RESEARCH ETHICS PROGRAM

Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series

The UCSD and Donald Shapiro 2009-2012 Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series is supported by a generous gift from The Institute of Health Law at the California Western School of Law (CWSL) and E. Donald Shapiro, which co-sponsors with UCSD a Masters Degree in Health Law. It meets once monthly for faculty, staff, and students to discuss selected ethics topics.

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at UCSD in the Medical Teaching Facility (MTF), Room 175. To subscribe/unsubscribe to the ethics-l mailing list, please go to http://lists.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/ethics-l.


Past Programs: 1999 - current year
Current Year: 2012

Date
Topic
Discussion
Leader



January 18

 Global Health Ethics: The Worldwide Crisis of Untreated Pain Katherine I. Pettus, PhD.



February 15

 Bernard Gert (1934-2011): Working with a giant on a critique of
living organ donation		 Robert W. Steiner, MD



March 21

 Development and Dissemination of Surgical Innovations David C. Chang, PhD,
MPH, MBA



April 18

 TBA ---



May 16

 Changes in Human Subjects Protections Steven R Smith, JD, Dean,
Cal Western School of Law



June 20
The Limits of Scientific Evidence and the Ethics of
Dietary Guidelines - Sixty years of Ambiguity
Peter Attia, President,
Nutrition Science Initiative



July 18
TBA
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August 15

 No Meeting
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September 19
TBA
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October 17
TBA
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November 21
TBA
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December 19
No Meeting
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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 1credit 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.