Faculty and staff often give presentations at local, regional and national meetings. Below is list of upcoming and past speaking engagements.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
Ethical Challenges in Pediatric Biobanks: Balancing Risks and Benefits (Panel Organizer)
May 5, 2009 | Holly K. Tabor, PhD
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD
Ethical Challenges in Pediatric Biobanks: Balancing Risks and Benefits
May 5, 2009 | Benjamin S. Wilfond, MD
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD
The Scope of Pediatric Biobanks and the Ethical Issues Involved
May 2-5, 2009 | Holly K. Tabor, PhD
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD
Research on Residual Newborn Screening Blood Spots
May 12, 2009 | Benjamin S. Wilfond, MD
March of Dimes Bioethics Advisory Committee Meeting, White Plains, NY
Quality Improvement and Outcomes Research: Ethical and Regulatory Issues
May 16, 2009 | Benjamin S. Wilfond, MD
American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
Responsive Justice and Advocacy: Ethical Research with Marginalized Persons and Communities
May 20-23, 2009 | Maureen C. Kelley, PhD
with Kelly Fryer-Edwards
Fifth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry: Advancing Human Rights Through Qualitative Research, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Aiming Higher: An Ethical Framework for Delivery of Care to Homeless and Orphaned Adolescents
July 25, 2009 | Maureen C. Kelley, PhD
Treuman Katz Annual Conference, Seattle, WA
Ethical Responsibilities Regarding Genetic Testing for Cancer Susceptibility in Children and Family Communication of Genetic Information to Children
October 21, 2009 | Benjamin S. Wilfond, MD
American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI
Past Speaking Engagements
Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH
Ashley Revisited: Reflections on Clinical Ethics
January 27, 2009
Noon Conference, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
Religious Refusals of Life-Saving Medical Intervention: Keeping Your Eye on the Ball
January 26, 2009
Grand Rounds Presentation, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Cutting to the Core: A Parental Dispute Over Circumcision of a 12-Year-Old Boy
October 23, 2008
ASBH Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH
Grand Rounds: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
October 7, 2008
Grand Rounds Presentation, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Love, Justice, and Humility: Reflections on Bioethics
August 2, 2008
Plenary Address, American Scientific Affiliation National Conference, Newberg, OR
Making Medical Decisions on Behalf of Children
June 6, 2008
Leadership Excellence and Management Solutions for Neonatal, Obstetric, and Pediatric Nursing, Las Vegas, NV
Avoiding Subtle Violations of Patient Confidentiality
June 6, 2008
Leadership Excellence and Management Solutions for Neonatal, Obstetric, and Pediatric Nursing, Las Vegas, NV
The Ashley Case Revisited: Reflections on Ethics, Disability, and Medicine
May 9, 2008
Justus F. Lehman Symposium Keynote Address, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Children First?: Is There a Social Obligation to Provide Healthcare to All Children?
May 5, 2008
Bioethics Interest Group, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI
Pillow Baby: Growth and Puberty Attenuation in Children with Profound Developmental Disability
May 4, 2008
Moderator of Joint Topic Symposium, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI
Parental Refusals of Childhood Vaccinations
April 17, 2008
Bioethics and Health Law Grand Rounds, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Ashley Revisited: Reflections on Bioethics
April 17, 2008
Medearis Lecture in Pediatrics/Grand Rounds, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Ashley Revisited: Reflections on Bioethics
March 14, 2008
23rd Endowed Drummond Lecture, Center for Health Care Ethics, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Love, Justice and Humility: A Bioethicist Meets the Pillow Angel
January 18, 2008
The January Series of Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Love, Justice and Humility: A Bioethicist Meets the Pillow Angel
January 16, 2008
Ann Arbor, MI
Understanding Differences in Conflicts over Medical Care for Children
November 9, 2007
Milwaukee Children’s Hospital; Milwaukee, WI
The Ashley Case Revisited: Reflections on Health Care Decision-making for Children
November 8, 2007
Sixth Annual Paul S. Pierson MD Memorial Lecture in Bioethics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Immunizations: Issues Facing Pediatricians in 2008: Panel
October 30, 2007
American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Making Medical Decisions on Behalf of Children: Reflections on the Ashley Case
October 30, 2007
American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Gifts, Bribes or Necessity: Managing Conflicts of Interest at the Organizational and Individual Level
October 29, 2007
American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Ashley Revisited: Is Growth Attenuation Ever Justified in a Profoundly Disabled Child?
