, was recently honored with the School of Medicine Dean’s Performance Award. The award is given out every year to individuals within the UNC School … Continued

Department of Social Medicine Research Associate Margaret Waltz, PhD
September 16, 2022
Waltz developed and implemented multiple innovative methodologies with the goal of translating research results to improving patient care and medical trainee education. First, Waltz created a method using audio recordings to analyze patient and provider communication during pediatric genetics and … Continued

Welcome Akankshya Jena, the new Bioethics Student Liaison
September 14, 2022
The UNC Center for Bioethics is proud to launch a new ambassadorship between the Center and the undergraduate students of UNC-Chapel Hill. The new Bioethics Student Liaison position has been created to make the student population more aware of the … Continued

Interview with Elena Conis, Merrimon Lecture Series Presenter
September 8, 2022
Elena Conis, PhD, MS, MJ, is a writer and historian of medicine, public health, and the environment at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Her current research focuses on scientific controversies, science denial, and the … Continued

Jill Fisher joined Dr. Saira Sheikh’s team as a Co-Investigator
August 31, 2022
The project is entitled Utilizing a Lupus Clinical Trials Network to Advance Diversity and Representation in Clinical Trials: Perspectives, Preferences, and Unmet Needs of Patients, Providers, and Stakeholder Agencies. The research team will leverage novel data sources to advance evidence … Continued

Beyond the Medical: The ELSI of Polygenic Scores for Social Traits
August 12, 2022
UNC Center for Bioethics core faculty member Jean Cadigan, Ph.D., along with a multidisciplinary team of researchers from across the country, was recently awarded an R01 grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH entitled, Beyond the Medical: … Continued

Jill Fisher Awarded the 2022 Donald W. Light Award for Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology
July 27, 2022
UNC Center for Bioethics is pleased to see our core faculty member Jill Fisher, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2022 Donald W. Light Award for Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology for her book Adverse Events: Race, Inequality, and … Continued

2022 Merrimon Lecture Series
July 18, 2022
The Center for Bioethics will host The 2022 Merrimon Lecture Series. Our first speaker is Elena Conis, Ph.D. on September 9th. The 45th Merrimon Lecture speaker is Heidi J. Larson, Ph.D. will be on September 14th. Finally, Perri Klass, M.D. … Continued

Race and Regulation Podcast Race, Social Inequalities, and Clinical Drug Trials
July 14, 2022
Jill Fisher explains how clinical drug trials attract disproportionate participation by racial and ethnic minorities who then disproportionately assume risks of participating in these trials, often just to stay financially afloat.

Center for Bioethics hosting 2 day event on Ethical Issues in Language & Culture
July 14, 2022
The Center appreciates the Foundation’s support in hosting a two-day event in October 2022. The event focuses on issues related to culture, language, and health care. The event includes 2 lectures (hybrid) under our Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds series. In … Continued

Doug MacKay Post-Tenure Research Leave
June 7, 2022
I was fortunate to have a post-tenure research leave during the spring 2022 semester. I used the time away from teaching and service to complete a few projects which had been slowed by the pandemic, including a paper with Ali … Continued

New Research Project Manager: Hadas Baron
June 1, 2022
Hadas is a Research Project Manager for the Center for Bioethics for PRomoting Equity for Pregnant Adolescents in REsearch (PREPARE; aka PHASES Adolescence) and Framework for Advances in Reprogenomics Ethics & Regulation (FAIRER). She is an MPH graduate of Global … Continued

GiveUNC March 29
March 23, 2022
Save the date! On March 29 Tar Heels around the world are going to give back and pay it forward. Join us for #GiveUNC and help support the causes that make Carolina a place like no other. Click here … Continued

Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Ethics and the ELSI of Precision Medicine
February 21, 2022
Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Ethics and the ELSI of Precision Medicine Call for Applications The University of North Carolina (UNC) Center for Genomics and Society (CGS) and the Center for Bioethics (C:B), together with the Program for Precision … Continued

Fisher Chairs NIH Continuous Special Emphasis Panel
January 20, 2022
Jill Fisher chaired the NIH Continuous Special Emphasis Panel on Societal and Ethical Issues in Research (SEIR) study section in June and December 2021 and will chair the March 2022 meeting. The Continuous Special Emphasis Panel on Societal and Ethical … Continued

