Category Archives: Brownbag & Webinar Series

How should we guide the ethical practice of grateful patient fundraising?

Posted on March 19, 2018 by

Ethical Issues Related to Fundraising from Grateful Patients Event Flyer Health care institutions are becoming increasingly deliberate about philanthropic fundraising given the need to sustain their missions in the face of decreases in governmental research funds and lowering reimbursement for … Continue reading →

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March webinar to address pain as a social construct

Posted on February 20, 2018 by

Pain But No Gain: Pain as a Problematic and Useless Concept? Event Flyer References to the human experience of “pain” are common, but those references are often ambiguous and vague. Such ambiguity creates conceptual and practical challenges, especially in the … Continue reading →

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February webinar to address Michigan’s vaccine waiver education policy

Posted on January 17, 2018 by

What’s the point of Michigan’s vaccine waiver education requirement? Event Flyer Since 2015, Michigan parents have had to attend education sessions at public health offices if they want their unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children to attend school or daycare. This policy … Continue reading →

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Announcing the Spring 2018 Bioethics Brownbag & Webinar Series

Posted on January 15, 2018 by

This year’s Bioethics Brownbag & Webinar Series resumes in February. You are invited to join us in person or watch live online from anywhere in the world. Information about the spring series is listed below. Please visit our website for more details, … Continue reading →

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Prospects, Promises and Perils of Human Mind-Reading

Posted on October 18, 2017 by

Prospects, Promises and Perils of Human Mind-Reading Event Flyer In recent years, several research groups have been able to infer the contents of subjects’ thoughts from fMRI scans. E-commerce sites are tracking customers’ purchases and making ever better predictions about … Continue reading →

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What level of risk will be tolerated for interventions that are developed for treating “pre-diseased” patients?

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

Crossing the Biology to Pathobiology Threshold: Distinguishing Precision Health from Precision Medicine Event Flyer Diseases have long been defined by their symptoms, and therefore patients have typically been treated when they are symptomatic. However, through advances in “omics,” wearable sensors, … Continue reading →

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How do we explain to patients what genetic test results might mean for their baby when they have only been validated in other populations?

Posted on August 21, 2017 by

Expanded Carrier Screening for an Increasingly Diverse Population: Embracing the Promise of the Future or Ignoring the Sins of the Past? Event Flyer Race and ethnic groups have been tracking heritable conditions endemic within their communities for decades, but past … Continue reading →

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