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The 2005-06 Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series is supported by a generous gift from California Western School of Law (CWSL) and The Institute of Health Law Studies at CWSL. It meets once monthly for faculty, staff, and students to discuss selected ethics topics.

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are on Wednesdays, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at UCSD in the Medical Teaching Facility (MTF), Room 175. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please e-mail us at ethics@ucsd.edu.
Date
Topic
Discussion
Leader
January 19
Race and Medicine
Michael O. Hardimon
February 16
Adverse Drug Effects
Beatrice Golomb
March 16
The Ethics and Politics of Breast Implants
Michael Middleton
April 20
Research in the Public Eye: The Implications of the California Stem Cell Initiative for Science and Ethics
Sara Burke
May 18
"A Whiff of Bias":
Conflict of Interest in Medicine and Science
Larry Schneiderman
June 15
Medical Obligation to the Under and Uninsured
Chuck Mittman,
Todd Gilmer
July 20
Drug and Gene Doping in Sport
Ted Friedmann
August
Summer break - no meeting
 
September 21
Best and Worst Practices in Gene Therapy Clinical Research
Gwen Anderson
San Diego State University
October 19
Pharmacist Refusals to Fill Contraceptive Orders
Bill Marcus
November 16
Ethical Challenges in Clinical Research
Peter Wagner
December 21
Winter break - no meeting
 

ACCREDITATION FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION:

The University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine designates this educational activity for one credit per hour of Category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.  

SEMINAR SERIES OBJECTIVES:
  1. To increase awareness of the ethical dimensions of research, clinical practice, and teaching.

  2. To increase discussion and understanding of the ethical dimensions of research, clinical practice and teaching.