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Blog

Center Faculty and Staff blog about hot topics in bioethics. Read their views, and respond.

Events

The Center provides a list of upcoming events in bioethics, medical humanities, health law, and related topics.

Reference Center

The Center offers a wealth of online information about bioethics, including recorded talks, white papers, and other resources.

Online and Social Media

The IU Center for Bioethics archives previous talks at the Center and by our faculty on our YouTube channel, here.
The Center (@IUCB) sends Tweets about upcoming talks in bioethics and related topics with hashtag #IUCBTalks. This includes talks at the Center and available for viewing online.
Check out our Instagram and Facebook pages, with news about bioethics, medicine, and the Center.

Consultations

The IU Center for Bioethics offers free, confidential consultation on issues in bioethics.

If your question involves a question about research ethics – designing, conducting, or analyzing a research study – click here to get a consult from the Bioethics and Participant Advocacy Program (BPAP) of the Indiana CTSI
If you are looking for help with a specific clinical case at IU Health or Eskenazi Health System, please click here to contact the Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics.
For help with any other issue in bioethics, email us at IUCB@iu.edu.

Ethics Spotlight: Covid -19

As COVID-19 has killed more than a million people around the world and devastated families, societies, and healthcare systems, it has highlighted bioethics issues that are key to understanding and responding to the pandemic. IU Center for Bioethics faculty have been writing, speaking, and conducting research on these issues. Click here for our webpage that summarizes and provides links to this work and recommends articles selected by the Center faculty and staff about bioethics, policy, and COVID. We update this page regularly to provide fresh perspectives on the most recent developments.

Speaker Series

The center takes advantage of its multidisciplinary staff and affiliated faculty to produce speakes series aimed to explore perspectives and involve the community at large.

Bioethics and Race

Current events have reminded us of the importance of racial disparities in our society. The IU Center of Bioethics is committed to racial and social justice and is collecting resources and offering a series discussing race and bioethics. Click here for more information.

Dr. William S. Silvers Holocaust, Genoicde, and Contemporary Bioethics Lectureship

The IU School of Medicine and IU Center for Bioethics are pleased to host theDr. William S. Silvers Holocaust, Genocide, and Contemporary Bioethics Lectureship. The Silvers lectureship addresses bioethical issues raised by the Holocaust and other cases of genocide. Funding for this lectureship was provided by Dr. Silvers, a graduate of IU School of Medicine and a faculty member for over 30 years at University of Colorado School of Medicine. For more information, click here.