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News & Research
September 20, 2019

Scott Halpern, MD, PhD, MBE, Wins Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

Scott Halpern, MD, PhD, MBE, has won the Arthur K. Asbury Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from Penn Medicine.

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September 19, 2019 | The New Indian Express

Are the Urban Poor Sleep Deprived?

This study will help improve understanding of the role of sleep deprivation in the lives of the poor and help estimate the impact of improved sleep on economic outcomes, decision making, cognitive function, health outcomes and functions.

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September 17, 2019 | The Los Angeles Times

The Koch-Backed Right-to-Try Law Has Been a Bust — But Still Threatens Our Health

As Holly Fernandez Lynch and Steven Joffe of the University of Pennsylvania warned last year in the New England Journal of Medicine, granting patients with life-threatening illnesses a “right to try” experimental drugs without FDA oversight is a slippery slope.

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Events
September
24
1402 Blockley Hall

Penn Bioethics Seminar | Isabel Gabel, PhD

Learn More 2019-09-24 12:00:00 2019-09-24 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar | Isabel Gabel, PhD The role of the gene in bioethics   Isabel Gabel, PhD Fellow in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genetics and Genomics Medical Ethics and Health Policy 1402 Blockley Hall Penn Medical Ethics
October
1
1402 Blockley Hall

Penn Bioethics Seminar | Laura Gibson, PhD

Learn More 2019-10-01 12:00:00 2019-10-01 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar | Laura Gibson, PhD Designing Philadelphia’s anti-smoking media campaign   Laura Gibson, PhD Research Assistant Professor Medical Ethics and Health Policy 1402 Blockley Hall Penn Medical Ethics
October
2
Biomedical Research Building Auditorium

Caregiving As Moral Experience | Arthur Kleinman, MD

Learn More 2019-10-02 12:00:00 2019-10-02 18:00:00 America/New_York Caregiving As Moral Experience | Arthur Kleinman, MD Arthur Kleinman, MD, author of The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor (available for pre-order through Penguin Random House) will speak on our campus on October 2, 2019, on Caregiving As Moral Experience. Dr. Kleinmain is Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Anthropology at Harvard Medical School and Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. From Noon to 1 PM: Dr. Kleinman joins creative thought leaders from across the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Medicine for a one-hour panel discussion on the state of caregiving in America and how caregivers can be morally and socially supported. From 4 to 6 PM: Dr. Kleinman shares his deeply human and inspiring story of his life in medicine and his marriage to Joan. Join the author after the talk for a reception, at which copies of The Soul of Care will be available for purchase. The Biomedical Research Building is located at 421 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, PA. This event is hosted by the Penn Memory Center and the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy. RSVP to tjcasey@upenn.edu. Biomedical Research Building Auditorium Penn Medical Ethics
October
7
John Morgan Building, Class of 62 Auditorium - 3620 Hamilton Walk

Research Ethics and Policy Series (REPS) | Jonathan D. Moreno, PhD

Learn More 2019-10-07 12:00:00 2019-10-07 13:00:00 America/New_York Research Ethics and Policy Series (REPS) | Jonathan D. Moreno, PhD Gene editing and geopolitics The controversy about the gene edited babies in China happens to have coincided with increasing tensions between the US and China and intensified competition in the life sciences, including legal action against some Chinese scientists based in the US. In this talk I sketch out the background geopolitical issues that have received little attention but that provide context for the regulation of CRISPR and related technologies. Jonathan D. Moreno, PhD David And Lyn Silfen University Professor of Ethics Medical Ethics & Health Policy Perelman School of Medicine John Morgan Building, Class of 62 Auditorium - 3620 Hamilton Walk Penn Medical Ethics
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