Recent News
October 14, 2020
Call for Applications: McDonald Agape Fellowship in Bioethics at Georgetown University
Through a generous grant from the McDonald-Agape Foundation, The Kennedy Institute of Ethics is pleased to announce a new McDonald-Agape Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics.
October 13, 2020
Recorded Webinar “On Pandemics, Vaccines, Age, and Global Justice: A Conversation with Henry Richardson and Nancy Jecker”
In a conversation about COVID-19 vaccine distribution priorities, Henry Richardson and Nancy Jecker presented different approaches to the just distribution of scarce resources such as allocating vaccines across countries in a global health emergency.
October 6, 2020
KIE Scholars to Present at Annual ASBH Meeting
Several KIE Scholars and students will present at the annual meeting of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities October 12-18, 2020.
September 24, 2020
Acting Director Dr. Daniel Sulmasy Speaks at the Completed Life Conference
On September 17th, 2020, KIE Acting Director Dr. Dan Sulmasy participated as a speaker on a panel for the Completed Life Conference
September 14, 2020
KIE Scholars React to COVID-19
Our scholars are working with other leading experts to help provide ethical guidance in high-level healthcare policies and in day-to-day life during the COVID-19 pandemic. A sample of their direct public engagement can be found here.
September 13, 2020
Senior Scholar Co-Authors Article Advancing an Ethical Framework for the Global Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines
KIE Senior Research Scholar Henry S. Richardson partnered with a global group of experts in co-authoring a new paper in Science entitled “An ethical framework for global vaccine allocation.”
Upcoming Events
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Oct
Webinar: Health and Biomedical Research Data Ethics
10:30am–12:00pm
KIE Senior Research Scholar and Director of the Ethics Lab Maggie Little will speak as a panelist on Health and Biomedical Data Research Ethics on Friday, October 30th at 10:30am US EDT.
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Nov
McDonald Agape Virtual Conference – “I Was Sick and You Came to Visit Me: Reflections on the State of Pastoral Care”
Online: 9am–5pm
KIE Acting Director Dr. Daniel Sulmasy will co-moderate the upcoming webinar, "I Was Sick and You Came to Visit Me: Reflections on the State of Pastoral Care," scheduled for Friday, November 6th, 2020 9-5pm ET.
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