Walker, Fisher Publish Survey of U.S. Biomedical Researchers
January 7, 2022
Rebecca L. Walker, PhD and Jill A. Fisher, PhD from the Department of Social Medicine have published a new survey that identifies how researchers using vertebrate animals viewed issues of significance for translational science. Rebecca L. Walker, PhD, at left, … Continued

Juengst awarded Kenan Research Leave for Spring, 2022
December 6, 2021
The UNC Provost’s Office has awarded Eric Juengst a Kenan Foundation-supported university sabbatical for the Spring Semester of 2022. Juengst will pursue research exploring the revival of scientific interest in “good” human genes, by examining different forms of beneficial genomic … Continued

Fisher, Walker Elected as Hastings Center Fellows
December 2, 2021
The Hastings Center recently announced the election of 24 new fellows, which include Jill A. Fisher, PhD and Rebecca L. Walker, PhD in the UNC Department of Social Medicine. The Hastings Center is pleased to announce the election of 24 … Continued

Jill Fisher, Ph.D. quoted in the BMJ Investigation and interviewed for CBS 17 News.
November 4, 2021
In Paul Thacker’s article for BMJ Investigation “Covid-19: Researcher blows the whistle on data integrity issues in Pfizer’s vaccine trial,” he outlined poor practices uncovered by a whistleblower at a research company that was contracted to conduct Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccine trial. In … Continued

CEDG and HEC Welcome Reece Carter and Matt Washko
October 26, 2021
Reece Carter and Matt Washko have been selected as the new student leaders for the School of Medicine’s Clinical Ethics Discussion Group This position also entails appointment to the UNC Hospital Ethics Committee. Outgoing leaders are Konan Beke and Celia Mizelle. … Continued

PREPARE (PRomoting Equity for Pregnant Adolescents in REsearch)
October 22, 2021
Annie Lyerly and Kristen Sullivan have been awarded an R01 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) to develop empirically informed guidance for conducting ethically responsible HIV/co-infections research with pregnant adolescents. Pregnant adolescents face synergistic challenges in … Continued

Study to Examine Physicians’ Pandemic Stress (STEPPS)
October 14, 2021
Mara Buchbinder has launched the Study to Examine Physicians’ Pandemic Stress (STEPPS) with funding from the Greenwall Foundation and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified ongoing stress, overwork, and disillusionment among the healthcare … Continued

New Collaboration between UNC and Stellenbosch University, South Africa
September 16, 2021
The Research for Ethical Data Science in Southern Africa (REDSSA) project has the overall aims of producing new knowledge regarding the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of conducting data science research to develop evidence-based, context specific guidance for the … Continued

Partnering Through It: Building a Research Base for Dual-Career Academics
August 30, 2021
Jill Fisher has recently been awarded a 3-year grant from the National Science Foundation that is focused on university hiring practices for and job market experiences of dual-career academics. With long-time research collaborator Prof. Torin Monahan, this Co-PI project will … Continued

Ethical Dimensions of Peanut Allergy Immunotherapy Research
August 19, 2021
With funding from the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Dr. Jill Fisher is conducting a research study on pediatric clinical trials for food allergies, focusing primarily on peanut allergy. Using ethnographic research methods, the project investigates the … Continued

Jill Fisher’s Book Wins the Robert K. Merton Book Award
August 12, 2021
Professor Jill A. Fisher’s book, Adverse Events Race, Inequality, and the Testing of New Pharmaceuticals has been awarded the prestigious Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award, given by the Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association. … Continued

Rohit Jaswaney
July 24, 2021
Rohit Jaswaney is an intern in the UNC Pediatric Residency Program. He is a graduate of New York Medical College. Rohit has been a research collaborator with UNC’s Center for Bioethics and the Department of Social Medicine since the summer … Continued

Well, It’s Complicated: Exploring Medical Ethics at UNC co-led by Konan Beke, Celia Mizelle, and Cambray Smith
July 19, 2021
2020 was a strange summer to start medical school. In order to help incoming students adjust, meet their peers, and learn about UNC School of Medicine, rising MS2 students created “Summer Seminars” based on a wide variety of topics. After … Continued

