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Events
In-person: BRB0251, Biomedical Research Building
Research Ethics and Policy Series: Seema K. Shah, JD
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2022-10-03 12:00:00
2022-10-03 13:00:00
America/New_York
Research Ethics and Policy Series: Seema K. Shah, JD
Examining the Dynamic and Implicit Ethical Challenges Facing Data Monitoring Committees
Seema K. Shah, JD
Associate Professor in Pediatrics at Northwestern University Medical School
Founder’s Board Professor of Medical Ethics
Associate Director of Research Ethics at Lurie Children’s Hospital
In-person! Livestreaming also available.
Boxed lunches will be provided for in-person attendees.
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed numerous unresolved research ethics challenges, particularly for Data Monitoring Committees (DMCs). DMCs have long faced high stakes decisions in clinical trials including whether to continue, modify, or terminate a trial based on emerging trial data. In the COVID pandemic, DMCs have been called “unsung heroes” for their work to ensure the ongoing value of research amid rapidly-changing circumstances and great pressure to release early findings to the public. Yet unlike other research oversight bodies, such as Institutional Review Boards, DMCs have limited formal ethical guidance. For example, should DMCs ensure the accuracy of press releases detailing study findings? Do DMCs consider when to unblind participants after a study is over if it is relevant for their future medical decision-making? In this presentation, I will examine ethical challenges that are often implicitly addressed in DMC decision-making. I will report preliminary results of a qualitative study of DMC members (i.e., statisticians, clinicians, and ethicists) and highlight persistent controversies about the roles that DMCs should play. Finally, I will explore whether and how bioethicists can help address the complex ethical challenges that arise for DMCs.
Seema K. Shah, JD, Associate Professor in Pediatrics at Northwestern University Medical School and an Associate Director of the Bioethics Program at Lurie Children’s Hospital, is an expert in the fields of pediatrics and global health research ethics, as well as on ethical issues in the determination of death. After attending Stanford University, Shah completed a fellowship in bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center. She then received legal training at Stanford and in a federal district court clerkship. Shah was previously on faculty at the University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital and at the NIH Clinical Center Department of Bioethics. Shah has chaired an NIH committee on ethical considerations in conducting Zika virus human challenge trials, and lectured on the ethics of clinical research at conferences run by PRIM&R, ASBH, IAB, ASTMH, and internationally in such locations as Botswana, South Africa, the Netherlands, Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia, Brazil, and Zimbabwe.
For more information, contact Mary Pham, Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
In-person: BRB0251, Biomedical Research Building
Penn Medical Ethics
In-person: BRB1412, Biomedical Research Building, 14th floor, 421 Curie Boulevard
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series: Alicia E. Yamin, JD, MPH, PhD
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2022-10-04 12:00:00
2022-10-04 13:00:00
America/New_York
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series: Alicia E. Yamin, JD, MPH, PhD
Global Health and Human Rights: Lessons from the Pandemic
Alicia E. Yamin, JD, MPH, PhD
Lecturer on Law and Senior Fellow on Global Health and Rights, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, Harvard Law School; Adjunct Senior Lecturer on Health Policy and Management, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; and Senior Advisor on Human Rights and Health Policy, Partners In Health
In-person! Livestreaming also available.
Boxed lunches will be provided for in-person attendees.
Abstract: This talk will reflect on lessons learned about the state of public health systems, global health equity and human rights during the Covid-19 pandemic. The talk will explore what the pandemic revealed about the achievements and challenges to using human rights in order to contribute to more inclusive democracy and global health equity. It will argue that in a world ravaged by decades of disinvestment in public health, health systems, and social protection, along with an evident crisis of confidence in the capacity of political institutions and international governance to lead the way, the response is not “business as usual” legalism in human rights, but rather turning toward questions of political economy and working through networks and social movements.
For more information, contact Mary Pham, Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
In-person: BRB1412, Biomedical Research Building, 14th floor, 421 Curie Boulevard
Penn Medical Ethics
Colonial Penn Center Auditorium, 3641 Locust Walk
Policy Seminar with The Honorable Alex M. Azar II and Dr. Kevin Volpp
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2022-10-04 12:00:00
2022-10-04 13:00:00
America/New_York
Policy Seminar with The Honorable Alex M. Azar II and Dr. Kevin Volpp
Reflections from HHS Secretary Alex Azar: A Fireside Chat
Open to Penn Affiliates
12:00p.m. – 1:00p.m. ET October 4, 2022 In-Person Event
Colonial Penn Center Auditorium, 3641 Locust Walk
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Secretary Azar was the 24th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. In this role, he oversaw a wide range of programs including Medicare, Medicaid, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health. In this session, Penn Professor and Health Policy Division Chief Kevin Volpp will discuss with him this range of responsibilities, highlighting what Secretary Azar is most proud of about his tenure at HHS and what he sees as important challenges ahead for the current and future administrations. Please come prepared with questions as we will devote a significant amount of time to Q and A with the audience.
Please note: In-person attendance at this event is preferred. Virtual access will be provided to registrants who are unable to be on campus. This event is co-sponsored with the Leonard Davis Institute.
