Research Ethics and Policy Series (REPS)
REPS lectures usually occur on the first Monday of every month, 12-1p Eastern. Lectures are often recorded and included in the list below. *Lectures are now hybrid* (in-person on Penn campus with a Zoom option). For more information about REPS, please contact Mary Pham.
Upcoming:
All lectures will likely be in-person, with a Zoom option.
- September 12, 2022—Ulf Schmidt, PhD [Bronstein lecture]
Past lectures:
- June 7, 2022
The Challenge of Quantifiable Research Representation - June 6, 2022
Belmont’s Third Pillar: Towards Justice in Clinical Research - April 4, 2022
And You May Ask Yourself, How Did We Get Here? AIDS Activism and the Quest for Access and Answers on New Drugs - March 7, 2022
(R)Evolution of the 3Rs: Reflections on Art, Ethics, and Science - February 7, 2022
Salient ethical issues in implementation science: Pragmatic tradeoffs, unintended consequences, and sustainability - January 10, 2022
Exception from Informed Consent (EFIC) Regulation: Good Intentions, Indeterminate Concepts, Bureaucratic Absurdities - December 6, 2021
Sickle Cell Disease and Curative Therapies: Hope Redefined? - November 1, 2021
Paying patients to participate in clinical trials: Undue, unjust, or understudied? - October 4, 2021
What just happened? The strange tale of the FDA’s approval of aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease - June 7, 2021
Recruitment of Underrepresented Minorities to Cancer Clinical Trials
- April 5, 2021
The Sustained Aeration of Infant Lung RCT: Balancing
Ethics and the Need for Evidence - February 1, 2021
Chasing My Cure: Self-experimentation and Rare
Disease Research - January 11, 2021
Using Nudges to Improve the Delivery of Health Care - December 7, 2020
Research and Rapidly Evolving Care During a Pandemic - November 2, 2020
Ethical Issues in Intraoperative Neuroscience Studies: Assessing Subjects’ Recall of Informed Consent and Motivations for Participation - October 5, 2020
Using Laboratory Studies to Inform Tobacco Control and Policy - June 1, 2020
Articulating and Measuring the Value of Patient Engagement in Research - March 2, 2020
What Expanded Access and Right To Try Can and Cannot Do - February 3, 2020
Ethical Issues in the Design and Conduct of Community-based Research - January 6, 2020
The Ethics of Genomics Research Involving Indigenous Populations in Africa - December 2, 2019
Defining and Advancing IRB Quality and Effectiveness - October 7, 2019
Gene Editing and Geopolitics - June 3, 2019
Consent for Clinical Research in Emergency settings: Patient-Centered or Pointless?
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Ethics, Policy, and COVID-19
Unprecedented times demand expertise to inform decisions, guide behavior, and shape disrupted business practices. Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy faculty and colleagues present their latest work in brief videos and articles. Learn more and find other videos and resources here.
12/18/20 - School Openings and COVID-19: Medical, Educational, and Policy Considerations
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Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS)
PBS lectures occur Tuesdays, 12-1p Eastern via Zoom. Lectures are recorded, but are not posted unless the speaker requests this. For more information on PBS, please contact Mary Pham.
10/6/20 - The Structural Bind of Whiteness