Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

02/04/2026

Berman Institute Bulletin - This Week - MBE Q&A, New Events, Parents Rejecting Lifesaving Shots, FDA & Psychedelic Treatment, AI Renewing Prescriptions, Grant Cuts, Shadow CDC, Falling Off a Financial Cliff, Wonder Drug Plaguing Sports, Exit from WHO, + More

02/03/2026

Join us Feb 26, Noon EST for the inaugural seminar of In Dialogue - Public Health & Religion Seminar Series: Featuring a conversation with Ellen Idler, PhD. Open to all, Join in person or online. Refreshments available, JHSPH W3008. Link for registration: https://mrprcbcw.hosts.jhmi.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=DPNKRRAKLJX3JTTT

02/03/2026

in the Academic Lit - This Week - Determinants of Access, Illuminating the Eukaryotic Tree of Life, Informed Consent for Research in Space, Precisely Imprecise, Who Am I to Say? ECMO Values Balancing, 30 Years of MAID State Laws, + More

February 3, 2026 Structural and Policy Determinants of Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant People in U.S. Jails, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Authors: Maya Lakshman, Sitara Murali, Camille Kramer, Carolyn Sufrin, Rebecca Fix Pregnant ...

02/03/2026

Interested in our Master of Bioethics (MBE) Degree program? Join us on Wed, Feb 11, 3-4p EST for an Admissions Q&A with MBE Program Director Travis Rieder. Link for more info and registration:

3:00 pm - 4:00 pmAll students who apply by the March 1 priority deadline will automatically be considered for multiple scholarships

02/03/2026

Seminar (via Zoom): Nagla Rizk, PhD, "What is Feminist Artificial Intelligence? Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa". Mon, Feb 9, Noon EST. Open to all. Join us online, link for more info:

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...

02/02/2026

The Earth BioGenome Project Phase II: illuminating the eukaryotic tree of life | Mark Blaxter, Harris Lewin, Federica DiPalma et al., including Debra Mathews | Frontiers in Science

The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) aims to “sequence life for the future of life” by generating high-quality reference genome sequences for all recognized euk...

02/02/2026

Seminar, TODAY, Feb 2, Noon EST: Amy McGuire, JD, PhD, "Will psychedelic medicine conform to or transform contemporary mental healthcare?". Johns Hopkins School of Nursing N431. Open to all, attend in person, lunch provided, link for more info:

Psychedelics such as M**A and psilocybin are showing promising results in clinical trials for the treatment of mental health disorders, including PTSD, addiction, and treatment-resistant depression. FDA approval is likely on the horizon. Yet little is known about how these treatments will move from....

01/30/2026

Global and Policy Program Weekly Roundup | Global Plan, Better Food System, Indigenous Trees, AI Enables Higher Food Prices, Cutting Dyes? Food Security Program, Botulism Outbreak, Global Standards, + 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 ...

01/29/2026

Structural and Policy Determinants of Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant People in US Jails - by Maya Lakshman, Sitara Murali, Camille Kramer, Carolyn Sufrin and Rebecca Fix

HighlightsPublic health relevance—How does this work relate to a public health issue?Pregnant people in U.S.

01/29/2026

ICYMI, Watch Now! "Inpatient and Incarcerated: Ethical Challenges in Caring for the Carceral Population" | Freeman Family Ethics for Lunch - Case Presentation & Discussion

CaseMs. L is a 59-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, type II diabetes, atrial fibrillation and severe peripheral vascular disease who presented t...

01/29/2026

AI Ethics & Governance Weekly Roundup | America's AI Regulation War, Government by AI? Marching into a Dead End, Cultural Stagnation, School AI Policies, 'Humanizing' Chatbots, Malicious AI Swarms Threatening Democracy, LLMs for Informed Consent, + More

01/29/2026

Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup | AI Delusions, Being Virtuous, Drowning in AI Slop, AI Scribes, Dr. ChatGPT, Two-Tier Framework, Plausible Mechanism Pathway Concerns, US Policy Shifts on Fetal Tissue and hESCs, + Much More