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Bioethics Grand Rounds

Bioethics Grand Rounds are held quarterly beginning January 2021, designed for outreach consistent with the Land-Grant Mission of WSU. Each hour-long session features two nationally prominent speakers on visible bioethics topics at the forefront of national discussion, and are made available to physicians, nurses, hospital ethics committees, and other healthcare providers throughout the state of Washington (and nationally) via zoom webinar technology. Recorded session available to all registrants, as well as the general public, via YouTube. For 2021, Grand Rounds sessions have averaged 250+ registrants, and more than 200 YouTube views.

In addition to an outreach function, these sessions provide exposure to ethical issues of visible currency to clinical practice for medical students and residents within the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, as well as providing educational opportunities for ESFCOM faculty and staff, and faculty, staff and students throughout all campuses and colleges of WSU.

Upcoming Guests and Lectures

ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS IN THE USE OF WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING TO DIAGNOSE MEDICAL PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY NEWBORNS IN THE NEONATAL ICU

Candice Finnila, PHD

HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

 

Past Grand Rounds Guests and Lectures

PSYCHEDELIC-ASSISTED THERAPY FOR MENTAL HEALTH: RECONCILING INDIGENOUS AND WESTERN ONTOLOGIES

Amy McGuire, JD, PHD

Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine

Precedent, Reliance Interests, and the Dobbs Decision

Nina Varsava, JD, PHD

Assistant Professor of Law
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Ethics, Informatics, and Artificial Intelligence in Medical Practice

Yoav Schlesinger

Director, Office of Ethical and Humane Use
Principal, Ethical AI Practice
Salesforce Corporation

Elizabeth Worthey

Director of the Center for Computational Genomics and Data Science
University of Alabama, Birmingham

Do-it-Yourself Medicine: Direct-To-Consumer Genetics, Nutritional Supplements, and the Role of FDA Oversight

Cinnamon Bloss, PhD

Interim Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
University of California, San Diego

Ryan Spellecy, PhD

Ursula Von der Ruhr Chair in Bioethics
Assistant Provost of Research Oversight
Medical College of Wisconsin

Michah Hester, PhD

Chair, Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics
Professor of Medical Humanities and Pediatrics
UAMS

Mark P. Aulisio, PhD

Case Western Reserve University
MetroHealth System

 

 

 

SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Safety and Allocation

Dan Salmon, PhD

Former Associate Director
U.S. National Vaccine Program Office
Director, John Hopkins University
Institute for Vaccine Safety

Saad Omer, MPH, PhD

NASEM Commitee on Allocation of Vaccine for
Novel Coronavirus; WHO Vaccine Safety
Associate Dean, Yale School of Medicine


Professional Obligations During Pandemic

Matt Wynia, MD

Former Director, Institute for Ethics
American Medical Association
Director, University of Colorado
Center for Boiethics and Humanities

Heidi Malm, PhD

Department of Philosophy
Loyola University Chicago

 

 

 

Translating Genomic Research to Clinical Practice

Richard Myers, PhD

President and Science Director
M.A. Loya Chair in Genetics
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

Bruce Korf, MD, PhD

Editor, American Journal of Human Genetics
Wayne and Sara Crews Endowed Professor
University of Alabama Birmingham

 

 

 

Diversity and Inclusion in Academic Medicine

Darrell Ezell, PhD

Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
HudsonAlph institute for Biotechnology

Stephen Sodeke, PhD

Center for Bioethics
Tuskegee University