Marcia Childress and Hunter Groninger present at special convening on human suffering
7/9/2019
Marcia Day Childress PhD participated in On Suffering: Pain, Precarity, and the Distintegration of the Self, a multidisciplinary, invitation-only meeting convened by Professor Ato Quayson at New York University…
Alexis Thurmond MD, Class of 2019, receives UVA’s 2019 Annette McDermott Award
7/9/2019
The 2019 Annette McDermott Award was presented by the School of Medicine to graduating student Alexis M. Thurmond MD, Class of 2019 in acknowledgement of her sensitivity to and compassionate…
Bioethics fellow and interns attend conference in Washington, DC
7/2/2019
On June 19th, a group from the Bioethics center- including our fellow and new interns- traveled to Washington DC to attend a conference hosted by Gallup and Wellcome. There, presenters…
Dallas Ducar Nurse Practitioner Transitions and Walks the Lawn – Finally – As a Woman
7/2/2019
Dallas Ducar, MSN, RN, CNL, NREMT-B and Founder of the Virginia Journal of Bioethics graduates from UVA's Nurse Practitioner Program with plans to join Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital's Transgender Health…
7/2/2019
Mya C. Singleton, one of the Center's Summer Interns article: “Ain’t I Human?: The Role of Bias and Erasure in the Medical Subjugation of African/Black Patients, A Personal Narrative.” GROUNDS:…
Julia Taylor’s work links sexual health to lower sexual risk in adolescent men
6/13/2019
Background: Studies link sexual health to lower sexual risk in adolescent women, yet no empirical literature evaluates these associations in adolescent men. Read more here.
Lois Shepherd OpEd in The Hill: A Federal Abortion Law Might be Needed
6/13/2019
Last week the Kansas Supreme Court charted a path for abortion rights independent of the U.S. high court. According to its ruling, the state’s constitution not only protects a woman’s…
1/5/2019
Pinn Hall Conference Center Auditorium Wednesday, 18 September 2019 12:00 - 1:00 REFUGEES IN AMERICA: STORIES OF COURAGE, RESILIENCE, AND HOPE, IN THEIR OWN WORDS Lee T. Bycel PhD,…
