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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. |