• Universal genomic testing of newborns: bowl of cherries or can of worms? 

  Scheuerle, Angela E. (2019-01-08)

  The first gene was sequenced by “reverse genetics” in 1989, launching the Human Genome Project. Genetic technologies have advanced and found usefulness in many areas of science and medicine. Concurrently, the general public ...

• Human enhancement: a middle way? 

  Kaebnick, Gregory E. (2018-12-11)

  The prospect of human enhancement—of using medical interventions not just as therapies for disorders and injuries but as tools to make people better than normal—has often seemed to pit hardliners against freethinkers. ...

• Neuro-epigenethics: ethical and legal issues in epigenetic testing 

  Erwin, Cheryl J. (2018-11-13)

  Epigenetic technologies that allow us to determine smoking and drinking behaviors have the potential to shift the frame of reference with which we judge ourselves and others. This session on the ethical use of epigenetic ...

• Maintaining trustworthiness in NIH public-private partnerships (The Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics) 

  Lo, Bernard (2018-10-09)

  Public-private partnerships (PPPs) can benefit the public, but recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) cases illustrate how PPPs may raise important concerns about conflicts of interest (COIs). A proposed PPP to accelerate ...

• Doctors need evolution the way engineers need physics, but they don't get it because of politics 

  Nesse, Randolph M. (2018-09-11)

  [Note: The slides are not available from this event.] The past 25 years have seen many new applications of evolutionary biology in medicine. Some investigate why natural selection has left systems vulnerable, expanding ...

• UT Southwestern Medical Center Ethics Grand Rounds - 2018/2019 

  Unknown author (2018)

  This document lists the schedule of Ethics Grand Rounds events for September 2018 through May 2019.

• The promise and consequences of translational research: the ethical implications of using pets as research subjects in comparative medicine 

  Moses, Lisa (2018-05-08)

  The failure of so many promising candidate therapies to translate from laboratory animal models to human subjects has turned a spotlight on the use of pets as a potential solution to this problem. Biomedical research and ...

• Biomedical ethics considerations stemming from limb loss/difference care and prosthetic enablement 

  Bastas, Gerasimos (2018-04-10)

  This talk explores the biomedical ethics considerations that currently surround limb loss and prosthetic functional enablement. The biomedical ethics consult is re-examined operationally, bringing into focus how aspects ...

• The moral and societal responsibilities of biologists during times of revolution 

  Relman, David A. (2018-03-13)

  [Note: The slides are not available from this event.] Advances in the life sciences in the 21st century have the potential to greatly improve the health of humans, animals, plants, and the environment around the globe. ...

• Surrogate decision making in the internet age 

  Berg, Jessica W. (2018-02-13)

  [Note: The slides are not available from this event.] The technology revolution has had an enormous effect on all aspects of the practice of medicine, from record-keeping to scheduling to billing to treatments to research. ...

• Queer bioethics: LGBTQI medical history & contemporary ethics 

  Wahlert, Lance D. (2018-01-09)

  In this historically informed talk, Dr. Wahlert covers a range of biomedical examples that explain the morally and bioethically fraught relationship between LGBT persons and the biosciences. Long pathologized and repeatedly ...

• Gene drives on the horizon: challenges in science, ethics, and governance 

  Heitman, Elizabeth (2017-12-12)

  [Note: The slide presentation and video are not available from this event.] Since 2015, researchers using the gene editing technique CRISPR-Cas9 have developed laboratory-based proofs-of-concept for gene drives in yeast, ...

• The antibiotic era: historical and ethical reflections on seven decades of reform efforts 

  Podolosky, Scott H. (2017-11-14)

  Today, as we increasingly turn our attention to antibiotic resistance and the possibility of a post-antibiotic era, it is important to consider the historical evolution of attempts to implement the "rational" use of ...

• Reflections on race and racism in bioethics: Is there a way forward? (The Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics) 

  King, Patricia A. (2017-10-12)

  [NOTE: The slide presentation is not available from this event.] The concept of race emerged in the United States to explain observable differences among human beings. Physicians, scientists and others used this concept ...

• Why can't we be friends?: legal and ethical dimensions of social media in health care 

  Parsi, Kayhan; Elster, Nanette (2017-09-12)

  The use of social media has burgeoned in the last several years. Although liberating to many people, the use of social media among health care professionals can pose various ethical and legal challenges. In this presentation, ...

• UT Southwestern Medical Center Ethics Grand Rounds - 2017/2018 

  Unknown author (2017)

  This document lists the schedule of Ethics Grand Rounds events for September 2017 through May 2018.

• UT Southwestern Medical Center Ethics Grand Rounds - 2016/2017 

  Unknown author (2016)

  This document lists the schedule of Ethics Grand Rounds events for September 2016 through May 2017.

• UT Southwestern Medical Center Ethics Grand Rounds - 2015/2016 

  Unknown author (2015)

  This document lists the schedule of Ethics Grand Rounds events for September 2015 through May 2016.

• UT Southwestern Medical Center Ethics Grand Rounds - 2014/2015 

  Unknown author (2014)

  This document lists the schedule of Ethics Grand Rounds events for September 2014 through May 2015.

• UT Southwestern Medical Center Ethics Grand Rounds - 2013/2014 

  Unknown author (2013)

  This document lists the schedule of Ethics Grand Rounds events for September 2013 through May 2014.

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