Events
Events of Interest
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Oct 16
Clones, Zombies, and Serial Killers: How Genetic Privacy Might Save Your Life
This talk stems from a multi-year research project aimed at uncovering how culture affects people’s attitudes toward genetic privacy, and it illustrates our model of transdisciplinary collaboration among the humanities, social sciences, science, medicine, and law. After outlining for humanists some of the reasons why one should be concerned about genetic privacy, I describe our model of collaboration and discuss the principal findings of the group tasked with assessing popular culture’s impact on public attitudes toward genetics.
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About the Speaker:
Jay Clayton, PhD
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of EnglishDirector of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public PolicyVanderbilt UniversityJay Clayton is author or editor of seven books and more than 35 articles and chapters, and he has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and elsewhere. His published scholarship has ranged from Romantic poetry and the Victorian novel to contemporary American literature, film and digital media, science and literature, and medicine, health, and society. His book, Charles Dickens in Cyberspace: The Afterlife of the Nineteenth Century in Postmodern Culture, focused on the depiction of computers, information technology, and cyborgs from the Victorian era to the twenty-first century. This study won the Suzanne M. Glasscock Humanities Prize for Interdisciplinary Scholarship. His recent work has concentrated on the ethical, social, and cultural issues raised by genomics.
Jay Clayton received his B.A. from Yale University and his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. He began his teaching career at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was the first director of the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing and received the Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award. At Vanderbilt, he teaches courses on Victorian literature, digital media, online gaming, genetics in literature and film, and contemporary American literature. He served as chair of the English department from 2002–2010.
The Paul M. Schyve, MD Center for Bioethics at the URMC and the Humanities Center at the University of Rochester present this event as part of their year-long series on Privacy.
George Washington Corner Society for the History of Medicine 2025 - 2026 Lecture Schedule
George Washington Corner Society for the History of Medicine: "Savin, Sex, and Scandal: Rethinking Abortion in Early Modern Anglo-America"
Mary Fissell, PhD - Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Nov 19, 2025 @ 5:30 p.m.
Rochester Academy of Medicine |
George Washington Corner Society for the History of Medicine: "A Calculus of Compassion: Medicine, Emotion, and Identity in Nineteenth-Century America"
Courtney Thompson, PhD - Associate Professor, Mississippi State University
Oct 29, 2025 @ 5:30 p.m.
Rochester Academy of Medicine |
Imaging Imagination: Neural Substrates of Musical Creativity
Charles J. Limb, MD - Chief, Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery Director, Sound and Music Perception Lab, UC San Francisco Medical Center and School of Medicine
Oct 08, 2025 @ 5:30 p.m.
Rochester Academy of Medicine |
Host: Dr. Sidney H. Sobel Bioethics Lectureship Series
Rockefellers, Root Canals, and “Race Records”: The Toothache Blues and the Story of Dentistry Reform in Interwar Harlem
Bronwen McVeigh, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow, Spectres and Camouflage project at University College Dublin
Sep 30, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m.
Zoom RegistrationHost: National Collaborative on Humanities & Ethics in Dentistry
George Washington Corner Society for the History of Medicine: "Ryan White, Hemophilia, and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic"
Paul Renfro, PhD - Associate Professor, Florida State University
In the 1980s, as HIV/AIDS ravaged queer communities and communities of color in the United States and beyond, a straight white teenager named Ryan White emergedas the face of the epidemic. Diagnosed with hemophilia at birth, Ryan contracted HIV through contaminated blood products. In 1985, he became a household name after he was barred from attending his Indiana middle school because he had AIDS. As Ryan appeared on nightly news broadcasts and graced the covers of popular magazines, he was embraced by music icons and well-known athletes, achieving a curious kind of stardom. This talk will focus on Ryan's experiences with hemophilia and AIDS, as well as the contested meanings of his life, death, and afterlives.
Sep 10, 2025 @ 5:30 p.m.
Rochester Academy of Medicine |
AI in Medicine: Legal and Ethical Issues
I. Glenn Cohen, JD - Professor and Deputy Dean, Harvard Law School
From radiology to embryology to day-to-day encounterswith a patient, medical AI is rapidly becoming embeddedin medical practice. How should the law regulate medicalAI? What does ethical use of medical AI look like? Thislecture will seek to further that conversation, coveringtopics such as privacy, informed consent, bias, liability,and governance of medical AI.
Sep 04, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | 2-6424 (Large SMD Aud.)
Layers in Communication - Recognition and Handling
Pål Gulbrandsen, MD, PhD - Professor, University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital, Norway, Visiting Professor, University of Rochester
Communication skills training requires that the traineeis made aware of the three layers in interaction: theinner relational layer with effects of asymmetry,vulnerability, shame, and belonging, the middle taskslayer with effects of cognition, information, andstructure, and the observable connecting layer witheffects of details of mindful presence, precise timing,pauses, and formulation.
Aug 28, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | 2-6424 (Large SMD Aud.)
Moral Distress and Mattering: Developing a Moral Community Framework
Beth Epstein, PhD, RN - Professor, School of Nursing, University of Virginia
In this presentation, the concepts of moral distress and matteringwill be described and the current literature on both will bediscussed. These two concepts and their critical implications forthe moral community framework for healthcare organizations willalso be described.
Aug 07, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Helen Wood Hall | 1W-304 (SON Auditorium)
3rd Annual Paul M. Schyve, MD Center for Bioethics Conference
Family Matters/Families Matter: Ethical Considerations in Patient Decision Making
We are excited to announce the 3rd Annual Paul M. Schyve, MD, Center for Bioethics Conference, featuring the theme: Family Matters/Families Matter: Ethical Considerations in Patient Decision Making, scheduled for Friday, May 2nd, 2025, and Saturday, May 3rd, 2025.
This year’s conference is proudly co-sponsored by the Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College, the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at Upstate Medical University, and the University of Rochester School of Nursing. With support from these distinguished institutions, the Paul M. Schyve, MD, Center for Bioethics Conference is the Premier Clinical Ethics Conference in New York State, where professionals from across the region gather to explore the most pressing topics in healthcare ethics. Whether you're looking to refine your practice, navigate complex ethical dilemmas, or stay updated on the latest trends, this conference offers unparalleled opportunities for professional development in the heart of New York State.
Featured Speaker
Family-Centered Care in the Time of Workplace Violence: The Role of Clinical Ethics in Rebuilding Trust
Amy Caruso Brown
Interim Chair, Bioethics & Humanities
Associate Professor of Bioethics & Humanities
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
SUNY Upstate Medical University
May 02, 2025 @ 8:30 a.m.
Helen Wood Hall |