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Friday 27 January 2006 at noon in the Rosensteil Medical Sciences Building, room 3109 (Microbiology Conference Room). Carol Isaacson Barash, Ph.D., will lead a session on "Navigating Ethical Challenges in Biomarker Research." For more information, download the announcement poster (PDF).

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Tuesday 17 January 2006 at 12:30 p.m. in the Lois Pope Life Center's Apex Room(7th Floor). UM Provost Thomas J. LeBlanc will lead a town hall meeting on "Research Sponsorship at UM: Challenges and Future Directions." For more information, download the announcement poster (PDF).

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Friday 9 December 2005 at noon, in the Rosensteil Medical Sciences Building, room 3109 (Microbiology Conference Room). Sergio Litewka, M.D., will speak on "Undue Incentives for Research in Latin America." Dr. Litewka is a visiting scholar at UM's Ethics Programs. For more information, download the announcement poster (PDF).

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Friday 13 May 2005 at noon, in the Rosensteil Medical Sciences Building, room 3109 (Microbiology Conference Room). Mark Yarborough, Ph.D., will speak on "How Should We Earn the Public’s Trust? Research at Academic Medical Centers."  Dr. Yarborough directs the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado at Denver. For more information, download the announcement poster (PDF).

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Friday 25 March 2005 at noon, in the Rosensteil Medical Sciences Building, room 3109 (Microbiology Conference Room). Raphael Saginur, M.D., will speak on "Ethics Review of Outbreak Research: A System Doomed to Fail?" Dr.Saginur chairs the Ottawa Hospital Research Ethics Board and has been actively involved in public policy regarding infectious disease and clinical trials. For more information, download the announcement poster (PDF).

UM CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Monday 7 March 2005 from 6:00-7:30 pm, at the Storer Auditorium, School of Business Administration. Details of the new Center will be discussed. For more information, download the announcement poster (PDF).

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Friday 25 February 2005 at noon, in the Rosensteil Medical Sciences Building, room 3109 (Microbiology Conference Room). Jeffrey Spike, PhD, will speak on "A Better Approach to Animal Research: Insights from Neurological Complexity." Dr.Spike is a professor at the Florida State University medical school. For more information, download the announcement poster (PDF).

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Friday 28 January 2005 at noon, in the Rosensteil Medical Sciences Building, room 3109 (Microbiology Conference Room). Robin Fiore, PhD, will speak on "The Terry Schiavo Case: Research Challenges in Death and Dying." Dr. Fiore is the Adelaide R. Snyder Professor of Ethics in the Department of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Florida Bioethics Network. For more information, download the announcement poster (PDF).

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Friday 12 November 2004 at noon, in the JMH Diagnostic and Treatment Center (DTC), room 259. James Jude, M.D., will speak on "Research on Resuscitation: Medical Progress and Unintended Consequences." Dr. Jude was a co-originator of CPR in the mid-1950s at Johns Hopkins University. For more information, download the announcement poster (PDF).

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BUSINESS ETHICS DEBATES

Saturday 23 October 2004. The day-long competition among twelve undergraduate teams from across campus, including two teams from Florida Atlantic University, will take place in the Storer Auditorium and in classrooms on the third floor of the School of Business' Executive Education Center. The first debate will start at 8:30am and the competition will run until the awards presentation ceremony at 4:45pm in the Storer Auditorium. The final, also in the Storer Auditorium, will begin at 3:30pm. Come out and watch undergraduates debate from an ethical perspective. All welcome. For more information, call 305-284-4305 or e-mail David Chandler.