UNC Bioethics

The UNC Center for Bioethics facilitates research, education and consultation on ethical issues in biomedical research and health care.

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📣 Feb 18 | Merrimon Lecture
Join the UNC Center for Bioethics for the 2026 Merrimon Lecture with Robert Califf, MD.
🩺 Can professionalism survive the financialization of U.S. healthcare?
🕛 12–1 pm ET
🔗https://t.co/NN35OJh0vl
#Bioethics #MerrimonLecture #UNC

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Your support empowers students, trainees, and faculty to address the most pressing ethical questions of our time. https://t.co/1QgDQqo5Sc

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With your support today, we believe we can reach our Tar Heal Tuesday goal of $1,000 https://t.co/1QgDQqoDHK

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The most recent issue of our newsletter has been released. https://t.co/RudTgucELy

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📢 Anne Lyerly was quoted in STAT+ on the persistent exclusion of pregnant women from drug trials.
Important insights on equity in research.
📰 “Fights over Tylenol, SSRIs highlight the enduring lack of pregnant women in drug trials” (paywalled)
#Bioethics

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🎙️ Jill Fisher featured across major outlets:
🗞️ NYT – ethics & private equity in drug research
🧪 C&EN – what it’s like to join a clinical trial
🎧 First Opinion Podcast – “Would you contract dysentery for $7,300?” #Bioethics

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Register Now! It’s free: https://t.co/sSGISw2bcA

Gain insights into navigating the complexities of ethical dilemmas. Earn IPE credit and receive certificates of attendance for CEUs.

Learn more and register at: https://t.co/khUfQNeRGB

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Rebecca Walker’s new book, Of Mice and Primates: Virtue Ethics and Animal Research, is out now from Oxford University Press. https://t.co/ePzuaaKja6

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We welcome you to subscribe to our monthly newsletter mailing list to remain updated on the Center for Bioethics. Sign up here👉https://t.co/qemrMeIK5j

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Register for the PreMiEr workshop on the Societal Dimensions of Built Environment Microbiome Engineering, which will be held via Zoom from 1 to 4:30 PM on May 13, 2025.

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Help us reach our donor challenge! Our fund supports teaching, training, mentoring, and research by the Center for Bioethics. In 2024, we're focusing on raising funds to support student opportunities. https://t.co/jcVIFAUdsv

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We are close to meeting this challenge for Tar Heal Tuesday. Help us reach the goal. https://t.co/KwWpk0w0ov

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We received another Challenge for Tar Heal Tuesday. Help us reach the goal. https://t.co/jcVIFAUdsv

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In 2024, we're focusing on raising funds to support student opportunities. From travel funds to practicums, support on Tar Heal Tuesday will help us continue - and expand - opportunities for students in the School of Medicine and across Carolina. https://t.co/jcVIFAUdsv

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📢ICYMI @douglaspmackay was at the @NIH Ethics Grand Rounds: The Ethics of Randomized Policy Experiments. To watch https://t.co/KlCp1ffqUL

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The Center for Bioethics has a donor challenge.📣 @UNCHealthFdn Board will add $500 to our fundraising if we have 25 donors by December 3rd.
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Meet our new Postdoctoral Fellow Rami Major. You can read more about Rami by visiting https://t.co/41PDuD30GH

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Anne Lyerly will present at Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences "When Law, Ethics & Medicine Collide: Physician Duties When Law Restricts Reproductive Health Care." Friday, Nov. 1, 12-1:30 pm Central. Register today https://t.co/P5czUB0Czj

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Join us today for "How Artificial Intelligence Might Save Bioethics (And it's not how you think)." Please visit our website to join the webinar. https://t.co/wbiY3INNWK

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Publishing in @AnnalsAllergy, @UNC_SOM researchers delve into the perspectives of community and academic providers on the role of biologics and food allergy. This study was led by co-authors Edwin Kim, MD, and Jill Fisher, PhD.

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