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Research Ethics Resources

2009-10 Research Ethics Workshops and Seminars

Fall 2009

  • Online Options
    • A seven session, online research ethics course (designed and offered by Douglas MacLean, UNC-CH Professor of Philosophy) is available online (http://openseminar.org/ethics/courses/73/index/screen.do) as an alternative for self-directed study.
    • A four session, online public health focused research ethics course (designed and offered by James Thomas, UNC-CH Associate Professor of Epidemiology) is available online (http://oce.sph.unc.edu/phethics/) as an alternative for self-directed study.

      • For those choosing one of the self-directed options, one CPC RE workshop = one module. Please provide evidence of module completion (1-2 page evaluation of the material).

  • The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Training Program, PARR Center for Ethics, and the Center for Genomics and Society
    Responsible Conduct of Research Ethics Training

    August 20, 21, and 24, 2009
    Room 1005 FedEx Global Education Center
    9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

  • The Parr Center for Ethics, the Center for Global Initiatives, and Difficult Dialogues
    • Undocumented Immigrants in America: Access to Higher Education
    Paul Cuadros, UNC-CH Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication and panelists

    Thursday: September 10, 2009
    FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium
    6:30 p.m.

  • The Center for Genomics and Society at UNC-Chapel Hill
    • Biobanks and Strategies of Tissue Access in the U.S. and Europe
    Dr. Rob Mitchell, Associate Professor of English and Fellow, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University

    Tuesday: September 15, 2009
    UNC-CH Health Sciences Library, Room 527
    11:00 a.m. - noon

  • The Parr Center for Ethics and the Center for Global Initiatives
    • Undocumented Immigrants in America: Defining Human Rights
    Professors Judith Blau and Ryan Preston-Roedder

    Wednesday: September 16, 2009
    Hyde Hall University Room
    Noon

  • The School of Information and Library Science and the Center for Global Initiatives
    • The Secrecy Hangover
    Tom Blanton, Director, George Washington University National Security Archive
    Presenting the annual Lucile Kelling Henderson Lecture, Blanton talks about issues of government secrecy and the challenges facing the Obama administration on transparency.

    Thursday: September 24, 2009
    Frank Porter Graham Student Union
    2:00 p.m.

    Note: The lecture, movie, and reception are free and open to the public, however seating is limited. Please send your RSVP via email to mpenny@email.unc.edu or call 919.962.8366.

  • Carolina Population Center
    • Social Science Research on HIV/AIDS in China: Are the ethical issues unique?
    Dr. Gail Henderson, UNC-CH Professor of Social Medicine

    Friday: September 25, 2009
    Room 405 CPC East
    12:00 - 1:00

  • UNC-CH Program on Ethnicity, Culture and Health Outcomes (ECHO) and the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
    • Ethics in Participatory Research
    Dr. Bill Jenkins, UNC-CH Institute of African American Research

    Wednesday: September 30, 2009
    Michael Hooker Research Center
    1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

  • This lecture is part of the Student Global Health Committee's Health and Human Rights Series.
    • Health and Human Rights of Hired Farm Labor in North Carolina
    Dr. Jonathan Kirsch, UNC-CH Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Tuesday, October 6, 2009
    1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall
    Noon - 1:00 p.m.

  • Carolina Population Center
    • Spatial Confidentiality: Being Responsible with Your Data
    Brian Frizzelle, CPC Spatial Analysis Unit

    Friday: October 9, 2008
    Room 405 CPC East
    12:00 - 1:00

  • Duke University Kenan Institute for Ethics
    • The Future of the Past, the Future of the Present: the Historical Record in the Digital Age
    Seymour Hersh

    Tuesday: October 13, 2009
    Page Auditorium, Duke University
    5:00 p.m.

  • Center for Faculty Excellence and ITS Teaching and Learning
    • Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security on the Internet
    Anne Klinefelter, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Law Library
    • Abstract:"The Internet has brought the world to us--and in many ways makes it possible for us to be exposed to the world. What privacy and security issues surround the information we find and create? How do we think about balancing our desire to find and create information with our concern for privacy and security? Are you excited about or afraid of applications like Google Streetview, Facebook, Twitter, and personal blogs? How can the University support students, faculty, and staff in finding a balance between the opportunities for convenience and connection and the need for privacy and security?"
    • Note: Registration is required

    Thursday: October 15, 2009
    Toy Lounge, Dey Hall
    Noon

  • Duke University Kenan Institute for Ethics: 2009 Kenan Distinguished Lecture in Ethics
    • Eurabia: Truth or Paranoia?
    Ian Buruma, Henry R. Luce Professor of Democracy, Human Rights, and Journalism at Bard College
    Ian Buruma will discuss the dire warnings coming from a variety of writers and politicians, in Europe and the U.S., about Europe being 'Islamized' by an increasing population of intolerant Muslims. He will consider the evidence, look at trends in different European countries, discuss the real problems, and determine whether the warnings are alarmist or not.

    Thursday: October 15, 2009
    Fleishman Commons, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
    5:00 p.m.

    Note: This event is cosponsored by the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, the Duke University Center for International Studies, the Duke Islamic Studies Center, the Franklin Humanities Institute, and the Office of the University President.

  • The Center for Genomics and Society at UNC-Chapel Hill
    • The Discourse of DNA: What Subjects Say about Participating in Genetic Biobanks
    Dr. John Conley, UNC-CH Professor of Law and Dr. Jean Cadigan, UNC-CH Postdoctoral Research Associate in Social Medicine

    Tuesday: October 20, 2009
    UNC-CH Health Sciences Library, Room 527
    11:00 a.m. - noon

  • The Student Global Health Committee's Health and Human Rights Speaker Series, UNC Student Congress, and the Center for Global Initiatives
    • The Central Dilemma of Humanitarian Action: How Best to Help While Minimizing the Harm
    Dr. Fiona Terry, Ph.D. Practitioner-in-Residence, Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

    Thursday, October 29, 2009
    2304 McGavran Greenberg
    Noon --- Lunch will be provided.

  • **CANCELED** Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy **CANCELED**
    • Dr. Rick Kittles, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago
    Monday, November 9, 2009

    DNA Testing and the Illusion of Native American Ancestry
    203 Teer Building (Duke)
    11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

    The Role of Diverse Populations in Personalized Genetic Medicine
    103 Bryan Research (Duke)
    4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

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