23 January
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
GLOBAL AND LOCAL STRATEGIES
FOR HEALTHY EATING
Michael P. Timko, Ph.D.
Department of Biology, UVA
Timothy Beatley, Ph.D.
Department of Urban Planning, UVA
30 January
CHANGING VIRGINIA'S
MENTAL HEALTH LAWS:
BEFORE AND AFTER
THE VIRGINIA TECH TRAGEDY
James W. Stewart, III, M.S.W.
Commonwealth Inspector General for Mental Health,
Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services
Richard J. Bonnie, L.L.B.
Chair, Supreme Court of Virginia's Commission
on Mental Health Law Reform
Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law, UVA
6 February
History of the Health Sciences Lecture
BEYOND SAFETY AND EFFICACY:
SHOULD THE FDA CONSIDER
ETHICS IN DRUG APPROVALS?
Fran Hawthorne
Writer on business and social policy, Brooklyn, NY
Co-presented with the History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series
13 February
WHO'S WORKING FOR WHOM?
THE COMMERCIALIZATION
OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
AND EDUCATION
Patricia M. Tereskerz, J.D., Ph.D.
Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, UVA
Madaline Harrison, M.D.
Department of Neurology, UVA
Erik Hewlett, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Research, UVA
20 February
BEYOND, NOT BY, THE NUMBERS:
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
IN MEDICAL EDUCATION
Janet Hafler, Ed.D.
Tufts University School of Medicine
27 February
The Jessie Stewart Richardson Lecture
of the School of Medicine
MEDICAL ERROR AND THE ETHICS
OF FORGIVENESS
Nancy Berlinger, Ph.D.
The Hastings Center
5 March
The Gibson Lecture of the UVA Cancer Center
BONE HEALTH
AND THE CANCER PATIENT:
IT'S NOT JUST FOR WOMEN
Paula Fracasso, M.D.
UVA Cancer Center
Theresa Guise, M.D.
Department of Internal Medicine, UVA
Co-presented with the UVA Cancer Center
12 March
THINKING ABOUT HEALING:
ONE SCHOLAR'S JOURNEY
Brian Stock, Ph.D.
University of Toronto
19 March
HEALING ART:
MUSIC AS MEDICINE
Anna Kate Oppenheimer, M.A.
Goucher College
26 March
FINAL EXAM :
A SURGEON'S REFLECTIONS
ON MORTALITY
Pauline Chen, M.D.
Transplant surgeon and author, Worcester, MA
2 April
WHEN THE FAMOUS GET SICK
AND THE SICK GET FAMOUS:
HOW CELEBRITY PATIENTS
INFLUENCE MEDICINE
Barron Lerner, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health
Columbia University
Co-presented with the History of the Health Sciences
Lecture Series
9 April
ON CALL :
CHARTING RESIDENCY THROUGH WRITING
Emily Transue, M.D.,
Polyclinic and University of Washington, Seattle
16 April
THE JOURNEY THROUGH CANCER :
HEALING AND TRANSFORMING
THE WHOLE PERSON
Jeremy R. Geffen, M.D.,
Geffen Visions International, Boulder, CO
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