Congratulations to Diya Jost, MD
July 8, 2021
Dr. Jost was one of five residents selected to receive the 2021 Cefalo House Officer Awards The Robert C. Cefalo, MD, House Officer Award recognizes members of the Hospitals’ House staff for exemplary service to patients and families, professional … Continued

Arlene Davis Named Director of UNC Center for Bioethics
June 29, 2021
Arlene M. Davis, JD, associate professor in the UNC Department of Social Medicine and director of the Clinical Ethics Service at UNC Hospitals, has been named director of the UNC Center for Bioethics, effective July 1. “I look forward to … Continued

Passing the Torch at the UNC Center for Bioethics!
May 27, 2021
I am happy to announce that after 11 years as Director of the UNC Center for Bioethics, I am turning over that leadership role to Arlene Davis, RN, JD, effective July 1, 2021. It has been immensely fulfilling to oversee … Continued

Doug MacKay Interviewed for UNC’s The Well
February 24, 2021
Doug Makay was interviewed by Logan Ward for the February 23rd issue of UNC’s The Well on “The Pros and Cons of Universal Basic Income.” The idea of governments giving residents no-strings-attached cash payments is picking up steam, due in … Continued
Ethics Essay Writing Workshop
February 1, 2021
Clinical Ethics Discussion Group is hosting an Ethics Essay Writing Workshop on February 18th, 12:00 – 1:00 pm. If you would like to attend please email: Konan Beke konan_beke@med.unc.edu Celia Mizelle cecelia_mizelle@med.unc.edu

Rohit Jaswaney, research collaborator with the Center for Bioethics, presented research findings at ASBH.
October 21, 2020
Rohit Jaswaney is a member of a UNC research team composed of Jean Cadigan, Arlene Davis, Izzy Brassfield, and Bex Forcier from the Center for Bioethics, as well as Maggie Waltz, Dept of Social Medicine, and Benny Joyner, Department of … Continued
CEDG and HEC Welcome Konan Beke and Celia Mizelle
September 29, 2020
Konan Beke and Celia Mizelle have been selected as the new student leaders for the School of Medicine’s Clinical Ethics Discussion Group This position also entails appointment to the UNC Hospital Ethics Committee. Outgoing leaders are Tyler Clay and Mark Baumgarten. … Continued
PHASES Guidance
July 13, 2020
Health, Bioethics Experts and Advocates Release a Call to Action to the HIV/Co-infections Research Community: “We must work together to give pregnant women the evidence base they deserve.” New Report Lays out Recommendations for Including Pregnant Women in Research on … Continued

Incidental Enhancements: A Neglected Governance Challenge for Human Genome Editing Research
June 25, 2020
The increasing pace and international diffusion of developments in human genome editing research have prompted ongoing efforts to develop responsible governance for such research. One point of broad agreement across these efforts is that human genome editing research should prioritize … Continued
CENNC 2019 Conference
October 7, 2019
Ethical Issues in Caring for the Underserved: The Vulnerable, Marginalized, and Forgotten September 20, 2019 co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics, ECU Brody School of Medicince, CENN, Eastern AHEC and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

CEDG and HEC Welcome Sara Meyers and Lisa Michelson
October 3, 2019
Sara Meyers and Lisa Michelson have been selected as the new student leaders for the School of Medicine’s Clinical Ethics Discussion Group This position also entails appointment to the UNC Hospital Ethics Committee. Outgoing leaders are Tyler Clay and Mark Baumgarten. … Continued
Social Medicine faculty featured in Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics
September 12, 2019
Congratulations to Center for Bioethics’s Jean Cadigan, Elana Jaffe, Eric Juengst, Anne Lyerly and Social Medicine’s Gail Henderson, Karen Meagher, and Tonia Poteat. The Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics is a prestigious international reference collection that publishes reviews of ethical … Continued

Clinical Ethics Discussion Group Spring 2019 Event
April 6, 2019
On April 2nd student groups from CEDG and Cardiology had a discussion about how the historical development of the artificial heart and other means of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) inform contemporary practice and of the ethical issues that follow from … Continued

