In partnership with the Biointerfaces Laboratory Committees (BIONIC)
These bioethical lunches allow researchers to engage with one another and a featured guest on a topic relevant to their field over copious amounts of food. Our goal in these lunch-based discussions is for people to come with a hunger of both body and mind and to leave satiated in both, yet hungry for more.
Special guests
Life-preserving technology was discussed by J. Scott VanEpps, Ph.D., M.D.; Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and Macromolecular Science and Engineering; Associate Director, Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care
Clinical trialing was discussed by Cindy Chestek, Ph.D.; Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering; and James Weiland, Ph.D.; Professor in Biomedical Engineering and Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
More than a moral minute was spent discussing the implications of the research of a panel of graduate students: Daniel Clough (P.I. Lonnie Shea); Kevin Hughes (P.I. Lonnie Shea); Daniel Quevedo (P.I. Jeorg Lahann); Dominique Smith (P.I. Lonnie Shea); Richard Youngblood (P.I. Lonnie Shea); Yining Zhang (P.I. Lonnie Shea); Lauren Zimmerman (P.I. Timothy Bruns)
Complementary medicine was discussed by Richard Harris, Ph.D.; Associate Professor in Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center (Anesthesiology) and Division of Rheumatology (Internal Medicine)
Genomics was discussed by Tom Lanigan, Ph.D.; Director of the Vector Core; Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Internal Medicine (Rheumatology)
Publishing and peer review was discussed by Nicholas A. Kotov, Ph.D.; Professor in Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Neural interfaces was discussed with Parag Patil, M.D., Ph.D.; Associate Professor in Neurological Surgery, Neurology, Anesthesiology, and Biomedical Engineering
(The ethics of) the business of biology was discussed with David Canter, M.B.; Senior Associate Vice President and Executive Director of the North Campus Research Complex
Previous Events
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On life-preserving technologies with Scott VanEpps. February 5, 2018, 11AM, NCRC B10 G063 |
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On clinical trialing with Cynthia Chestek and James Weiland. March 12, 2018, 12:30PM, NCRC B10 G063 |
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On Star Wars with The Force. May 4th, 2018, 12PM, NCRC B10 ACR1 |
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In “a moral minute” with several BME PhDs. May 4th, 2018, 12PM, NCRC B10 ACR1
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On complementary medicine with Richard Harris. October 11, 2018, 12PM, NCRC B18 Rm 115 |
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On genomics with Tom Lanigan. November 15, 2018, 12PM, NCRC B18 Rm 115 |
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On Harry Potter with boys who lived (girls, too). December 13, 2018, 12PM, NCRC B10 G065 |
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On neural interfaces with Parag Patil. February 14, 2019, 12PM, NCRC B10 G065 |
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On publishing and peer review with special guest Nick Kotov. February 21, 12PM, NCRC B10 ACR1 (rescheduled due to Shutdown) |
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On mathematical biology. March 14, 2019, 12PM, NCRC B10 G065 |
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On Game of Thrones with special guest Winter. April 18, 2019, 12PM, NCRC B10 G065
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On the quantified self with Barry Belmont. September 24, 2019, 12PM, NCRC B10 G065 |
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On artificial intelligence in medicine with Kayvan Najarian. October 22, 2019, 12PM, NCRC B10 G065 |
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On precision health with a special guest November 19, 2018, 12PM, NCRC B10 G065 |
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On death positivity with Merilynne Rush. December 17, 2019, 12PM. NCRC B10 ACR1 |
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A bioethackathon on I. health research funding with special guest. January 21, 2020, 12PM, NCRC B10 ACR1 |
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A bioethackathon on II. model-to-model transitions with Tom Marten. February 18, 2020, 12PM, NCRC B10 ACR1 |
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CANCELED DUE TO GLOBAL PANDEMIC A bioethackathon on III. health medical entrepreneurship with David Canter. March 24, 2020, 12PM, NCRC B10 ACR1 |
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A bioethackathon on IV. translational research. The culmination of this experiment! April 21, 2020, 9AM – 5PM, NCRC B10 ACR1 |
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