This exhibition highlights selections from over 25 years of NedRa Bonds’ rich and provocative narrative quilts, providing audiences a holistic view of her artistic journey. On display in the Fulginiti Gallery through October 31st. Learn more>>
7,000 Babies: The Legacy of Justina Ford, MD
Dr. Ford (1871-1952) was the first Black female physician licensed to practice medicine in the state of Colorado. On display in the Fulginiti lobby through October 31st. Learn more>>
Decolonizing & Democratizing Global Health Research Training: Case Studies
Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD, worked with colleagues from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins University, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Tulane University – as well as mentors and scientists across 16 countries worldwide, to confront common challenges and initiate discussion about how researchers can positively address the interpersonal and structural elements related to colonialism that may influence global health.
In an ever-changing landscape of global health research, this work presents a toolkit for trainees to wrestle with these difficult concepts, develop their own understanding, and participate in the broader discussion about meaningful change. Read more>>
Research at the Intersection of Bioethics and Policy for Persons with Disability
Megan Morris, PhD, MPH, CCC-SLP, aims to identify and address provider and organization-level factors that contribute
to healthcare disparities experienced by patients with disabilities. She is a leading expert on the documentation of patients’ disability status in the Electronic Health Record and healthcare disparities experienced
by patients with communication disabilities.
Dr. Morris is founder and director of the Disability Equity Collaborative, a community aimed at advancing equitable care for patients with disabilities through
practice, policy and research.
1) The Center is seeking qualified applicants for a new, full time, regular faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor to conduct extramurally funded research on topcs at the intersection of bioethics, health policy, and the health humanities. See description for full details>>
2) The Center is seeking qualified candidates for a full time, regular faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor with expertise in empirical bioethics research generally and a specific focus on artificial intelligence (AI) ethics, law or policy. Click for details and application>>
In June 2023, the Public Health Ethics and Law (PHEAL) Program convened a workshop at CBH entitled “Teaching Public Health Law Outside of a Law School.” The first output of the workshop, was this commentary published today in Health Affairs.Daniel Goldberg, JD, PhD, and co-authors argue that law is as core to public health as epidemiology and biostatistics and should be centered in schools and programs of public health.
Including law within public health curricula provides future practitioners with critical tools to identify and address legal issues to advance public health. Importantly, this foundational education supplies public health students with understanding of the skills to confront the structural drivers of health inequities. Read article>>
The Unbearable Vagueness of Medical ‘Professionalism’
New York Times
Mar 19, 2024
From the moment students set foot in medical school, they are instilled with the concept of medical professionalism: their sacred responsibility to conduct themselves with the values of a profession that is granted automatic trust in society. The problem, as many medical students have also learned, is that where “professional” is vague, "unprofessional” is even more so. "This can prove particularly pernicious to residents of color, said Dr. Adaira Landry, an adviser at Harvard Medical School and co-author on a recent NEJM article on the “overpolicing” of Black residents.
Medicine was at a crossroads from 1997 to 2007, when corporations were snapping up individual practices and turning them into for-profit enterprises. Doctors saw their time with patients dwindle, and patients saw their quality of care decline. “There was a rising public perception that doctors were just like everyone else: They’re just looking to make a buck,” said Dr. Matthew Wynia, a medical ethicist studying the ethics of managed care during this period. “The fear was that our sense of professionalism was being lost.” Read article>>