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Ethics in Medicine Lecture Series

Joseph S. Begando
Lecture Series Information

The Joseph S. Begando Lecture Series is supported by a gift to the University of Illinois College of Medicine to support medical humanities education. To sign up to attend a lecture or to request an accomodation, please contact Jennifer Justice at jjusti1@uic.edu or (312) 996-6738.  Please see the seminar schedule in the right-hand column.

Traub-Byfield Seminar Series Information


The Traub-Byfield Lecture Series is supported by a gift to the University of Illinois College of Medicine to support ethics education. For further information or to request an accomodation, please contact Timothy F. Murphy at tmurphy@uic.edu or (312) 996-3595.  Please see the seminar schedule in the right-hand column.

Seminar Archives

If you are unable to attend a live seminar event, you may be able to access an archive of a seminar from our website.  Please see the list of archives available in the right-hand column. Should you encounter problems viewing the seminar archives, please our support staff at help@uic-online.info.

Program Page Manager

For questions about the information or events listed on this page, please contact the Page Manager, Nargis Wardak at nwarda2@uic.edu.
 
  Ethics in Medicine Lecture Series Schedule  
     
 

Disorders of Consciousness and Disordered Care: Preparing for the Next Wave of Neuroscience
June 12, 2013 (3 pm)
Moss Auditorium - College of Medicine Research Building
909 S. Wolcott St., Chicago, IL

Presenter:  Joseph Fins, M.D.
Columbia University

This lecture is supported by the Traub-Byfield Endowment, a gift to the UIC College of Medicine to contribute to ethics education. Professor Veatch serves as a Traub-Byfield Fellow for this lecture.

This lecture is open to the college community. For further information or to request an accommodation, please contact Timothy F. Murphy at tmurphy@uic.edu or 312-996-3595.

  
 

 
   
 
  Ethics in Medicine Lecture Series - Past Presentations   
     
  The Ethics of Selling Organs for Transplant
April 9, 2013
Presenter: Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D.
New York University		  
     
  The Dangers of Using Genetic Enhancements for Moral Enhancement
March 20, 2013
Presenter: John Harris, Ph.D.
University of Manchester		  
     
  The Ethics of Research Involving Personalized Genomic Medicine
February 18, 2013
Presenter: Eric Juengst, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill		  
     
  Must Parents Use Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis for the Medical Benefit of Their Children?
November 28, 2012
Presenter: Janet Malek, Ph.D.
Brody School of Medicine East Carolina University		  
     
  Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities & Abortion in America
January 25, 2012
Presenter: Leslie Reagan
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		  
     
 

Taking Oaths in Medical School: An Empty Ritual or Something More?
October 26, 2011
Presenter:  Robert Veatch, PhD
Georgetown University

  
     
 

Boy or Girl? Are We on Our Way to the Genetic Supermarket?
April 30, 2010
Presenter:  Edgar Dahl, PhD
University of Muenster

  
     
 

Testing Boundaries at the End of Life:  A Clinician’s Journey
March 31, 2010 (12:30 pm)
Room 8175 COMRB

Presenter:  Timothy E. Quill, MDProfessor of Medicine, Nursing, Medical Humanities, and Psychiatry
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

  
     
 

Substance Abuse in Pregnancy: How Should the State Respond?
March 18, 2010 (12:30 pm)
Room 4175 COMRB

Presenter:  Bonnie Steinbock
Professor of Philosophy - University at Albany
Faculty - Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College
Faculty - Center for Bioethics and Clinical Leadership at Union Graduate College / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

  
     
 

Cutting to the Core: Male & Female Genital Alteration
October 6, 2009
Room 119A CME

Presenter:  Dena S. Davis, JD, PhD
Professor - Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Adjunct Professor - Case Western Reserve University