Fall 2006 Program Schedule
Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 pm
Jordan Hall Conference Center Auditorium
13 September
Humanism?
But Is It Medicine?
Eric J. Cassell, M.D., MACP, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
Co-presented with the Gold Humanism Honor Society
20 September
The Vivian Pinn Award Lecture
Closing the Diversity Gap in Medicine
Jordan J. Cohen, M.D., Past President, Association of Medical Colleges
Vivian W. Pinn, M.D., Director, Office of Research on Women's Health
National Institutes of Health
Co-presented with the Center on Health Disparities
27 September
Oath Betrayed:
Where Are the Doctors When Military Prisoners Are Interrogated?
Steven H. Miles, M.D., Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota
Richard J. Bonnie, L.L.B., School of Law, UVA
Co-presented with the Institute of Practical Ethics and Public Life
4 October
Improvisation:
What Does It Have to Do with Practicing Medicine?
Stephen Nachmanovitch, Ph.D., Free Play Productions, Charlottesville
11 October
End of Life Care for the Poor
Gregory Gramelspacher, M.D., Center for Bioethics, Indiana University
Becca Dillingham, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine
and Center for Global Health, UVA
Co-presented with the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life
18 October
Conscientious Refusals by Health Professionals:
Should There Be Limits?
Robin F. Wilson, J.D., University of Maryland Law School
James F. Childress, Ph.D., Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life, UVA
Daniel G. Larriviere, M.D., Department of Neurology, UVA
Co-presented with the Center for Biological Timing
25 October
Into the Gap:
Volunteering in New Orleans After Hurrican Katrina
Ross Isaacs, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology), UVA
Marcus Martin, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine, UVA
Mo Nadkarni, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine (General Medicine), UVA
Audrey Snyder, R.N., M.S.N., Emergency Department, UVA
Co-presented with the Department of Chaplaincy Services and Pastoral Education
1 November
Medical Student Research Symposium
Future Plagues:
Evaluating and Responding to Natural and Man-Made Pandemics
Paul Ewald, Ph.D., Program in Evolutionary Medicine, Department of Biology, University of Louisville
Co-presented with the Office for Research
8 November
The Bice Memorial Lecture of the School of Nursing
Meeting the Challenge:
Our Mandate to Care for Older Adults
Mathy Mezey, Ph.D., R.N., New York University College of Nursing
Co-presented with the School of Nursing
15 November
Spirituality and Medicine
The Neurobiology of Belief:
Why We Believe What We Believe
Andrew Newberg, M.D., Center for Spirituality and the Neurosciences, University of Pennsylvania
Co-presented with Division of Perceptual of the Department of Psychiatric Medicine
and the Department of Chaplaincy Services and Pastoral Education