Dr. De Matas was lead author on a publication with Drs Jiefei Wang with UTMB and Vibhuti Gupta with Meharry Medical College. The publication proposes an ethical framework to improve informed consent by adapting narrative storytelling principle.    

On April 23, 2025 Dr. Aparicio presented on "Emerging Reproductive Technologies and the Legitimization of Reproductive Futures: The Ontological Choreography of In Vitro Gametogenesis Start-ups" at the Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation Seminar Series. 

Dr. Yu presented on "How should clinical ethicist respond to requests for an early induction of labor when there's no medical indication for it?" at the Sutter Health Clinical Ethics Unconference.  

On April 7th and 9th, I was able to present at both the IPE and National Public Health Week Symposiums at UTMB. The project presented consisted of work done by students from various UTMB programs, the School of Medicine and School of Health Professions. For the past year, we have worked with Special Olympics to bring a chapter of Young Athletes to the Galveston Community. This program work with children, ages 2-7, both with and without disability. We work on cognitive and motor skills through fun and play! 

On April 2, 2025, Dr. Jacob Moses presented a paper titled “Specters of (No) Regret” at the Health Humanities Consortium Conference at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. 

Dr. Molldrem was part of a World TB Day panel put on by Social Science & Health Innovation for Tuberculosis (SSHIFTB), a global network of social scientists working on TB-related topics.