Talks

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 and author of Lab Dog: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of...

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...

Assistant Professor Medical Ethics & Health Policy Perelman School of Medicine Justin Clapp, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine. He is also an Associated Faculty in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr....

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...

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...

Light refreshments will be served at 6:30

Merrimon Lecture Slides Robert Califf, MD, MACC, is an Instructor in Medicine in Cardiology and a former intensivist and practicing cardiologist. He served as FDA Commissioner (2016–2017 and 2022-24) and previously held leadership roles at Duke University, including founding director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute and Vice Chancellor for...

The Animal Studies Project, directed by Rebecca Walker, is hosting an Area Workshop at the Institute for the Arts and Humanities on the UNC Campus on Dec. 5, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm.

Director of Early-Career Research, Center for Human Values Professor, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values Princeton University Add to Calendar Zoom Webinar  Passcode:056864 Handout for talk Sometimes someone does something heroic that they don’t have to do:  a passerby runs into a burning...

What can we learn from America’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic?  How should policymakers deal with future pandemics?  In a recent book co-authored with Stephen Macedo, Princeton professor Frances Lee argues that public health experts, policy makers, and the media failed to adequately consider the costs of lockdowns. In a...