Upcoming Events
Call for Applications! Bioethics of AI: The Intersection of AI and Medicine” Online Winter School December 16-21, 2024
Bioethics Education International (BEI) invites participants (students and professionals) across the globe to attend the event online. Bioethics education is crucial for addressing ethical challenges in healthcare and medicine. The intersection of AI and medicine [...]
Call for Applications: “Wars, Diseases & Bioethics” Online Spring School March 25-30 2024
Bioethics Education International (BEI) invites participants (students and professionals) across the globe to attend the spring school to be held from March 25 to 30, 2024. The spring school includes lectures and seminars, film screenings, [...]
Call for Applications: “Wars, Pandemics & Bioethics” Online Summer School July 24-29 2023
Bioethics Education International (BEI) invites participants (students and professionals) across the globe to attend the summer school to be held from July 24 to 29, 2023. The summer school includes lectures and seminars, film [...]
Call for Applications: “Bioethics, Wars and Pandemics” Summer School Online (July 18 – 23) 2022
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COVID 19 Vaccines: Hype or Reason to Hope?
Covid-19 has caused a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and has devastated countries' economies. Several COVID-19 vaccines under investigation are showing promising results. This Webinar will offer an overview of where we [...]
Testimonials: GBI Summer School | August 3 – 8, 2020
GBI Summer School program had an incredible depth and breadth of presenters and information. In addition, the high caliber of attendees made the program a wonderful learning and networking experience with brilliant participants from around [...]
Lessons from Medieval Dubrovnik: Quarantine and COVID-19 in Croatia
The syntagma CROvid-20 (or CroVID) is used in the current pandemic in Croatia. Dubrovnik was the first city in the world to introduce quarantine to control the spread of [...]
Past Events
The Impact of Covid-19 and Lessons Learned from the U.S. Epicenter
Bruce Gelb, a transplant surgeon in New York City, contracted COVID in early March 2020. Since recovering, he has been on the frontline, attending to the most critically ill patients in New York City. The [...]
Is Unproven Treatment Better than No Treatment at All?
Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine – drugs used against malaria – have raised significant controversy. Data on treatment or prophylaxis for COVID-19 is limited. Some studies have shown that these drugs [...]
How to Ration Ventilators during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Recently, New York City has become an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals are running short of Personal Protective Devices (PPEs) and ventilators. Doctors will need to “choose” who shall receive this support. [...]
Learning from the Past? Ethics of Pandemic Preparedness
The speakers will discuss the critical importance of pandemic preparedness, response, and continued readiness. Some aspects of previous outbreaks involving hospitals and healthcare facilities, as well as the limited changes that have occurred in [...]
Gala Benefit Evening at the Kosciuszko Foundation, 5 East 65th Street NY, NY 10065 USA
See clip here! SPONSORSHIP GRAND BENEFACTOR - $10,000 10 Gala complimentary tickets — Special recognition at the Gala event — Page ad and Grand Benefactor Listing on the GBI website — Promotion on the GBI website — Mention in the Newsletter — Lunch with the GBI Honorary President — 10 Complimentary raffle tickets or 10 [...]
International Bioethics Summer School, Bangkok, Thailand, Held August 5-9, 2019
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Crossing Borders for Fertility Services – Panel Discussion
New reproductive and genetic technologies are providing people with the opportunity almost allover the world to have children. Variations in legislation across countries, however, are giving place to the phenomenon of cross-border reproductive care, where people cross international borders to access a [...]
International Bioethics Summer School, 2015
Graduations always signify turning points; we’re so glad that our participants spent these past few weeks with us, and we hope they have learned a lot! We know we have! It is our hope that [...]
21st Century Organized Crime: Organ Trafficking and Human Rights – Film Screening and Panel Discussion
NEW YORK, December 12, 2014: Global Bioethics Initiative held a screening of the HBO documentary film: "Tales from the Organ Trade." An expert panel discussion followed the screening with special guests: Dr. Bruce Elliot Gelb, M.D., F.A.C.S., Director [...]
“Is Aging Reversible? Can We Reset the Clock?”- Panel Discussion
NEW YORK, February 10, 2014: Ana Lita attended the recent panel discussion entitled, “Is Aging Reversible? Can We Reset the Clock?” organized by the German Center for Research and Innovation, located at the German House, [...]
Film Screening “Tales From the Organ Trade” and Panel Discussion
NEW YORK, October 28, 2013: Global Bioethics Initiative in partnership with HBO Documentary Films Division organized a special private screening event of " Tales from the Organ Trade" followed by an expert panel discussion and [...]
Crimes of 21st Century: Organ Trafficking, Global Health and Security
NEW YORK, Feb 14, 2013: Poverty, widespread violence, lack of educational opportunities and limited access to resources are marginalizing large segments of the population globally. Vulnerable people become easy prey to illicit trafficking, often leading to terrorist [...]
Governments and Business Convene on Global Aging at the United Nations Foundation
“It is in the private sector’s interest to invest in the health of older people” said Ambassador Luis-Alfonso de Alba at a panel luncheon in July hosted by the Business Council for the UN and [...]
Benefits of Donating Organs
Dr. Ana Lita discussed how the donation of human organs, such as hearts, kidneys, and livers can save lives. She provided information about how Texans can donate their organs for transplant, how donated organs are distributed [...]