October 19, 2007
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
The Ashley Treatment: What Medical Care May Parents Demand for their Disabled Children? — Medical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects
August 31-September 2, 2007
Protestant Academy Arnoldshain (Evangelische Akademie Arnoldshain), Schmitten, near Frankfurt, Germany
Faculty
August 6-10, 2007
University of Washington Summer Seminar in Health Care Ethics, Seattle, WA
Understanding Differences in Conflicts Surrounding Medical Care of Children
July 14, 2007
3rd Annual Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics Current Controversies Conference, Seattle, WA
Quality Craftsmanship: Ethical Dilemmas in Health Care
June 26, 2007
Rural Hospital Association Summer Workshop, Chelan, WA
Children and Health Care Decisions: When Ethical and Legal Duties Lead to Legal Liability
June 26, 2007
Washington State Hospital Association 31st Annual Rural Hospital Summer Workshop, Chelan, WA
Understanding Differences in Conflicts over Medical Care
June 14, 2007
Course Planning Committee and Participant, Third Annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference, Seattle, WA
Ethical and Policy Implications of Limiting Growth in Profoundly Disabled Children: A Conversation About the Children's Hospital Case
May 16, 2007
Conference Planner and Participant, University of Washington Law School, Seattle, WA
Pediatric Research Ethics Consultation: Would This Research Be Approved at Your Institution?
May 6, 2007
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada
Medical Decision-Making for Children: Parents, Providers and the State
April 19, 2007
Washington State Foster Care Assessment Program, Seattle, WA
Managing Bites and Stings in Children and Ethical Issues in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
April 17, 2007
Washington American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada
Eyes Wide Open: The Good Physician Meets the Pharmaceutical Industry
February 21, 2007
Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of Alabama — Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Enhancement Technologies in Pediatrics Medicine and Humanities Consultation
January 22, 2007
Texas A&M School of Medicine, College Station, TX
Maureen C. Kelley, PhD
Aiming Higher: Against Ethical Double-Standards in Global Health Interventions and Research, Commentary on Daniel Wikler
April 17, 2009
Conference on Global Justice in the 21st Century, Seattle, WA
Development of a Russian and American Research Ethics Curriculum: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Ethical Concepts and Pedagogy
September 3-8, 2008
with Boris Yudin, Russian Academy of Sciences and Susan Miller, Weill College of Medicine–Cornell
World Congress in Bioethics, Rijeka, Croatia
The Burden of HIV/AIDS in the Next Generation: Reporting the Experience of Orphans and Street Children in Lusaka, Zambia
September 3-8, 2008
World Congress in Bioethics, Rijeka, Croatia
Freedom as Development: Rethinking the Human Rights Approach to Children
May 26, 2008
Bearing and Rearing Children: The Ethics of Procreation and Parenthood Conference, sponsored by the University of Cape Town, South Africa
Infant-Feeding and HIV in Southern Africa: A Multi-level Ethical Dilemma
November 5, 2007
Fletcher F, Ndeble P and Kelley M
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (Poster presentation)
Rethinking Vulnerability in At-Risk Children in the Context of HIV/AIDS
June 1, 2007
University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
Rethinking Dual-Use: The Ethics of Biodefense Research
March 1, 2007
presented jointly with Allen Buchanan
Sympsoium on Bioethics and Biodefense, sponsored by Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC
Freedom as Development
February 15, 2007
University of Maryland, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, College Park, MD
Moral Compromise
February 1, 2007
Department of Philosophy, SUNY-Albany, Albany, NY
Autonomy's Blindspots: Insights from Child Development and Global Health
January 30, 2007
Davidson College, Department of Philosophy, Davidson, NC
Douglas J. Opel, MD
Characterization of Organizational Issues in Pediatric Clinical Ethics Consultation
October 26, 2008
ASBH Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH
What Is Being Documented in Clinical Ethics Consult Notes? Not Ethics!
October 23, 2008
ASBH Annual meeting, Cleveland, OH
Redesigning Ethics Consultation
September 24, 2008
MHE Medical Ethics Brown Bag Lecture Series, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Bioethics Quality of Care
April 23, 2008
UWMC Medical Ethics Brown Bag Lunch Series, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Ethical Dilemmas as Sentinel Events: A Case Study in Applying a Quality Improvement Technique to Ethics Consults
October 21, 2007
American Society of Bioethics and Humanities 9th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
The Ethics of Quality Improvement: Provider Obligations and the Role of External Oversight
May 6, 2007
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada
Ethical Dilemmas Involving Hospitalized Foster Care Children: Can We Improve the Quality of Their Care?
April 30, 2007
Washington State Foster Care Assessment Program, Seattle, WA
Ethical Dilemmas as Sentinel Events: What Ethics Committees Can Learn From the Quality Improvement Movement
April 25, 2007
Department of Pediatrics Fellows’ Research Day, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Holly K. Tabor, PhD
Ethical Issues in Translating CNVs from Research to the Clinic: The Example of Autism
March 29, 2009
American College of Medical Genetics Annual Clinical Meeting, Tampa, FL
Copy Number Variants (CNVs): A New Frontier for Clinical Genetic Testing and Counseling (Panel Organizer)
March 25-29, 2009
American College of Medical Genetics Annual Clinical Meeting ,Tampa, FL
Ethical Issues in Genetic Research: Returning CNV Results to Research Participants
December 15, 2008
Autism Genetic Resource Exchange Steering Committee Meeting, Los Angeles, CA
Returning Copy Number Variant Results to Research Participants.
