December 15, 2004: SEMINAR
Biomedical Ethics Seminar: Using the Medicine of History
Harry C. Powell, M.D., D.Sc., FRCPath; Professor, Vice Chair, Director, Residency Program, UCSD Department of Pathology
Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 175

December 8, 2004: SEMINAR
Research Ethics Journal Club: Jonathan Weiner's "My Brother's Keeper"
Thursday, 9:00-10:30 p.m.
La Jolla Professional Office Buildings

December 2, 2004: LECTURE
San Diego Science and Technology Council:
Is Life a Project in Molecular Engineering? Dying Patients and the Ethics of Regenerative Medicine
Jonathan Weiner, author, "My Brother's Keeper"
Contact Sara Burke at ssburke@ucsd.edu for more information

November 29, 2004: LECTURE
Research Ethics Series:
Special Lecture: Timely Topic TBA
Jeffrey M Drazen, M.D., Editor-in-Chief, The New England Journal of Medicine, Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Monday, 12:00 p.m.
Valerie Timken Amphitheatre of Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital

November 23, 2004: SEMINAR
Tough Cases: End of Life Care: The Case of an Elderly Breast Cancer Patient
Bryan A. Liang, M.D., Ph.D., J.D. Executive Director and Professor at the Institute of Health Law Studies, California Western School of Law; Co-Director and Adjunct Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, UCSD
Tuesday, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Stein 148

November 18, 2004: LECTURE
San Diego Science and Technology Council:
Cyberinfrastructure and its Role in Facilitating Biomedical Research
Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., President, Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Science
Contact Sara Burke at ssburke@ucsd.edu for more information

November 17, 2004: SEMINAR
Biomedical Ethics Seminar: End of Life Care: The Case of an Elderly Breast Cancer Patient
Bryan A. Liang, M.D., Ph.D., J.D. Executive Director and Professor at the Institute of Health Law Studies, California Western School of Law; Co-Director and Adjunct Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, UCSD
Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 175

November 12-14, 2004: CONFERENCE
Office of Research Integrity, Department of Health and Human Services, and the University of California,San Diego:
2004 Research Conference on Research Integrity
Friday, 1:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m., Saturday 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Sunday 7:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Paradise Point Resort & Spa, San Diego, California
Contact Nicholas H. Steneck, Ph.D. at nsteneck@umich.edu or Andrea Paik at apaik@ucsd.edu for more information

November 11, 2004: LECTURE
Research Ethics Series:
Research with Vulnerable Populations
Cindy L. Ehlers, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute
Thursday, 4:30 p.m.
Valerie Timken Amphitheatre of Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital

November 1, 2004: SEMINAR
Research Ethics Journal Club: Research Ethics Day
Thursday, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Liechtag Conference Room

September 28, 2004: SEMINAR
Tough Cases: Medical Education: Residency Hours
Shawn Harrity, M.D., UCSD School of Medicine
Tuesday, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Stein 148

September 23, 2004: LECTURE
San Diego Science and Technology Council:
The Science, the Promise, and the Politics of Biomedical Research
Dr. L. Dennis Smith, President, University of Nebraska
Thursday, 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
UCSD, The Institute of the Americas, Weaver Center

September 23, 2004: LECTURE
Research Ethics Series:
Advances in Gene Transfer: Is Enhancement Inevitable?
Theodore Friedmann, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Gene Therapy Program, UCSD, Chair, Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, Scripps Clinic
Thursday, 4:30 p.m.
Valerie Timken Amphitheatre of Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital

September 22, 2004: LECTURE
Research Ethics Series:
2004 Annual Update on Human Subjects Protection (Grand Rounds)
Ronald A. Simon, M.D., Chair, Human Subjects Committee, Head, Division of Allergy,Asthma & Immunology, Scripps Clinic
Wednesday, 12:00 p.m.
Valerie Timken Amphitheatre of Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital

September 20, 2004: LECTURE
Center for Ethics in Science and Technology:
Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Stem Cell Research
Baronness Onora O'Neill, Principal of Newnham College, University of Cambridge
Monday, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Fishman Auditorium
The Burnham Institute, La Jolla

September 15, 2004: SEMINAR
Biomedical Ethics Seminar: International AIDS Research
Christopher Matthews, M.D., M.S.P.H., Professor of Clinical Medicine, Director, UCSD Owen Clinic, UCSD Medical Center
Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 175

