Creighton University - Center for Health Policy & Ethics

Fall 2009 - Spring 2010 Calendar

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August 2009

Wednesday, August 26, 3:30-4:30pm (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Controlling Conflicts of Interest - A Focus on the Pharmaceutical Industry
Discussant: J. Chris Bradberry, Pharm. D., Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions


September 2009

Wednesday, September 16, 3:30-4:30pm (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Life Lessons Learned: School of Nursing Students at Jesuit Middle School
Discussants: MarySue Wydeven, RN, MSN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Students

Wednesday, September 30, 3:30-4:30pm (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Connecting the social justice threads of the work we do TO the work we do in the community.
Discussant: A’Jamal-Rashad Byndon, Community Organizer


October 2009

Wednesday, October 7th, 11:30am-1:00 p.m. (Lauritzen Gardens)
UPLIFT: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors — A Conversation with Barbara Delinsky

Wednesday, October 7th, 7:00 p.m. (Joslyn Art Museum)
20th Annual Women & Health Lecture

"Family Crises and Other Little Bumps in Life"

Tuesday, October 20, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Thune Seminar Rooms A & B, HSL
Public Health Journal Club: “Building Partnerships between Indigenous Communities and Universities”
Facilitator: John Stone, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Center for Health Policy and Ethics

Wednesday, October 21, 3:30-4:30 p.m. (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Proposing a Rite of Incorporation: Reversing the Hospital Stigma about Dying
Discussant: Helen Stanton Chapple, PhD, Nurse Ethicist, Resident Faculty, CHPE

Monday, October 26, 10:00-11:00 a.m. ** Note day and time! **
(CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Breast Cancer and African American Women: Awareness, Advocacy, and Access
Discussant: Shirley H. Brown, MS, JD, Board member of the National Breast Cancer Coalition representing the Women of Color Breast Cancer Survivors' Support Project, Los Angeles, CA.

Wednesday, October 28, 3:30-4:30 p.m. (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Religious Diversity Issues in Health Care
Discussant: Beth Katz, MPP, MSW, Founder and Executive Director of Project Interfaith


November 2009

Tuesday, November 17, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Thune Seminar Rooms A & B, HSL
Public Health Journal Club: Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener's Tale
Facilitator: Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS, Community Outreach Liaison, Health Sciences Library/Learning Resource Center and Regional Liaison of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM)

Wednesday, November 18, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (Morrison Seminar Room, CUMC)
Clinical Ethics Series: Who Should Receive Life Support during a Public Health Emergency?
Lecturer: Richard L. O’Brien, MD, University Professor, Center for Health Policy and Ethics


December 2009

Tuesday, December 1, 12:15 p.m. (CHPE Conference Room)
LB403 Webinar Immigrants and Public Benefits in Nebraska: What Does Legislative Bill 403 Mean to Health Care?

Wednesday, December 2, 3:30–4:30 p.m. (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Marx, Technology, and the Body.
Discussant: Amy Wendling, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy

Wednesday, December 9, 3:30–4:30 p.m. (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Ethical Issues around female circumcision and reinfibulation at the time of delivery.
Discussant: Kathy LaFavor, DO, 4th Year Medical Resident, Ob/Gyn, School of Medicine

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