Posts in category: Medical Countermeasures
Looking Back at the Bioethics Commission’s Blog
Throughout its tenure, the Bioethics Commission has maintained an active digital presence to connect with a global audience. A major component of this has been through its blog. This final blog post reflects on the role the blog has played in disseminating the Bioethics Commission’s work.
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Ethically Sound Episode 10: Charting a Path Forward
The tenth and final episode of the Bioethics Commission’s podcast series, Ethically Sound, is now available. Today’s episode, “Charting a Path Forward,” focuses on the Bioethics Commission’s two most recent public meetings, during which the Bioethics Commission reflected on the impact of past, present, and future of national bioethics advisory bodies.
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Bioethics Deliberation and Education in Safeguarding Children
In the most recent post for the “Deliberation and Education” series, we examined the role of deliberation in the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) fourth report Privacy and Progress in Whole Genome Sequencing. While not specifically citing democratic deliberation in its recommendations in Privacy and Progress, the Bioethics Commission actively […]
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New Educational Module on Informed Consent in Safeguarding Children
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has just posted to Bioethics.gov a new educational module on informed consent in the context of pediatric medical countermeasure research. The module integrates material from the Bioethics Commission’s March 2013 report Safeguarding Children: Pediatric Medical Countermeasure Research. The aim of this module is to […]
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Safeguarding Children in Emergencies through Ethical Pediatric Research
Tomorrow, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) will present its recommendations on pediatric medical countermeasure (MCM) research at the 10th Annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference in Seattle. The conference, hosted by the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at the Seattle Children’s Hospital, takes place July 18 and 19, 2014; its […]
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Bioethics Commission Staff Presents “Pediatric Medical Countermeasure Research” at PRIM&R Advancing Ethical Research Conference in Boston
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) Executive Director Lisa M. Lee, Ph.D, M.S., and Associate Director Michelle Groman, J.D., will be speaking at PRIM&R’s (Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research) 2013 Advancing Ethical Research Conference, which takes place Nov. 7-9 in Boston, Mass. Their session, “Pediatric Medical Countermeasure (MCM) Research: Enumerating […]
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Bioethics Commission Staff Presents “Pediatric Medical Countermeasure Research” at APHA in Boston
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) Executive Director Lisa M. Lee, Ph.D, M.S., Associate Director Michelle Groman, J.D., and Commission Member Christine Grady, R.N., Ph.D will be speaking at the 141st Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association (APHA), which takes place Nov. 2-6, in Boston, Mass. Their […]
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See you at APHA in Boston
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) will be participating in the 141st Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association in Boston, Mass. We look forward to seeing you at the following sessions: Panel Session – Enumerating Ethical Considerations of Medical Countermeasure Research with Children (3442.0) at […]
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See you at ASBH in Atlanta
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) will be participating in the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) 15th Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Ga. We look forward to seeing you at the following sessions: Plenary Session, Friday, 9:15 a.m. A Conversation with Amy Gutmann, Chair, Ph.D., Presidential Commission for […]
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Member Spotlight: John D. Arras
President Obama appointed philosopher John D. Arras, Ph.D., to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) in May 2010. Dr. Arras is the Porterfield Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia, where he directs the Program in Bioethics and is affiliated with the Center for […]
