Please join us as we launch our new Strategic Plan 2025-2029. Join us for our Daniel Callahan Annual Lecture entitled "The Hastings Center Vision: A Path Forward for Bioethics," with Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky; Joshua Boger, founder and CEO (former) of Vertex Pharmaceuticals; and Gina Kolata, New York Times health and science reporter. Reception:...

Hastings Center scholar Carolyn Neuhaus will moderate a panel for the Mullan Institute's Health Workforce Equity Summit: Rebuilding Health Workers' Trust in Healthcare Organizations. Studies show a steady decline in health workers' trust in organizations, and this decline is significantly associated with a reduction in patient trust in clinicians. To date, most approaches to rebuilding health...

A constructive, healing dialogue about building and enhancing public confidence in modern medicine and science. What role can such approaches play in restoring public trust and healing societal discord?This event features introductory remarks by Dr. Avinoam Patt (NYU), a fireside chat with Dr. Vivek Murthy (19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States) and...

Cedars-Sinai and The Hastings Center are proud to jointly present this timely conference on AI in healthcare. Through discussions with leading experts in the field, the event will address evolving ethical, societal, and legal issues raised by artificial intelligence in medicine and biomedical research. For more information, see the Agenda page. This is an in-person...

Join the Global Observatory for Genome Editing's International Summit, a 3-day live and virtual event. On Thursday, May 22 at 3:30pm, Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will present with colleagues on a keynote panel. Keynote Panel: Cosmopolitan Bioethics Modern biotechnologies are poised to alter what it means to be human. In deliberating on how to...

AI is revolutionizing epidemiological tracking, prevention, treatment, and research of HIV and many other diseases, but also raises profound ethical, legal and policy questions. Join the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University for a panel of experts, including Hastings Center for Bioethics president Vardit...

This release webinar will discuss key findings from a new NAM special publication, An Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine: Essential Guidance for Aligned Action, drawing attention to the Code of Conduct Framework, translating and applying the Code, and an overview of key priorities. An Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct for Health and...

Recent neuroimaging research reveals that many patients formerly thought to be unresponsive in coma and vegetative states are in fact conscious, raising many ethical and clinical questions. Please join us for a conversation with Dr. Fins about these fascinating and important challenges. Join Hastings Center for Bioethics Board Chair Joseph J. Fins for this talk...

This interactive webinar is for two groups of gerontology researchers: those who study lived experiences and depictions of aging and want to learn more about humanistic AI models, such as chatbots, designed for older adults, and those who are involved in developing, piloting, and evaluating innovations in aging and care that may include humanistic AI...

Join the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law in Washington, DC from September 11–13, 2025, for a powerful three-day symposium (co-sponsored by The Hastings Center for Bioethics) that brings together leading voices from law, public health, policy, and community advocacy. Hosted at Georgetown University’s Capitol Campus, this convening will explore the enduring legacy of...