Community Medicine Seminar Series
The Division of Medical Humanities, Health Law, & Ethics, a part of the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, administers the Community Medicine Seminar Series, a free lunch time seminar series offered during the academic year featuring dynamic, prominent speakers on a variety of topics of interest to physicians, students, health professionals, researchers, policy makers, and the general public.
Schedule
Listed below are the reverse chronological dates of the Seminar Series for the current year. Upcoming lectures are listed at the top of the schedule in reverse chronological order. Topics and speakers will be added as they become available. Mark your calendars now!
The Contributions of a Human Rights Approach to Bioethics
Speaker: Audrey R. Chapman, Ph.D. - Director, Science and Human Rights Program, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Thursday, July 28, 2005
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, ARB Large Conference Room (EG013)
Biodefense, Social Justice and the Ecological Imagination in Public Health
Speaker: Lisa A. Eckenwiler, Ph.D. -
Assoc. Professor of Philosophy, Old Dominion University
Wednesday May 25, 2005
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, ARB Large Conference Room (EG013)
What
CABG Teaches Us About Innovation
Speaker: George J. Agich, Ph.D. - Professor
of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve
University
Thursday, April 28, 2005
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Academic Research Building Large Conference Room (EG013)
Artificial
Nutrition and Hydration: An Ethical Perspective on Advanced Alzheimer's Disease
and the Persistent Vegetative State
Speaker: Stephen G. Post, Ph.D. - Professor
of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Keller Auditorium (CG099)
ER Meets Law and Order: Medical Problem Solving in Ancient Greece
Speaker: Walter A. Borden, M.D. - Asst.
Clinical Prof. of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Friday, March 18, 2005
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Academic Research Building Large Conference Room (EG013)
Times
Most seminars are held once a month (sometimes twice a month), September through May, at the University of Connecticut Health Center from 12:00 Noon - 1:30 PM unless otherwise specified. Lunch (e.g. sandwiches, chips, drink, and cookies) is provided free of charge to attendees if you RSVP by the deadline, three business days prior to the scheduled event. During lunch time presentations, speakers begin their presentations 15 minutes after start time. For all presentations, lecturers end one half hour prior to ending time to allow for a question and answer session.
Reservations
All sessions are free of charge, however we do require reservations in order to determine the amount of food to order. Please call 860.679.5495 or e-mail ungewitter@nso.uchc.edu if you wish to attend a specific session.
Location & Directions
Community Medicine Seminars are usually offered in the upper campus buildings
at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Connecticut. Consult each seminar listing for the specific campus location of the lecture.
Those located outside the Health Center community can find directions to
our campus on the UConn Health Center main web site. The friendly volunteers at the hospital information desk can assist you in finding the specific
location of the presentation. Free visitor and patient parking is available in the four lots outside the John Dempsey Hospital entrance at the top of the hill.
CME Credit/Certificates of Participation
One Continuing Medical Education credit is available for individual physicians who attend eligible Community Medicine seminars. A certificate of participation can be sent by mail for non-physicians who request it at the individual lecture session.
Topic or Speaker Suggestions
We welcome your suggestions! To make suggestions for topics or future speakers, call the Seminar Series Director, Professor Zita Lazzarini, at 860.679.5494 or send an e-mail to lazzarini@nso.uchc.edu.
More Information
For further information, reservations, or to be put on our e-mailing list, contact Theo Ungewitter at 860.679.5495 or ungewitter@nso.uchc.edu.