Program and Schedule for Beauchamp Festschrift March 26, 2026

8:30 – 9:00 am
Registration: Lohrfink Auditorium Lobby
Coffee, tea, and water will be available

9:00 am
Welcome and Introduction

Robert Groves, PhD
Interim President of Georgetown University

Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD, MACP
  Director and Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics;
André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Medicine

9:15 am
James F. Childress PhD
University Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia
“Principles of Biomedical Ethics: Reflections on a Collaborative Process and Product” 

10:15 am
Henry S. Richardson, JD, MPP, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Georgetown University
“Waiving Rights and Waiving Consent”

11:00- 11:30 am
Break w/ coffee & tea & water & snacks

11:30 am – 12:15 pm
Eva Feder Kittay, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, SUNY Stony Brook
“Where is the Care in Healthcare Ethics?” 

12:15 – 1:00 pm
Plenary
James Childress, PhD
Henry Richardson, JD, MPP, PhD
Eva Feder Kittay, PhD

Moderated by Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch – Fisher Colloquium (4th Floor Hariri Building)

2:00 – 2:45 pm
Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH
Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director; Robert Henry Levi and Ryda Hecht Levi Professor of
Bioethics and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
“Indexes, Intellectual Rigor, and Informed Consent” 

2:45 – 3:15 pm
Break 
Beverages available

3:15 – 4:00 pm
Christine Grady, MSN, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience, School of Medicine and
Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice President for Health Sciences, School of Medicine
Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics and Faculty,  Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Affiliated Faculty, Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University
“Shaping the Ethics of Research with Humans”  

4:00 – 4:45 pm
David DeGrazia, PhD
Elton Professor of Philosophy, George Washington University
“The 6-Principles Framework and the Future of Animal Research” 

4:45 – 5:30 pm
Plenary
Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH
Christine Grady, MSN, PhD
David DeGrazia, PhD

Moderated by Daniel Sulmasy, MD, PhD, MACP

5:30- 6:30 pm
Reception
Lohrfink Foyer