August 2023 Bioethics Workshop

Romanell Center Bioethics Workshop, August 12, 2023: The day-long event featured presentations and discussions by Romanell fellows and others. John Maier (Bentley College/Cedar Clinic) delivered the keynote, “Harm Reduction as Reasonable Accommodation".  

Romanell Center Bioethics Workshop Program

9:00-9:30 Breakfast 

9:30-10:30 Delaney McNulty (University at Buffalo Graduate Student) “Brainstem Death as the Criterion for Death of the Person.”

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:45 Rebeca Walker (University at North Carolina) ‘Physicians and Punishment: Ethics Beyond Oaths and Codes.”

11:45-2:00 Lunch 

2:00-3:00 Peihong (Karl) Xie (University at Buffalo Graduate Student) “Brutal Identity.”

3:00-3:15 Break 

3:15-4:15 Robert Kelly (Romanell Fellow/Bakersfield College) “Addiction is a Disability, and Whether this Matters.”

4:15-4:30 Break 

4:30-6:30 Keynote Address: John Maier (Bentley College/Cedar Clinic) “Harm Reduction as Reasonable Accommodation."

7:00 Dinner

For more information or advanced copies of the papers contact David Hershenov at dh25@buffalo.edu