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.

2020-2021

• January 14, 2020
  Data Science + Ethics → f [UM's Role / Empirical Inquiry2]
  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

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

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.