Johns Hopkins Vaccine Initiative
11th Annual Vaccine Day
Keynote Address and Panel Discussion, 1:30-3 p.m.
Keynote speaker: Richard Hatchett, MD
CEO, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
Panelists include Berman Institute Director Jeff Kahn
Poster Session and Reception, 3-5 p.m.
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, a discussion on the role played by medical professionals in theNazi regime and during the Holocaust
Holly Fernandez Lynch, John Russell Dickson, MD Presidential Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, will continue the Berman Institute’s 2018-19 Seminar Series
The Berman Institute proudly sponsors APHC’s annual meeting, “Social Justice and Professionalism: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities”
Monthly interdisciplinary and inter-professional case case discussion of ethics in clinical practice
Please join us at the June Ethics for Lunch (EFL) for an interactive session in which we will review topics from the past year and provide an open forum for discussion of topics to consider for the next academic year. We are interested in hearing from the hospital community about the ethical issues that are faced by patients, families, communities, and members of the healthcare team.
Jessica Berg, JD, MPH
Dean and Tom J.E. and Bette Lou Walker Professor of Law
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
The technology revolution has had an enormous effect on all aspects of the practice of medicine, from record-keeping to scheduling to billing to treatments to research. But although there have been efforts to create online decision-aids to facilitate informed consent, little thought has been given to the role of social media in surrogate decision making.
Gattaca (1997) – Film Screening and Discussion
Featuring Dr. Debra J.H. Mathews of the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Dr. Nathaniel Comfort from the Institute of the History of Medicine for a post-film talk and Q&A about the future of gene modification and CRISPR gene editing.
This is the first in the Parkway Theatre’s new series, FUTURES (UN)KNOWN – pairing favorite science fiction (and fact) films hosted by subject matter experts from Johns Hopkins – physicists, ethicists, biologists and futurists! Learn more: https://mdfilmfest.com/series/futures-unknown-jhu-presents-science-and-film/
Journeys in Medicine Symposium: The Interface of Immigration and Patient Care at Johns Hopkins Medicine
Panelists include the Berman Institute’s Dr. Joseph Carrese
Please RSVP at bit.ly/JHMJourney
The Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Centro SOL and the Hopkins Familia Employee Resource Group are sponsoring this symposium to address (1) the challenges/current crises related to immigrant health, (2) the rights of immigrants in receiving health care and (3) the role of Johns Hopkins security.
Director of the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to speak on “The Economic and Social Imperatives of Disease Prevention: The Obesity-Diabetes-Kidney Disease Paradigm”
