Now in its 14th year, the Dialogues in Research Ethics series provides an opportunity for UM faculty, staff, students, visitors and members of the community to exchange ideas about ethical issues in the relaxed atmosphere of a lunch-time conversation. Food is provided, and no RSVP is required.
The 2005-6 program is under way. Last year's program:
Sept. 24, 2004
Soldiers as Subjects: New Challenges from Military Research
Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D., Director,
University of Miami Bioethics Programs
Oct. 15, 2004
Community-Based Research
Virginia Ashby Sharpe, Ph.D.,
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Nov. 12, 2004
Research on Resuscitation:
Medcial Progress and Unintended Consequences
James R. Jude, M.D.,
Miami, FL
Jan. 28, 2005
The Terri Schiavo Case: Research Challenges in Death and Dying
Robin N. Fiore, Ph.D.,
Florida Atlantic University
Feb. 25, 2005
A Better Approach to Animal Research:
Insights from Neurological Complexity
Jeffrey Spike, Ph.D.,
Florida State University, Tallahassee
March 25, 2005
Ethics Review of Outbreak Research: A System Doomed to Fail?
Rafael Saginur, M.D.,
University of Ottawa
May 13, 2005
How Should We Earn the Public's Trust?
Research at Academic Medical Centers
Mark Yarborough, Ph.D.
University of Colorado at Denver
SPONSORS Dialogues in Research Ethics began in partnership with the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Since then, it has also been sponsored by the following organizations:
- UM Office of the Vice Provost for Research
- Research Service of the Miami VAMC
- UM Office of Graduate Studies
- Jackson Memorial Hospital
- South Florida VA Foundation for Research and Education
- UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
- UM Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- UM Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
- UM Ethics Programs
- Friends of UM Ethics Programs
For more information, contact Ken Goodman
