1992-1993
September 18, 1992
Scientific Fraud and Responsibility
Lawrence Fishman, M.D. University of Miami Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, Miami
October 23, 1992
Intellectual Property and Patents
Jeanie McGuire Director, University of Miami Office of Technology Transfer
November 13, 1992
Publication and Authorship
Kermit Carraway, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman, University of Miami Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
December 18, 1992
Data Selection and Computers in Research
Jeffrey Augenstein, M.D., Ph.D. University of Miami Ryder Trauma Center
January 15, 1993
Animal Use and Rights
Norman Altman, V.M.D. Director, University of Miami Division of Comparative Pathology
February 19, 1993
Genetics Research and Therapy
Rodney Howell, M.D. Professor and Chair, University of Miami Department of Pediatrics
March 19, 1993
Human Subjects and Randomized Clinical Trials
Jay Sosenko, M.D. Chair, University of Miami Human Studies Committee (IRB)
April 16, 1993
Fetal Tissue Research
Naomi Kleitman, Ph.D. The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami
May 14, 1993
Paying for Research
Robert W. Rubin, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Research and Deputy Dean for Graduate Studies, University of Miami
1993-1994
October 15, 1993
New Research and Old Ethics
Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D. University of Toronto Center for Bioethics
November 19, 1993
Research and the News Media — I
Linda Roach Monroe The Miami Herald
December 10, 1993
Research and the News Media — II
Steve Greenberg, DDS WCIX-Channel 6 (CBS)
January 28, 1994
Nazi Science
Michael J. Franzblau, M.D. American Academy of Dermatology, San Francisco
February 25, 1994
Social Implications of Genetic Testing
Ray Moseley, Ph.D. Director, University of Florida Medical Humanities Program, Gainesville
April 29, 1994
Hype, Hedges and Spin: Deception in Scientific Writing
Julienne Prineas, Ph.D. Director, University of Miami Grant Writing Resources Program
1994-1995
October 28, 1994
The Placebo Concept in Psychiatry and Medicine
Adolf Grunbaum, Ph.D. Chair, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
November 14, 1994
Bioetiquette
Gunther Stent, Ph.D. Professor of Molecular Biology, University of California at Berkeley
January 27, 1995
Scientific Collegiality
Margot O’Toole, Ph.D. The Genetics Institute, Cambridge, Mass.
February 10, 1995
Preventing Research Misconduct: Lessons from Public Health Research
Colin Soskolne, Ph.D. University of Alberta
March 31, 1995
Authority and Ethics: How Science Creates Experts
Jeffrey Brosco, M.D., Ph.D. University of Miami Department of Pediatrics
April 21, 1995
Clinical Futility Research
Kathryn Koch, M.D. University of Florida, Jacksonville
1995-1996
September 8, 1995
Transplant Patients as Research Subjects
Cláudio Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. Chair of the Department of Legal Medicine, Medical Ethics and Social and Occupational Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil
October 20, 1995
Sepsis Research and Treatment
Charles L. Sprung, M.D., J.D. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
November 8, 1995
Biotechnology and Social Responsibility
Susan Hassler Editor, Bio/Technology and Co-Director, Miami Bio/Technology Winter Symposium
December 8, 1995
Geriatrics and Vulnerability
Robert Morgan, Ph.D. Beth Virnig, Ph.D., M.P.H., Health Policy Research Center
January 19, 1996
Informing Subjects about Risk
Dixie E. Snider, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Director for Science, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
February 23, 1996
Research and the News Media
Sandra Jacobs health and medical writer, The Miami Herald
March 15, 1996
Collaborating with Colleagues in Repressive Countries: Reflections on a Recent Visit to Cuba
Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D. Director, University of Miami Bioethics Program
1996-1997
October 18, 1996
Corporate Sponsorship of Research
Thomas R. Russell, Ph.D. Coulter Corporation
November 13, 1996
Peer Review in the Internet Age
Susan Hassler Editor, Nature Biotechnology
December 6, 1996
Brain Death Research
Calixto Machado, M.D., Ph.D. Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Havana
January 31, 1997
Advice on Consent: Informing Subjects of Complex Research
Jay M. Sosenko, M.D. University of Miami Department of Medicine
February 28, 1997
The National Bioethics Commission
Arturo Brito, M.D. University of Miami Department of Pediatrics
May 23, 1997
More than Consent: IRBs and Human Subjects Research
Rick Bollinger, Ph.D. Robert Morhart, D.D.S. Andy Quartin, M.D. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami
1997-1998
September 19, 1997
Theoretical Risk
Jay Skyler, M.D., University of Miami Department of Medicine
October 3, 1997
Justifying Animal Research
Ray Moseley, Ph.D. Director, Program in Medical Ethics, Law and the Humanities, University of Florida College of Medicine,Gainesville
November 21, 1997
Lawyers and Scientists
Cynthia L. Augustyn, .J.D Michael A. Novo, J.D. University of Miami Office of the General Counsel
December 12, 1997
The Polio Vaccine Scandal — A Cautionary Tale?
