Past Issues
Berman Institute Monthly Newsletter – November 2021
November 2021
Announcements
Renee Boss, Mary Catherine Beach, and Yoram Unguru were recognized in Baltimore Magazine’s 2021 Top Doctors List
Megan Collins was promoted to Associate Professor in the School of Medicine.
Events
Marzyeh Ghassemi: fAIrest of Them All
Seminar Series, Berman Institute of Bioethics
Monday, November 8, 2021, 12 – 1 pm EST
Dr. Marzyeh Ghassemi will explore the difficulty of making state-of-the-art machine learning models behave as we say, not as we do, and how technical choices that seems natural in other settings may not work well in health. Join us on Zoom. Free & open to all.
Seminar Series, Berman Institute of Bioethics
Monday, November 22, 2021, 12 – 1 pm EST
More info TBA. Free & open to all.
What is the Moral Universe of the Muslim Researcher?
MORES Hot Topics in Research Ethics
Monday, November 29, 2021, 8 – 9 am, EST
This webinar will focus on the ways in which debates and questions involving Islam within the biomedical research context are negotiated. Dr. Mehrunisha Suleman will present findings from her DPhil research and book entitled Islam and Biomedical Research Ethics. Please register here: https://tinyurl.com/ksavt4m9
Outreach
“Flying Under the Radar”: Informality, Opacity, and Surveillance in the Urban U.S
American Anthropological Association
November 20, 2021
Talk by Tali Ziv.
Investing in Baltimore City’s Youth
Johns Hopkins Medicine for the Greater Good Symposium
November 16, 2021
Panelist Megan Collins.
Health Care Disparities and Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials
American Academy of Ophthalmology
November 14, 2021
Talk by Megan Collins.
The 33rd Annual Dorothy J. MacLean Conference on Clinical Medical Ethics
Friday November 12 & Saturday November 13, 2021
This annual conference draws speakers who discuss today’s issues in clinical medical ethics. This year’s speakers include Megan Collins. Link for more info and free registration.
Donor and Patient Ethical Considerations in Transplant and Cellular Therapy
ONE Forum 2021 Virtual Experience
Friday, November 5, 2021
Explore the complexity of treatment with transplant and cellular therapy for both donors and patients with an ethical lens. Through the principles of medical ethics and case examples, learn about important components to consider and how to navigate ethical dilemmas that arise. Speakers include our Yoram Unguru.
Travis Rieder: In Pain: A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle with Opioids
Ethics and Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Pittsburgh
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Travis Rieder shared his experience with opioid withdrawal and offered an ethical argument for reforms in the healthcare system to support patients who must use opioids.
Children’s Nutrition and Health: Ethical Issues and Imperatives
The New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative: Lessons Learned, Future Opportunities Summit, Rutgers University
October 29, 2021
Talk by Anne Barnhill.
Barriers to Visibility
“Visibility by Design”, Angels for Change – Summit One
October 29, 2021
Panel led by Yoram Unguru.
PERILOUS MEDICINE: The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War
October 26, 2021
A conversation with Leonard Rubenstein, JD, LLM, Director of Program on Human Rights, Health and Conflict at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and author of a new book, Perilous Medicine. He was interviewed by Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD, Associate Professor at CBH.
The Ethics (and Legitimacy) of Vaccine Requirements
Edward S. and A. Rita Schmidt Lecture, Ethics at Susquehanna University
October 25, 2021
Talk by Anne Barnhill.
October 25, 2021
Professor Len Rubenstein discussed how the competing norm — that harm to hospitals and health workers is (purportedly) morally acceptable if needed to win a just war more quickly than otherwise would be the case — plays out today in the logics of violence against health care.
Transforming Trust Factors
October 21, 2021
With panelist Joseph Carrese. Trust is a two-way street. Each healthcare servant has the family trust and cooperation at stake. Lack of trust creates inconsistency in the delivery of care and influences patient family choices.
What is Driving Violence Against Health Care in War? A Webinar
Oct 14, 2021
Panelists Leonard Rubenstein (author of the recently released Perilous Medicine: The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War), Robert Lawrence and Joanne Liu had a conversation about attacks on health workers, patients, and hospitals in conflict settings around the world, along with urgent actions that need to be taken to help ensure safe access to and delivery of health care.
CSIS Global Health Policy Center
September 15, 2021
Featuring Leonard Rubenstein, Professor and Director of the Program on Human Rights and Health in Conflict at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and author of the newly released, Perilous Medicine: The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War. Moderated by J. Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, the discussion will examine the dangers health workers face during armed conflict and the legal, political, and moral struggle to protect them.