Zoom Link Join us for a discussion and book celebration with our own Mara Buchbinder (UNC Social Medicine, Anthropology, and Center for Bioethics). We will be discussing Mara’s new book, Scripting Death: Stories of Assisted Dying in America (UC Press, 2021). If unable to read the book in full, Mara suggests reading Chapters 2 and 6, and the Introduction … Read more
Attendance is free but registration is required. Please register here. Governments and non-profit organizations have increasingly turned to randomized controlled trials to evaluate public policy interventions. In this talk, Douglas MacKay identifies some of the principal ethical challenges investigators face regarding the design of these studies, including the fairness of random assignment, the permissibility of … Read more
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Event registration Commentary Discussion and Audience Q&A Authors: Sarah Schick & Kirsten Axelsen, DLA Piper Discussant: Jill A. Fisher, Professor of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Food and Drug Law Journal 2021 Symposium: The Path Forward: Seeking Racial Equity in Food and Drug Law – November 4-5, 2021 Event Overview The … Read more
Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng (MBChB) serves as the UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. As a South African medical doctor and a sexual and reproductive health specialist, “Dr. T” has long advocated for advancements in sexual and reproductive health and rights — supporting women and … Read more
California Series in Public Anthropology and the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs present the second annual New Books in Public Anthropology Virtual Café, with readings and comments by: Andrea Flores, Assistant Professor of Education at Brown University and author of Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America. … Read more
Click here to view Grand Rounds recordings from the current academic year; an ONYEN is required for access. Alexander A. Kon, MD, HEC-C, FAAP, FCCM Medical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Inpatient Pediatrics, Community Children’s Chair, Department of Women’s and Children’s Services, Community Medical Center Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Bioethics, University of Washington … Read more
Speakers: Martha Gershun, Writer, Consultant, Living Organ Donor Dr. John Lantos, Director, Bioethics Center Children’s Mercy Hospital In Kidney to Share the authors describe the experience of donating experience a kidney to a stranger to illustrate the medical, financial, and psychosocial barriers that make it difficult to donate and that may exacerbate health disparities. … Read more
Vikram Patel is The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at the Harvard Medical School. He co-leads the GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard initiative. His work has focused on the burden of mental disorders, their association with social disadvantage, and the use of community resources for their prevention and treatment. He holds Honorary … Read more
