Calendar

The Harvard Ethics Consortium

"Great need, limited resources" (Cardiac Surgery in Africa)

HMS Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor
10 Shattuck Street, Boston

RSVP required to Helena_Martins@hms.harvard.edu before Wednesday, September 3, 2008. Lunch will be served.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

“Conscientious Refusal by Physicians and Pharmacists: Who is Obligated to Do What, and Why”

HMS, The Medical Education Center, Room #447
Speaker: Dan Brock
Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics, Director, The Division of Medical Ethics, Director, The Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

Faculty Seminar (the Division of Medical Ethics, HMS)

“Defining and Determining Competence”

Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th floor
Speaker: Paul S. Appelbaum, MD
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine & Law, and Director, Division of Psychiatry, Law, and Ethics, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University

RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu . Lunch provided.

Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society

Fall Kick-Off Event

Sever Hall, Room 102, Harvard University Cambridge Campus
Anyone interested in becoming a member or learning more about HUBS is welcome to attend. Ice cream will be served.

The Harvard Stem Cell Institute

"The Accidental Advocate" - Documentary screening

Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA
Join us at the Boston screening of "The Accidental Advocate", a documentary by Jessica Gerstle, filmed partly on location at HSCI, featuring HSCI faculty members Doug Melton, George Daley and Kevin Eggan.  This film is being launched at both the Democratic (Aug. 25) and Republican (Sept. 1) conventions as part of the Impact Film Festival. Regular admission fee applies.

Click here for Harvard Square parking information.
Click here for a link to the film's website.
Brattle Theatre website

Petrie-Flom Center/President's Council on Bioethics Debate

"Human Dignity and Bioethics"

Harvard Law School, Austin North Classroom

The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and the President’s Council on Bioethics invite you to attend a debate on the concept of human dignity as applied in bioethics. With the advance of medical technologies and the increasing power over life and death that they afford, discussions of “human dignity” have begun to take a more central role in bioethics.  How should we view this dignity discourse?  Is “human dignity” a useful concept that leads to determinate answers on issues like stem cell research and care for the dying? Or, is it instead a concept prone to misuse, an empty vessel or a camouflage for unconvincing arguments and unarticulated biases?  We’ll examine these questions in this debate, which will bring together speakers from four universities whose expertise spans the disciplines of philosophy, law, and theology and medicine.  Among the participants will be the Chairman and a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics, the federal body charged with advising the U.S. President on bioethics issues, whose recent volume of essays on these issues has generated widespread public discussion.

• Elena Kagan, Dean, Harvard Law School

• Nick Bostrom, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University
• Daniel Brock, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health
• Jean Bethke Elshtain, University of Chicago Divinity School, President’s Council for Bioethics.
• Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago Law School
• Edmund Pellegrino, Chair, President’s Council on Bioethics and the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at Georgetown University Medical Center

• I. Glenn Cohen, Harvard Law School, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School

The Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics - Public Lecture Series

Neuroscience and Responsibility

Kennedy School of Government, Starr Auditorium, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, PhD, Professor of Philosophy and Hardy Professor of Legal Studies, Dartmouth College.

For information, (617) 495-1336 or www.ethics.harvard.edu.
All lectures are free and open to the public.

The Harvard Ethics Consortium

IVF Consultation

HMS Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor
10 Shattuck Street, Boston

RSVP required to Helena_Martins@hms.harvard.edu before Wednesday, October 1, 2008. Lunch will be served.

Faculty Seminar (the Division of Medical Ethics, HMS)

Vulnerable Groups

Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th floor
Speaker: Dan Brock
Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics, Director, The Division of Medical Ethics, Director, The Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health

RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu. Lunch provided.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

Age and the Value of Life

HMS, The Medical Education Center, Room #447
Speaker: JP Sevilla, Academic Fellow, Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard Law School

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

The Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics - Public Lecture Series

Toward a New Theory of Minority Empowerment: Elections and Governance

Starr Auditorium, Harvard Kennedy School
Speaker: Heather Gerken, Professor of Law, Yale University

For information, (617) 495-1336 or www.ethics.harvard.edu. All lectures are free and open to the public.

