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Thursday, April 2, 2009

CF Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture Series
Twentieth First Annual Mark M. Ravitch History of Medicine Lecture
“Renal Transplantation: Historical Perspectives”
Arnold G. Diethelm, MD
Professor Emeritus, Former Chair, Department of Surgery
University of Alabama School of Medicine
6:00 p.m.
Lecture Room #5, Scaife Hall




Monday, April 6, 2009

18TH ANNUAL MEDICAL ETHICS UPDATE 2009 CONFERENCE
26TH ANNUAL MESSER LECTURE
Day-long Conference
Scaife Hall Auditorium #5


Obesity: Ethical Issues in Prevention, Treatment, and Research
Daniel Callahan, PhD
Co-founder, The Hastings Center
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
Senior Fellow, Yale University

TV May Cause Obesity: but the Evidence is Thin
Richard Scheines, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
Carnegie Mellon University

Using Ideas from Behavioral Economics to Promote Weight Loss
George Loewenstein, PhD
Professor Economics and Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University



Thursday, April 23, 2009

Ground Floor – McCluskey Auditorium
“A Short History of Clinical Medical Ethics Ending in My Being Banned in Canada”
William Meadow, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Section Chief, Department of Pediatrics
University of Chicago Medical Center – Comer Children’s Hospital
8:00 a.m.
Children’s Hospital




September 14, 2009


Global Connections, Global Responsibilities Lecture Series
Sponsored by Humanities Center and
the Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and
Political Philosophy (Carnegie Mellon University)
“Global Justice and Our Obligations to the Global Poor”
Thomas Pogge
Yale University
4:30 p.m.
Porter 100 – Gregg Hall – Carnegie Mellon University




October 5, 2009

Global Connections, Global Responsibilities Lecture Series
Sponsored by Humanities Center and
the Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and
Political Philosophy (Carnegie Mellon University)
“Declarations of Dependence: Labor, Personhood,
and Welfare in South African and Beyond”
James Ferguson
Stanford University
4:30 p.m.
Porter 100 – Gregg Hall – Carnegie Mellon University





November 5, 2009


Mark A. Nordenberg Lecture in Law, Medicine and Psychiatry
Gail Javitt, JD, MPH
The Genetics and Public Policy Center; Johns Hopkins University
“Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing”
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Teplitz Courtroom – Ground Floor – School of Law




January 22, 2010

Visiting Professor Program – Center for Bioethics and
Health Law and Department of Medicine
Tisherman Lecture
Dan W. Brock, PhD
Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics
Director, Division of Medical Ethics
Harvard Medical School
TITLE: TBA
11:00-12:00
7 Main – Auditorium – Montefiore Hospital




February 4, 2010

Global Connections, Global Responsibilities Lecture Series
Sponsored by Humanities Center and
the Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and
Political Philosophy (Carnegie Mellon University)
“The Moral and Political Challenges of Climate Change”
Dale Jamieson
4:30 p.m.
Porter 100 – Gregg Hall – Carnegie Mellon University




If you have any items you wish to have included in the calendar, including national or regional bioethics conferences, please contact Beth Ann Pischke at 412-648-7120.

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