Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities Events Seminar Series Upcoming Seminars - All Are Welcome McGovern Lecture – Dr. Christopher Newfield "Metrics Mania in Higher Education: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Treatments" Presented by Christopher Newfield, PhD Professor of English, University of California-Santa Barbara Sponsored by the John P. McGovern, MD Award Lectureship in the Medical Humanities. Event Information McGovern Lecture – Dr. Christopher Newfield October 23, 2014 - 5pm-6pm North Auditorium, Levin Hall, 102 Market Street, Galveston, Texas Add to Calendar: Outlook Google Calendar Departmental Events Reproductive Ethics Conference January 9-10, 2025 - 8am-5pm The Ninth Annual Reproductive Ethics Conference will be held Jan. 9 and 10, 2025, in Galveston. Abstracts for individual presentations, panels, and posters are accepted through Aug. 1, 2024. Lecture by Dr. Amy Hinterberger April 10, 2025 - 12pm-1pm Dr. Amy Hinterberger will present on April 10 Lecture by Dr. Emily Anderson May 15, 2025 - 12pm-1pm Dr. Emily Anderson will present on May 15 All Previous Events A Pathological State May 11, 2023 - 12pm-1pm "A Pathological State” engages the politics of public health during the years between 1910 and 1940. It argues that the control of disease offered a powerful and early medium in which the American state could partially see and regulate social class. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Ethics of Genetic Genealogy & Law Enforcement April 27, 2023 - 12pm-1pm Dr. Klugman will talk about the science, policy, and ethics of this new investigative tool and why you might think thrice about entertainment DNA testing. Authenticity and Authentication at U.S. Gender Clinics, 1965-1979 March 23, 2023 - 12pm-1pm This presentation examines the history of gender clinics in the United States. While not all transgender or gender-nonconforming people have historically sought the aid of medical interventions, few who did were able to receive such care at academic health centers in the U.S. until the emergence of gender clinics in the 1960s. The Elephant in the Womb: A Bioethics Blueprint for De-extinction using Ectogestation March 22, 2023 - 12pm-1pm WIP: Hannah Carpenter March 20, 2023 - 12pm-1pm Work in Progress (WIP) in preparation for the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Conference. Ethical Issues in Data Sciences and Big Data March 13, 2023 - 1:30pm-2:30pm Research Ethics Awareness Panel
McGovern Lecture – Dr. Christopher Newfield "Metrics Mania in Higher Education: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Treatments" Presented by Christopher Newfield, PhD Professor of English, University of California-Santa Barbara Sponsored by the John P. McGovern, MD Award Lectureship in the Medical Humanities. Event Information McGovern Lecture – Dr. Christopher Newfield October 23, 2014 - 5pm-6pm North Auditorium, Levin Hall, 102 Market Street, Galveston, Texas Add to Calendar: Outlook Google Calendar
Reproductive Ethics Conference January 9-10, 2025 - 8am-5pm The Ninth Annual Reproductive Ethics Conference will be held Jan. 9 and 10, 2025, in Galveston. Abstracts for individual presentations, panels, and posters are accepted through Aug. 1, 2024.
Lecture by Dr. Amy Hinterberger April 10, 2025 - 12pm-1pm Dr. Amy Hinterberger will present on April 10
A Pathological State May 11, 2023 - 12pm-1pm "A Pathological State” engages the politics of public health during the years between 1910 and 1940. It argues that the control of disease offered a powerful and early medium in which the American state could partially see and regulate social class.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Ethics of Genetic Genealogy & Law Enforcement April 27, 2023 - 12pm-1pm Dr. Klugman will talk about the science, policy, and ethics of this new investigative tool and why you might think thrice about entertainment DNA testing.
Authenticity and Authentication at U.S. Gender Clinics, 1965-1979 March 23, 2023 - 12pm-1pm This presentation examines the history of gender clinics in the United States. While not all transgender or gender-nonconforming people have historically sought the aid of medical interventions, few who did were able to receive such care at academic health centers in the U.S. until the emergence of gender clinics in the 1960s.
The Elephant in the Womb: A Bioethics Blueprint for De-extinction using Ectogestation March 22, 2023 - 12pm-1pm
WIP: Hannah Carpenter March 20, 2023 - 12pm-1pm Work in Progress (WIP) in preparation for the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Conference.
Ethical Issues in Data Sciences and Big Data March 13, 2023 - 1:30pm-2:30pm Research Ethics Awareness Panel