July 21, 2004: SEMINAR
Biomedical Ethics Seminar: Traversing An Ethical Minefield: The Continuing Stem Cell Debate
Evan Snyder, M.D., Ph.D., Professor & Director, Stem Cell & Regenerative Program, The Burnham Institute
Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 175

July 14, 2004: CONFERENCE
Center for Ethics in Science and Technology:
"Is it Possible to Say When Human Life Begins?" Can Ethical, Legal, and Biological Conceptions of the Human Embryo Converge?
Speakers: Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, Jeff Kahn, Laurie Zoloth
Panelists: Paul Lauritzen, Michael Shapiro, Frances Kamm, Louis Guenin
Wednesday, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
The La Jolla Hilton

June 22, 2004: SEMINAR
Tough Cases: End of life decisions: Who decides?
Mary Devereaux, Ph.D., UCSD Research Ethics Program
Tuesday, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Stein 148

June 16, 2004: SEMINAR
Biomedical Ethics Seminar: The Parent Trap: Uncovering Bias in Judicial Treatment of Frozen Embryo Disputes
Ellen Waldman, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Leichtag Building Room 2A05

June 15, 2004: SEMINAR
Research Ethics Journal Club: The Research Imperative
Thursday, 9:00-10:30 p.m.
La Jolla Professional Office Buildings

May 25, 2004: SEMINAR
Tough Cases: Pharmaceutical Marketing: Ethical Issues for Doctors, Safety Issues for Patients
Jay S. Cohen, MD, Associate Clinical Professor (Voluntary), Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
Mary Devereaux, Ph.D., UCSD Research Ethics Program
Tuesday, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Stein 148

May 19, 2004: SEMINAR
Biomedical Ethics Seminar: The Use of Patient Data Without Consent
Matthew Allison, M.D., M.P.H.
Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 175

May 11, 2004: SEMINAR
Research Ethics Journal Club: Do scientists have different values than non-scientists?
Thursday, 9:00-10:30 p.m.
La Jolla Professional Office Buildings

April 27, 2004: SEMINAR
Tough Cases: Genetic Disease and Family Members:Is the physician obligated to tell?
Len Deftos
Tuesday, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Stein 148

April 21, 2004: SEMINAR
Biomedical Ethics Seminar: Informed Consent for Research: How "Informed" Is It?
Dilip Jeste, Director, Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, Professor of Psychiatry & Neurosciences, UCSD
Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 175

April 1, 2004: SEMINAR
Research Ethics Journal Club: Social Research Methodology
Thursday, 9:00-10:30 p.m.
Sky Park

March 23, 2004: SEMINAR
Tough Cases: Cancelled for Spring Break
Tuesday, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Stein 148

March 17, 2004: SEMINAR
Biomedical Ethics Seminar: Inserting Human Embryonic Stem Cells Into Mice for Medical Research
Mark Mercola, Stem Cell and Regeneration Program, The Burnham Institute
Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 175

March 4, 2004: SEMINAR
Research Ethics Journal Club: Ethical Approaches to Case Studies
Thursday, 9:00-10:30 p.m.
Sky Park

February 25, 2004: LECTURE
San Diego Science and Technology Council:
Social and Policy Implications of New Reproductive Genetic Technologies
Kathy Hudson, Director of the Genetics & Public Policy Center, Johns Hopkins University
Wednesday, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Garren Auditorium, UCSD School of Medicine
RSVP to iherfurth@ucsd.edu

February 24, 2004: SEMINAR
Tough Cases: Truth or Consequences: Should the Doctor Always Tell?
Larry Schneiderman, Family and Preventive Medicine, UCSD
Tuesday, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Stein 148

February 18, 2004: SEMINAR
Biomedical Ethics Seminar: The Failure to Disclose Adverse Effects - The Case of the SSRIs
Loren Mosher, M.D.
Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 175

January 28, 2004: SEMINAR
Research Ethics Journal Club: Utilitarianism
Wednesday, 9:00-10:30 p.m.
Sky Park

January 27, 2004: SEMINAR
Tough Cases: Practicing Medicine on the Newly Dead
Arnold Gass, Medicine, UCSD and the VA Medical Center
Tuesday, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Stein 148

January 21, 2004: SEMINAR
Biomedical Ethics Seminar: Hormone Replacement Therapy and the Women's Health Initiative Study
Cynthia Stuenkel, Family and Preventive Medicine, UCSD
Mary Devereaux, Research Ethics Program, UCSD
Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Medical Teaching Facility (MTF) 175