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Black & Brown in Bioethics 2024
The first ever BBB conference 'Engaging Diversity in Bioethics Theory & Practice' was held on 9th April 2024 at the University of Bristol
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Conference Report: European Association for Palliative Care Congress (EAPC) 2024
Ariana Axiaq, an undergraduate of Queen's University Belfast, received an IME grant to present a poster at this conference in May, Barcelona. Ariana's summary of the event is below.
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Conference Report: 16th World Congress of Bioethics 2022
Guy Schofield received an IME ECA grant to present to the IAB 16th World Congress of Bioethics in Basel, July 2022. Read Guy's summary below as an example of how awardees might benefit from IME grants.
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Conference Report: BRIDGES: BKY 2023 Kyoto Conference
Richard Gibson, Visiting Scholar, University of Texas Medical Branch, received an IME ECA grant to attend this conference Sept 2023 and orally present. Richard's presentation was titled 'Cryopreservation: A matter of life & death? Read his report below
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Conference Report: Genethics Forum 2023
Stephanie Sheir, Research Associate, Centre for Ethics in Medicine, University of Bristol received an IME ECA grant to attend the Genethics Forum in London, September 2023. The Genethics Forum is a national discussion forum for medical professionals focusing on ethical & legal issues in genetics. You can read Stephanie's summary of the meeting below
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Beacon 2023 – Limits to Autonomy
Students at the Centre for Ethics in Medicine, University of Bristol, received an Institutional Grant towards their annual conference, BEACON 2023 'Limits to Autonomy'. Below is a report of the conference highlighting how our Institutional Grants can help fund such events.
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Conference Report: ‘Futures of Bioethics’ Postgraduate Bioethics Conference (PGBC) 2023
Emily Ottley, a PhD student at the Dickson Poon School of Law, KCL, received an IME Conference Grant to attend this conference & orally present, Edinburgh June 2023. Emily's presentation was entitled 'A future in which abortion is decriminalised: why the pregnant person should be the primary decision maker'. Read her report below & see how awardees are able to benefit from IME Conference Grants.
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Conference Report: 16th World Congress of Bioethics, July 2022
Amy Williams, PhD Medicine (Law & Ethics), Lancaster University, received an IME Conference Grant to attend this conference in Basel, Switzerland to orally present her paper 'Is it ethical to burden infertile people with the task of changing social norms surrounding genetic relatedness?' You can read Amy's report below
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Conference Report: 14th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law 2022
Rebecca Jeyaraj, LLM student (Masters in Medical Ethics & Law), University of Edinburgh, received an IME Conference Grant to attend this conference in Portugal and orally present, March 2022. Rebecca's presentation was on moral injury in healthcare - read her report below and see how awardees benefit from our grants.
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IME Student Conference 2022 – Posters
Following a Call for Abstracts for the 2022 Student Conference the below students were selected to submit a poster for display in the poster session at the conference
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Bi-Weekly Round Up: 23rd August 2021
This week, we choose to revisit the tragic plight of Alta Fixsler and her family in attempting to make a decision regarding continuing life sustaining treatment and discuss the issues of medical futility and treatment undertaken in a child’s best interests. This case raises important ethical and moral considerations when attempting to make a decision regarding whether to continue treatment, particularly in children with severe disabilities and poor prognosis.
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Bi-Weekly Round Up: 14th June 2021
For this bi-weekly round up, another set of diverse and ethically contentious articles and news stories for your enjoyment.
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