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.

2019-2020

• February 28, 2020
  The Humanitarian Immigration Crisis and an Evidence-free Public Policy
  Rabbi Claudio J. Kogan, MD, MBE, MEd
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  

• November 21, 2019
  Stigma as an Ethical Issue: Disease Meanings and Obstacles to Care
  Allan M. Brandt, PhD
  Harvard University
  

• October 25, 2019
  Newborn Screening: Challenges For Consent in Population Studies
  Don Bailey, PhD
  RTI International
  

• September 27, 2019
  Ethics and Data Science
  Ken Goodman, PhD; Ben Kirtman, PhD; Nick Tsinoremas, PhD; Michael Mannino, PhD
  University of Miami

2018-2019

• March 28, 2019
  What Should Happen to Our Medical Records When We Die?
  Jon Cornwall, PhD
  University of Otago, New Zealand

• February 8, 2019
  Bioarchaeology, Biomedicine and Bioethos
  Pamela L. Geller, PhD
  University of Miami Department of Anthropology

• January 18, 2019
  Author, Reviewer, Editor: Ethical Challenges - and Successes
  Katlein França, MD, PhD
  University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

• December 14, 2018
  Medicine in the Era of the "All of Us" Research Program
  Stephan Züchner, MD, PhD
  University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

• October 5, 2018
  Challenges in Sport Medicine: From Research to Team Care Coordination
  Lee Kaplan, MD
  University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

• September 14, 2018
  Science, Environment, Scripture: Faith and the 'Problem with Humans'
  Rev. David Collins
  The Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida

2017-2018

• April 30, 2018
  Language Studies and Responsible STEM Research
  Anne Ruggles Gere, PhD
  University of Michigan and Modern Language Association
  

• April 13, 2018
  Science and Politics: A Bad Patch or the New Normal?
  Jonathan D. Moreno, PhD
  University of Pennsylvania

• March 9, 2018 
  Anatomy in "Nazi" Germany - Politics, Science, Ethics and Legacy
  Sabine Hildebrandt, MD
  Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

• February 13, 2018
  When Mentors Break the Rules
  Allison Harbin, PhD
  Brooklyn, NY

• January 29, 2018
  Dr. Frankenstein's IRB Submission
  Jessica Rosenberg, PhD
  University of Miami

• November 10, 2017
  Autonomous Weapons Systems
  Duncan Purves, PhD
  University of Florida

• October 26, 2017
  Neuroethics, Science and Society
  Chelsea Skelley, PhD
  University of Miami

Sponsors

Dialogues in Research Ethics (DRE) began in partnership with the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Since then, it has also been sponsored by the following organizations:

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

For more information, contact Ken Goodman at 305-243-5723.