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Fall 2007 - Spring 2008 Calendar
August | September | October | November | December
January | February | March | April | May | June
August 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 3:30-4:30pm (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Ethical Issues
in Blood Conservation: To Give or Not to Give
Discussant: Mark Eldredge, Bloodless Program Coordinator, Center
for Blood Conservation, CUMC
September 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 3:30-4:30pm (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Noblesse Oblige? The Reputation of
a Profession
Discussant: Wolter Brands, DDS, JD, PhD, Senior Visiting
Fellow at CHPE
Thursday, September 27, 6:30-8:30pm (Criss II, Room 217)
Community Forum
on Stem Cell Research
Presenters: Kevin FitzGerald, SJ, PhD and Ron Hamel, PhD
October 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 3:30-4:30pm (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Feminist
Ethics and the Dilemmas of Doula Care
Discussant: Monica Brasile, Certified Childbirth Educator
and Doula, PhD Candidate, Women's Studies, University of Iowa
Thursday, October 25, 7:00pm (Hixson-Lied Science
Building, Room G4)
Film Program on
Healthcare Ethics, Justice and Culture: Hold Your Breath
Hold Your Breath Omaha Premier, followed by panel
discussion
Monday, October 29, 10:00-11:00am (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Nursing contributions to the Elimination of Health Disparities among
African-Americans: Reflections on Successes and Challenges
Sandra Millon Underwood, PhD, RN, FAAN, ACS, Oncology Nursing Professor,
Northwestern Mutual Life Research Scholar, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Wednesday, October 31, 3:30-4:30pm (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Re-imagining Pedagogy: Creating Collaborative Communities in Research and
Teaching
Nina Ha, PhD, Assistant Professor, Director, World Literature Program,
Department of English
November 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 7:00pm (Joslyn Art Museum)
18th Annual Women & Health Lecture
An Evening with Ann Hood: "Comfort: A Journey through Grief"
Tuesday, November 20, 3:30-4:30pm (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable:
How Community Culture Impacts Collaboration
Patrick McNamara, PhD, Director of Philanthropic Services, Omaha Community
Foundation and Adjunct Professor, Werner Institute for Negotiation and Dispute
Resolution
Wednesday, November 28, Noon-1:00pm (Morrison Seminar
Room, CUMC)
Clinical Ethics Series: Eliminating Health
Care Inequalities 2007: What Should Doctors Do?
John Stone, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Center for Health Policy
& Ethics
December 2007
Wednesday, December 5, 3:30-4:30pm (CHPE Conference Room)
Should Hospital Ethics Committees Examine the Organization?
John Stone, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Center for Health Policy & Ethics
January 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm (CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Do
Federal drug laws discourage physicians from appropriately
managing patients' pain? Ethical and Clinical Issues in Acute
and Chronic Pain Management
Frederick E. Youngblood, MD, Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology, CUMC
Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm (CHPE Conference
Room)
Roundtable: Pricey
or Priceless? Codifying Value in the American Rescue Paradigm
Helen Stanton Chapple, PhD, Resident Assistant Professor, CHPE
February 2008
March 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
(CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Health Care and
Policy Challenges in the Kohima Region of NE India
Beth Furlong, RN, PhD, JD, Associate Professor, School of
Nursing
Note: this event has been cancelled,
to be rescheduled at a later date. Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
(CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Getting the Public Engaged in Research
Beth Furlong, RN, PhD, JD, Associate Professor, School of
Nursing
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS
Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
(CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable:
The Current State of Applied Ethics in Iran
Andrew Gustafson, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Business
Administration
April 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
(CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Is
a patient in PVS dying?
Jos Welie, PhD, CHPE; Mark Goodman, MD, Family Practice; Todd
Salzman, PhD, Theology
Thursday, April 10, 2008, 6:30pm Reception (Hixson Lied
Atrium)
7:00pm Lecture (Hixson Lied Auditorium G04)
Community Forum on the Law of Bioethics
Has the Law of Bioethics Failed?
Lecture by Carl M. Schneider, JD
Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
(CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Voices of
Experience – Addressing Health Inequalities in Our Communities
Panel: Patricia Castro, MPA, CUMC; Wayne R. Houston, MPA,
UNMC; Frank Peak, MPA, CUMC; Aura Whitney-Jackson, MSW, UNMC
Wednesday, April 23, Noon-1:00pm
(Morrison Seminar Room, CUMC)
School of Medicine Distinguished Lecture Series
Medical Discovery, Social Justice and the
Future of Disparities in Health
Paul Wise, MD, MPH,
Richard E. Behrman Professor of Child Health and Society and CHP/PCOR
Core Faculty Member,
Stanford University Center for Health Policy (CHP) and the
Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research (PCOR)
Saturday, April 26, 8:00am-5:00pm (Hixson Lied Auditorium
G04)
Workshop: Addressing Health
Disparities: Focus on HIV/AIDS
Sponsored by Creighton University Health Sciences -
Multicultural and Community Affairs (HS-MACA), Continuing
Medical Education Division, and Center for Health Policy &
Ethics
Please see linked brochure for registration and complete
information.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
(CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Health Ethics
Issues and Health Policy Reforms in Azerbaijan
Sabina Jafarova, MD, MBA, Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence
May 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
(CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Knowing What to Do: The Debate over Effectiveness Research
as a solution to the Health Care Crisis
Eugene Rich, MD, Senior Advisor for Program Outreach and
Coordination, National Center for Research Resources, National
Institutes of Health, and Tenet Endowed Professor of Medicine,
CUMC
Wednesday, May 7, 2008, Noon-1:00pm (Boys
Town National Research Hospital Auditorium)
School of Medicine Distinguished Lecture Series
Steven L. Wolf, PhD, PT,
Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory
University
Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
(CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Who
Am I Now?: Cancer, Art Therapy and Self-Transformation
Christine Hennig, MA, PLMHP, Psycho-Oncology Art Therapist;
Lisa Kaiser, RN, PhD, Cancer Patient; Barbara Clinkenbeard, MS,
APRN, Psycho-Oncology Nurse Practitioner, CUMC
June 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
(CHPE Conference Room)
Roundtable: Health Promotion
Initiatives: McCain Combating Obesity
Lisa Black, PT, DPT, School of Pharmacy & Health Professions;
Andrew Walquist, Doctor of Physical Therapy Candidate, School of
Pharmacy & Health Professions, Winner of the KaiserEDU.org
2008 Student Essay Contest