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09h00 : Eating Right: Between obsession and ethics. Culture wars around orthorexia and veganism Hanganu-Bresch Cristina – Assistant Professor – University of the Sciences, United States – Bioethics – Medical ethics 09h20 : Human Research Ethics and the Declaration of Helsinki,...

9h30 : Kazemian Ali – Dr. DDS. PhD. Assistant Professor – Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran (Islamic Republic Of) – Bioethics – Medical ethics Overtreatment as a Crucial Ethical Issue; Exploring its Roots, Circumstances, and Outcomes in the Context...

  A la Fondation Brocher, Irène Frachon relatera son histoire et son combat pour sauver des vies face à un système encore perfectible. Quelles leçons peut-on tirer de son expérience pour améliorer les processus d’alertes et consolider la bon usage...

09h00 – 09h20 : May we (re)make the world? Exploring the ethics of gene drives. Zoloth Laurie – Professor – Northwestern University, United States – Bioethics – Medical ethics   09h20 – 09h40 : Health justice for the most vulnerable...

  Axel Kahn, Docteur en médecine et Docteur ès sciences, est Directeur de recherche à l’INSERM et a dirigé l’INSTITUT COCHIN de 2002 à 2008. Il a été le Président de l’Université Paris Descartes ainsi que Président de la Commission recherche de...

  Medicine and war have long been entwined, with massive social disruptions and new weapons engendering the spread of disease and producing unprecedented injury, in turn driving medical innovation and practice whose impacts last long beyond the conflict in which...

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in healthcare (I3h) organizes a workshop on the societal aspects of vaccines (4-6 November 2018) with the support of the Brocher Foundation. This workshop will be interdisciplinary in nature and will include discussions on several aspects of vaccine development...

The emergence of ‘gateway’ technologies, such as 3D printing, gene-editing and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) and digital technologies, have wide application within biomedical research and healthcare and raise challenging issues for regulators and policy makers. ‘Gateway’ technologies are comparatively...

A three-days’ workshop focused on the emerging legal and ethical frameworks that could facilitate the collection and generation of large databanks of medical images obtained through donations or general consent of patients. The workshop will focus on current and future...

The infamous Mary Mallon, also known as ‘Typhoid Mary’, provides an early controversial case of asymptomatic infection. Despite infecting over 20 people (of whom 3 died) while working as a cook, she refused to believe that she was asymptomatically infected...

Contemporary global health is characterised by an attention to the complex social, cultural, political and ecological contexts of disease. Recent global health crises such as the Ebola epidemic have underlined the importance of social and cultural sensitivity for responding to...

The new subfield of Global Health History is becoming popular among historians of medicine and the term is used by scholars, officers of health organizations and policy makers. Some scholars consider it a perspective that emphasizes transnational circulation of people...

This workshop will bring together theorists and practitioners working on the questions of migration and health. I will invite academics working on the ethical, legal and normative questions of refuge and migration, and bring them together with  representatives of the...

Human embryo research is restricted in many countries to the 14th day of development, a stage prior to the formation of the primitive streak—an observable, early step towards the formation of neural tissue. In 2016, scientists published the first reports...

This workshiop will identify the most significant ethical issues in the field of mHealth and create a framework for addressing these issues through a consensus process. In this workshop, we will bring together experts to discuss the current state of ethics...

This workshop will examine the current global conversation about the ethical, legal, and social implications of recent developments surrounding human gene editing for reproduction, focusing on their potential impacts on human rights and international policy. It aims to collaboratively formulate...

Since the late nineteenth century, urbanization has been known to be a significant risk factor for mental illness (Burr, 1903). And yet central epidemiological, psychiatric and sociological questions around the specificity of this relationship still remain unanswered. Such questions include:...

Cycle Brocher 2019 | Enfance, Ethique & Santé 7 conférences ouvertes au public Samedi 02 Mars | 10h30 : Valentine Gourinat – “Du Cyborg à l’Homme réparable | Regard Ethique” Samedi 06 Avril | 10h00 : Dorothea Wunder – “Cryogénisation...

  Du Cyborg à l’Homme réparable | Un regard éthique «A 20 ans, je m’intéressais au cyborg, je suis devenue presque une militante anti-cyborg aujourd’hui» Bijoux de haute technologie, les prothèses du futur laissent entrevoir le dépassement des limites du corps...

  Cryogénisation des ovocytes | Quels enjeux éthiques pour une maternité différée ? A travers l’utilisation des biotechnologies, les femmes d’aujourd’hui peuvent désormais modifier leurs projets de vie plus librement. Les résultats de l’étude de la Fondation pour l’évaluation des...

  Prévenir les infections et sauver des vies : AGIR LOCAL, PENSER GLOBAL Avec en parallèle, deux ateliers ludiques pour les enfants qui seront aussi les bienvenus. “Les mains propres” conte musical “Contrôle sous dispositif Vigibox” friction des mains A l’issue des...

  Cryogénisation des Ovocytes | Regards croisés d’un Gynécologue et d’un Pédopsychiatre Psychanalyste sur les maternités différées. Inscription gratuite et obligatoire Partagez les réflexions ultra contemporaines de deux sommités scientifiques dans leurs domaines respectifs. Une occasion rare de participer à un débat passionnant...

This workshop will bring together biomedical, legal, trade, human rights, and public health experts to examine the implications of Article 27.3(a) of the WTO TRIPS Agreement on the patentability of gene and cell-based therapies including those involving CAR T, CRISPR...

” Vivre avec une maladie rare ! “ – Le chemin des possibles Par Emilie Hermant & Valérie Pihet, CoDirectrices de l’Institut des Savoirs sur la Maladie d’Huntington – DingDingDong.org et Loredana d’Amato Sizonenko, Pédiatre – Généticienne aux HUG et...