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Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will deliver the 2024 Marguerite Lederberg Lecture at Rockefeller University, in the Carson Family Auditorium. To learn more, visit https://www.rockefeller.edu/events-and-lectures/57462-title-tba-15/.

A Moderated Discussion on DISINFORMATION, TRUST, AND THE ROLE OF AI: Threats to Health & Democracy, The Daniel Callahan Annual Lecture Panelists: Reed Tuckson, MD, FACP, Chair & Co-Founder of the Black Coalition Against Covid, Chair and Co-Founder of the Coalition For Trust In Health & ScienceTimothy Caulfield, LB, LLM, FCAHS, Professor, Faculty of Law...

Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will give the Keynote at the University of Bonn's conference entitled "The Rediscovery of Bioethics."

The Hastings Center will present the Bioethics Founders' Award to two bioethicists at an awards reception at the 26th annual ASBH conference in St. Louis, MO.

Hastings Center Project Manager and Research Assistant Briana Lopez-Patino will present "The Influence of the Universal Patient: Performativity in Healthcare" at the ASBH conference Flash Presentation Session: Diverse Identities.

This panel discussion is moderated by Hastings Center Report editor Laura Haupt, and features Hastings Center Report editor Gregory Kaebnick with colleagues Mohammad Hoisseini (associate editor of the journal of Accountability in Research) and David Magnus (editor in chief of the American Journal of Bioethics).

Hastings Center Project Manager and Research Assistant Briana Lopez-Patino will present "Shared Identity & Its Role in Moral Injury" at the Flash Presentation Session: Diverse Identities. 

The RACE Affinity Group will present "Bioethics and Social Justice: A Survey of Attitudes Toward Social Justice Obligations in the Field of Bioethics" at the 26th Annual ASBH Conference. With Danielle M. Pacia, Research Associate at The Hastings Center, and colleagues Sana Baban, Faith Fletcher, Zamina Mithani Aziz, Jane Fallis Cooper, Sophie Schott, Savitri Fedson,...

Hastings Center senior research scholar Nancy Berlinger will moderate a panel entitled "Responding to People Facing Dementia: Improving Interprofessional Learning and Practice in Aging Societies." Speakers include: Mara Buchbinder; Emily Largent; and Matt Wynia.

The Hastings Center invites all attendees of the 26th Annual ASBH Conference to a reception to meet colleagues and peers.

Hastings Center research scholar Virginia Brown will present "Mental Health Crisis Plans and Psychiatric Advance Directives: Creating a Collaboratively Designed How-To Guide for Autonomous Decision Making" at the Flash Presentation Session: Psychiatric Ethics.

Authors will present their paper, "Kidney Transplant Candidates’ Information Needs for Informed Decision-Making about Participating in a First-in-Human Pig Xenotransplant Clinical Trial" at the 26th Annual ASBH Conference. Authors are E.J. Gordon, K.J. Maschke (of The Hastings Center), J. Gacki-Smith, M. Matthews, K. Traboulsi, D. Manning, and M.K. Gusmano.

Hastings Center Project Manager Research Assistant Ian Stevens will present "An Exploratory Review of the 'Treatment Resistant' Phenomenon in Neuropsychiatric Disorders as a Normative Criterion for Surgical Intervention" as part of the Neuroethics Affinity Group at the 26th annual ASBH conference. 

Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will present "Bioethics: A Path Forward" for the annual Thomas P. Duffy Memorial Lecture in Medical Ethics, sponsored by the Program for Biomedical Ethics at the Yale School of Medicine  Reception: 4:30 – 5:30, Medical Historical Library Duffy Lecture: 5:30 – 7:00 PM, SHML Room 115 LOCATION: Harvey Cushing/John Hay...

Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will be a keynote speaker for the FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) Symposium. What are the ethical issues surrounding genetic modification? How do we define – and regulate – the line between benefit and harm?  In what ways do these possibilities force us to make...

Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will present a lecture entitled "Ethics at the Very Core of Research and Clinical Practice" at the Foundation for Reproductive Medicine Conference. See conference booklet.

In this webinar at the Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky and colleagues argue that war is a public health crisis that bioethics has dealt with in too limited a manner. They propose several principles for addressing war as a public health crisis and suggest ways in which these principles can...

Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will participate in a roundtable discussion on Islamic medical tradition with Aasim Padela at the 10th International Bioethics, Multiculturalism, and Religion Workshop sponsored by the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights.

Caribbean basin countries are experiencing some of the most destabilizing impacts of climate change—entire villages destroyed, increases in diseases and other health harms. These countries contributed little to global climate change and yet they must build resilience to survive, much less flourish.  What are the tradeoffs of adapting to warmer environments versus abandoning low-lying locales?...

Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will present "Current and Emerging Prenatal Testing Technologies: Bioethical Implications" at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Bioethics' 10th Anniversary Celebration. Prenatal genetic testing technologies can provide individuals and families with valuable information about their potential prospective children. Such technologies, including pre-implantation genetic testing of in-vitro embryos and...

Hastings Center senior research scholar Erik Parens will be presenting a talk entitled "Binocular Vision: A Metaphor to Help Comprehend Persons" at McShain Large Lounge, in McCarthy Hall on Georgetown's Main Campus (the main gates at 37th and O Streets NW). Address is 1350 Tondorf Road NW

Hastings Center senior research scholar Nancy Berlinger will present “What Do We Have in Common?: Thinking Together About Good Lives for Older Adults and Caregivers in Ageing Societies” in Seminar II of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Bioethics’ 10th Anniversary Celebration. Population ageing—a rise in the average age of a population—results from the...

Informed Consent – When does use of AI constitute research with human subjects? Do researchers have duties to secure participant consent to the use of AI in a research protocol? Should informed consent address potential uses of AI in secondary research on the data collected? Join Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky in this panel on...

In celebration of International Women's Day, join Stem Cell Network for an inspiring virtual panel discussion featuring five trailblazing women (including Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky) who are shaping the future of regenerative medicine. This event will spotlight their groundbreaking contributions, unique journeys, and innovative visions for the field. Attendees will also have the opportunity...

Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will give an Ethics Grand Rounds lecture, "Polygenic Embryo Screening: Ethical Challenges," via Zoom for the The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Open to the public.

How do cultural values shape bioethical dilemmas?This talk will explore how Israel, as a Jewish-democratic state, has addressed several bioethical challenges through its policy-making, taking into account historical, cultural, and religious perspectives. Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will examine three key examples: fertility care, end-of-life decision-making, and posthumous reproduction, including the impact of the events...

This panel discussion will explore the purpose(s) of Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST); how to utilize this tool to facilitate optimal end-of-life care; and considerations specific to end-of-life decision-making in emergency situations. Speakers: Patricia Bomba, M.D., MACP, MOLST Statewide Implementation Program Chair, MOLST/eMOLST Program Director Virginia Brown, M.A., Ph.D., Research Scholar, The Hastings Center Maia Dorsett,...

Tom Beauchamp III, a towering figure in the field of bioethics, passed away on February 19th. Tom, a Hastings Center Fellow, was professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and a senior research scholar (retired) at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. The Celebration of Tom's Life will take place at Washington Hebrew Congregation (3935 Macomb St....