Medical Center Hour Speaker Creates an Inspiring Barbie Doll
9/24/2019
MEDICAL CENTER HOUR SPEAKER CREATES AN INSPIRING BARBIE DOLL Tree biologist Nalini Nadkarni, who has spoken at two Medical Center Hours, was featured in NPR’s special video series, “Maddie about…
9/13/2019
Please join the Center in congratulating our colleague, Beth Epstein, who has just received word that she has been awarded the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 2020 Grenvik Family Award…
9/5/2019
Pinn Hall Conference Center Auditorium Wednesday, 25 September 2019 12:00 - 1:00 THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY AND THE PUBLIC’S HEALTH Dayna Bowen Matthew JD, Morgenthau Distinguished Professor of Law and…
Justin Mutter, MD, named Section Chief for the section of Geriatrics
8/28/2019
Dr. Justin Mutter will become Section Chief for the section of Geriatrics beginning September 1, 2019. Dr. Mutter received his Undergraduate Degree from UVA followed by Rhodes Scholarship. He graduated…
Just Published: landmark handbook in public health ethics
8/28/2019
Just published: landmark handbook in public health ethics with chapters by Lois Shepherd, Ruth Gaare Bernheim, Richard Bonnie, and Heather Zelle. Read the press release here.
Center faculty in reproductive ethics and justice join UVA’s civil rights office
8/28/2019
Center faculty in reproductive ethics and justice join UVA's civil rights office in opposing Trump's proposed rollback of transgender rights in healthcare. Read the public comment here.
8/28/2019
Congratulations to Center faculty member Beth Epstein for her election as Treasurer to the Board of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities.
Laura Kolbe MD, 2016 Hook Scholar, now an instructor in medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, NY
8/6/2019
Laura Kolbe MD, Hook Scholar in the graduating class of 2016, is now an instructor in medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. A longtime writer, Laura published prose…
Faculty Members Present at ASBH
7/12/2019
In October, several faculty members presented at the 21st Annual Conference of The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities in Pittsburgh, PA. On October 26, Donna Chen, pictured here, presented…
Lois Shepherd’s essay on physician altruism is chosen for updated anthology
7/9/2019
Lois Shepherd’s essay on physician altruism is chosen for updated anthology, The Social Medicine Reader. Click here to read the essay: