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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.

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...

Rami Martina Major presented the poster “A stakeholder informed ethical framework for epigenetic editing” at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting. The abstract, co-authored by Major, Arlene Davis and Jean Cadigan, got a Reviewer’s Choice Award at the meeting! The meeting was November 5-9 in Denver, CO.

Mara Buchbinder is the first author on a new commentary article in Chest: “Organizational Resilience: A Systems-Based Approach for Addressing the Workforce Crisis in Intensive Care.” The researchers propose a novel, systems-based approach to addressing burnout, with a focus on works in intensive care environments. The commentary suggests organizational resilience...

Rebecca L. Walker is the author of chapter 41, “Physicians and Punishment: Ethics beyond oaths and codes” in The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Punishment, ed. Jesper Ryberg. Abstract: Despite orientation to goals that are in deep tension, medicine and state-sanctioned punishment have long cooperated. Involvement of physicians in...