Janet A. Tighe, Ph.D. Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
January 30, 1998
The Unethical Use of Placebo Controls
Karin B. Michels, Sc.D. School of Public Health, Harvard University
February 13, 1998
Are There Ethical Limits to Research?
James F. Drane, Ph.D. Department of Philosophy, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
April 17, 1998
Challenges for Minority Scientists
Merilyn Blair-Johnson, Ph.D. Astrid Mack, Ph.D. University of Miami Minority Science Program
May 8, 1998
Clinical Trials and Prisoners
David L. Thomas, M.D., J.D. Florida Department of Corrections Health Service
1998-1999
September 4, 1998
Challenges for Graduate Students
Jennifer Grad Tristan Fiedler School of Medicine, University of Miami
October 30, 1998
Incentives for Patient Recruitment
Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D., Director University of Miami Bioethics Program
November 13, 1998
Outcomes Research, Practice Guidelines and Artificial Intelligence
Peter Winkelstein, M.D. Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York at Buffalo
January 8, 1999
Ethics, Genomics and Computing
Kenneth E. Rudd, Ph.D. University of Miami Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
February 19, 1999
Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Outcomes and Health Services Research
Robert L. Wears, M.D., M.S. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville
March 3, 1999
IRB and Consent in Human Tissue Research
Jon Merz, J.D., Ph.D. Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
April 16, 1999
Are Patients with Psychiatric Disorders ‘Competent’ to Consent to Research?
Charles M. Culver, M.D., Ph.D. Medical Education, Barry University
May 21, 1999
Public Understanding of Science
Shari Rudavsky, Ph.D. Stephen Smith The Miami Herald
1999-2000
September 17, 1999
Feminism and Human Subjects Research
Robin N. Fiore, Ph.D. Department of Philosophy, Florida Atlantic University
October 22, 1999
Drug Abusers as Vulnerable Subjects
J. Bryan Page, Ph.D. University of Miami Department of Anthropology
November 19, 1999
Should ‘Good Science’ Be an Ethical Requirement by IRB’s?
Ben Mulvey, Ph.D. Division of Liberal Arts, Nova Southeastern University
December 10, 1999
Genetics, Technology and Ethnic Identity: Lessons from Sickle Cell Disease
Keith Wailoo, Ph.D. Departments of Social Medicine and History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
February 18, 2000
Temptations in Gene Therapy Research
Bernard Gert, Ph.D. Dartmouth College
March 24, 2000
Science, Disability and ‘Deaf Culture’
Thomas J. Balkany, M.D. University of Miami Department of Otolaryngology
April 28, 2000
Sensitive Research, Vulnerable Subjects — A Nursing Perspective
Nancy Crigger, R.N., Ph.D. University of Central Florida
May 19, 2000
Clinical Trials in the Developing World
Charles Mitchell, M.D. University of Miami Department of Pediatrics
2000-2001
August 25, 2000
Human Studies in Developing Countries: Exploitation or Science?
