Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

02/12/2026

44th David Barap Brin Lecture in Medical Ethics - Norman Fost, MD, MPH, "Cases That Changed Us: How One Patient Can Lead to Widespread Change" - Thurs, Feb 12, 4p EST. Open to all. Join in person: Hurd Hall, Johns Hopkins Hospital - OR - via livestream. Link for info:

02/11/2026

Berman Institute Bulletin - This Week - Avoiding Opioids, Imperial Hegemon, FDA Staff Overruled, Safe Drugs During Pregnancy? Rare Disease, Science Communication, Inaccurate AI Health Advice, Moral Distress, + Much More

02/11/2026

ICYMI, Watch Now! Nagla Rizk, "What Is Feminist Artificial Intelligence? Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa" | Berman Institute Seminar Series

What Is Feminist Artificial Intelligence? Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa by Nagla Rizk, PhDThis talk will explore with the audience the m...

02/11/2026

Freeman Family Ethics for Lunch: Case Presentation & Discussion, "Cancer Exceptionalism in Pain Medicine" - Tues, Feb 17, Noon EST. Open to all, attend in person, lunch provided. Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Carpenter B. Link for more info:

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 Noon-1 p.m. Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Room Carpenter B Lunch will be provided. RSVPs are not required, please email Anna Adelman with any questions Over the last decade, the United States has fairly aggressively swung away from the rather free attitude towards ...

02/10/2026

Bioethics in the Academic Lit - This Week - Navigating "Wicked" Disagreement in Public Health, How Words Discredit, Reproductive Medicine in Space, Bioethics Unicorns, On Old Age, Regulatory Rush to Judgment? Balancing Progress & Precautions, + More

February 10, 2026 Navigating “Wicked” Disagreement in Public Health, American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) Authors: Safura Abdool Karim, Ruth Faden, Anne Barnhill, Virginia Brown, Jeff Kahn, Nancy Kass, Anna Mastroianni, Stephanie Morain, Vardit Ravitsky, Reed Tuckson Public health has long ...

02/09/2026

Jonathan Moreno: What Does an Imperial Hegemon Mean for Research Ethics? | The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum Essay

What matters for bioethics in a diminished or radically revised global order also matters the world. To take one current example of norms at risk, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has committed funding for a University of Southern Denmark study that involves withholding the hepati...

02/09/2026

Seminar TODAY, Noon EST (via Zoom): Nagla Rizk, PhD, "What is Feminist Artificial Intelligence? Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa" Open to all. Link for more info and to join via Zoom:

This talk will explore with the audience the meaning and need for a feminist lens in addressing issues related to Artificial Intelligence and Inclusion. The speaker will include examples including some from her work within the Middle East and North Africa Observatory on Responsible AI at the Access...

02/09/2026

How words discredit: A taxonomy of stigmatizing language in the Electronic Health Record - Amanda McArthur, Alya Ahmad, Anne Links, Kathleen Warner, Paul Drew, Mary Catherine Beach, Somnath Saha | PEC

02/06/2026

Global & Policy Program Weekly Roundup | Whole Milk, Widespread Collapse, SNAP, Scaling Up Aquaculture, Women Farmers in Guatemala, Farmers Share Challenges, Coping Strategies, Satellite Data, + More

The Johns Hopkins Global Food Ethics and Policy Program, a collaboration of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International studies, addresses critical global issues of under- and over-nutrition and diet-related diseases, poverty, inequity ...

02/05/2026

Can Emerging Pain Management Options Help Surgeons Avoid Prescribing Opioids? - w comments from our Travis Rieder | ACS

Learn about the CPT 2026 coding changes that are relevant to general surgery, including updates to endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty.

02/05/2026

Navigating “Wicked” Disagreement in Public Health - By Safura Abdool Karim, Ruth Faden, Anne Barnhill, Virginia Brown, Jeff Kahn, Nancy Kass, Anna Mastroianni, Stephanie Morain, Vardit Ravitsky, and Reed Tuckson | AJPH

American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

02/05/2026

44th David Barap Brin Lecture in Medical Ethics - Norman Fost, MD, MPH, "Cases That Changed Us: How One Patients Can Lead to Widespread Change" - Thurs, Feb 12, 4p ET. Join in person: Hurd Hall, Johns Hopkins Hospital or via livestream. More info: