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Spring 2004  



14 January
Is There a Pink Slip in Your Genes? Genetic Discrimination in the Workplace
Paul Steven Miller, J.D., U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington DC
Paul A. Lombardo, J.D., Ph.D., Center for Biomedical Ethics, UVA
Co-presented with the Institute for Practical Ethics & Public Life

21 January
The Adaptive Unconscious: Knowing How We Will Feel
Timothy Wilson, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Psychology, UVA
Bruce Cohen, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatric Medicine, UVA

28 January
The Healthy Health Professional
John B. Schorling, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Internal Medicine, UVA
Alan Cohn, M.S.W., Director of Faculty and Staff, Employee Relations, UVA

4 February
Race and Privilege, and Consequences for Health
Roger Wilkins, J.D., Robinson Professor of History and American Culture, George Mason University, Fairfax VA
M. Norman Oliver, M.D., Associate Dean for Diversity, School of Medicine, and Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Health Evaluation Sciences
and Anthropology, UVA
Wende Marshall, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Anthropology, UVA

11 February
Research and the Health of the Public
Scientists at Medical Schools: What Is Their Research About and How Does It Relate to Medicine?
David L. Brautigan, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Center for Cell Signaling, UVA

18 February
Motherhood Lost: Pregnancy Loss in America
Linda Layne, Ph.D., Alma and H. Erwin Hale '30 Teaching Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences and Director of Graduate Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
Jen Wenger, M.D., Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UVA
Co-presented with the History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series and Technology, Culture, and Communication, School of Engineering & Applied Science

25 February
Healthy Cities, Healthy Lives: The Built Environment and Public Health  
Timothy Beatley, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, UVA
Co-presented with the Institute for Practical Ethics & Public Life and the School of Architecture

3 March
Music and Medicine
Jazz as Health Insurance
John d'Earth, Lecturer, McIntire Department of Music, UVA

10 March
Alpha Omega Alpha Lecture of the School of Medicine
Being a Healer
Michael Kearney, M.D., Palliative Care, Dublin and Santa Barbara CA
Co-presented with the Center for Palliative Care

17 March
The Gibson Lecture in Cancer Prevention
Breast Cancer Screening: Prevention Is More Complicated than We Thought
Suzanne Fletcher, M.D., Professor of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Jennifer Harvey, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiology, UVA
Co-presented with the Cancer Center

24 March
Medical Error
Alexander McCall Smith, LL.B., Ph.D., Professor of Medical Law, University of Edinburgh
Co-presented with the Institute for Practical Ethics & Public Life and the School of Law

31 March
Koppaka Family Foundation Lecture
Educating for Professionalism in Medicine
Thomas Inui, M.D., President and CEO, Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indianapolis

7 April
The Rest is Silence: Reflection on Mortality and Medicine
Michael Rowe, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, Institute for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, New Haven CT
Margaret E. Mohrmann, M.D., Ph.D., Harrison Medical Teaching Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, UVA

14 April
Forensic Epidemiology: The Intersection of Public Health and Criminal Investigation
Richard A. Goodman, M.D., J.D., Public Health Law Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA
Richard J. Bonnie, LL.B., Director, Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, John S. Battle Professor of Law, and Professor of Psychiatric Medicine, UVA

21 April
One Family, Genetic Identity and Muscular Dystrophy
Penny Wolfson, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville NY
Robert S. Rust, Jr., M.D., Professor of Neurology, UVA

28 April
Spirituality in Medicine
Cultivating Self-Compassion: Mindfulness and the Restoration of the Healer
Saki Santorelli, Ed.D., Director, Stress Reduction Clinic, University of Massachusetts, Worcester MA