Anthony Mullings, D.M., M.P.H., University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
September 29, 2000
Stem Cell Research
Arturo Brito, M.D., University of Miami Department of Pediatrics and National Bioethics Advisory Commission
November 10, 2000
Secret U.S. Experiments on Humans
Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D., University of Virginia
December 8, 2000
Information Shortfall: Clinical Trials, Computers and the Need to Know
Charles Jaffe, M.D., Ph.D., AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
January 26, 2001
Internet Research
Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D,. Director, University of Miami Bioethics Program
March 30, 2001
Sex, Fecundity and Reproduction: Scientific, Social and Ethical Challenges
Germaine M. Buck, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health
April 27, 2001
Religion as a Medical Variable
Fred M. Frohock, Ph.D., Syracuse University
May 18, 2001
The Challenges of Human Research – An African Perspective
Kumar Sridutt Baboo, M.Med., M.B.B.S., University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka
2001-2002
September 14, 2001
Ethics and Compliance – What Are All These New Regs About?
Norman H. Altman, V.M.D., University of Miami Vice Provost for Research
November 16, 2001
Science, Social Policy, Economics: A Perfect Ethical Dilemma
Luis Glaser, Ph.D., University of Miami Executive Vice President and Provost
December 14, 2001
Out of Africa: Lessons in Protecting Participants in Human Subjects Research
Arturo Brito, M.D., University of Miami Department of Pediatrics
January 18, 2002
Responsible Conduct of Research: The Government’s Role – and Rationale
Alicia Dustira, Ph.D., U. S. Office of Research Integrity
February 22, 2002
Privacy, Data Protection and the Law
Anita Cava, J.D., Reid Cushman, Ph.D., Mike Novo, J.D., University of Miami Department of Business Law, Ethics Programs, and Office of the General Counsel
March 29, 2002
Conflict of Interest in Clinical Research
Robert Walker, M.D., University of South Florida
April 18, 2002
Banked Tissue Research: Ethical and Legal Challenges
Jeffrey Botkin, M.D.,University of Utah
May 17, 2002
Who’s in Charge? Research Oversight and the Role of Lawyers, Congress and Investigators
Rina Hakimian, J.D., M.P.H., National Cancer Institute
2002-2003
September 27, 2002
Ethics and Education Research: Challenges to the Biomedical Model
Paul Braunschweiger, Ph.D. University of Miami Department of Radiation Oncology Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D. Director, University of Miami Bioethics Program
October 18, 2002
Transgenic Animals
Lida Anestidou, D.V.M., M.S. University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center
November 8, 2002
Nursing and Research
Various Faculty (VAMC and University of Miami)
December 13, 2002
Science, Advocacy and Activism
Lee Crandall, Ph.D., University of Miami
February 11, 2003
Public Health Research and Genomics
Muin J. Khoury, M.D., Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Public Health Service, Atlanta, GA
March 14, 2003
Informed Consent: When Subjects Say “Yes,” But Should Say “No”
Saul J. Weiner, M.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
April 4, 2003
Clinical Trial(s) and Error: Acquiring and Applying Evidence
Peter Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D., Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston University
May 16, 2003
Medical Marijuana: Politics, Drug Abuse and the Federal Research Agenda
Craig Klugman, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
2003-2004
September 26, 2003
Civil Liability in Therapeutic and Nontherapeutic Research: Who Pays?
