The IU Center for Bioethics is excited to announce four upcoming Fall semester events, in our IU Bioethics Grand Rounds and Translational Research Ethics – Applied Topics (TREATs) series. For full details, see our Events page.
IU Bioethics Grand Rounds (BGR): Important topics in bioethics presented hybrid in-person on campus and over Zoom:
- David Craig, PhD, Professor of Religious Studies, IU Indianapolis, and Faculty Investigator, IUCB:
A Bioethics Expansion?: Putting Agency Before Autonomy.
Dr. Craig’s presentation will propose expanding bioethics from protecting patient autonomy toward a broader moral investment in supporting health-seeker agency via an analysis of Indiana’s Medicaid expansion.
Thursday, October 9, 12-1 PM.
VanNuys Medical Building MS 326 and online via Zoom.
- Leonard Fleck, PhD, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University.
Robert L. Wolen Lecturer in Bioethics (co-sponsored by Dept. of Pharmacology):
Rough Justice, Wicked Problems: Using AI to Decide Who Gets Extremely Expensive Treatments. In this presentation, Dr. Fleck will explore the ethical questions raised by the prospect of using AI to identify, patients who will benefit the most from costly medical care and denying it to those who would not benefit enough.
Wednesday, November 12 at 3:30-4:30 PM.
VanNuys Medical Building MS 326 and online via Zoom.
Translational Research Ethics Applied Topics (TREATs): Short introductions to key issues in bioethics for researchers.
- Jane Hartsock, JD, MA, System Director of Clinical & Organizational Ethics, IU Health, and Faculty Investigator, IUCB:
Authorship in the Age of AI: Points for Consideration.
Professor Hartsock will assess how large language models have fundamentally changed the way we write and the way we think about what it means to be an author.
Thursday, September 25, 1-2PM.
Online only via Zoom.
- Tom Doyle, PhD, Post-doctoral fellow, IUSM and IU Center for Bioethics
Broad Consent: Ethics and Utility
This talk will explore the concept of broad consent as it appears in research regulations and its ethical underpinnings. Additionally, Dr. Doyle will explore best practices with respect to the implementation of broad consent.
Thursday, December 4 from 12-1PM EST.
Online only via Zoom.