Conference Speakers and Program
2010 NUBC Speakers and Program Information
Keynote Speakers
Carl Elliott teaches bioethics and philosophy at the Univ. of Minnesota. He is the author or editor of six books, and his articles have appeared in publications such as The New Yorker and The Atlantic Monthly. In 2003-04 he was an Associate Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, where he led a faculty seminar on bioethics. His book, White Coat, Black Hat, will be published in 2010.
Annette Dula is one of a handful of African American bioethicists in the US whose focuses on racial aspects of bioethics. Dr. Dula is an affiliate at the Univ. of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health Law and currently serves as a consultant and is on the external advisory board for the Tuskegee Univ. National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care.
Hilde Lindemann is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University and president emeritus of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. She is a fellow of The Hastings Center, and her ongoing research interests include feminist bioethics, feminist ethics, the ethics of families, and the social construction of persons and their identities.
PANEL SPEAKERS
Suzanne Holland, PhD
Dr. Suzanne Holland teaches in the area of religious ethics and values, including bioethics, science and technology, religion, and gender studies. Her research interests range from the ethics of human genetics and stem cell research, biotechnology and commodification, to broader issues in religion, culture and public policy.
Dr. Tony Blau
Dr. Tony Blau is a professor of Medicine Hematology and Adjunct Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He is also the co-Director of the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine. His research interests include hemopoietic stem cell biology, gene therapy, and globin gene regulation.
Helene Starks, PhD, MPH
Dr. Helene Starks is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Humanities and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She received an MPH in Health Policy and Administration from the University of California at Berkeley and a PhD in Health Services Research from the University of Washington.
Denise Dudzinski, PhD, MTS
Dr. Denise Dudzinski is Associate Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington. She is Chief of the Ethics Consultation Service, Associate Chair of the Ethics Advisory Committee, an organizational ethics consultant, and a member of the Palliative Care Service at the UW Medical Center. Her research includes ethical issues in transplantation and destination therapy.
Stu Farber, MD
Dr. Stu Farber is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Bioethics & Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine. His research interests include qualitative investigations of the varying perspectives on the transition to palliative care through the end of life. He also explores the design and evaluation of innovative methods in palliative and end-of-life care education.SEMINAR SPEAKERS
David Acosta, MD
Dr. David Acosta is the Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. He has been a Family Practice physician for 24 years. He has been certified as a diversity trainer by the National Multicultural Institute, and has taught a number of cultural competency/diversity workshops for medical students, residents, faculty and staff. Dr. Acosta received the prestigious Washington State Association for Multicultural Education 2009 Excellence Award for his work at the School of Medicine, and was recently voted National Chair-Elect for the new AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion.
Wylie Burke, PhD, MD
Dr. Wylie Burke is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Bioethics and Humanities and the director of the University of Washington Center for Genomics and Healthcare Equality. She has adjunct appointments in the departments of medicine and epidemiology. Dr. Burke's research addresses the social, ethical and policy implications of genetic information, including genetic test evaluation and the development of practice standards for genetically based services.
S. Malia Fullerton, PhD
Dr. Malia Fullerton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Her scientific publications have focused on the description and interpretation of DNA sequence variation in specific human genes, and the relationship of that variation to human evolutionary history and susceptibility to disease. Her research interests include scientific decision-making, the relationship of basic research to clinical research and practice, and research ethics.
Sara Goering, PhD
Dr. Sara Goering is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington. She received her doctorate from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She teaches and publishes in the areas of biomedical ethics, feminist philosophy, and philosophy of education.
Mott Greene, PhD
Mott Greene is John Magee Professor of Science and Values at the University of Puget Sound and a member of the faculty of the Honors Program and the Program in Science, Technology & Society.
Alisa Kessel, PhD
Dr. Alisa Kessel is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics and Government at the University of Puget Sound. She specializes in normative political theory and is interested in agency, inclusion, and responsibility in democratic politics. To that end, she teaches courses on freedom, poverty, race, and ideology. Her research includes work on education, political participation, and authority.
Sarah Kim, BA
Sarah Richards Kim is in her 4th year of medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She will begin psychiatry residency training in July with plans to concentrate in reproductive and perinatal psychiatry. Research interests include infertility, pregnancy and mental illness, postpartum depression and child psychiatry, as well as medical student education and the development of one's professional identity.
