Assistant Professor of Biomedical Ethics Research, Mayo Clinic Registration required – https://go.unc.edu/elsivirome Advancing understanding of the human virome (all viruses that live in and on us) is a national scientific priority. Commensal relationships with viruses prompt questions of what it means to be human and healthy, shifting with new understandings of our complex cohabitation … Read more
Registration required – https://go.unc.edu/sciencemeetssociety4 Lunch will be provided. Please place your order during registration. This seminar features three UNC faculty who will offer their perspectives on bias in medical algorithms. Dr. Gibson, a nephrologist, will discuss race corrections for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). Dr. Goralski, Pulmonary/Critical Care, will discuss bias in pulse oximeter and … Read more
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology (SKAT) Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) will host a virtual panel discussion highlighting science and technology studies (STS) approaches to trans health research on April 12, 2024, at 12 pm ET. Moderated by Hayden Fulton (University of South Florida) and featuring the research and perspectives of Christoph Hanssmann … Read more
David Livingstone Smith Professor of Philosophy University of New England Registration Required
“What is Honesty, Are Most People Honest, and How Can We Become More Honest?” Honesty is clearly an important virtue. Parents want to develop it in their children. Close relationships typically depend upon it. Employers value it in their employees. Yet philosophers have said almost nothing about the virtue of honesty in the past fifty … Read more
The Center serves as the home for the Clinical Ethics Network of North Carolina (CENNC), an organization jointly established by colleagues in our sister bioethics centers at Wake Forest University, Duke University and East Carolina University to provide practical education in clinical ethics for health care organizations across the state. CENNC, with leadership from Deb … Read more
Professor and Chair, Communication Studies University of Minnesota Co-hosted with Internal Medicine, Pediatric, and Med-Peds Residency Programs Western biomedicine and bioethics assume that optimal healthcare delivery is achieved when patients are empowered to be rational thinkers, equipped with all the information needed for decision-making. In her presentation, Dr. Hsieh will examine how this assumption is … Read more
Professor, Pediatrics Wake Forest University
Joining Our Voices: Envisioning the Future of Serious Illness Care is a weeklong virtual symposium that brings together policy professionals, advocates, healthcare professionals, caregivers and peers in conversation to share experiences, innovations, and opportunities for the future of North Carolina’s serious illness care. This event is organized by the North Carolina Serious Illness Coalition in collaboration … Read more
