Berman Institute Monthly Newsletter – November 2020
November 2020
Announcements
Feeding the World Well: A Framework for Ethical Food Systems, Johns Hopkins University Press
Editor: Alan M. Goldberg
Leading experts reveal ways that the future of food production for the world’s burgeoning population can (and must) be both sustainable and ethical. Contributors include Jessica Fanzo, Anne Barnhill, Ruth Faden, and Claire Davis.
Jeremy Greene, MD, PhD, was awarded the 2021 Nicholas Davies Memorial Award by the American College of Physicians. Dr. Greene receives the award for “outstanding scholarly activities in history, literature, philosophy, and ethics and contributions to humanism in medicine.”
The Berman Institute’s wide and growing array of postdoctoral fellowships are helping launch the careers of the next generation of bioethics scholars. The Berman Institute’s flagship postdoctoral program is the Hecht-Levi Fellowship, offering a two-year program of study and experiential learning in bioethics. Although an extensive background in bioethics is not required, priority will be given to applicants with at least some exposure to bioethics during their education. The selection process is highly competitive, with up to two Fellows accepted into the program each year. Additionally, we are recruiting candidates for the Ruth Faden Scholars Program.
Additional postdoctoral fellowships with a specific focus include:
- Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ethics and Infectious Disease
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy and Mental Disorder
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Ethics and Regulatory Aspects of Pragmatic Clinical Trials (not accepting applications until Fall 2021)
Berman Institute faculty members Jeremy Greene, Jeffrey Kahn, and Hanna Pickard will serve on the Johns Hopkins Committee to Establish Principles on Naming. The committee will develop guidance for future decisions about the names of existing facilities, professorships, scholarships, fellowships, and programs.
Yoram Unguru, MD, MS, MA, was named “Top Doctor” by Baltimore Magazine.
Events
November 9, 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST
Seminar Series: Clinicians, COVID, and the Culture of Medicine
Susan Block, MD
The Hutzler-Rives Memorial Lecture will reflect on clinician experiences of caring for patients with COVID, and contextualize these responses within a discussion of the culture of medicine, in relation to dealing with failure, death, loss, and learning.
November 19, 7:00 – 9:00 PM EST
Theater of War: Frontline Performance
Dramatic reading by acclaimed actors of scenes from ancient Greek plays to help nurses, doctors, EMS, first responders, administrators, and other health care providers engage in healing, constructive discussions about the unique challenges and stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic.
November 23, 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST
Seminar Series: What Can a Focus on Fakes and Fakery Teach Us About Health?
Patricia Kingori, PhD
Publications
Outreach
November 10
Jeffrey Kahn will moderate a session titled “Our Health, Your Privacy at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum Summit on Security.
November 6
Yoram Unguru gave a talk at the 13th Annual Florida Pediatrics Bioethics Conference hosted by Wolfson Children’s Hospital. His talk was titled “Respect or Resist—Refusal of Standard Treatments for Favorable Prognosis Childhood Cancer When Children & Parents Say ‘No.’”
November 4
Anne Barnhill gave a guest lecture on The Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation and Distribution
as part of a course on the Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Human Research at the NIH Department of Bioethics.
October 30
Yoram Unguru gave the keynote speech at Angels for Change Summit One: Together Ending Life Saving Drug Shortages. His speech was titled “Drug Scarcity in Childhood Cancer, a Crisis in American Healthcare.”
Anne Barnhill was an invited participant at the Online Manipulation Workshop hosted by the Digital Life Initiative at Cornell Tech.
October 23
Rachel Gur Arie created a video titled Trust, Solidarity and COVID-19 as part of the Berman Institute’s Bieothics Conversations series.
October 22
Rachel Gur Arie created a video titled Hesitancy Around Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine as part of the Berman Institute’s Bioethics Conversations series.
Jeffrey Kahn was an invited speaker at the MIT Technology Review Virtual Conference, EmTech: Using Technology to Protect and Track Information. His talk was titled “The Challenge of Contact Tracing.”
October 20
David Meyers served on a panel discussing Medically Unexplained Symptoms, Health Disparities, and COVID-19 at the 13th Annual International Conference on Improving Diagnosis. This conference was sponsored by the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine.
October 9
Marielle Gross and Jean Anderson discuss the benefits and risks as they relate to obstetric and gynecologic care in a video titled New Benefits and Risks to Telemedicine in OB/GYN Care. This video is part of the Berman Institute’s Bioethics Conversation series.
Jeffrey Kahn was an invited speaker at the 2020 Responsible Machine Learning Summit: AI and COVID-19 hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara. His talk was titled “Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response: Ethics and Governance Guidance.”
Jeremy Sugarman spoke at GeNeDis 2020: Genetics, Geriatrics and Neurodegenerative Diseases, hosted by The Foundation for Research and Technology. His talk was titled “Gathering Data to Inform the Ethics of Neurological Research.”
Jessica Fanzo was an invited speaker at Terra Madre: Salone del Gusto. Her talk was titled “The Well-Being of the Planet and People” and it was part of Terra Madre’s Food Talk series.
October 7
Ruth Faden co-chaired a session at The State of Coronavirus Vaccine Development in the US: A Virtual Symposiumhosted by Johns Hopkins University and the University of Washington.