Should AI Care For Us?
Ethics, AI, and Society Increased attention to the widespread applications of artificial intelligence—and large language models such as ChatGPT in particular—has raised questions about the integration of AI into caregiving relationships. AI will allow at least the appearance of more effective caregiving for aging adults and children by tailoring conversations to an individual’s history and...
Ethical Perspectives
Hastings Center president Vardit Ravitsky, will present with a panel at the 2023 Polygenic Screening Embryo Conference.
Can AI Improve Health Care for Everyone?
VirtualFast-moving developments in artificial intelligence have far-reaching implications for caregivers, patients, and the entire healthcare system. Will the introduction of AI systems improve diagnosis, treatment, and research, bringing better and fairer healthcare to all? Or not? Panelists:Dr. Nicol Turner Lee of The Brookings Institute Dr. Danielle Whicher of Mathematica Moderator:Josephine Johnston of The Hastings Center...
The Future of Bioethics: Challenges, Visions and Opportunities
Columbia UniversityJoin a discussion on The Future of Bioethics: Challenges, Visions and Opportunities with the new President of The Hastings Center, Vardit Ravitsky. Speaker: Vardit Ravitsky, Ph.D, President and CEO of The Hastings Center Moderator: Robert Klitzman, M.D., Program Director, M.S. in Bioethics; Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center Speaker Bio Vardit Ravitsky, PhD, is...
Valuing Older Adults by Creating Housing Options: Real-World Insights from Collaborative Research
Hastings Center senior research scholar Nancy Berlinger will present on a panel at the Oregon Gerontological Association 2023 Annual Virtual Conference, Home Sweet Home: Meanings and Options Across the Life Course.
Genetics/AI/Big Data: Impact on Maternal and Child Health/NAM annual meeting
At the annual meeting of the National Academy of Medicine, Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will speak with colleagues about Maternal & Child Health and Human Development.Topic: Genetics/AI/Big Data: Impact on Maternal and Child HealthSpeakers: Wendy Chung, MD, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital; Melissa Wong, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Vardit Ravitsky, PhD, Hastings Center; and Ron Wapner,...
Addressing Racism and Achieving Equity in Bioethics Programs: Reality and Recommendations
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 700 Aliceanna St,, Baltimore, MD, United StatesHastings Center Senior Research Scholar Nancy Berlinger will discuss addressing racism and achieving equity in bioethics programs with Yolonda Wilson, Marion Danis, and Sandra Lee at the ASBH 25th Annual Conference: Engaging the Past to Energize the Future: Creating Space for Inclusive Public Discourse in Baltimore, MD
What Ought to be the Future of Just and Equitable Policies for Healthy Aging?
NYU Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of MediciHastings Center President Emerita Mildred Z. Solomon will join a panel discussion on the future of just and equitable policies for healthy aging with Professor Michael L. Freedman of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Mehmood Khan, Chief Executive Officer, Hevolution. Arthur Caplan, head of the division of medical ethics at NYU Grossman will moderate the session...
Examining Federally Qualified Health Center Patient-Participant Motivations in the All of Us Research Program
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 700 Aliceanna St,, Baltimore, MD, United StatesHastings Center Research Associate Danielle M. Pacia will present Examining Federally Qualified Health Center Patient-Participant Motivations in the All of Us Research Program with Hastings Center Research Scholar Carolyn Neuhaus, and Johanna Crane at the ASBH 25th Annual Conference: Engaging the Past to Energize the Future: Creating Space for Inclusive Public Discourse, in Baltimore, MD
Hastings Center 2023 Bioethics Founders’ Award Celebration: Reflections on the Work of Norman Daniels and Rebecca Dresser
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 700 Aliceanna St,, Baltimore, MD, United StatesHastings Center President and CEO Vardit Ravitsky will be the presenter for the Hastings Center 2023 Bioethics Founders' Award Celebration: Reflections on the Work of Norman Daniels and Rebecca Dresser at the ASBH 25th Annual Conference: Engaging the Past to Energize the Future: Creating Space for Inclusive Public Discourse, Baltimore, MD.
Bioethics in Community Health
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 700 Aliceanna St,, Baltimore, MD, United StatesHastings Center Research Scholar Carolyn Neuhaus will join a panel with Danielle M. Pacia, Aashna Lal, and Johanna Crane on Bioethics in Community Health at the ASBH 25th Annual Conference: Engaging the Past to Energize the Future: Creating Space for Inclusive Public Discourse, Baltimore, MD.
Hastings Center Reception
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 700 Aliceanna St,, Baltimore, MD, United StatesThe Hastings Center will host a reception for first-time attendees, new members, and students at the ASBH 25th Annual Conference: Engaging the Past to Energize the Future: Creating Space for Inclusive Public Discourse. Grand BR Foyer
The Injustice and Moral Wrongs of Affective and Psychotic Disorders as Exclusion Criteria for Organ Transplant Candidates – Flash Session
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 700 Aliceanna St,, Baltimore, MD, United StatesHastings Center Project Manager-Research Assistant Sana Baban will present The Injustice and Moral Wrongs of Affective and Psychotic Disorders as Exclusion Criteria for Organ Transplant Candidates – Flash Session, at the ASBH 25th Annual Conference: Engaging the Past to Energize the Future: Creating Space for Inclusive Public Discourse, Baltimore, MD
Mapping Cultural Narratives across Disciplines: Aging, Disability, Dementia
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 700 Aliceanna St,, Baltimore, MD, United StatesHastings Center Senior Research Scholar Nancy Berlinger will present Mapping Cultural Narratives across Disciplines: Aging, Disability, Dementia with Liz Bowen, Laura Haupt, and Erin Gentry Lamb at the ASBH 25th Annual Conference: Engaging the Past to Energize the Future: Creating Space for Inclusive Public Discourse, Baltimore, MD.
Can AI Promote Our Health & Well-Being?
Medicine has been at the forefront of recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), from image recognition to generative AI. Watch leaders in AI, ethics, and health as they discuss the hype, the hope, and what it might take for AI to improve patient outcomes. This event explored challenges to the effective use of AI in...
Plenary 3: Integrating AI and ML into Research and Clinical Care: Scientific and Ethical Challenges
Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will chair a session on AI in Regenerative Medicine at the Till & McCulloch Meetings in Toronto, Canada
Rebuilding Trust in Science
Since before the pandemic we have been experiencing a breakdown in trust in science and health care. Explore the reasons for this crisis, with authors of a just-released Hastings Center special report on trust, who show a path forward to heal our fractured society. Transcript Trust Event With panelists Arthur Caplan, PhD, NYU Grossman School of...
What Is a ‘Serious Genetic Condition’?
Vardit Ravitsky, Ph.D., President and CEO of the Hastings Center, will deliver the keynote address, "What Is a 'Serious Genetic Condition'?," at the eighth annual reproductive ethics conference at the Institute for Bioethics and Health Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. The controversies and challenges of reproductive ethics arise from new technologies, political...
Constructing an Ethics Framework for AI in Biomedical Research
Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will discuss "Constructing an Ethics Framework for AI in Biomedical Research,” or ethics at the intersection of artificial intelligence and health care, at the 2024 Rothenberg Speaker Series. The virtual event is sponsored by The Law & Health Care Program at the University of Maryland.
