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Please join us next week for 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. (CST)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap67
Please join us next week for 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. (CST)

Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/ap67
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Interested in the ethics of using AI in health insurance coverage decisions? Join @umnconsortium to learn more.

📅Wed, Dec 10
⏰Noon-1:30pm CT
📍Zoom

👤Daniel Schwarcz, JD, UMN
👤Jennifer Oliva, JD, MBA, IU Bloomington
👤Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD, Harvard

🔗z.umn.edu/AIHealth
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Reposted by University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics
Medicine isn’t just science—it’s power and responsibility. Join #CUAnschutz med students and community voices as Drs. Rita Lee and Matt Wynia ask: “What Power Do You Hold?” on Dec 3 at 1:00 MT for How Healers Became Killers: Power and Hierarchy RSVP: ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Amos Laar, MPH, MA, PhD, FGA, was featured in the article “65% of adult Ghanaians cannot afford healthy diets” in Graphic Online. www.graphic.com.gh/news/general...
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Spring Semester 2026 Courses - Remote with Live Zoom Meetings

BTHX 5000/8000 | Public Health Ethics
BTHX 5110/8110 | Ethical Issues in Pediatrics

Learn more: z.umn.edu/atut
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility has opened applications for its Global Health Case Competition! Applications are due Nov. 30. Learn more about the competition and apply: globalhealthcenter.umn.edu/education/gl...
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
BTHX 5110/8110 | Ethical Issues in Pediatrics

This course explores ethical issues in pediatric care, including end-of-life decisions, treatment of premature infants, disability ethics, adolescent autonomy, gender-affirming care, new technologies, and resource allocation.

Learn more: z.umn.edu/atx4
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Happening today at 12 p.m. CST!
“Moral Imagination in the Health Sciences: What? Why? and How?” featuring Jon Tilburt, M.D.
Hosted by Anselm House and co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics. Please register: healthcareinitiative.eventcalendarapp.com/fall-healthc...
November 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Please attend 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
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
BTHX 5000/8000 | Public Health Ethics

This course will explore ethical issues that arise in public health practice. It will begin with a consideration of frameworks for public health ethics, including discussion of how this context differs from clinical ethics.

Learn more: z.umn.edu/atut
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Spring Semester 2026 Courses—Remote with Live Zoom Meetings

BTHX 5110/8110 | Ethical Issues in Pediatrics
BTHX 5000/8000 | Public Health Ethics

Learn more: bioethics.umn.edu/education/bi...

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Amos Laar, MPH, MA, PhD, FGA, was featured in the article “UG’s College of Health Sciences tracks Ghana’s progress on food system reforms” in Joy Online. www.myjoyonline.com/ugs-college-...
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Please join us today 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
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Spring Semester 2026 Courses (Fully Online)

BTHX 5000/8000 | Public Health Ethics
BTHX 5110/8110 | Ethical Issues in Pediatrics

Learn more: z.umn.edu/atut
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Please join us tomorrow 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
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Watch our latest Ethics Grand Rounds "Oaths and Expertise: The Bioethical Consequences of Health Policy as Medical Decision-Making," with @meredithemcnamara.bsky.social Watch now: youtu.be/PU_pWNY5Odo@
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Please join us this Friday 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
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Amos Laar, MPH, MA, PhD, FGA, co-authored the article “The nature and frequency of food and beverage marketing on Kenyan national television: a mixed-method analysis of food advertisements, parent and children’s perspectives” in BMC Medicine. bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Please join us today 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
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Please join us tomorrow 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
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Please join us next week 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
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
BTHX 5110/8110 | Ethical Issues in Pediatrics

This course examines ethical issues in pediatric care, including end-of-life decisions, premature infants, disability, adolescent autonomy, gender-affirming care, technology, and resource allocation.

Learn more about the course here: z.umn.edu/atx4
October 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
BTHX 5000/8000 | Public Health Ethics

This course will explore ethical issues that arise in public health practice. It will begin with a consideration of frameworks for public health ethics, including discussion of how this context differs from clinical ethics.

Learn more: z.umn.edu/atut
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Spring Semester Courses:
Public Health Ethics
Ethical Issues in Pediatrics

Registration:
For UMN Students: Registration Opens Tuesday, Nov. 11
For Non-Degree & Visiting Students: Registration Opens Friday, Dec. 5

Learn more: z.umn.edu/atq3
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
October 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM