Ethics Grand Rounds

The purpose of the Ethics Grand Rounds series is to:

• Promote awareness and recognition of moral and ethical values and conflict in bedside practice, public health, and in health policy
• Provide a high-level forum for lecture and discussion for both emerging issues in bioethics and perennial ethics issues in biomedical science and medical practice; and
• Provide a bioethics educational focus for the UT Southwestern academic and medical community.

Topics reflect the multidisciplinary approach of the Ethics Program as it encompasses religion, philosophy, health policy, ethics, and justice. Guest speakers often focus upon the real-world application of these important issues, particularly for the health care provider or biological researcher.

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to (1) recognize perennial and emerging bioethical problems in clinical practice, research, public health, and health policy arenas; (2) describe competing/contrasting viewpoints concerning these bioethical problems; and (3) demonstrate increased skills in analyzing and practically handling bioethical problems in the clinical, research, public health, and health policy arenas.

Schedule

UT Southwestern Ethics Grand Rounds lectures are held from noon to 1 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month during the academic year (September through May). The Ethics Program also sponsors the Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics.

Ethics Grand Rounds Schedule 2026-2027

• September 8, Ethical Considerations for Conducting Health Research during Armed Conflict

  Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (Virtual only)
  Emily E. Anderson, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor of Bioethics in the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Healthcare Leadership at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

• October 13, The Ethical Challenges of Telling Dr. Douglas M. Kelley’s Story at Nuremberg

  Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (Virtual Only)
  The Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics
  Jack El-Hai, M.F.A., Journalist and writer of nonfiction books, articles, and documentaries about medicine, science, and history

• November 10, Mapping the Mind’s Edge: Neurotechnology and Neuroethics after Brain Injury

  Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (Virtual Only)
  Michael J. Young, M.D., M.Phil., Assistant Professor of Neurology – Critical Care at Harvard Medical School and Associate Director of the MGH NeuroRecovery Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital

• December 8, An Ethical Realpolitik for AI in Health and Healthcare?

  Tuesday, December 8, 2026, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (Virtual Only)
  Derek C. Angus, M.D., M.P.H., Chair and Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Associate Vice Chancellor for Healthcare Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of Health Science

• January 12, Ethical Obligations to Engage in Public Advocacy

  Tuesday, January 12, 2027, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (Virtual Only)
  Matthew K. Wynia, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Medicine and of Public Health at CU School of Medicine and Colorado School of Public Health and Director of the CU Center for Bioethics and Humanities at University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

• February 9, “Doctor, Will You Pray for Me?" Medicine, Chaplains and Healing the Whole Person

  Tuesday, February 9, 2027, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
  Robert L. Klitzman, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Joseph Mailman School of Public Health and Director of the Masters of Bioethics Programs at Columbia University

• March 9, The Child at the Center: Navigating Conflicted Medical Decision-Making in Pediatrics

  Tuesday, March 9, 2027, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (Virtual Only)
  Sabrina F. Derrington, M.D., HEC-C, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and Director of the Center for Bioethics and Attending Physician in Critical Care at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

• April 13, Aligning Brain-Computer Interface Research with the Goals of People Living with Paralysis

  Tuesday, April 13, 2027, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (Virtual and In Person, North Campus, Simmons Biomedical Research Building, NB2.100A)
  Lauren R. Sankary, J.D., M.A., HEC-C, Assistant Professor of Neuroethics in the Department of Neurological Surgery and the Peter J. O’Donnell, Jr. Brain Institute, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

• May 11, How Is Government Health Information Changing?

  Tuesday, May 11, 2027, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (Virtual Only)
  Janet Freilich, J.D., Professor of Law and Faculty Fellow of Technology, Policy and Research Initiative at Boston University School of Law

These lectures are sponsored by the UT Southwestern Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine and the Office of Continuing Medical Education and supported, in part, by The Daniel W. Foster, M.D. Endowment Fund for Visiting Lecturers in Medical Ethics.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center designates each individual lecture of this live series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM (including medical ethics and/or professional responsibility).

All lectures will be presented virtually. There is no registration fee, but participants who wish to attend virtually must register. Upon registration, the Zoom details to join the webinar will be emailed.

Many of the Ethics Grand Rounds lectures are recorded, and those recordings are available to view later in the UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center’s digital collection.

Ethics Grand Rounds Recordings

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