Linda A. Simunek, ARNP, Ph.D., J.D. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
October 3, 2003
Legal and Ethical Issues in Genetics: An Update
Mary Kay Pelias, Ph.D., J.D. Louisiana State University, New Orleans
November 14, 2003
Research on Assisted Dying
Faye Girsh, Ed.D. End-of-Life Choices, Denver
December 5, 2003 [canceled]
Pollution and Health Disparities
Richard D. Gragg III, Ph.D. Florida A&M University, Tallahassee
January 23, 2004
Research Ethics In Latin America
Fernando Lolas, M.D. Pan American Health Organization, Santiago, Chile
February 27, 2004
Therapeutic and Reproductive Cloning: Building a Framework to Protect Research
Bernard Siegel, J.D. Genetics Policy Institute, Miami
March 5, 2004
When is Written Consent Necessary? The Case of Education Research
Jack M. Fletcher, Ph.D. University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
May 21, 2004
Ultra-Low-Temperature Storage of the Critically Ill
Steven B. Harris, M.D. Critical Care Research, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and Christopher Dougherty, Ph.D. Suspended Animation, Inc., Boca Raton, Fla
2004-2005
September. 24, 2004
Soldiers as Subjects: New Challenges from Military Research
Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D., Co-Director, Ethics Programs, University of Miami
October 15, 2004
Community-Based Research
Virginia Ashby Sharpe, Ph.D., Georgetown University
November 12, 2004
Research on Resuscitation: Medical Progress and Unintended Consequences
James R. Jude, M.D., Miami
January 28, 2005
The Terri Schiavo Case: Research Challenges in Death and Dying
Robin N. Fiore, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University
February 25, 2005
A Better Approach to Animal Research: Insights from Neurological Complexity
Jeffrey Spike, Ph.D., Florida State University, Tallahassee
March 25, 2005
Ethics Review of Outbreak Research: A System Doomed to Fail?
Raphael Saginur, M.D., University of Ottawa
May 13, 2005
How Should We Earn the Public’s Trust? Research at Academic Medical Centers
Mark Yarborough, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Denver
2005-2006
September. 23, 2005
Are We There Yet?Educational Tools for Scientific Integrity
Paul G. Braunschweiger, Ph.D., Director University of Miami Miller
October 14, 2005
Electronic Patient Records: Sources of Data and Targets of Research
Melissa Goldstein, J.D., The Markle Foundation, Washington, D.C.
December 9, 2005
Undue Incentives for Research in Latin America
Sergio Litewka, M.D., University of Miami Ethics Programs
Janaury 17, 2006
Research Sponsorship at UM: Challenges and Future Directions
Thomas J. LeBlanc, Ph.D., University of Miami
January 27, 2006
Navigating Ethical Challenges in Biomarker Research
Carol Isaacson Barash, Ph.D., Boston
February 23, 2006
The Moral Status of Science Policy: Lessons from the Stem Cell Wars
Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D, Indiana University
March 31, 2006
‘Therapeutic Jurisprudence’ and Incompetent Research Subjects
Bruce J. Winick, J.D., University of Miami
April 10, 2006
Studying How the World Treats Its Children
James Appleyard, M.D., London
April, 21, 2006
A Moral Framework for Public Health Ethics & Prevention: What’s the Fuss?
Katie Wasson, Ph.D., National Cancer Institute
2006-2007
October 27, 2006
Studying Medical Failure: Ethical and Regulatory Challenges
Robert L. Wears, M.D., M.S., University of Florida, Jacksonville
November 10 2006
Developmental Disability: Unique Challenges for Research
Jeffrey P. Brosco, M.D., Ph.D., and Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D., University of Miami
December 15, 2006
Is the Belmont Report Adequate For Genetics Research?
Bernard Gert, Ph.D., Dartmouth College
January 12, 2007
Love, Guilt and the Telephone: Research on Home Care Technology
Bonnie Kaplan, Ph.D., Yale University
February 9, 2007
Research and Reproduction: The Case of Uterus Transplants
Andreas Tzakis, M.D., Ph.D., University of Miami
March 9, 2007
False Hope? Managing Pressure to Provide Experimental Therapy
Richard A. Rettig, Ph.D., RAND Corporation
April 13, 2007
Hope, ‘Therapeutic Misestimation’ and Consent in Clinical Research
Jodi Halpern, M.D., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
2007-2008
September 21, 2007
Gifts and Gratitude: The Role of Industry Largesse in Research
Daniel S. Goldberg, J.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
October 5, 2007
How to Give Valid Consent for Research That’s Not Good for You
Mary Coombs, J.D. University of Miami School of Law
November 30, 2007
Culture, Ethnicity & Cancer Trials: Managing Communication Disparity
Christian Simon, Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
February 15, 2008
Statistics & Values: Identifying & Managing Hidden Preferences in Data Analysis
Chris Feudtner, M.D., Ph.D., MPH, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
April 25, 2008
Do Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Have Souls? Imaginative Tools to Resolve Ethical Standoffs
Gerard Magill, Ph.D. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
May 30, 2008
Ethical Issues for Academic Medical Centers
Kenneth Ludmerer, M.D. Washington University, St. Louis
2008-2009
August 29, 2008
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act-Will GINA Expand Subject Enrollment?
