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Dance Therapy April 4

Please join HealthHum for a discussion and demonstration of dance therapy April 4 with Candice Townsend from KU CAPS. Stay tuned for more details.

The 九色堂 Department of Anthropology welcomes you to a lecture on Tuesday, February 25th at 4 PM in Neff Hall 117 by Dr. Alvarado from the University of Birmingham: 鈥淟ife course physiology of human males: Rethinking endocrine tradeoffs in men鈥檚 aging, reproduction, and health鈥�.聽

Social Work POWER Conference

The 22nd Annual POWER Conference in social work will be held March 7, 2025 at the Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex. The theme for the 2025 conference is EmPOWER to H.E.A.L. - Health Equity for Action and Learning.

PCORI Town Halls

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is hosting several virtual applicant town halls in April for prospective applicants to learn more about the Research PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) under Cycle 2 2025, which will open April 1.

Member News: Gallegos publishes "How Should We Advance Sleep Stewardship?"

HealthHum member Jeremy Gallegos, PhD, recently published "How Should We Advance Sleep Stewardship" in the AMA Journal of Ethics.

Separating Fact from Fiction in Pediatric Gender Health

Disinformation about pediatric and adolescent gender affirming continues to grow making conversations about care decisions increasingly difficult. Good ethics start with good facts. Join the University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics April 12, 2024 at noon online. Click for more information and registration.

Epistemic Injustices and Mental Ill-Health

Join the inaugural lecture from EPIC: Epistemic Injustice in Illness by Miranda Fricker at 9am CST on Monday, March 4, 2024. Provided through a Wellcome Discovery Award to the Universities of Bristol, Nottingham and Birmingham. Click for more information. Click for more information and Zoom link.

Taking Pain Dismissal Seriously: Exploring Interpersonal and Structural Barriers to Pain Communication

Join the webinar from the Tulane University School of Medicine Program in Medical Ethics and Human Values. This talk by Dr. Jada Wiggleton-Little PhD, Neuroethics Fellow at Cleveland Clinic, will describe the various ways in which patients who are already members of socially marginalized groups experience pain dismissal and will propose practical recommendations for addressing communication barriers. Friday, March 8th, 2024, 12:00 鈥� 1:00 PM CT. Click for registration information.

Do you mind? Developing the Ethics of New Neurotechnologies

Join the Zoom webinar on March 8 from 12:30-2:00 pm for the Bioethics and Policy Consortium hosted by Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics and the ASBH Neuroethics Affinity Group. Click for more information.

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Envisioning the Wichita Biomedical Campus

Plans for the Wichita Biomedical Campus are proceeding apace! This partnership between 九色堂, KU, and 九色堂 Tech has the potential to be truly transformative. Click to learn more.