16th Annual Summer Conference
July 16-18, 2009
Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL
Plenary Speakers
Thursday, July 16
- The Theological Roots of the Concept of Human Dignity - David P. Gushee, PhD
- Human Dignity, Enlightenment, and Global Bioethics - Francis J. Beckwith, PhD
Friday, July 17
- Human Dignity and the Grounding Norms of Public Bioethics - O. Carter Snead, JD
- HIV/AIDS in Africa and Clinical Trials with Indigenous Populations - Iko Ibanga, MB BS
- Inter-Species Animal-Human Embryos: What Kind of Dignity Do They Have - Calum MacKellar, PhD
Saturday, July 18
- Black Market Organ Transplantation and Medical Tourism - Jameela George, MB BS
- Disability and Dignity in a Global Context - Kathy McReynolds, PhD
- The Case for Our Lives: Championing Human Dignity Around the World - Samuel B. Casey, JD
Parallel Papers
Friday, July 17
- What do Native Americans have to do with Bioethics? Experiencing the Shame of Forced Sterilization - Gregory Rutecki, MD
- Shared Decision Making: A Spectrum of Directiveness - Ryan R. Nash, MD
- The Discovery of Global Bioethics through an Application of Lewis' Thought on the Moral Law - Kathy McReynolds, PhD
- Women's Discipleship: A Path for Bioethics in the Local Church - Sarah Flashing, MA
- The Global Outcomes Movement: Is it Compatible with Medicine? - Michael Brooks, MD
- Effective Engagement in Global Bioethics: The Benefits of Questions and Stories - Sharon A. Falkenheimer, MPH, MD
- Between Mind and Brain: Neuroethics and Mental Illness - Derrick L. Hassert, PhD
- On the Nature of Tube Feeding: Basic or Medical Care? - Erik M. Clary
Saturday, July 18
- Facebook and the Fusiform Gyrus: A Neurologic Perspective on Social Online Networking for the Cultivation of Global Bioethics - William P. Cheshire, Jr., MD
- Abortion, Human Nature and the Imago Dei - Khaldoun Sweis
- Discerning Palliative Sedation from Euthanasia: What's at Stake for Human Dignity - Patrick Smith, MDiv, MA, PhD (cand.)
- The View From Valparaiso: Ethical Theory According to Dr. Gilbert Meilaender - Thor Swanson, MDiv, ThM, MD
- HPV, Women's Health and Public Health Ethics - Susan Haack, MD and Ferdinand D. Yates, MD
- Teaching Bioethics in the Church - Heather Zeiger, MS
- Health Research for Developing Countries: Reason and Emotion in Bioethics - Donal P. O'Mathuna, PhD
- Media and Bioethics: Using Video to Communicate Complexities - D. Joy Riley, MA, MD
Courses
- Advanced Bioethics Institute - David Fletcher, PhD
- Intensive Bioethics Institute - Paige Cunningham, JD
- Global Biotechnologies - Calum MacKellar, PhD and Michael J. Sleasman, PhD
- Bioethics of Human Subjects Research - Nancy Jones, PhD
- Pre-Med/Undergraduate Bioethics Institute - Joyce Shelton, PhD
- Graduate /Undergraduate Wrap-Around Course Section 1 - Dennis Hollinger, PhD and Hans Madueme, MD
- Graduate/Undergraduate Wrap-Around Course Section 2 - Ferdinand D. Yates, Jr., MD, MA
- Post-Conference Bioethics Seminar: Bioengagement: Current Issues in Bioethics and Cultural Engagement - Michael J. Sleasman, PhD and Christina Bieber Lake, PhD
- Post-Conference Bioethics Seminar: Teaching Bioethics - Dennis Sullivan, MD, MA and Scott B. Rae, PhD
