The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) has announced The Ethics of Medicine Speaker Series, featuring prominent national experts in the ethics of medicine discussing issues of contemporary importance.
The series was created by Robert Steel, PhD, assistant professor of philosophy and member of the medical humanities faculty at UNO. He also will moderate each session. In assembling this group of scholars to share cutting-edge research on pressing, contemporary ethical issues in and around the practice of medicine, Dr. Steel aims to contribute to establishing UNO as both a center for scholarship in the medical humanities as well as a trusted voice on matters of public concern in the community.
All talks will be delivered virtually on the last Thursday of the month from January through April at 7 p.m. The talks are free to the public, but registration is required.
The series includes:
- Jan. 28, 7 p.m. CST: The Ethics of Enrolling Minors in Vaccine Trials. Speaker: David Wendler, PhD, senior investigator and head of the section on research ethics in the department of bioethics at the NIH Clinical Center. Register here.
- Feb. 25, 7 p.m. CST: Should Health Professions Students Receive Priority Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine? Speakers: Leah Pierson and Samuel Doernberg. Register here.
- March 25, 7 p.m. CST: Fair Enough? Measuring the Fairness of Healthcare Triage Policies. Speaker: Ben Schwan, PhD, clinical ethicist for the MetroHealth System in Cleveland and faculty member in the department of bioethics in the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. Register here.
- April 29, 7 p.m. CST: Putting Parents on a Pedestal: Testimony, Admiration, and Reproductive Decision-Making. Speaker: Dana Howard, PhD, assistant professor, Center for Bioethics at the Ohio State University Medical Center. Register here.
For more information contact, Dr. Steel.
The series is offered by UNO’s Philosophy Program in association with the Medical Humanities Program and The Ted Kooser Center for Health Humanities.