Postponed: To be rescheduled in Spring 2009
South Africa's HIV/AIDS Policies: Past, Present, and Future

Harvard School of Public Health
Speaker: Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge
Former Deputy Minister of Health, South Africa

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow talk.

The Harvard Ethics Consortium

Discontinuing Life Support on a Patient With Quadriplegia

HMS, Countway Library, Ballard Room, 5th floor

RSVP required to Helena_Martins@hms.harvard.edu by Wednesday, November 5, 2008. Lunch will be served.

The Program in Ethics and Health Speakers Series

“The Moral Demands of Efficiency: Context versus Consistency in Cross-Sector Valuations of Life and Health”

HMS, Countway Library, Ballard Room, 5th floor, 10 shattuck Street, Boston
Speaker: Shepley Orr
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Centre for Transport Studies
University College London

RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu

Just Health: Current Debates

A conference on Norman Daniel’s recent book

Harvard Medical School, Gordon Hall, Faculty Room (1st floor)
Speakers: Ezekiel Emmanuel, Daniel Hausman, Shlomi Segall, Andrew Williams
Commetators: Shepley Orr, Paul Kelleher, Ori Lev, Andras Miklos

Conference to conclude with comments and a question and answer period with Norman Daniels.

No fee. Registration required. Space limited. Refreshments and lunch provided. Reception following conference.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

"Authorship Roles and Conflicts of Interest among Clinical Trial Investigators: An Empirical Investigation"

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Presenter: Susannah Rose
Graduate Fellow, Safra Center for Ethics Pre-doctoral Fellow
Program in Cancer Outcomes Research Training, National Cancer Institute
PhD Candidate, Program in Health Policy, Harvard University

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics – Public Lecture Series

Human Weakness and the Limits of Responsibility

Kennedy School of Government, Starr Auditorium, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Speaker: Gideon Rosen, JD
Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Council of the Humanities, Princeton University.

For information, (617) 495-1336 or www.ethics.harvard.edu. All lectures are free and open to the public.

Faculty Seminar (the Division of Medical Ethics, HMS)

Newborns and Infants

Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th floor
Speaker: Sadath A. Sayeed, JD, MD
Instructor in Global Health and Social Medicine, HMS, and Attending Neonatologist, Division of Newborn Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston

RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu. Lunch provided.

The Program in Ethics and Health Speaker Series

“Is there a Human Right to Essential Pharmaceuticals? The Global Common, the Intellectual Common, and the Possibility of Private Intellectual Property?”

François-Xavier Bagnoud Building, Harvard School of Public Health, 7th floor conference room, 651 Huntington Ave., Boston
Speaker: Mathias Risse
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Philosophy
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy-Kennedy School of Government

Please RSVP to fholinko@hms.harvard.edu. Refreshments provided.

The Harvard Ethics Consortium

Pediatric Organ Donation after Cardiac Death

HMS Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston

RSVP required to Helena_Martins@hms.harvard.edu by Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Lunch will be served.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

"Prioritarianism in Health Care"

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Speaker: Carlos Soto
PhD Candidate, Philosophy Department, Harvard University

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

The Harvard Ethics Consortium

When the “Insurance Company” is the Ministry of Health

HMS Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston

RSVP required to Helena_Martins@hms.harvard.edu by Wednesday, Jan 7, 2009
Lunch will be served.

Faculty Seminar (the Division of Medical Ethics, HMS)

Adolescents

Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th floor
Speaker: Edwin N. Forman, MD
Alan G. Hassenfeld Professor of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School, and Director, Pediatric Hemostasis and Thrombosis Program, Hasbro Children’s Hospital

RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
Lunch provided.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

Topic: to be announced

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Presenter: Shirley Shalev, PhD
Division of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

The Harvard Ethics Consortium

Disclosure of Genetic Test Results at Children’s Hospital in Boston

HMS Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston

RSVP required to Helena_Martins@hms.harvard.edu before Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Lunch will be served.

