You’re invited: Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM) Research Colloquium

Ruha Benjamin, Ph.D.

All Michigan Medicine faculty and staff are invited to the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM) Research Colloquium, which will take place from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on May 22. It will be held at Forum Hall, Palmer Commons, located at 100 Washtenaw Ave. in Ann Arbor.

The colloquium brings together presenters highlighting research related to bioethics, health communication, and medical decision making. It will feature the Bishop Lecture in Bioethics as the keynote address. Ruha Benjamin, Ph.D., will present the lecture with a talk entitled “Black Afterlives Matter: Reimagining Bioethics for an Ailing Body Politic.”

The lecture is jointly presented by CBSSM and the Ronald C. and Nancy V. Bishop Lectureship in Bioethics fund. CBSSM is grateful to this year’s co-sponsors, The Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) and the Science, Technology & Society (STS) Program.

Abstract submissions are welcome from all disciplines both within U-M, as well as other institutions.

For more details or to submit an abstract, please see the Abstract Submission form. If you have any questions, please contact Kerry Ryan at kryanz@med.umich.edu. Deadline for abstract submission is Friday, April 5.