Eric Juengst was a featured expert in The New York Times
April 4, 2019
Eric Juengst was a featured expert on the potential pitfalls of gene editing in The New York Time’s article “One Day There May Be a Drug to Turbocharge the Brain. Who Should Get It?” by Carl Zimmer.
Beyond Our Beginnings: 50 Years of Bioethics
February 12, 2019
“Beyond Our Beginnings: 50 Years of Bioethics”. We are hosting it at the Mews location at the Graylyn International Conference Center In recognition of the Hastings Center’s 50th anniversary, this conference surveys the past, present, and future of bioethics scholarship, … Continued

Anne Drapkin Lyerly interviewed by NPR
November 27, 2018
Rethinking Bed Rest For Pregnancy “The bottom line is that there’s never been any proven benefit of bed rest,” says Dr. Anne Drapkin Lyerly, an OB-GYN and professor of bioethics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lyerly … Continued

HEC Members participated in the 1st Annual UNC Story Slam
November 19, 2018
HEC Members Rimma Osipov, Sara Scarlet, and Gary Winzelberg participated in the 1st Annual UNC Story Slam. Story Slam began as a wellness event sponsored by the Annals of Internal Medicine at the annual meeting for the American College of Physicians. … Continued

MS4 Clinical Ethics Student Presentations
October 31, 2018
On October 16th our 4 students taking the Clinical Ethics MS4 Elective presented their final projects. These projects are intended to become resources for the HEC and reflect the students’ interests as they prepare for residency next year. The Presentation … Continued
Ethics Consult Workshop June 2019
October 30, 2018
Registration for the workshop will open in early 2019.

CEDG and HEC Welcome Mark Baumgarten and Tyler Clay
October 26, 2018
Mark Baumgarten and Tyler Clay will join the Clinical Ethics Discussion Group as student leaders, and the Hospital Ethics Committee as student members, in January 2019. Center for Bioethics faculty members Arlene Davis and Eric Juengst are advisors to the student … Continued

Public Issues and Public Reason Conference selected Douglas MacKay as the Keynote Speaker
October 23, 2018
“Government Policy Experiments and the Ethics of Randomization” November 8–9, 2018 A Conference of Applied Ethics and Critical Social Sciences Carleton University Ottawa, Canada The Public Issues and Public Reason (PIPR) conference is a multidisciplinary conference at which graduate students from … Continued

New Visiting Scholar: Pablo Garcia Barranquero
May 9, 2018
The UNC Center for Bioethics would like to welcome our new Visiting Scholar from the University of Malaga, Pablo Garcia Barranquero. He will be with us from May 3 – July 31, 2018, working with Eric Juengst on conceptual issues in longevity … Continued

Mara Buchbinder to present at Hettleman Lecture
April 13, 2018
Congratulation to Mara Buchbinder on winning the UNC Hettleman prize! Please join us for Mara’s presentation of her Hettleman Lecture at 1:00pm on Tuesday, May 1st in the Tate Turner Kuralt auditorium, with reception following. We hope to see you there! Hettleman … Continued
Mara Buchbinder to speak at the National Academies of Medicine Workshop on Physician-Assisted Death
February 9, 2018
Physician-Assisted Death: Scanning the Landscape and Potential Approaches– A Workshop February 12–13, 2018 National Academy of Sciences Building 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC This National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop will explore the evidence base and research … Continued

New Visiting Scholar: Matthias Eggel
January 16, 2018
The UNC Center for Bioethics would like to welcome our new Visiting Scholar from the University of Zurich, Institute for Bioethics, Matthias Eggel. Dr. Eggel will be with us from January 16 – March 10, 2018. Currently, Dr. Eggel is … Continued

Brandy Elsenrath, our new Center Coordinator
January 11, 2018
The UNC Center for Bioethics would like to welcome our new Center Coordinator, Brandy Elsenrath, starting with us on January 8. Brandy started working at UNC-CH in 1999. She has held positions within the UNC School of Medicine, UNC Property … Continued

New Clinical Ethics MS4 Elective for Spring 2018
January 8, 2018
A new clinical ethics elective joins the TEC Individualization Phase curriculum this spring. It offers medical students an opportunity to focus their interests in clinical ethics on a particular practice area, using mentorship, scholarly readings, and practical experience with the hospital ethics committee … Continued

