Welcome: Patterns of Ethical Healthcare Wednesday, March 25 – In-person with Zoom hybrid, 12:00 to 1:00 pm, Leonard Sandridge Auditorium

3/13/2026

Zoom: A John F. Anderson Memorial Lecture Welcome: Patterns of Ethical Healthcare Lois Shepherd, JD, BA, Wallenborn Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Professor of Law, Professor of Public Health Sciences and…

Zula Mae Baber Bice Memorial Lecture Beyond Band-Aids and Duct Tape: Building Systems That Care Wednesday, January 28, 2026 | 12:00 to 1:00

1/12/2026

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 | 12:00 to 1:00 Zoom: Lauryn Walker, PhD, MPH, BSN Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Resources for Governor Abigail Spanberger Provided by the University…

A Cure Without Care: Hepatitis C and the U.S. Healthcare System

11/5/2025

Disease in America. An incredibly effective and well tolerated cure was developed in the early 2000s - a true scientific breakthrough - but nearly 20 years later, treatment rates remain…

Cochlear Implants, Curative Rhetoric, and Communication Choices: Understanding the Complications of Patient Decisions, Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 12:00 to 1:00

10/24/2025

Koppaka V. Rao Memorial Lecture In Person at the Pinn Hall Conference Center Auditorium Zoom: Rachel Kolb, Ph.D., author of Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice Rachel Kolb was…

Medical Center Hour and Education Grand Rounds: Shame competence: What it is, why we need it, and how it can transform healthcare institutions

9/12/2025

Wednesday, September 24- In-person with Zoom hybrid, 12:15 to 1:15 pm, Pinn Hall Conference Center Auditorium, Zoom:  The Center for Excellence in Education/Education Grand Rounds Will Bynum, MD, PhD, Associate…

Jessie Stewart Richardson Memorial Lecture in Patient Quality and Safety and Medical Center Hour with Michael Bundy, MBA Senior Advisor, Value Capture

8/29/2025

Jessie Stewart Richardson Memorial Lecture in Patient Quality and Safety The Leader's Role in Generating Operational and Qualitative Excellence Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | 12:00 to 1:00 In Person at…

Prof. Epstein Lauded by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)

1/7/2022

  The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) has selected School of Nursing professor Beth Epstein for its 2020 Grenvik Family Award for Ethics, which recognizes an SCCM member’s efforts…

Eating Disorders in Youth Rose During COVID — But the Signs Aren’t What Parents Might Expect

11/3/2021

A peer-reviewed study out of the British Journal of Psychiatry suggests that eating disorder diagnoses increased 15% in 2020 among people under 30 compared to previous years. Researchers believe the increase is…

Former Center Director, Daniel Becker, MD, Publishes Debut Book of Poetry

12/8/2020

Dr. Becker's 2nd Chance The Center congratulates former director, Dr. Daniel Becker, on the publication of his debut book of poetry, 2nd Chance. A nod to his first chapbook length…

AMA Journal of Ethics essay by James Childress and Marcia Day Childress

8/6/2020

In its May 2020 issue, the AMA Journal of Ethics carried an essay by James Childress and Marcia Day Childress, "What Does the Evolution from Informed Consent to Shared Decision…