Rebecca Feinberg, J.D., M.Be., M.S.
October 31, 2008
Promoting Integrity in the UM Animal Care and Use Program
Paul Braunschweiger, Ph.D., University of Miami
December 12, 2008
Beyond Conflicts of Interest: Managing Moral Hazards in Funded Research
Robin N. Fiore, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University
January 23, 2009
Community-Based Participatory Research
Erin Kobetz, Ph.D., MPH, University of Miami
February 13, 2009
Over-Prescribed/Under-Medicated: History and Cultural Politics of Pain in America
Keith Wailoo, Ph.D., Rutgers University
April 17, 2009
Informed Consent or Informed Contract?
Hans-Martin Sass, Ph.D., Georgetown University
May 8, 2009
Increasing Minority Participation in Clinical Trials: Can Decision Aids Help?
Margaret Byrne, Ph.D., University of Miami
2009-2010
September 25, 2009
Neuroscience Research, Philosophy and the Case of Terri Schiavo
Daniel N. Robinson, Ph.D., Oxford University
December 18, 2009
Research on Prisoners: Nuremberg to Guantanamo?
Steven Miles, M.D., University of Minnesota
January 8, 2010
Cultural Constraints on Research and Their Role in Defining Scientific Integrity
Fernando Lolas Stepke, M.D., Pan American Health Organization and University of Chile
2010-2011
July 25, 2011
Human Subjects Ethics in Russia and Guatemala: Venereology and the Gaze of History
Boris Yudin, Ph.D.
Russian Academy of Sciences
July 15, 2011
Demographics and Ethics: Classifying Race and Ethnicity in Research
Elizabeth Heitman, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
April 29, 2011
Brain Death and its Challenges
Calixto Machado, M.D., Ph.D.
Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Havana
February 25, 2011
Beyond the “Art and Science” of Medicine
Miriam Solomon, Ph.D.
Temple University
January 28, 2011
The Challenge of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Research, Practice & Technology
Matthew S. Goodwin, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
November 5, 2010
Tuskegee Revisited – but Worse? U.S. Wrongdoing in Guatemala
Sergio Litweka, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Miami Ethics Programs
October 8, 2010
Getting to “The Good Society”—U.S. Research Priorities 2010-2020
Don Mayer, J.D., LL.M.
Arsht Visiting Scholar in Ethics
Professor in Residence, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver
September 3, 2010
Police Powers and Epidemics: HIV as a Case Study
Dwayne C. Turner, Ph.D., J.D., M.P.H.
Broward County Health Department
2011-2012
April 20, 2012
The Business of Bodies: Regulations and Ethics for Human Tissue Use
Thomas Champney, Ph.D.
University of Miami
February 27, 2012
Research on “Nudging” Patients: Autonomy, Rationality and Consent
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Peter Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D.
Indiana University
February 17, 2012
Ethical Design of the Deep Brain Stimulation in the Minimally Conscious State Trial: Notes from the Trenches
Joseph J. Fins, M.D., FACP
Weill Cornell Medical College
November 30, 2011
Ethics in Extreme Environments: NASA and Space-based Research
Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D.
Emory University
October 21, 2011
Weapons Research
Jeff McMahan, Ph.D.
Rutgers University
September 16, 2011
The Body Politic:The Battle Over Science in America
Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
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