Past News and Events

Leaving the bedside to mend the bedside: Revising HHS Consent Guidelines | HMC Ethics May Forum
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May 14, 2025, 12:00pm

Please join us on Wednesday, May 14th with Lori Bruce, MA, MBE, DBe, HEC-C!

This talk will discuss a bio-ethicist's paradigm of integrating community voices within policy. We will discuss case examples which reduced clinicians' moral distress and amplified patient values and preferences.

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Dr. Nancy Jecker awarded 2026 Brocher Foundation Residency for Summer 2026
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May 12, 2025, 12:00am

Dr. Nancy Jecker, Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine, was awarded a 2026 Brocher Foundation Residency. The Brocher Foundation Residency supports researchers from around the world to engage in intensive research projects in a peaceful setting on the shores of Lake Geneva, at the Foundation’s home in Hermance, Switzerland.  It facilitates the exchange of ideas between resident researchers.  

Two More Weeks of Early Bird Pricing for Our Summer Seminar
Poster for the UW Medicine Department of Bioethics & Humanities Summer Seminar, offering an early bird price until May 15th with $100 off registration. The event covers 3.5 days of healthcare ethics, held virtually from August 4–7, 2025. Includes a purple and gold design with a skyline image of Seattle and a QR code for more information.
May 1, 2025, 12:00am

Just two more weeks until registration costs go up for our Summer Seminar!

Get the early bird pricing while its still available, $100 off registration costs until May 15th.

Scholarships and group discounts are available. Details and registration information can be found on the here: 2025 Summer Seminar in Healthcare Ethics webpage.

    Congratulations to our Bioethics students that were recognized for 2025 in the Husky 100.
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    April 29, 2025, 10:15am

    We are thrilled to extend our sincerest congratulations to Bao Han Ngo, B.S. Statistics: Data Science; B.S. Human Evolutionary Biology, Minor Bioethics; Loveleen Tripathi, B.S. Neuroscience, Minor Bioethics; Shawn Panh, B.S. Neuroscience; B.A. Biochemistry, Minor Philosophy, Bioethics; and Sheamin Kim B.S.

    Emergent Personhood Symposium – April 29–30, 2025
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    April 29, 2025, 12:00am

     

    This interdisciplinary symposium, co-sponsored by the University of Ghana’s Department of Philosophy & Classics and the University of Washington’s Department of Bioethics & Humanities, will bring together scholars from Africa and the West to examine how personhood emerges and its implications for the moral status of humans and nonhumans, including AI, animals and nature.

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