The Need for First-Person Anti-Racism Mental Health Wellness Programs in Higher Education Dr. Naomi Zack March 12th, 2024 Kimmel Center for University Life, Room 906  1:45 PM-2:45 PM   One in five Americans has mental health problems, and racial minorities are underserved. Racist beliefs and speech, and discriminatory action, as well as structural racism, injure […]

On Saturday, March 16 from 7 pm-2 am, join us at this year’s Night in the Library: Out of Darkness at the Brooklyn Public Library:an all-night symposium on the philosophy, histories and strategies of moving into a new world together from the Brooklyn Public Library RSVP at https://bklynlib.org/nitl

The Center for Bioethics Presents: Spring 2024 Colloquium Series The Value of Life, the Value of Virtue Dr. Johann Frick Wednesday, April 3rd 2:00 - 3:30 pm Location TBD It is sometimes said that, just as Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires, the field of population ethics is the graveyard of moral theories. Ethical views […]

Is Any Embryo an "Unborn Child"? The Ancient Jewish Debate Noam J. Zohar, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Visiting Scholar, Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Langone Dr. Zohar specializes in Moral and Political Philosophy, with an emphasis on applied ethics - especially bioethics and morality in war - philosophy of Jewish Halacha […]

Cannabis Use and Violent Deaths: A Data Fusion Approach to Epidemiologic Research APRIL 12 AT 10AM ET This event is hosted by the GPH Department of Epidemiology Join Guohua Li, MD, DrPH, M. Finster Professor of Epidemiology and Anesthesiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, as he discusses the public health significance of epidemiologic research on cannabis use […]

Nancy N. Dubler Medical Ethics Lecture Series presents: "Light and Shadow: The Ethics of Writing Fiction about Medical Ethics" - 5/13, 12pm-1pm ET with Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH HCEC-C Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH HCEC-C (he/him/his) Chief, Division of General Pediatrics Leader, EthicsLab@CHOP Research Affinity Group The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Professor of Pediatrics, […]

A person’s ZIP code has been shown to have a greater impact on health and well-being than their genetic code, affecting access to education, transportation, and wealth. How is this possible? The provocative documentary ZIP Code Matters boldly asks the question and gets profound and insightful answers from some of the nation’s leading policymakers, nonprofit […]

Dr. Jennifer Doudna for a special Keynote Speaker Series talk on October 3rd at NYU! Topic: “CRISPR Biology and the Future of Genome Editing” Fundamental research to understand how bacteria fight viral infections uncovered the function of CRISPR-Cas programmable proteins that detect and cut specific DNA or RNA sequences. CRISPR technology is now an indispensable tool […]

Crowdsourcing with Multi-institutional EHR to Improve Reliability of Real World Evidence October 10th, 2:00-3:00 pm   Hosted by the Department of Biostatistics "The wide adoption of electronic health records (EHR) systems has led to the availability of large clinical datasets available for discovery research. EHR data, linked with bio-repository, is a valuable new source for […]

Transplant Ethics and Policy Conference   October 17, 2024   ** In-person and virtual attendance options **   Join us to hear leaders in the field discuss pressing issues in […]

Evaluation of Food Policy in the United States October 17th, 9:00-10:00 am Hosted by the Global Center For Implementation Science Are you interested in learning about the impact of food […]