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The Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College presents Ian S. Peebles, "Tools to Help Resolve Racial Health Disparities". Webex 11:00am Thursday, December 7th, 2023. Click for more information.

10:00-11:30am Dec. 1, 2023 in the RSC 223 Santa Fe Trail Room. Join us for a lecture by distinguished guest Dr. Glenn Martínez (UTSA) and a conversation with Alce su Voz about equitable care for Mesoamerican Indigenous communities in Kansas.

Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics is seeking stories from people who have served as professional interpreters for patients who do not speak English, are non-verbal, or are deaf or hard of hearing. True, personal stories in a form that is interesting and easy to read will be published in a collection of personal stories from people who have served as interpreters in healthcare situations. Click for more details.

Panel: Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management in South Central Kansas, 12:00pm November 10, 2023 on Teams. Abstract: In the face of hazards, disasters, or emergency situations, our communities respond variously related to aspects of geography, population, communication patterns, and available resources. Join us for a panel discussion featuring regional public safety and emergency response leaders with experience at national, state, and community levels. They will provide insights and examples of current strengths and weaknesses as well as recommendations for enhancing community resilience in disruptive circumstances.

November 17, 2023 at 1:00pm. In this free webinar from the University of Minnesota's series Ethics Grand Rounds, the panel will discuss how a community-based participatory action approach allowed them to explore the drivers of mistrust and offer community-centered recommendations to improve the outcomes and patient experience among ethnically diverse families of children with serious illness. Continuing Education Unit participant.

The College of Health Professions is pleased to host Drs. Brett Grizzell and Bassem Chehab with Ascension Via Christi for the presentation "Medicine in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation" at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 at the CAC Theater.

At 1:00pm Monday, October 23, 2023, The Center for Ethics and Human Values is hosting a panel discussion on the Ethics of Human Challenge Studies. "Human challenge trials, which intentionally expose healthy volunteers to disease, have historically been part of scientific research and have contributed to vital scientific advances in drug and vaccine development. Nevertheless, such research has been criticized as conflicting with the guiding principle in medicine to do no harm. This panel will discuss: under what conditions, if ever, are such trials appropriate? And are there upper limits of risk that we can ask participants to incur for the purposes of research?" Register here: https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DXp2J5krR0GbJQ5L5XX6HA#/registration

October 19-21, 2023 @ Missouri Southern State University, Joplin MO.  Subject Fields: Art, Art History, Design, Medicine, Sciences, Health Sciences, Humanities