Summer School 2023 Lectures   

Monday, July 24th, 2023

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: The Role of Bioethics in War and the Role of War in Developing Bioethics, Francis P. Crawley, Executive Director of the Good Clinical Practice Alliance – Europe (GCPA)

11:00 AM-1:00 PM: Reflections on Generative AI, Bioethics and Health? Threats, Risks, and Opportunities for Humanity, P. Elif Ekmekci, Associate Professor and the Deputy Dean of the TOBB University of Economics and Technology.

Tuesday, July 25th, 2023

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Ethical Challenges Arising from Research Conducted in Low Resource Settings, Phaik Yeong Cheah PhD, is the founder and current head of Bioethics and Engagement at MORU.

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: When Ethics Survive Where People Do Not: Ethical Issues in the Times of Armed Conflicts and Pandemics, Ghaiath Hussein MBBS, MSc, PhD, is an Assistant professor in medical ethics and law at School of Medicine Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Ireland.

Wednesday, July 26th, 2023

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Is Universal Health Coverage an Answer to the Health Injustices in Africa? Joyce M. Tsoka-Gwegweni PhD, Vice-Dean for Research and Associate Professor of Public Health and Vice Dean in Research, Transformation and Marketing, in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Free State, South Africa.

1:00 PM-2:00 PM: Current and Future Lessons from the COVID Pandemic, John Loike PhD, Director of the Master of Science Degree and the Graduate Certificate program in Bioethics and Humanities at the New York Medical College, Adjunct at Columbia University and Professor of Biology at Touro University

Thursday, July 27th, 2023

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: When We Cannot Cure: Thoughts on the Ultimate Challenge to the Bond of Patient and Doctor, Michael R. Berman MD, MBI, FACOG, Senior Faculty member in the department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai.

11:00 AM-1:00 PM: Risk & Resource Allocation in Times of Crisis: Lessons from the Recent Pandemic, Jacob M. Appel MD JD MPH, Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education and Director of Ethics Education in Psychiatry at the  Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai.

Friday, July 28th, 2023

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Bioethics and the Rules-Based International Order, Jonathan D. Moreno PhD, David and Lyn Silfen University Professor, Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor, and Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, of History and Sociology of Science, and of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.

10:00 PM-11:00 PM: Intelligibility Enhancement: A Bioethical Mandate to Reduce Bias in Communication, Bryan Pilkington PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Interprofessional Health Sciences and Health Administration Seton Hall University.

1:00 PM-3:00 PM: Learning Healthcare Systems and Internet Research, Jan Piasecki PhD, Assistant Professor at Jagiellonian University, Poland.

Saturday, July 29th, 2023

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: “Debiopoliticization” of Bioethics in the AI Age, Thalia Arawi PhD, Founding Director of the Salim El-Hoss Bioethics and Professionalism Program (SHBPP) at the American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center.