Events
Hybrid: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive (and virtual via Zoom)
Hybrid-Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): Embedding Ethics Into Bioengineering Education - Brit Shields, PhD
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2025-07-08 12:00:00
2025-07-08 13:00:00
America/New_York
Hybrid-Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): Embedding Ethics Into Bioengineering Education - Brit Shields, PhD
Embedding Ethics into Bioengineering Education
Brit Shields, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Department of Bioengineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Pennsylvania
This talk will foster a discussion on pedagogical strategies for developing ethics curricula tailored to bioengineering students. It will highlight the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Bioengineering’s Engineering Ethics Initiative, which aims to embed ethics into core technical courses. This initiative is designed to prepare graduates for responsible leadership in industry and engineering practice by equipping them with the tools to identify and address societal concerns effectively. Within the context of their technical training, students gain discipline-specific knowledge and skills, including principles of bioethics, proactive ethical design frameworks, regulatory and legal considerations, funding structures, and awareness of unintended consequences, among others. The initiative is a collaboration involving interdisciplinary faculty and Engineering Ethics Fellows with expertise spanning Bioengineering, History and Sociology of Technology, and Legal Studies.
Streaming also available via Zoom
Hybrid: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive (and virtual via Zoom)
Penn Medical Ethics
Hybrid: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive (and virtual via Zoom)
Hybrid-Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): "Pre-Hospital Triage Decision Making in Times of Scarce Resources – a Mixed Method Study within the Swiss Healthcare Setting"
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2025-07-22 12:00:00
2025-07-22 13:00:00
America/New_York
Hybrid-Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): "Pre-Hospital Triage Decision Making in Times of Scarce Resources – a Mixed Method Study within the Swiss Healthcare Setting"
Pre-Hospital Triage Decision Making in Times of Scarce Resources – a Mixed Method Study
within the Swiss Healthcare Setting
Elisabeth Stock
Scientific Assistant
PhD Candidate
Institute for Biomedical Ethics Basel
Switzerland
The COVID-19 pandemic raised numerous ethical questions around the use of limited medical
resources in emergency situations and beyond. In response, guidelines were drafted and
implemented to ensure ethically sound rationing of critical resources. Numerous ethical
guidelines have been developed on how to triage patients in hospitals, in cases where
extensive medical care cannot be provided to all patients who need it. However, much less
attention was given to drafting guidance on pre- and peri-hospital management under
conditions of scarcity. Hence, there is little literature on direct or indirect forms of pre-hospital
triage, which can often be implicit or non-transparent. This is problematic, as there are signs
that some forms of triage happened in the pre- or peri-hospitalisation period, creating
ethically questionable disparities, particularly concerning older patients.
To explore the pre-triage mechanisms applied in Switzerland during the COVID-19 pandemic
amid medical resource scarcity, a qualitative interview study was carried out with 57
healthcare professionals from various Swiss healthcare organizations. Further, a survey was
conducted with 213 older patients from four geriatric clinics to gather their opinions on the
allocation of scarce medical resources.
The aim of the presentation is to share the key findings of the study on our participants'
experiences, perceptions, and opinions regarding pre-triage mechanisms during the COVID-
19 pandemic.
Streaming available via Zoom.
Hybrid: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive (and virtual via Zoom)
Penn Medical Ethics
Virtual, via Zoom
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): "Trading Time for Tissue: The Morality of Organ Donation Programs in Prison Systems" with Paul Tubig
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2025-07-29 12:00:00
2025-07-29 13:00:00
America/New_York
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): "Trading Time for Tissue: The Morality of Organ Donation Programs in Prison Systems" with Paul Tubig
Trading Time for Tissue: The Morality of Organ Donation Programs in Prison Systems
Paul Tubig
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Georgia Southern University
Paul Tubig is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgia Southern University.
Paul writes, teaches, and speaks widely about the relationship between health and justice, and the ethics of transformative technologies, including body-modification technologies, in contexts of injustice.
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Streaming via Zoom.
Virtual, via Zoom
Penn Medical Ethics
Hybrid: RCH B102AB, Richards Bldg., 3700 Hamilton Walk (and virtual via Zoom)
Hybrid-Research Ethics and Policy Series (REPS): Engagement of Americans of African Ancestry in Neuroscience Research - Dr Alvin C. Hathaway
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2025-09-09 12:00:00
2025-09-09 13:00:00
America/New_York
Hybrid-Research Ethics and Policy Series (REPS): Engagement of Americans of African Ancestry in Neuroscience Research - Dr Alvin C. Hathaway
Engagement of Americans of African Ancestry in Neuroscience Research
Dr. Alvin C. Hathaway
Co-Founder, African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative (AANRI)
Founded in 2019, AANRI aims to address and rectify longstanding disparities in neuroscience research. Through this partnership, AANRI is committed to advancing scientific understanding, promoting racial equity in neuroscience and paving the way for inclusive biomedical research.
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Registration required - lunch provided
Hybrid: RCH B102AB, Richards Bldg., 3700 Hamilton Walk (and virtual via Zoom)
Penn Medical Ethics
Hybrid: RCH B102AB, Richards Bldg., 3700 Hamilton Walk (and virtual via Zoom)
Hybrid-Research Ethics and Policy Series (REPS): Decentralized Clinical Trials - Effy Vayena, PhD
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2025-10-07 12:00:00
2025-10-07 13:00:00
America/New_York
Hybrid-Research Ethics and Policy Series (REPS): Decentralized Clinical Trials - Effy Vayena, PhD
Decentralized Clinical Trials
Effy Vayena, PhD
Effy Vayena is a Professor of Bioethics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) and renowned expert at the intersection of medicine, data, and ethics. Her work focuses on important societal issues of data and technology as they relate to scientific progress and how it is or should be applied to public and personal health.
More detail to follow.
Registration Required. Lunch provided.
Streaming available via Zoom.
Hybrid: RCH B102AB, Richards Bldg., 3700 Hamilton Walk (and virtual via Zoom)
Penn Medical Ethics
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