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March 21, 2023

New England Journal of Medicine podcast: "Valuable"

In this episode of “Not Otherwise Specified,” Paula Chatterjee and Atheen Venkataramani join host Lisa Rosenbaum to discuss the role of values in health care, social determinants of health, and what physicians can do to improve U.S. health care.

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March 2, 2023

How Does Playing Football Affect Your Health?

Atheen Venkataramani joins Bapu Jena on Freakonomics podcast to discuss.

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February 17, 2023

Three MEHP Faculty elected Hastings Center Fellows

Emily Largent, Dom Sisti, and Peter Reese have all been elected to the Hastings Center fellows group.

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Events
March
28
Hybrid! 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive and via Zoom

Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): Justice in Times of Crisis: Emergency Ethics and Social Justice

Learn More 2023-03-28 12:00:00 2023-03-28 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): Justice in Times of Crisis: Emergency Ethics and Social Justice Justice in Times of Crisis: Emergency Ethics and Social Justice   Kok-Chor Tan, PhD Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania Lunch is provided for in-person attendees. Livestreaming available via Zoom. Do social justice and facts about background injustice matter in times of crisis? A crisis is an extreme non-ideal situation in which the stakes are high, in which a decision has to be urgently made, in which the relevant goods are absolutely scarce, and therefore a situation in which trade-offs have to be made among high-stake values. Thus, a crisis falls outside the normal “circumstances of justice”.  Accordingly, one might be tempted to conclude that ethical reasoning in a crisis – or “emergency ethics” – should be insulated from the demands of social justice. Emergency actors have a more immediate and specific goal. Their ethical decisions should focus on the urgent matter at hand, such as saving lives, averting ecological catastrophe, and the like, and these decisions should not be distracted by the longer-term aspirations of social justice.  I will oppose this independence of emergency ethics from social justice. I agree with the basic premise that emergency ethics is different from social justice because of their different circumstances and objectives, and that emergency ethical principles are not reducible to principles of justice. However, this does not mean that emergency ethics should be ‘insulated’ from the demands of justice. There are more and less fair ways of responding to a crisis, and justice sets constraints on how to ethically respond in an emergency. Hybrid! 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive and via Zoom Penn Medical Ethics
March
28
via Zoom

Mini Info Session: Graduate Certificate in Health Care Innovation

Learn More 2023-03-28 12:00:00 2023-03-28 12:30:00 America/New_York Mini Info Session: Graduate Certificate in Health Care Innovation Mini Info Session: Graduate Certificate in Health Care Innovation   Faculty, staff, fellows, and residents are invited to expand their innovation and leadership skills while learning tools to apply to their daily work. How? Through Penn’s online Graduate Certificate in Health Care Innovation, offered by PSOM’s Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy. Students learn alongside Master of Health Care Innovation classmates in 4 credit-bearing courses, such as Advancing Health Equity or Health Care Operations. Courses may be eligible for tuition benefits. RSVP to attend a mini virtual information session on Tuesday, March 28, from noon to 12:30 pm. See program details for the Graduate Certificate on MEHP Online’s website. via Zoom Penn Medical Ethics
April
4
1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive (and streaming via Zoom)

Penn Bioethics Seminar: Zooming Out and In: Bioethics Lessons Learned from Racism Focused Research

Learn More 2023-04-04 12:00:00 2023-04-04 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar: Zooming Out and In: Bioethics Lessons Learned from Racism Focused Research Zooming Out and In: Bioethics Lessons Learned from Racism Focused Research   Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins, PhD Vice-Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Social Policy & Practice Associate Fellow, Center for Public Health Initiatives, PSOM Lunch is provided for in-person attendees. Livestreaming available via Zoom. Description forthcoming. 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive (and streaming via Zoom) Penn Medical Ethics
April
11
Hybrid! 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive and via Zoom

Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Social Media Advertising

Learn More 2023-04-11 12:00:00 2023-04-11 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Social Media Advertising Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Social Media Advertising   Sneha Dave Executive Director, Generation Patient Lunch is provided for in-person attendees. Livestreaming available via Zoom. Description forthcoming. Hybrid! 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive and via Zoom Penn Medical Ethics
April
12
RCH B102AB, Richards Building, 3700 Hamilton Walk

Research Ethics and Policy Series (REPS): Including Adolescents and Young Adults Within Clinical Trials

Learn More 2023-04-12 12:00:00 2023-04-12 13:00:00 America/New_York Research Ethics and Policy Series (REPS): Including Adolescents and Young Adults Within Clinical Trials Including Adolescents and Young Adults Within Clinical Trials   Sneha Dave Executive Director, Generation Patient Lunch is provided for in-person attendees. Livestreaming available via Zoom. Description forthcoming. REPS events are now on the 2nd Wednesdays, September-June. RCH B102AB, Richards Building, 3700 Hamilton Walk Penn Medical Ethics
April
18
Hybrid! 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive and via Zoom

Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): TBA with David A. Rosenkranz, PhD

Learn More 2023-04-18 12:00:00 2023-04-18 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): TBA with David A. Rosenkranz, PhD TBA   David A. Rosenkranz, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Postdoctoral Fellow, MEHP, PSOM Lunch is provided for in-person attendees. Livestreaming available via Zoom. Description forthcoming. Hybrid! 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive and via Zoom Penn Medical Ethics
May
9
Virtual via Zoom

Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): Clinical Research, Reproduction, and the Making of Biomedical Non-Knowledge

Learn More 2023-05-09 12:00:00 2023-05-09 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): Clinical Research, Reproduction, and the Making of Biomedical Non-Knowledge Clinical Research, Reproduction, and the Making of Biomedical Non-Knowledge   Miranda R. Waggoner, PhD Associate Professor of Sociology, Florida State University Description forthcoming. Virtual via Zoom Penn Medical Ethics
May
10
RCH B102AB, Richards Building, 3700 Hamilton Walk

Bronstein Lecture: TBA with Sheila Varadan

Learn More 2023-05-10 12:00:00 2023-05-10 13:00:00 America/New_York Bronstein Lecture: TBA with Sheila Varadan Bronstein Lecture: TBA   Sheila Varadan PhD candidate, Leiden University Lunch is provided for in-person attendees. Livestreaming available via Zoom. Description forthcoming. REPS events are now on the 2nd Wednesdays, September-June. RCH B102AB, Richards Building, 3700 Hamilton Walk Penn Medical Ethics
May
16
Hybrid! 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive and via Zoom

Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): Returning Beta-amyloid PET Results to Cognitively Unimpaired Research Participants

Learn More 2023-05-16 12:00:00 2023-05-16 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): Returning Beta-amyloid PET Results to Cognitively Unimpaired Research Participants Returning Beta-amyloid PET Results to Cognitively Unimpaired Research Participants   Claire Erickson PhD, MPA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, MEHP, PSOM Lunch is provided for in-person attendees. Livestreaming available via Zoom. Description forthcoming. Hybrid! 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive and via Zoom Penn Medical Ethics
May
23
Hybrid! 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive and via Zoom

Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): The Intersection of Race and Medical Ethics/Bioethics

Learn More 2023-05-23 12:00:00 2023-05-23 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): The Intersection of Race and Medical Ethics/Bioethics The Intersection of Race and Medical Ethics/Bioethics   Adebayo Oluwayomi, PhD Assistant Professor, West Chester University Lunch is provided for in-person attendees. Livestreaming available via Zoom. Description forthcoming. Hybrid! 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive and via Zoom Penn Medical Ethics
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