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Co-led by UNC School of Medicine’s David Y. Hwang, MD, newly released updated guidelines from the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) reveal how family centered care for adult ICUs is paramount and an invaluable approach.

Dr. Kavita Arora is quoted in “Why are young women opting to be sterilized?” from Deseret News.

In a recent episode of the Children’s Mercy Bioethics Center Pediatric Ethics Podcast, Tyler Clay, who previously served as co-leader of CEDG, shared insights from his new publication, “A Narrative Approach to Assent in Pediatrics,” which was featured in the Journal of Pediatric Ethics. Dr. Ian D. Wolfe facilitated the...

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.

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