Ethics Grand Rounds

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The Center for Bioethics Ethics Grand Rounds feature prominent local, national, and international bioethics scholars who lecture on a wide variety of health equity issues.

Announcements of upcoming opportunities are shared through the Center for Bioethics email list.

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The lectures are held monthly during the academic year over the lunch hour via Zoom. RSVP requested; see event details for link.

Upcoming Events
Ethics Grand Rounds, October 27, 2023
Immigration & Health Equity: From Demagoguery to Community
  • Mark G. Kuczewski, PhD, HEC-C, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Dr. Kuczewski will briefly review the history and context of immigration to the United States and separate facts from misleading rhetoric that results from the politicization of immigration. He will explain how failure to develop rational…
Ethics Grand Rounds, November 17, 2023, 12 - 1 PM CST
Trust Takes Two: Barriers to Trust in the Healthcare System Among Ethnically Diverse Parents
  • Jennifer Needle, MD, MPH, HEC-C, University of Minnesota
  • Shannon Pergament, MPH, MSW, Community-University Health Care Center
More than 20% of children in the United States live with a chronic and serious illness. Parents who care for these children are challenged by children’s intense medical needs, navigating a complex health system, and significant time…
Past Events
  • Willyanne DeCormier Plosky, DrPH, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard University
  • Lawrence Gostin, JD, LL.D (Hon.), Georgetown Law
  • Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, MPH, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
  • Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc, Harvard Medical School