bioethics

Case Western Reserve University has been selected to host the 2016 National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference (NUBC), an annual event that brings college students from around the country to various campuses to discuss ethical issues related to medicine and biomedical research. This year’s conferen...

Why study bioethics and medical humanities? How will studying bioethics help you achieve your career goals? Will studying bioethics help enhance your applications to medical school? Get the answers to these questions at the next Department of Bioethics informational webinar and learn how you can ea...

The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation Lecture in Bioethics will be held at the next Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program event Sunday, Feb. 7, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Siegal Facility in Beachwood (26500 Shaker Blvd.). Paul Root Wolpe, the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Bioethics, the...

Students from all areas of study are invited to attend the Bioethics International Programs Information Session Friday, Nov. 13, from 1 to 2 p.m. in the School of Medicine, Room TA200. While the Department of Bioethics hosts each of the programs that will be featured at the fair, the programs are o...

The Department of Bioethics will host an open house and Integrated Studies (IGS) information session for interested students Thursday, Nov. 5, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the School of Medicine, Room TA200. Students will have an opportunity to meet and mingle with faculty and current students. The departme...

Insoo Hyun, associate professor of bioethics and philosophy, addressed the Institute of Medicine in Washington, D.C., on April 1. In his presentation, he spoke on the ethical issues surrounding preclinical research for mitochondrial replacement therapies being considered by the Federal Drug Adminis...

Suzanne Rivera The history of human subjects research protocols goes back at least to 1900, when Walter Reed had volunteers sign permission forms for his yellow fever research in Cuba. A series of studies that became public in the 1960s led to new Public Health Service informed-consent procedures. ...

Alumni of the Department of Bioethics' short-term study abroad program last spring (BETH315B/415B Public Health Ethics in The Netherlands and BETH315G/415G Death, Dying and Euthanasia in The Netherlands) will share their experiences with interested students on Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. at...

Feeling that conventional doctors did not take their suffering seriously, women instead sought out hormonal treatments for menopausal symptoms from anti-aging clinicians, according to a Case Western Reserve University study that investigated the appeal of anti-aging medicine. Some women also feared...

Suzanne Rivera, assistant professor of bioethics and associate vice president for research, contributed to Human Subject Research Regulation: Perspectives on the Future, which was published this summer. Rivera wrote chapter 16, titled “Reconsidering Privacy Protections for Human Research.” The boo...