Faculty Seminar (the Division of Medical Ethics, HMS)

Adults with Dementia

Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th floor
Speaker: Joanne Lynn, MD, Bureau Chief, Chronic Disease and Cancer, Department of Health, Washington, DC

RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
Lunch provided.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Topic and speaker to be announced

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

The Harvard Ethics Consortium

Undercover Patients

HMS Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston

RSVP required to Helena_Martins@hms.harvard.edu before Wednesday, Mar 4, 2009
Lunch will be served.

Save the Date!
National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference
(of the American Society of Bioethics & Humanities)

Bioethics: The New Issues - New Technology, New Ideas, New Challenges

Hosted this year at Harvard University by the Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society!
The National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference (NUBC) is an annual event bringing together students and speakers from across the country. It is a celebration of undergraduate research and an opportunity to introduce a new generation of students to the field of bioethics. Planned and organized completely by students, this two-day event covers issues of current interest within the field of bioethics with discussions led by experts invited by the hosting students.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

"Truth telling between anesthesiologists and surgeons in the perioperative setting"

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Speaker: Michael Nurok, MD
Department of Anaesthesia and the Center for Bioethics, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Department of global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

Faculty Seminar (the Division of Medical Ethics, HMS)

Patients with Psychiatric Disorders

Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th floor
Speaker: Rebecca W. Brendel MD, JD Instructor in Psychiatry, HMS, and Assistant Director, Forensic Fellowship Program, Law & Psychiatry Service, MGH

RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
Lunch provided.

The Harvard Ethics Consortium

HMS Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Topic to be announced.

RSVP required to Helena_Martins@hms.harvard.edu before Wednesday, Apr 1, 2009
Lunch will be served.

The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics – Public Lecture Series

Global Democracy: In the Beginning

Harvard University, Starr Auditorium, Harvard Kennedy School
Speaker: Robert Goodin
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Australian National University

For information, (617) 495-1336 or www.ethics.harvard.edu.
Lectures are free and open to the public.

The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics – Public Lecture Series

How to Do Things with People who Aren’t: The Moral Responsibility of the Author

Harvard University, Starr Auditorium, Harvard Kennedy School
Speaker: Alexander McCall Smith
Novelist and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law, University of Edinburgh

For information, (617) 495-1336 or www.ethics.harvard.edu.
Lectures are free and open to the public.

Faculty Seminar (the Division of Medical Ethics, HMS)

Patients with Extreme Religious Beliefs (and their children)

Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th floor
Speaker TBA

RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
Lunch provided.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

"Ethics of Decision Making in Intestinal Failure and Transplantation"

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Presenter: Daniel Kamin, MD
Intestine and Multivisceral Transplant Program
Children's Hospital, Boston

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

Save the Date!
Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health 4th Annual International Conference

Ethical Issues in Prioritization of Health Resources

The Inn at Longwood Medical, Fenway Room, 342 Longwood Avenue, Boston MA

No fee. Registration required. Space limited.

The Harvard Ethics Consortium

HMS Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Topic to be announced.

RSVP required to Helena_Martins@hms.harvard.edu before Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009
Lunch will be served.

Faculty Seminar (the Division of Medical Ethics, HMS)

Patients without Surrogates

Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th floor
Speaker TBA

RSVP to DME@hms.harvard.edu.
Lunch provided.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Topic and speaker to be announced

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

The Harvard Ethics Consortium

HMS Countway Library, Minot Room, 5th Floor, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Topic to be announced.

RSVP required to Helena_Martins@hms.harvard.edu before Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Lunch will be served.

Research in Progress Presentation Series

HMS, Ballard Room (5th floor) Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston
Topic and speaker to be announced

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Bioethics.
RSVP to ethics_health@harvard.edu or call 617-432-5950.

Save the Date!
Harvard Bioethics Course

The Division of Medical Ethics/Harvard Medical School

For more information, please see http://medethics.med.harvard.edu/education/bioethics/