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VOLRETHICS – Meet the Authors Webinar with Jill A Fisher: Women in Phase I trials

July 16, 2026
To register: https://forms.gle/5HCh53h3mYcXeWay6 Agenda Introduction (VOLRETHICS Board) Presentation: Women in Phase I trials, by Jill A Fisher, Ph.D., based on several publications: Waltz, M., A. D. Lyerly, and J. A. Fisher, “Exclusion of Women from Phase I Trials: Perspectives from Investigators and Research Oversight Officials,” Ethics & Human Research 45,...

Panel Discussion: Strong State, Weak Links: Eugenics and the Southern Politics of Welfare

June 11, 2026
Teaching Associate Professor UNC Department of Public Police   The Zoom access link will be shared 48 hours before the event. Dr. Anna L. Krome-Lukens earned her B.A. in Anthropology and History from the University of Virginia and her Ph.D. in U.S. History from UNC–Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on...

Managing Emotions and Misinformation in Clinical Encounters

May 19, 2026
Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science Director, The Vaccine Confidence Project London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Add to calendar Download flyer  In the context of increasing public questioning, heightened emotions, and swarms of misinformation online and offline, interactions between health care professionals and patients have become more...

Drowning for Love: Lessons on Care from Outdoor Survival

May 18, 2026
Associate Professor Department of Political Science University of Albany, SUNY 📢 UNC Bookstore will offer copies of A Guide to Open-Water Lifesaving for purchase before and after the talk. Add to Calendar Download flyer The Zoom access link will be shared 48 hours before the event. In 2015, after a...

Child Participation in Decision-Making: From Adult-Centered to Child-Centered Approaches

March 30, 2026
Associate Professor of Health Care Ethics Associate Professor of Pediatrics Chair, Department of Health Care Ethics Saint Louis University Co-Chair, Ethics Committee SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital The Zoom access link will be shared 48 hours before the event.   In pediatric ethics, the practice of “assent” is the...

Book Panel on Animal Research

February 24, 2026
Free and Open to the Public. Visitors to campus, please register for parking: https://apps2.research.unc.edu/events/index.cfm?event=events.go&key=CE63 A panel and audience discussion with a reception to follow. An afternoon with the author of Lab Dog and esteemed panelists discussing history, ethics, and policies of animal research.   Featuring: Melanie D.G. Kaplan, freelance journalist...

The “Equitification” of Rights: How COVID-19 Rewrote the Story of Health and Human Rights

February 16, 2026
The lawmaking reflexes that followed the COVID 19 pandemic have shifted global health debates away from hard won human rights norms and toward more ambiguous ideas of equity and solidarity. In this lecture, Dr. Roojin Habibi (University of Ottawa) traces this “equitification” of rights through the negotiations that led to...

‘Decisions,’ ‘Options,’ ‘Values,’ ‘Preferences’: Examining the Language of Bioethics

February 5, 2026
Assistant Professor Medical Ethics & Health Policy Perelman School of Medicine In bioethics and the adjacent fields of health services research and health policy, enhancing the involvement of patients in their care is commonly framed as better aligning medical ‘decisions’ with patients’ ‘values’ and/or ‘preferences.’ Synthesizing findings from several ethnographic...

Healing for Healers Symposium

February 4, 2026
Meet the Speakers – Adjoa Boateng Evans, MD, MPH Rimma Osipov, MD, PhD Terrence Holt, MD, PhD Learning Objectives Upon completion of the symposium, you will be able to: Identify personal and professional narratives to identify sources of meaning, purpose, and alignment within one’s medical practice. Analyze the role of...

Moral Distress and Burnout Among OB-GYN After Dobbs

January 20, 2026
OBJECTIVES 1. To understand how abortion laws and policies are impacting the ability to provide comprehensive reproductive health care. 2. To describe ethical challenges that abortion bans raise for physicians. 3. To identify tangible solutions for supporting and improving professional wellbeing among clinicians engaged in reproductive healthcare. Zoom – Click...