PCORI Town Halls

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is hosting several virtual applicant town halls in April for prospective applicants to learn more about the Research PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) under Cycle 2 2025, which will open April 1.

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Member News: Gallegos publishes "How Should We Advance Sleep Stewardship?"

HealthHum member Jeremy Gallegos, PhD, recently published "How Should We Advance Sleep Stewardship" in the AMA Journal of Ethics.

Separating Fact from Fiction in Pediatric Gender Health

Disinformation about pediatric and adolescent gender affirming continues to grow making conversations about care decisions increasingly difficult. Good ethics start with good facts. Join the University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics April 12, 2024 at noon online. Click for more information and registration.

Epistemic Injustices and Mental Ill-Health

Join the inaugural lecture from EPIC: Epistemic Injustice in Illness by Miranda Fricker at 9am CST on Monday, March 4, 2024. Provided through a Wellcome Discovery Award to the Universities of Bristol, Nottingham and Birmingham. Click for more information. Click for more information and Zoom link.

Taking Pain Dismissal Seriously: Exploring Interpersonal and Structural Barriers to Pain Communication

Join the webinar from the Tulane University School of Medicine Program in Medical Ethics and Human Values. This talk by Dr. Jada Wiggleton-Little PhD, Neuroethics Fellow at Cleveland Clinic, will describe the various ways in which patients who are already members of socially marginalized groups experience pain dismissal and will propose practical recommendations for addressing communication barriers. Friday, March 8th, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 PM CT. Click for registration information.

Do you mind? Developing the Ethics of New Neurotechnologies

Join the Zoom webinar on March 8 from 12:30-2:00 pm for the Bioethics and Policy Consortium hosted by Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics and the ASBH Neuroethics Affinity Group. Click for more information.

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Envisioning the Wichita Biomedical Campus

Plans for the Wichita Biomedical Campus are proceeding apace! This partnership between WSU, KU, and WSU Tech has the potential to be truly transformative. Click to learn more.

Clinical Ethics Consultation & Responding to Medical Racism

Join the American Society for Bioethics + Humanities (ASBH) webinar on Thursday, February 15, 2024 @ Noon. Free of charge. Advance registration is required. Click here for more information and the registration link.

Climate Change and Children's Health

ASBH Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, February 13, 2024 @ 1 p.m. for "Climate Change and Children’s Health: Challenges and Solutions". Click for details and registration link.

ASBH Graphic Design Contest

The 2024 Program Committee invites ASBH members and nonmembers to submit original art to be featured in the graphic representation of the 2024 ASBH Annual Conference theme: What Does It Mean to be Human? Click for more details.