Dialogues in Research Ethics (DRE)

Since 1992, the Dialogues in Research Ethics (DRE) series has provided an opportunity for UM faculty, staff, students, visitors and members of the community to exchange ideas about ethical issues in a format designed to emphasize discussion and debate.

For a list of past Dialogues, see the Dialogues Archive

2022-2023

• March 10, 2023
  The Impact of Misinformation on Health and Science
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  Eric Meslin, PhD
  Council of Canadian Academies, Ontario

• February 3, 2023
  Medicine’s Culture Brokers: Miami and the Challenge of Diversity in Health Care
  Catherine Mas, PhD
  Florida International University

• January 27, 2023
  Text Recycling (AKA “Self-Plagiarism”) in Scientific Writing: Thorny Issues and Best Practices
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  Cary Moskovitz, PhD
  Duke University

• December 9, 2022
  From Principles to Practice: Building Trustworthy Health Systems in the Information Age
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  Jodyn Platt, PhD, MPH
  University of Michigan

• September 23, 2022
  Sewer Science: Wastewater Analysis for Public Health
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  Christopher Mason, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Helena Solo-Gabriele,PhD, University of Miami
  

2021-2022

• February 18, 2022
  Improving Machine Learning: Equity, Diversity and U.S. Science
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  Bettina Beech, Dr.P.H.
  University of Houston

• December 3, 2021
  Responsible Innovation and Ethically Aligned Design
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  John C. Havens
  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  
  
• November 19, 2021
  Blockchain-enabled Data Sharing: Science’s New Digital Frontier?
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  Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, PhD
  Stanford, California
  
  
• October 15, 2021
  Data Mobility and HIPAA: Protect Privacy and Support Research
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  Alda Yuan, JD
  Washington, D.C.

2020-2021

• March 19, 2021
  Research Ethics and the NIH
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  Christine Grady, RN, PhD
  National Institutes of Health

• February 12, 2021
  The VA's Research Mission - And a Tribute to Dr. Larry Fishman
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  Panel Discussion
  
  
• January 14, 2021
  Data Science + Ethics → f [UM's Role / Empirical Inquiry2]
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  Kenneth Goodman, PhD
  University of Miami

• November 6, 2020
  Forecasting the Weather: Safety, Ethics and Really Big Data
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  Benjamin Kirtman, PhD
  University of Miami

• October 9, 2020
  Visualizing Data: Veracity, Accuraccy, Accountability
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  Albero Cairo, PhD
  University of Miami

• September 11, 2020
  Research in the Age of Covid-19: Evidence, Process, and Social Justice
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  Jeffrey P. Brosco, MD, PhD, and Hayley B. Gershengorn, MD
  University of Miami

Sponsors

Dialogues in Research Ethics (DRE) began in 1992 in partnership with the UM Department of Cell Biology and the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Here is a cumulative list of sponsors:

• UHealth
• UM Office of the Vice Provost for Research
• Miami Clinical & Translational Science Institute
• Research Service of the Miami VAMC
• UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Jackson Memorial Health System
• Mailman Center for Child Development
• South Florida VA Foundation for Research and Education

For more information, email ethics@miami.edu or call 305-243-5723.