A WORLD LEADER IN BIOETHICS
The Center for Bioethics is a leader in bioethics research and its deployment in the ethical, efficient, and compassionate practice of the life sciences and medicine. The Center has become a world-renowned educational and research enterprise that employs over 20 full and part-time faculty with appointments in a number of University of Pennsylvania schools and departments including medicine, law, nursing, business, education, philosophy, psychology, sociology, religious studies, public policy and public health.

CENTER NEWS
May 1, 2008
Ulrich Receives Junior Faculty Research Award
Connie M. Ulrich, PhD, RN, was award the Junior Faculty Research Award from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.  This award is given to a junior faculty member who has made a distinguished contribution to nursing scholarship.  The person will have shown evidence of significant and outstanding contributions to nursing scholarship through funded research, publications, major reports, offices, and regional or national leadership.  This person will also have shown evidence of influence on the discipline and profession of nursing, and evidence of local, regional and national recognition.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
May 15, 2008
Center for Bioethics Colloquium Series

"Intimate Assistance: Re-Thinking Abortion in Law and Morality"

Maggie Little, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Georgetown University

4:00pm: Speaker Reception
4:30pm: Lecture

Special Location
Amado Recital Hall
Irvine Auditorium
3401 Spruce St. (map)
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IN THE MEDIA
May 8, 2008
Free pens and pizza come at a high cost for docs
In his latest column for MSNBC.com, Arthur Caplan writes that a marketing ban at medical schools is the ethical prescription.

The American Association of Medical Colleges recently released a long-awaited report recommending that pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers knock off their efforts to bribe medical students and faculty. The Association said in no uncertain terms: No more freebies. That means no more doling out free lunches, tickets, trips, pens, binders, flashdrives, bookbags, free samples and other trinkets in classrooms, offices, exam rooms and reception areas of medical schools.  Read more...
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For Media Opportunities:
Penn ReadyCam Studio


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SPECIAL EVENTS
Colloquium Series
10th Anniversary Symposium

CENTER PROJECTS

Artificial Nutrition and Hydration (ANH) Conference
Ethics of Vaccines Project
Visit VaccineEthics.org
Penn High School Bioethics Project
The Ethics of Gene Patenting
Toward an Understanding of Benefit Sharing
Neuroethics
Ethics of Nanotechnology
Nanocasts: Nanotech Podcasts


FACULTY TALKS
June 10, 2008
International Society for Stem Cell Research Public Symposia
Explore the fundamentals and potential of stem cell research at the ISSCR Public Symposia – an afternoon Workshop on Stem Cell Biology and an Evening Public Symposium – both to be held June 10 at the Marriott Philadelphia Downtown.  Jonathan Moreno will be presenting a talk on "Legal and Ethical Considerations" at the Workshop on Stem Cell Biology.  These events are free and open to the public.  For more information or to register, please visit the ISSCR website.
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