Benjamin Lewin, PhD
Dr. Benjamin Lewin is a professor of Comparative Sociology at the University of Puget Sound. He specializes in medical sociology. His interests include understanding the connections between pharmaceutical direct-to-consumer advertising and physician-patient interactions, and in understanding the impact of the pharmaceutical industry on medicalization, which is the process by which certain behaviors come to be defined as medical issues and move under the control of the medical institution.
Hannah Love, PhD
Dr. Hannah Love teaches several applied ethics courses in the Department of Philosophy at Pacific Lutheran University, among them Family Ethics, Business Ethics, and Biomedical Ethics. Her primary research interests include the nature of emotion and its relationship to reason and moral action: specifically, how our patterns of emotion shape the way in which we reason.
Paul Menzel, PhD
Dr. Paul Menzel has taught philosophy at Pacific Lutheran University since 1971, having been educated at Wooster, Yale, and Vanderbilt. Teaching widely in philosophy and cross-disciplinary curricula, he has also published specialized scholarly work in health care ethics and two books on moral questions in health care economics. His courses have included Biomedical Ethics, Business Ethics, a course on Human Rights in the International Core curriculum, and more.
Jill Nealey-Moore, PhD
Dr. Jill Nealey-Moore is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Puget Sound. She teaches health psychology, abnormal and clinical psychology, and research methods. She specializes in adaptation to medical illness, stress and weight management, grief/loss, premarital counseling, transition to parenthood, and infertility/miscarriage.
Leslie Saucedo, PhD
Dr. Leslie Saucedo is an associate professor in the biology department at the University of Puget Sound. She teaches courses in genetic determinism, cell biology, and cancer biology. Last August, she was awarded a grant by the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute to conduct genetic research in the field of cancer biology.
Janelle S. Taylor, PhD
Dr. Taylor teaches in the Department of Anthropology at the Universtiy of Washington. Her research interests include medicine and medical education, dementia, technology, commodification and consumer culture, and reproduction.
Donald Uslan, MA, MBA, LHMC
Don Uslan is a mental health and rehabilitation counselor providing consultation and evaluation of patients to physicians and medical staff. He provides medical psychotherapy, treatment and rehabilitation planning, group and family therapy in the field of chronic illness, vocational rehabilitation counseling and health education. He has Masters degrees in psychotherapy and counseling and in Business Administration with an emphasis in health care program development. He is the Director of Integrated Healthcare for The Seattle Arthritis Clinic at Northwest Hospital.
Benjamin Wilfond, MD
Dr. Wilfond is director the of the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Seattle Children's Hospital, professor and chief of the Division of Bioethics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University Of Washington School Of Medicine, and adjunct professor in the Department of Medical History and Ethics. He conducts research on ethical and policy issues related to genetic testing, genetic research and pediatrics research.
Kelly Edwards, PhD
Bio requested.Lauren Fleming, PhD
Lauren Fleming is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Puget Sound. Her interests in bioethics lie at two ends of the public-private spectrum: on the one hand, in how we can make justified and mutually respectful decisions about using public funds when it comes to controversial topics in bioethics, and on the other hand, how our idiosyncratic personal commitments can have a particularistic effect on the sorts of medical choices we each ought to make.STUDENT SPEAKERS
Azalyn Manzano, York University
Major: Health PolicyPresentation Title: Neoliberalism, Obesity Interventions, and Ethics
Britt Smith, Virginia Commonwealth University
Majors: Political Science, Environmental StudiesPresentation Title: Medical Error and Doctor Apology
Tsion Tesfaye, Virginia Commonwealth University
Major: Political Science- Concentration: Public PolicyPresentation Title: Eliminating Disparities in Mental Health Services
Alex Huh, University of Washington, Senior
Majors: Biochemistry, PhilosophyPresentation Title: Moral Responsibility in the Health Care Commons
Andrea Fletcher, Washington and Jefferson College, Senior
Presentation Title: Person-centered Bioethics in Medical CodesJessica Erickson, University of Puget Sound, Sophomore
