12th National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference

 

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Conference Participants

Plenary Speakers

Friday, Mar 13 Click on Speaker to learn more
9:00-10:15am Steven Hyman, Provost, Harvard University
"Bioethics in action: The controversy over suicide risk in adolescents treated with antidepressants"
5:00-6:15pm Daniel Wikler, Harvard School of Public Health
"Bioethics and Global Health: New Issues, New Actions"
Saturday, Mar 14
10:15-11:30am Leon Eisenberg, Harvard Medical School, Professor Emeritus
"Professing Ethics at the Universities of Sodom and Gomorrah"
6:00pm Peter Singer, Princeton University
"Saving the Most Lives"

 

Panel Participants

Friday, Mar 13 at 2:30pm - Click on Speaker to learn more
Organ Markets
Nir Eyal
Alvin Roth
Frank Delmonico
Dan Brock (Moderator)
Medical Professionalism/Ethics
David Blumenthal
Roy Poses
Jerome Avorn
Dan Wikler (Moderator)
 
Saturday, Mar 14 at 2:30pm - Click on Speaker to learn more
Neuroimaging/Neuroethics
Joshua Greene
Liane Young
Frances Kamm
Selim Berker (Moderator)
Reproductive Technology
Elizabeth Bartholet
Sadeth Sayeed
Shiela Jasanoff
I. Glenn Cohen (Moderator)

Seminar Leaders

Friday, Mar 13 Click on Topic to learn more
11:30am Michelle Mello Obesity and Public Policy
Stephanie Woolhandler & David Himmelstein National Health Insurance
Alicia Yamin Maternal Mortality in Low-Income Countries
Andras Miklos Justice and International Health Inequalities
Norman Daniels Global Aging and Equity Across Generations
Arthur Applbaum Cultural Diversity and Brain Death
Lachlan Forrow Moral Responsibility and Health Disparities in the U.S. and Africa
Mildred Solomon End-of-life decision making
Alena M. Buyx Theoretical and Ethical Aspects of Wish-Fulfilling Medicine
  Lisa Lehmann Ethical Challenges of Technology in Clinical Practice
     
1:00pm John Bohannon Bioethics and Media
Bob Truog Who should be saved when not all can be saved - a case study
Adam Shinar The New Population Control 
Rebecca Brendel Physician Assisted Suicide 
Chirag Patel Barack Obama's Healthcare Plans
David Brendel Ethical Issues in Contemporary Psychiatry
Jim Sabin The Ethics of Health Care Rationing
Christine Mitchell Clinical Ethics: New Issues on the Ward
   
Sat, Mar 14 Click on Topic to learn more
11:30am Andras Miklos Justice and International Health Inequalities
Roy Poses External Threats to Ethical and Evidence-Based Practice
Paul Kellehler Emergency Contraception and Conscientious Objection
Elizabeth Fenton Access to Pharmaceuticals
Dan Wikler Dilemmas of Health Resource Allocation 
Alexandra Cist Case Study: Ethical Issues surrounding a critically ill Woman
Kevin Outterson Testing Intellectual Property Rights Against the Teachings of Jesus
1:00pm John Bohannon Bioethics and Media
Adam Shinar The New Population Control 
Bob Truog Who should be saved when not all can be saved - a case study
Gaia Muallem and Chirag Patel Barack Obama's Healthcare Plans
Alexandra Cist A Christian Perspective on End-of-Life Care
Dan Wikler Dilemmas of Health Resource Allocation 
Time slot coming soon
Aaron Mauck Ethics of Patient Education in the Twentieth Century
JP Sevilla

Personhood and Personal Identity in bioethics

 

 

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