Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities Events Seminar Series Upcoming Seminars - All Are Welcome Departmental Events Reproductive Ethics Conference January 22-23, 2026 - 8am-5pm The Tenth Annual Reproductive Ethics Conference will be held Jan. 22and 23, 2026, in Galveston. Abstracts for individual presentations, panels, and posters are accepted through September 15, 2025. All Previous Events From Cancer to COVID-19, Does Science Self-Correct? January 27 - February 2, 2021 - 3:30pm-4:30pm Dr. Ivan Oransky joins us for a discussion titled From Cancer to COVID-19, Does Science Self-Correct? as part of the Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities Seminar Series Racism, Epistemic Injustice, and the Practice of Medicine January 14, 2021 - 12pm-1pm The Handbook of Texas Medicine: Exploring History and Context Through a Unique Lens December 10, 2020 - January 7, 2021 - 12pm-1pm Presented by Heather Wooten, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities University of Texas Medical Branch and Brett Derbes, PhD, Director of Research and Managing Editor, Texas State Historical Association When Distribution of Scientific Authorship Becomes a "Blood Sport" November 12, 2020 - 4pm-5pm Zoom Thursday, November 12 from 12 – 1PM When Distribution of Scientific Authorship Becomes a "Blood Sport" Elise Smith, PhD Assistant Professor, Institute for the Medical Humanities University of Texas Medical Branch Student Colloquium: "Making the Invisible Visible" November 10, 2020 - 10am-2pm Zoom November 10, 2020 from 10 am – 2 pm Student Colloquium: "Making the Invisible Visible" Institute for the Medical Humanities Graduate Students Institute for the Medical Humanities University of Texas Medical Branch “Responsible Pain Medicine during a Drug Overdose Epidemic” October 22, 2020 - 12pm-1pm Zoom Webinar Travis Rieder, PhD Assistant Director of Education Initiatives & Research Scholar Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Reproductive Ethics Conference January 22-23, 2026 - 8am-5pm The Tenth Annual Reproductive Ethics Conference will be held Jan. 22and 23, 2026, in Galveston. Abstracts for individual presentations, panels, and posters are accepted through September 15, 2025.
From Cancer to COVID-19, Does Science Self-Correct? January 27 - February 2, 2021 - 3:30pm-4:30pm Dr. Ivan Oransky joins us for a discussion titled From Cancer to COVID-19, Does Science Self-Correct? as part of the Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities Seminar Series
The Handbook of Texas Medicine: Exploring History and Context Through a Unique Lens December 10, 2020 - January 7, 2021 - 12pm-1pm Presented by Heather Wooten, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities University of Texas Medical Branch and Brett Derbes, PhD, Director of Research and Managing Editor, Texas State Historical Association
When Distribution of Scientific Authorship Becomes a "Blood Sport" November 12, 2020 - 4pm-5pm Zoom Thursday, November 12 from 12 – 1PM When Distribution of Scientific Authorship Becomes a "Blood Sport" Elise Smith, PhD Assistant Professor, Institute for the Medical Humanities University of Texas Medical Branch
Student Colloquium: "Making the Invisible Visible" November 10, 2020 - 10am-2pm Zoom November 10, 2020 from 10 am – 2 pm Student Colloquium: "Making the Invisible Visible" Institute for the Medical Humanities Graduate Students Institute for the Medical Humanities University of Texas Medical Branch
“Responsible Pain Medicine during a Drug Overdose Epidemic” October 22, 2020 - 12pm-1pm Zoom Webinar Travis Rieder, PhD Assistant Director of Education Initiatives & Research Scholar Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics