Creighton University - Center for Health Policy & Ethics

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