The Hastings Center for Bioethics

Join Hastings Center for Bioethics' President and CEO Vardit Ravitsky at the Endpoints AI day, AI in Biopharma: Where Promise Meets Pressure. Panel discussion: The Ethics of AI in Science and Healthcare Silicon Valley is about moving fast, while the world of medicine starts with first, doing no harm. How does that tension play out...

Join Hastings Center for Bioethics' President and CEO Vardit Ravitsky and colleagues at the National Academy of Medicine's Annual Conference 2025. Panel: Building Trust: AI Governance and Ethics in Medicine and HealthModerator: Kevin B. Johnson, MD, MS, FAAP, FACMI, FIAHSI, FAMIA,David L. Cohen, University Professor of Pediatrics, Informatics,Engineering and Communication, Perelman School of Medicine, School...

Panel Presentation: A Dialogue on the Works of Nancy Dubler, with Hastings Center Research Associate Julia Kolak. Panel:Autumn Fiester, PhDJoseph Fins, MDJulia Kolak, PhD, HEC-CJu Zhang, PhD Abstract: Bioethicist scholar Nancy Neveloff Dubler was a force of nature. As a lawyer turned bioethicist, she was a highly impactful scholar of clinical ethics, who pursued justice as...

This flash presentation by Hastings Center PMRA Faith Wershba at the annual ASBH Conference will consider using AI to predict a patient's suicide risk. Abstract for the presentation: Predicting a patient's suicide risk is a complex and high-stakes task. While there are a number of known risk factors that correlate with suicide attempts at the...

Hastings Center Research Associate Julia Kolak is the Co-Chair of the Reproductive Ethics Affinity Group hosting a panel presentation on the intersection of disability and reproductive justice in the post-Dobbs Era with Laura Guidry-Grimes.

Hastings Center Research Associate Julia Kolak will give a paper presentation titled Breaking Down the Blind: Balanced Placebo Designs and Expectancy Effects in Psychedelic Research.

This year's PRIM&R25 conference keynote will challenge and inspire the way you think about the future of research, ethics, and policy. Dr. Vardit Ravitsky, president and CEO of The Hastings Center for Bioethics, is one of the world’s leading voices in bioethics. Her work focuses on: ·     The ethical and legal implications of...

During the Healthcare Leadership Symposium, Hastings Center for Bioethics President and CEO Vardit Ravitsky will participate in a Fireside Chat with Dr. Wayne J. Riley, President of SUNY Downstate.

Hastings Center President and CEO Vardit Ravitsky will give a talk entitled "Whose Child Is She/He? The Genetic Gestation Divide," at the the Foundation for Reproductive Medicine Conference 2025. The FRM Conference is an annual 3 day CE & CME accredited event covering groundbreaking fertility & reproductive research.  This event will take place at the...

The Center for the Study of Bioethics in partnership with The Hastings Center for Bioethics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Bioethics and The Master of Bioethics Program of Columbia University, are organizing the conference "Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges." The conference venue will be Reid Hall...