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University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 8h

Mark your calendars! Upcoming Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Oaths and Expertise: The Bioethical Consequences of Health Policy as Medical Decision-Making” with meredithemcnamara.bsky.social, MD, MS, FAAP.

🗓️: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/apvl

Ethics Grand Rounds webinar featuring speaker Meredithe McNamara, MD, MS, FAAP, on Friday, Oct. 31 from 12-1 p.m. CDT.

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 14h

Join the University of Minnesota's Consortium on Law & Values for a free conference on the ethical challenges of big team research & new tools to address them.

📅Fri, Nov 14
⏰9am-4pm CT
📍Zoom

Register: z.umn.edu/NetEthics

NetEthics: Developing Tools for Research Networks to Support Ethical & Responsible Research. Fri, Nov 14, 9am-4pm CT. Zoom

Register: z.umn.edu/NetEthics

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 1d

You are invited to our Upcoming Unpacking Bedside Bioethics webinar, “Unrepresented: The Ethics of Caring for Patients Without Surrogates" with Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C.

🗓️: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap68

Unpacking Bedside Bioethics webinar featuring speaker Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C, on Tuesday, Dec. 2 from 12-1 p.m. CST.

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University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 1d

Please join us for our upcoming Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Moral Distress and Burnout Among OB-GYNs After Dobbs” with Mara Buchbinder, PhD.

🗓️: Friday, Nov. 7, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CST)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/apaf

Ethics Grand Rounds webinar featuring speaker Mara Buchbinder, PhD, on Friday, Nov. 7 from 12-1 p.m. CST.

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University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 3d

Amos Laar, MPH, MA, PhD, FGA, has co-authored the article, “Marketing of ultra-processed foods on popular radio channels in Kenya” in BMC Nutrition. bmcnutr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 4d

Please join us for our upcoming Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Oaths and Expertise: The Bioethical Consequences of Health Policy as Medical Decision-Making” with @meredithemcnamara.bsky.social, MD, MS, FAAP.

🗓️: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/apvl

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 4d

Mark your calendars! Upcoming Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Moral Distress and Burnout Among OB-GYNs After Dobbs” with Mara Buchbinder, PhD.

🗓️: Friday, Nov. 7, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CST)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/apaf

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 7d

You are invited to our upcoming Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Oaths and Expertise: The Bioethical Consequences of Health Policy as Medical Decision-Making” with @meredithemcnamara.bsky.social, MD, MS, FAAP.

🗓️: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/apvl

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 7d

Please join us today for our Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Public Perceptions of Health Equity and How Communication Can Shape Understanding and Action” featuring @sarahgollust.bsky.social, PhD.

🗓️: Today, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap9m

Ethics Grand Rounds webinar featuring speaker Sarah Gollust, PhD, on Friday, Oct. 3 from 12-1 p.m. CDT.

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University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 8d

Mark your calendars! Upcoming Unpacking Bedside Bioethics webinar, “Unrepresented: The Ethics of Caring for Patients Without Surrogates" with Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C.

🗓️: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap68

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 8d

Please join us tomorrow for our Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Public Perceptions of Health Equity and How Communication Can Shape Understanding and Action” featuring @sarahgollust.bsky.social, PhD.

🗓️: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap9m

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 10d

Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C spoke on the NHPR Civics 101 podcast
"Can the president legally hide their health status?”
www.npr.org/podcasts/512...

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 11d

Please attend our upcoming Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Oaths and Expertise: The Bioethical Consequences of Health Policy as Medical Decision-Making” with @meredithemcnamara.bsky.social, MD, MS, FAAP

🗓️: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/apvl

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 14d

Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, PhD, has been quoted in the Daily Galaxy article “A Breed in Decay: Why U.S. Millennials and Gen Z Are Dying at an Alarming Rate — Faster Than Any Other Generation in Recent History.” dailygalaxy.com/2025/09/a-br...

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 14d

Jennifer Needle-Suarez, MD, MPH, HEC-C and Najma Dahir-Abdulla, MPH, presented “Beyond Translation: Language, Power, and Epistemic Injustice in Clinical Encounters” at the September 11, 2025 University of Minnesota Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. mediaspace.umn.edu/media/t/1_3q...

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University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 15d

Sarah Gollust, PhD, has co-authored the publication “Changing the Story on Health and Racial Equity: Why Public Health Needs an Infrastructure for Building Narrative Power.” in the Milbank Quarterly. doi.org/10.1111/1468...

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 15d

Please join us for our December Unpacking Bedside Bioethics webinar, “Unrepresented: The Ethics of Caring for Patients Without Surrogates" with Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C.

🗓️: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CST)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap68

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 15d

Please join us next week for our Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Public Perceptions of Health Equity and How Communication Can Shape Understanding and Action” featuring Sarah Gollust, PhD.

🗓️: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap9m

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 16d

Please join us for our upcoming Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Oaths and Expertise: The Bioethical Consequences of Health Policy as Medical Decision-Making” with @meredithemcnamara.bsky.social, MD, MS, FAAP.

🗓️: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/apvl

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 17d

Mark your calendars! Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Oaths and Expertise: The Bioethical Consequences of Health Policy as Medical Decision-Making” with @meredithemcnamara.bsky.social, MD, MS, FAAP.

🗓️: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/apvl

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 17d

You are invited to our upcoming Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Moral Distress and Burnout Among OB-GYNs After Dobbs” with Mara Buchbinder, PhD.

🗓️: Friday, Nov. 7, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/apaf

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 17d

Mark your calendars! Ethics Grand Rounds, “Public Perceptions of Health Equity and How Communication Can Shape Understanding and Action” featuring @sarahgollust.bsky.social, PhD.

🗓️: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap9m

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University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 18d

The Health Careers Fair on Oct. 8 gives pre-health students the chance to network with UMN health degree programs, pre-health student groups, and healthcare job opportunities in the Twin Cities. Learn more and pre-register today! z.umn.edu/umnhcf
The Center for Bioethics will be there!

The Health Careers Fair is on Oct. 8, Wed., 12-3 pm at Coffman Great Hall.

University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 22d

Please join us for our upcoming Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Public Perceptions of Health Equity and How Communication Can Shape Understanding and Action” featuring Sarah Gollust, PhD.

🗓️: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap9m

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University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics @umnbioethics.bsky.social · 24d

Mark your calendars! Unpacking Bedside Bioethics webinar, “Unrepresented: The Ethics of Caring for Patients Without Surrogates" featuring Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C.

🗓️: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CDT)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap68