Research Ethics Resources

2011-12 Research Ethics Workshops and Seminars

Fall 2011

• 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.
• An eight 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).
• UNC University Libraries: Plagiarism Tutorial
... an online tutorial (http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/plagiarism/) with six main sections and a quiz. Please email the completed quiz to Jan Hendrickson-Smith; one CPC RE workshop = the completed tutorial.


• NC TraCS Institute Town Hall Meeting
  Proposed Reforms for Human Subjects Research
  Tuesday: September 6, 2011
  Fox Auditorium, Carrington Hall, 1:00 p.m.
  

 

• The Parr Center for Ethics Lunch & Learn Workshop
  Examining the NCAA’s Collegiate Model: The Line between Professionalism and Amateurism in Intercollegiate Athletics
  Dr. Richard Southall UNC-CH Associate Professor of Sport Administration
  Wednesday: September 7, 2011
  Hyde Hall, Noon

 

• NC TraCS Institute Town Hall Meeting
  Proposed Reforms for Human Subjects Research
  Tuesday: September 14, 2011
  Pleasants Assembly Room, Wilson Library, 9:30 a.m.
  

 

• NC TraCS Institute
  Proposed Changes to the Oversight of Human Subjects Research: Your Chance to Design a New IRB System
  Dr. Daniel Nelson UNC-CH Professor of Social Medicine & Director Office of Human Research Ethics
  Tuesday: September 14, 2011
  219 Brinkhous-Bullitt, 9:30 a.m.
  

 

• Duke University Kenan Institute for Ethics
  Kenan Distinguished Lecture in Ethics
  Dr. Paul Ekman
  Friday: September 26, 2011
  Nasher Museum of Art Auditorium, 5:00 p.m.
  

 

• The Parr Center for Ethics: Lunch & Learn Workshop
  Ethics and the Food Industry
  Gene Bauer
  Tuesday: October 18, 2011
  Hyde Hall, Noon

 

• NC TraCS Institute
  Ethical Issues Concerning Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Research
  Dr. Jill Fisher Assistant Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University
  Thursday: October 20, 2011
  219 Brinkhous-Bullitt, Noon
  

 

• The Parr Center for Ethics: Lunch & Learn Workshop
  The Emotional Labor of Parking Lot Attendants, Dishwashers and Maids -- On Some of the Hidden Moral Costs of Service Industry Work
  Dr. Daniel Moseley Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
  Tuesday: October 25, 2011
  Hyde Hall, Noon

 

• UNC-CH Center for Bioethics and the Hospital Ethics Committee
  Title TBA
  Dr. Douglas Diekema Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and University of Washington Schools of Medicine and Public Health
  Thursday: November 3, 2011
  UNC Hospital 4th Floor Clinic Auditorium, 8:00 a.m.
  

 

• The Parr Center for Ethics: Lunch & Learn Workshop
  New Questions for the Fourth Estate: Ethical Implications of the Growth of Digital Media
  Penny Muse Abernathy UNC-CH Knight Chair in Journalism and Dr. Rhonda Gibson UNC-CH Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication
  Wednesday: November 9, 2011
  Hyde Hall, Noon

 

• NC TraCS Institute
  Ethical and Medical Issues Involved in Research Consent During Pregnancy
  Dr. Anna Brandon UNC-CH Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
  Thursday: November 17, 2011
  219 Brinkhous-Bullitt, Noon