November 12-14, 2008
with Martine Lappé and Mildred Cho, Stanford University School of Medicine
American Society of Human Genetics 59th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
The Future of Genetic Research in Children: Rethinking Consent, Data Sharing and Clinical Translation (Panel Organizer)
October 24, 2008
ASBH 10th Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH
The Autism Genetic Resource Exchange: An "Honest Broker" Model for Genetic Research
October 24, 2008
ASBH 10th Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH
Benjamin S. Wilfond, MD
Ethical Challenges in Pediatric Biobanks: Balancing Risks and Benefits
May 2, 2009
Pediatric Academic Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD
Informed Consent: Contract or Communication — Hospital and Health Law Seminar
April 23, 2009
Washington State Society of Healthcare Attorneys, Seattle, WA
Reporting on Ethical Controversies in Pediatrics
April 17, 2009
Association of Health Care Journalists Annual Conference, Seattle, WA
Recruitment for Clinical Research: Ethical Issues
April 7, 2009
Clinical Research Education Series, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Recruitment for Clinical Research: Ethical Issues
April 7, 2009
Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Current Ethics Controversies in Genetic Testing and Screening of Minors
March 29, 2009
American College of Medical Genetics Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL
Revisiting the ASHG/ACMG Points to Consider: Why Parents Should Have Authority to Consent on Behalf of Their Children and Adolescents May Consent for Themselves
March 29, 2009
American College of Medical Genetics Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL
Pediatric Biobanks: Approaching Informed Consent for Continuing Research After Children Grow Up
March 29, 2009
American College of Medical Genetics Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL
Informed Consent in Clinical Trials
March 26, 2009
Therapeutic Development Network Meeting, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Denver, CO
Prenatal Testing for CMV: Lesson from Cystic Fibrosis
November 7, 2008
Congenital Cytomegalovirus Conference, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Bioethical Issues in Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy
November 2, 2008
Prenatal Diagnosis: Outcomes and Transition to Pediatric Care, Seattle Children’s, Seattle, WA
Bioethics Consultations and the CTSA: Using a Computer Application to Facilitate Quality Improvement and Data Sharing
October 26, 2008
ASBH Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH
Ethical Considerations in Research Recruitment
October 25, 2008
North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Orlando, FL
A Tale of Two Cities: Genomics, Ethics and Parental Decision-Making
August 5, 2008
WWAMI Lectures, Great Falls, MT
Show Me the Money: Financial Considerations and Ethical Implications in Responding to Parental Requests for Medical Interventions in Children with Profound Disabilities
August 5, 2008
WWAMI Lectures, Great Falls, MT
A Tale of Two Cities: Genomics, Ethics and Parental Decision-Making
July 26, 2008
Predicting Our Future: Genetic Testing in Children and their Families: Fourth Annual Treuman Katz Pediatric Bioethics Conference, Seattle, WA
Adolescent Decision Making
June 23, 2008
20th Annual Bioethics Retreat, Santa Rosa, CA
Ethical Considerations in Preventing Preterm Births
June 16, 2008
The Surgeon General’s Conference on the Prevention of Preterm Birth, Bethesda, MD
When Parents Request Medical Care That Providers Resist: Ethics and Law in Futility Disputes (Moderator)
May 5, 2008
Pediatric Academic Society Meeting, Honululu, HI
Genetic Research Will Alter the Ethical Issues Related to Clinical Genetic Testing in Children
May 1, 2008
Translating “ELSI”: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Genomics Conference, Cleveland, OH
Growth Attenuation in Children with Profound Disabilities: Best Interests, Parental Decision-Making and Community Impact
April 10, 2008
4th-year medical student course in medical ethics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
Show Me the Money: Financial Considerations and Ethical Implications in Responding to Parental Requests for Medical Interventions in Children with Profound Disabilities
April 10, 2008
The David Green Memorial Lecture, Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Show Me the Money: Financial Considerations and Ethical Implications in Responding to Parental Requests for Medical Interventions in Children with Profound Disabilities
March 6, 2008
Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA
When Does No Not Mean No?: Withdrawing Patients in Clinical Research
February 4, 2008
K12 Scholars Seminar, UWMC, Seattle, WA
Ethical Issues in Growth Attenuation: Conducting Analytical Ethics Scholarship
August 9, 2007
2nd Annual Research Staff Symposium, Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Seattle, WA
Show Me the Money: Financial Considerations in Responding to Parental Wishes
July 14, 2007
Navigating Conflicts When Parents and Providers Disagree About Healthcare, 3rd Annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle, WA
Navigating Conflicts When Parents and Providers Disagree About Medical Care
June 14, 2007
WAMI Visiting Professor Presentation, Yakima, WA
Disclosing Incidental Findings in Pediatrics
May 2, 2007
Managing Incidental Findings in Human Subjects Research: From Imaging to Genomics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Navigating Conflicts When Parents and Providers Disagree About Medical Care
April 10-11, 2007
WAMI Visiting Professor Presentation, Spokane, WA
Ethics Issues in Conducting Outcomes Research in Children
March 9, 2007
National Study of Costs and Outcomes in Trauma in Pediatrics Conference, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Washington, DC