bioethics

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the PhD in Bioethics program for a virtual discussion Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m. During “How to Find your Niche in Bioethics: Learn About Our Expertise," Marsha Michie, co-director of the PhD program, will explore how Ph...

Spencer to be recognized for his military service during on-campus Veterans Day ceremony If there’s one thing you can’t miss at the Cleveland Public Library, it’s a tour by William Spencer. At least, that’s according to several Tripadvisor reviews that mention Spencer by name, strongly urging other...

Just three and a half years ago, Amy Acton became a household name in Ohio as she helped state leaders navigate the height of the COVID-19 pandemic as the director of the Ohio Department of Health. Now, she’s helping the community heal. Through a new WKYC Studios series called “Health, Hope & Heali...

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of the virtues, but the parent of all the others.” Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero said these words more than 2,000 years ago. And in the centuries to follow, both the practice and our understanding of this virtue have evolved into a well-studied science...

JC Scharf-Deering, director of the Conflict of Interests Committee, and Tracy Wilson-Holden, assistant vice president for research integrity—both based in the Office of Research and Technology Management—recently wrote a chapter in the Handbook of Bioethical Decisions, Volume II. Titled “Institutio...

The Center for Biomedical Ethics will host a grand rounds event on the topic of intersex care Thursday, June 1, from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom. Debra Carroll-Beight, a PhD student in the Department of Bioethics, will present “The Child M.C. and the Intersections of Intersex: Exploring Norms that Infl...

For thousands of years, versions of the saying “laughter is the best medicine” have emerged in religious, scientific and popular literature—and for good reason. Laughter helps our neurological, physical, emotional, cognitive and social health and well-being in multiple ways. To find out why laughte...

An accomplished physician who served at-risk populations across the United States, Anne Templeton Zimmerman (MED ‘74) later spent time working to improve the lives of people around the world as an advocate for human rights and religious freedom. Zimmerman’s philanthropic spirit and passion for prov...

Erin Benay, associate professor of early modern art and director of undergraduate studies and Deepak Sarma, professor of religious studies and professor of bioethics have been named inaugural Distinguished Scholars in the Public Humanities. Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III made t...

The Department of Bioethics will host a talk with Charles Rotimi, scientific director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 11 a.m. to noon in Wolstein Research Building, Room 1413. Rotimi will present “Why diversity in genome ...