Presentation Title: Lying to the Demented ElderlyAlissa LaGesse, University of North Florida, Junior
Major: PhilosophyPresentation Title: Against the Use of Advance Directives in Medical Decision Making
Carmel Scharf, Wellesley College, Senior
Majors: Women's and Gender Studies, FrenchPresentation Title: The Inclusion of Pregnant Women in Biomedical Research: Ethical Considerations
Michael Young, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Senior
Majors: Philosophy and BiologyPresentation Title: Empathy in the Electronic Age: Navigating the Ethics of eHealth
Rachel Fabi, Yale University, Junior
Presentation Title: The Dialectic of Utility and Justice in Kidney Allocation: Crafting an Ethical BalanceLauren Eby, Wellesley College, Senior
Major: NeurosciencePresentation Title: Justice in Assisted Suicide: Rights, Responsibility, and Dignity
Melanie Subramanian, Duke University, Junior
Majors: Biological Anthropology and AnatomyPresentation Title: An Unfinished Race: The Ethical Dilemmas of BRCA Screening
Rachel Hamburg, Pomona College, Senior
Major: PoliticsPresentation Title: Disability Rights, Twentieth Century Eugenics, and the Ethics of Prenatal Genetic Testing and Counseling
Clara Starkweather, Duke University, Sophomore
Presentation Title: A Contradictory Function MachineIshan Dasgupta, John Hopkins University, Senior
Majors: Philosophy, Behavioral BiologyPresentation Title: A Case for Cognitive Enhancement
Alex Neitzke, Loyola University, Junior
Major: PhilosophyPresentation Title: If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It: Discussing Genetic Enhancement to Modify Behavior
Eli Cumpton, Texas Wesleyan University, Senior
Major: ReligionPresentation Title: Necessary Surgery - Why Sexual Reassignment Surgery should be covered by basic insurance
Kevin Verbael, Harvard College, Senior
Presentation Title: Privacy and your GenomeProgram for Friday, March 26
Registration (7:00am - 3:00pm)
NUBC Conference Registration
Attendants must register for the conference before attending conference events to receive an identification badge and program
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Breakfast (8:00am - 8:45am)
Friday Breakfast
A delicious breakfast will be served.
Welcome Address (8:50am - 9:00am)
NUBC Welcome Address
Attendants will be welcomed by the conference planning committee
Plenary Speaker (9:00am - 10:00am)
First Plenary Speaker
The opening keynote speaker address.
Student Presentations (10:15am - 11:15am)
First Student Presentations
Two groups of student presenters will discuss their selected papers.
Lunch (11:30am - 12:15pm)
Friday Lunch
Sandwiches and sides will be served.
Panel Discussion (12:30pm - 2:00pm)
First Panel Discussions
Attendants will be able to choose between two panels of four experts debating important bioethical issues.
Break (2:15pm - 3:15pm)
Conference Break and Tour
Snacks will be provided with an optional campus tour.
Seminars (3:30pm - 5:00pm)
First Seminar Session
Attendants will break into smaller seminar groups to discuss bioethical issues.
Plenary Speaker (5:15pm - 6:15pm)
Second Plenary Speaker
All attendants will meet for Friday's final keynote speaker address.
Dinner (6:15pm - onward)
Dinner
Dinner will be on your own.Transportation and restaurant suggestions will be provided. On-campus dining is also available.
Program for Saturday, March 27
Open Registration (8am - 3:00pm)
Saturday Open Registration
Attendants who have not yet registered can report to registration desk before attending conference events.
Breakfast (8am - 8:45am)
Saturday Breakfast
A delicious breakfast will be served.
Student Presentations (9am - 10:00am)
Second Student Presentations
Two groups of student presenters will discuss their selected papers.
Plenary Speaker (10:15am - 11:15am)
Third Plenary Speaker
Keynote Speaker address.
Group 1 activities (11:30am - 2:30pm)
Group 1 Lunch and Seminar Sessions
Group 1 will have lunch until 1pm, then break into small seminar groups to discuss bioethical issues.
Group 2 activities (11:30am - 2:30pm)
Group 2 Lunch and Seminar Sessions
Group 2 break into small seminar groups to discuss bioethical issues until 1pm, then have lunch.
Panel / Bioethics Bowl (2:45pm - 4:14pm)
Panel Discussions and Bioethics Bowl Finals
Attendants can choose to watch the final round of the Bioethics Bowl or attend a panel discussion.
Student Presentations (4:30pm - 5:30pm)
Third Student Presentations
Two groups of student presenters will discuss their selected papers.
Dinner (6pm - 7:00pm)
Saturday Dinner
All attendants will enjoy a gourmet commencement dinner.
Closing Ceremony (7pm - 9:00pm)
NUBC Conference Closing
Details to be announced soon.