Berman Institute Monthly Newsletter – May 2021
May 2021
Announcements
Marie Nolan named interim dean of Hopkins School of Nursing
Longtime nursing executive vice dean and professor with a joint faculty appointment in the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Marie Nolan is internationally recognized for her work in palliative care.
Debra Mathews was appointed Ethics and Governance Lead at the Institute for Assured Autonomy at Johns Hopkins University.
Ruth Faden will serve as a Senior Adviser to the newly formed COVID Commission Planning Group, based at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs.
Events
“Marketing, Race and Racial Equity”
Robert H. Levi Leadership Symposium
May 3, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Keynote lecture by Sonya Grier, PhD, of American University followed by a panel discussion with ethics, public health and marketing experts: George Brenkert (Georgetown University), Nicholas Freudenberg (CUNY), Ronald Hill (American University) and Craig Smith (INSEAD). Watch on YouTube.
Diversifying Precision Medicine: Reflections from the Trenches of Clinical Translational Genomics
Bioethics Seminar Series
May 10, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Stephanie Malia Fullerton, DPhil, is Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Fullerton’s work focuses on the ethical and social implications of genomic research and its equitable and safe translation for clinical and public health benefit. Join on Zoom here with password “Fullerton”.
Food: The Power is on Your Plate
Fuller Seminar Series
May 11, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
Jessica Fanzo: Can Everybody Win? – A discussion of the tradeoffs that must be considered and addressed with a global food system transformation. Register here.
Outreach
Yoram Unguru guest lectured on Ethical Dilemmas in Clinical Medicine to the UMBC Biology 123 class on Human Genetics.
Leonard Rubenstein gave a talk on April 27 at Chatham House, London, titled “Attacks on Health and Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: Five Years on from UN Security Council Resolution 2286.”
Travis Rieder gave two talks about the opioid epidemic and his book, In Pain. One talk was part of SUNY Downstate’s STAR Program. Another was for the Baltimore County Public Library.
Prof. Rieder also gave they keynote address at the ACGME Stakeholders Congress. His talk was titled, “What One Patient’s Experience with Pain Medicine Can Teach Us about Responsible Pain Medicine.”
Michael Erdek gave the commencement address to graduating seniors of the Physician Assistant Studies Program at Duquesne University.
Jeffrey Kahn gave three invited talks in April. He gave a presentation titled “Ethical and Policy Considerations in COVID-19”at the 32nd Annual Health Law Conference at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law on April 9.
He presented on “Heritable Human Genome Editing in Clinical Practice: Scientific, Social, Ethical, and Legal Perspectives” at the American College of Medical Henetics and Genomics (ACMG) Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting on April 14.
Prof. Kahn gave a presentation, “Ethics in Public Health: Vaccine Distribution, COVID Passports” as part of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Spotlight Series on April 27.
Jeremy Sugarman gave a talk titled “Ethical Considerations in Next Generation HIV Prevention Trial Designs” at the HIV Forum Webinar on The Protocol Design Considerations: Analyses for Efficacy on April 14.
Dr. Sugarman also gave a talk titled “Working in the Ethics of Global Health” at the Global Health Pathway and the John Conley Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.