UCSF Bioethics

An interdisciplinary community of clinicians, researchers and educators addressing ethical questions in health and biomedical research.

[UCSF School of Nursing @UCSFNurse]

📣 #NewPublication "The Social Value of Genomic Sequencing for Disadvantaged Families Facing Rare Disease" by Simon Outram, PhD, @juliaehbrown, PhD, Sara Ackerman, PhD, MPH, via @NLM_NIH https://t.co/fv1HSU9pLl

[The Greenwall Foundation @GreenwallFdn]

Have a research proposal that will help resolve an emerging or unanswered bioethics problem in clinical, biomedical, or public health decision-making, policy, or practice? Our Spring 2023 Making a Difference #RFP opens today. LOIs due 1/3/23. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/eGnTfxnWHn

[UCSF Bioethics @UCSF_Bioethics]

New publication from @JenJamesPhD provides some of the first qualitative data on the health effects of COVID mitigation strategies on incarcerated women. Participants describe confinement and isolation having serious effects on physical and mental health https://t.co/JD7M0K7ixk

[UCSF Bioethics @UCSF_Bioethics]

A reminder to join us this afternoon at 4pm for our clinical ethics journal club meeting! We will be discussing ethical issues in psychedelics research. Please register at: https://t.co/6RFQ7olb1m

[Neuroethics Today @neuroethics2day]

The start of Neuroethics.

#neuroethics2022

[Medical Cultures Lab @MedCultureLab]

New work by @MedCultureLab members @klharrisonPhD @sbgarrett @AlissaLily @gerimuse @dandohan and Christine Ritchie! "I Didn't Sign Up for This": Perspectives from Persons Living with Dementia and Care Partners on Challenges, Suppor… https://t.co/iHVzniXsG7

[UCSF Bioethics @UCSF_Bioethics]

Join us for our clinical ethics journal club at 4pm today! We'll be discussing the role of medical technology in constructing 'brain death' and the meaningfulness of a distinction between appearing and being 'brain dead.' Register here: https://t.co/lO2GSbSkH5

[Dana Foundation🧠 @dana_fdn]

Dana Centers for Neuroscience & Society update: We’ve awarded planning grants to 11 US-based academic institutions to build and test plans for future hubs where multidisciplinary scholars can learn, exchange ideas, and collaborate. https://t.co/kXxsMcaokb #NeuroSociety

[Dana Foundation🧠 @dana_fdn]

These planning grants are the first phase of a two-part process; in the second phase, these 11 institutions will compete for grants to establish a Dana Center to catalyze promising people and projects at the crossroads between neuroscience and other fields. #neurosociety #scicomm

[UCSF Geriatrics @UCSFGeriatrics]

Congratulations Dr. @matthew_growdon on receiving a two-year @NIH-funded Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) Award! #geriatrics #research #ucsf @ucsf Read more: https://t.co/cHcLMdojpP

[UCSF Bioethics @UCSF_Bioethics]

Join us tomorrow (9/22) at 4-5pm for our clinical ethics journal club meeting! @michael_train10 will be leading a discussion on caregiver-physician communication for patients with disorders of consciousness. As always, info at https://t.co/sTawLgDGYp. See you there!

[UCSF Bioethics @UCSF_Bioethics]

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the book launch of The Clozapine Clinic by @juliaehbrown last night. It was wonderful getting to see colleagues old and new

[Daphne Martschenko, PhD @daphmarts]

Wonderful to support my dear friend and colleague @juliaehbrown at the launch of her book The Clozapine Clinic @UCSF_Bioethics

[UCSF Geriatrics @UCSFGeriatrics]

Congratulations Drs. John Newman (@GeriSciDoc) and Eric Widera (@EWidera) for receiving Academy of Medical Educators 2022 Excellence in Teaching Awards! https://t.co/QaKLooYLon #geriatrics #education #hpm #ucsf @ucsf

[Jen James @JenJamesPhD]

Excited that this paper is finally out! @GalenJoseph1 & I explore some of the tensions in the ever-blurring boundary btw research & clinical care. As we move to more pragmatic trials & more population genomics, new models to navigate emerge. #EmbeddedELSI https://t.co/qCRFF3mQ73

[UCSF IHPS @UCSF_IHPS]

Health policy fellowship opportunity @UCSF_IHPS! Applications are due Nov 7, 2022! Train with smart, fun people while learning the tools you need to transform health and healthcare.
https://t.co/gGMp4gp3di

[UCSF Bioethics @UCSF_Bioethics]

Publication alert: New guidance from @GeneticsSociety on addressing underrepresentation in genomics via community engagement authored by faculty member @jharriswai and colleagues https://t.co/nlgoLnmS3k

[Galen Joseph @GalenJoseph1]

the promise of personalized medicine --now out in New Genetics and Society with my amazing co-author @JenJamesPhD https://t.co/qjM8SyWDvZ
@UCSF_HumSci @UCSF_Bioethics @UCSFCancer @UCSFPrecision

[ELSIhub | CERA @ELSIhub]

Explore the latest #ELSI collection entitled: "Ethical issues related to research uses of residual dried bloodspots from newborn screening," edited by @alwaysgofwd, @juliaehbrown and @ajgoldenberg https://t.co/LJ8IiblF03

[REPAIR Project @repair_project]

Please come join us on Wed Oct 26 for a Campus Forum: Imagining Decolonization and the Health Sciences
@DrRupaMarya @JayZussman @KxraZamora @DrAlexisCooke