2nd Annual HIV Cure Research Day
December 14, 2017
The Durham County Board of Commissioners and the state of North Carolina officially proclaimed December 14, 2017 as HIV Cure Research Day. This is the second year celebrating the official proclamation of HIV Cure Research Day. Dr. Allison Mathews, founder … Continued

Genomic Screening: What’s Age Got To Do With It?
December 14, 2017
Harvard Law Bill of Health Blog Margaret Waltz, PhD R. Jean Cadigan, PhD Anya E. R. Prince, JD, MPP Debra Skinner, PhD Gail E. Henderson, PhD Age is an important consideration in medical screening, but calls for population based preventive … Continued

Prince and Davis Article Honored by JOTWELL
December 12, 2017
The Journal of Things We Like A lot (JOTWELL), a compendium of law review articles designed to select and recognize the best recent academic legal literature, has honored former C:B trainee Anya Prince and C:B faculty member Arlene Davis by … Continued

ELSI 2.0 meetings in Kyoto, Nov. 13-16, 2017
December 12, 2017
Eric Juengst participated in two workshops on behalf of the ELSI 2.0 International Collaboratory for Genomics and Society Research in Kyoto, to discuss cross-cultural perspectives on clinical genomic sequencing, research data-sharing, and dynamic consent, with colleagues from Japan, Australia, Singapore, … Continued

Dr. Stuart Rennie Presents Paper at 2nd Annual Kenya Bioethics Society conference
December 8, 2017
In a recent trip to Kenya, Professor Stuart Rennie visited the capital city of Nairobi with the purpose of participating in and presenting a paper at the 2nd Annual Kenya Bioethics Society conference. The paper was entitled ‘Perceptions of benefit among … Continued

Ethical Inclusion of Pregnant Women in the HIV/AIDS Research Agenda workshop in Bangkok
December 8, 2017
In November 2017, the Pregnancy and HIV/AIDS: Seeking Equitable Study (PHASES) project convened an international workshop in Bangkok, Thailand to address ethical issues in the inclusion of pregnant woman in HIV/AIDS research. This one-day series facilitated sessions and discussions in … Continued

CEDG and HEC Welcome Kelly Olsen and Austin Bath
November 10, 2017
Kelly Olsen and Austin Bath will join the Clinical Ethics Discussion Group as student leaders, and Hospital Ethics Committee as student members, in January 2018. Center for Bioethics faculty members Arlene Davis and Eric Juengst are advisors to the student group … Continued

Center for Bioethics Intramural Faculty Workshop (at the beach!)
October 26, 2017
On September 18-21, 2017, the C:B faculty decamped to Emerald Isle, NC, for three days of intellectual engagement with each other’s work in progress. Participants submitted manuscripts in advance and, after a “reading day” on Thursday, spent Friday and Saturday … Continued

Wylie Burke, MD., Ph.D., Delivers 2017 UNC Merrimon Lecture
October 26, 2017
The Center was honored to host Wylie Burke, MD, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor and former Chair of the University of Washington Department of Bioethics and Humanities, as our 2017 Merrimon Lecturer, the School of Medicine’s oldest and most prestigious endowed lectureship., … Continued

Center for Bioethics Trainees Enhance ASBH 2017 Program
October 25, 2017
UNC C:B trainees and former fellows were ubiquitous at the 19th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities in Kansas City on Oct. 18-22! Their contributions included: Elana Jaffe, BA participated in a “Forging a New Paradigm for Public Health Emergency Research that Includes Pregnant … Continued

Current Second Year Medical Student Electives by C:B faculty members
October 25, 2017
This semester UNC Center for Bioethics faculty members Stuart Rennie, Jill Fisher, Mara Buchbinder, and Eric Juengst are all teaching Advanced Seminars in the Humanities and Social Sciences for MS2 students in the UNC School of Medicine. These seminars offer … Continued

Mara Buchbinder Receives Hettleman Award
September 14, 2017
Four highly promising Carolina faculty members in diverse fields have been awarded the Philip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty. The recipients, who were recognized at the Sept. 8 Faculty Council meeting, are: Mara … Continued

