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ABN 11th Annual Virtual Conference
Making Space: Ethics & Neurodiversity
April 14th, 2023 — 8:30am to 1:00pm (MST/AZ Time)
Arizona Bioethics Network is hosting its 11th Annual Conference on April 14th, 2023 on Zoom.
The presenters will be examining topics associated with neurodiversity and ethics. This includes looking historically at the position of neurodiversity in medicine, the ethics of diagnosis in searching for genetic causes, how there is a lack of neurodiverse perspective in research, and the need to consider lived experiences of populations to inform medical care. These topics help demonstrate how the focus on the treatment of the neurodiverse can make them vulnerable to stigmatization, inequalities in medical care, ineffective treatment/intervention, and involvement in biased research. This conference aims to invoke critical thinking about the ethical concerns associated with improper considerations of neurodiversity in medicine and how that can be changed to make space for those that are neurodiverse.
Cost:
Students – $20
Without CEU/CMEs – $30
With CEU/CMEs – $40
*This conference will be via Zoom and the link will be sent out closer to the event date to those who have registered.
The State of Pharmaceutical Shortages
Summer Peregrin, PharmD
Recent shortages of pharmaceuticals have caused physicians, pharmacists, and patients to make tough decisions. Dr. Summer Peregrin leads us in a discussion of the effects of drug shortages on patient care from the perspective of the hospital pharmacist.
Dr. Peregrin is a clinical pharmacist with Dignity Health and has previously taught at the School of Pharmacy at University of Arizona, Creighton, and Midwestern University.
Registration Closed
Immigration Policies and the Effect on Immigrant Health
Gregory Rogel, MA
Details Coming Soon
Upcoming Conference
Arizona Bioethics Network 13th Annual Conference
The Interconnected World: The Ethics of Global Health Policy
Date: September 26, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM PST
Location: Valleywise Health Medical Center (in-person) or via Zoom (virtual option)
The Arizona Bioethics Network is pleased to host its 13th Annual Conference, “The Interconnected World: The Ethics of Global Health Policy.” This hybrid event will bring together scholars from various disciplines to explore the ethical questions that shape health in a global context.
This year’s conference will engage timely and complex topics: the role of virtue in global health leadership, anti-racist approaches to reproductive care, the ethics of food systems and choices, vaccine mandates in healthcare settings, and the moral dimensions of migration and border health. Together, these talks will examine how global interdependence shapes health policy and how ethics can help guide thoughtful responses to shared challenges.
Through interdisciplinary dialogue and critical reflection, the conference invites participants to consider what it means to build ethically grounded global health systems in an increasingly connected world.
Cost:
Students – $25
Without CEU/CMEs – $55
With CEU/CMEs – $75
Upcoming Webinar
Wednesday November 19th, 2025 – 4:00PM MST
The Crisis of Reason in Western Jurisprudence and the possible effect on Medicine’s Duty to Protect Human Life
Nikolas T. Nikas, MA, JD
This presentation explores the jurisprudential foundations of modern American law, tracing its evolution from the Classical tradition to contemporary interpretations and examining the implications of this shift for medicine and bioethics. The discussion begins with an overview of Classical and Western jurisprudence, from Cicero to Aquinas, to illustrate how notions of justice and natural law shaped early legal frameworks. It then examines the moral reasoning underpinning landmark moments in legal and ethical history, including the Allied prosecution of Nazi defendants at Nuremberg, the Dred Scott case, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and Buck v. Bell—culminating in an analysis of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Through these case studies, the presentation highlights how evolving conceptions of law and morality continue to influence societal responses to issues at the intersection of law, science, medicine, and technology.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Arizona State University and Arizona Bioethics Network. Arizona State University is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Arizona State University is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Board’s (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Arizona State University maintains responsibility for this course. Social Workers completing this course receive 1 credit hour of continuing education credits per individual session.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
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