The Honorable Alex Azar II served as the 24th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2018–2021), leading over 85,000 employees with a budget of over $1.4 trillion, the largest budget of any cabinet department in the world. He was the architect of Operation Warp Speed, delivering COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics in record time. He drove U.S. Government efforts to tackle the opioid crisis, increase private insurance options, bring transparency of price and quality information to health care, expand telehealth, and more. Secretary Azar is currently an advisor to Foresite Capital, sits on several corporate boards, is a part-time Adjunct Professor of Business and Senior Executive-in-Residence at the University of Miami Herbert Business School. He is a member of the Aspen Institute’s Health Strategy Group and the American Task Force On Lebanon’s Policy Advisory Board.
Colonial Penn Center Auditorium, 3641 Locust Walk
Penn Medical Ethics
via Zoom
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series: Jayme E. Locke, MD, MPH, FACS, FAST and A. Cozette Kale, MD, MPH - Virtual Only
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2022-10-11 12:00:00
2022-10-11 13:00:00
America/New_York
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series: Jayme E. Locke, MD, MPH, FACS, FAST and A. Cozette Kale, MD, MPH - Virtual Only
Surgery and Science: Mitigating Health Disparities in Transplantation
Jayme E. Locke, MD, MPH, FACS, FAST, Director, UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute; Associate Chief Medical Officer for Inpatient Quality & Patient Safety; Professor of Surgery; Chief, Division of Transplantation; Arnold G. Diethelm Endowed Chair in Transplantation Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine
A. Cozette Kale, MD, MPH, UAB General Surgery Resident, University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine
Abstract: TBA
More information: Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
via Zoom
Penn Medical Ethics
In-person: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, 14th floor
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series: Genevieve Kanter, PhD
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2022-10-25 12:00:00
2022-10-25 13:00:00
America/New_York
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series: Genevieve Kanter, PhD
10 Years After Open Payments: How Much Do Drug Companies Influence Doctors?
Genevieve Kanter, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics, and Health Policy; Director of Wharton Public Policy Certificate Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
In-person! Livestreaming also available.
Boxed lunches will be provided for in-person attendees.
Abstract: TBA
For more information, contact Mary Pham, Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
In-person: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, 14th floor
Penn Medical Ethics
via Zoom
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series: Christopher Donohue, PhD and Sarah A. Bates, MS - Virtual Only
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2022-11-01 12:00:00
2022-11-01 13:00:00
America/New_York
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series: Christopher Donohue, PhD and Sarah A. Bates, MS - Virtual Only
TBA
Christopher Donohue, PhD, Historian, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
Sarah A. Bates, MS, Chief, Office of Communications, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
Abstract: TBA
More information: Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
via Zoom
Penn Medical Ethics
In-person: Jordan 506 EW Seminar Rm Jordan Medical Education Center
Research Ethics and Policy Series: Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD
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2022-11-07 12:00:00
2022-11-07 13:00:00
America/New_York
Research Ethics and Policy Series: Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD
TBA
Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of the Opportunity for Health Lab
In-person! Livestreaming also available.
Boxed lunches will be provided for in-person attendees.
Abstract: TBA
For more information, contact Mary Pham, Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
In-person: Jordan 506 EW Seminar Rm Jordan Medical Education Center
Penn Medical Ethics
In-person: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, 14th floor
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series: Brian Hutler, JD, PhD
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2022-11-22 12:00:00
2022-11-22 13:00:00
America/New_York
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series: Brian Hutler, JD, PhD
Health Disparities and Indirect Discrimination: Two Puzzles, One Solution
Brian Hutler, JD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Temple University
In-person! Livestreaming also available.
Boxed lunches will be provided for in-person attendees.
Abstract: TBA
For more information, contact Mary Pham, Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
In-person: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, 14th floor
Penn Medical Ethics
In-person: Jordan 506 EW Seminar Rm Jordan Medical Education Center
Research Ethics and Policy Series: Rita F. Redberg, MD, MS
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2022-12-05 12:00:00
2022-12-05 13:00:00
America/New_York
Research Ethics and Policy Series: Rita F. Redberg, MD, MS
Reducing low value care
Rita F. Redberg, MD, MS
General Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine,
University of California San Francisco
In-person! Livestreaming also available.
Boxed lunches will be provided for in-person attendees.
Abstract: TBA
For more information, contact Mary Pham, Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
In-person: Jordan 506 EW Seminar Rm Jordan Medical Education Center
Penn Medical Ethics
In-person: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, 14th floor
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series: Marina Di Bartolo, MD and Niharika Sathe, MD, MHS
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2022-12-06 12:00:00
2022-12-06 13:00:00
America/New_York
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series: Marina Di Bartolo, MD and Niharika Sathe, MD, MHS
Ethical Issues that Arise in the Ambulatory Medicine Setting
Marina Di Bartolo, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Niharika Sathe, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
In-person! Livestreaming also available.
Boxed lunches will be provided for in-person attendees.
Abstract: TBA
For more information, contact Mary Pham, Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
In-person: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, 14th floor
Penn Medical Ethics