Healthy Volunteers as Model Organisms
September 5, 2017
Comparative Research Ethics and Policy for Phase I Trials Principal Investigators: Jill A. Fisher and Rebecca L. Walker This project addresses the need for a novel evidence-based approach to the protection of Phase I healthy volunteers. Phase I clinical trials test … Continued

History of the Merrimon Lecture
August 25, 2017
“What I have in mind may be briefly expressed. To give to medical students and others interested an insight in the history, traditions, philosophy and ethics of medicine. To help restore, in some degree, a sense of responsibility to medicine’s … Continued

Clinical Ethics Discussion Group CEDG Launches a New Academic Year
August 23, 2017
Drew Cutshaw and Keren Eyal, second year medical students who are members of the Hospital Ethics Committee and leaders of the Clinical Ethics Discussion Group, launched a new academic year for CEDG at the 2017 Student Activities Fair. More than … Continued

Stellenbosch Bioethics Leadership Program Selects First Trainees
August 23, 2017
The Stellenbosch Bioethics Leadership Program has selected it’s first trainees. Dr Geremew T. Tsegaye has a doctoral degree in medicine (MD). He specialized in public health (MPH) and bioethics (EMMB) and advance Research Ethics. Dr Theresa Burgess started her career … Continued

Ethics of HIV-Related Research Involving Adolescents in Kenya
August 7, 2017
Despite the high social value of adolescent HIV prevention research in sub-Saharan Africa, investigators are reluctant to involve adolescents in studies with HIV testing and disclosure of results because of ethical concerns about the risks of their participation. This study … Continued

Izzy Brassfield
July 24, 2017
Izzy Brassfield is a student in UNC’s MD-PhD program. She completed her PhD in Philosophy in May of 2020. Her dissertation work focused on giving an account of conscience as a mental process, understanding its role in our moral psychology, … Continued
Sara Scarlet Awarded American College of Surgeons Surgical Ethics Fellowship
July 24, 2017
We are proud to announce that Sara Scarlet, MD a fourth year UNC general surgery resident who has joined the Center for Bioethics for a year-long practicum experience, has been awarded the American College of Surgeons Surgical Ethics Fellowship for … Continued

C:B Faculty Project Releases Zika Research Guidance
July 20, 2017
Under the co-leadership of C:B Associate Director Annie Lyerly, the Welcome Trust-funded PREVENT (Pregnancy Research Ethics for Vaccines, Epidemics and New Technologies) has released ethical guidelines for investigators conducting ZIKA research with pregnant women The inclusion of pregnant women in Zika virus vaccine … Continued

Stellenbosch Awarded NIH Fogarty Grant for Research Ethics Doctoral Program
July 20, 2017
The Center’s long-standing collaboration with the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at University of Stellenbosch, Capetown, South Africa has been awarded a D43 grant from the NIH Fogarty International Center to establish the first ever African doctoral program on research … Continued
Arlene Davis and Jean Cadigan win AHEC Campus Innovation Award
July 18, 2017
Center faculty Arlene Davis and Jean Cadigan, in a collaboration with Benny Joyner from the Department of Pediatrics, have won a “Campus Innovation Award” from the NC Area Health Education Centers to fund a new project entitled “Using Simulation to … Continued

New Core Faculty Member Appointed: Jean Cadigan, PhD
July 17, 2017
Jean Cadigan, PhD, a medical anthropologist in the UNC Department of Social Medicine, has been appointed as the tenth member of the Center’s Core Faculty, in recognition of her sustained involvement in Center research projects, teaching efforts, and consultation services.

Juengst presents a “Building Bridge” lecture on ethical trends in genomic medicine to the European Society of Human Genetics in Copenhagen
July 11, 2017
As part of the third annual “Building Bridges” session between the European Society for Human Genetics and the American Society for Human Genetics, Juengst presented a lecture entitled “From Medical Genetics to Applied Genomics: Implications for Human Geneticists’ Core Goals … Continued

Endowed Lecture Series Honor Nicole Lurie and Gopal Sreenivasan
May 5, 2017
The 2016 UNC Merrimon Lecture on “Striking the Balance: Patient Care, Activism, and Public Service in the Health Professions” was delivered on Sep 20 by Nicole Lurie, MD, and the 2016 UNC Health and Human Rights Lecture was given Gopal Sreenivasan. … Continued