Events
The Neglected Soul: Ancient Monastic Teachings on Depression for the Modern World
January 12, 2027 – 8:00am to 9:00am Healthcare and Religion Lecture Daniel Ibraheem MD/MAR candidate Yale University Andreh Labib DO candidate Duquesne University Nasuti College of Medicine This presentation describes how the 4th century theologian Evagrius Ponticus’s…
HIV/AIDS, 1981-2026: A 45-year Retrospective
November 10, 2026 – 7:00pm to 8:00pm Sylvan E. Stool Memorial Lecture Victoria Harden, PhDFounding DirectorOffice of NIH History and the Stetten Museum, National Institutes of Health From June 1981 to mid-1996, just 15 years later, a new and deadly infectious disease,…
The Trip Treatment: The Ethics of Psychedelic Medicine
October 12, 2026 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm Ethics in Action: An Experiential Learning Seminar Series Laura Matthews, PhDTeaching Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of History and Philosophy of ScienceCore Faculty, Institute for Bioethics…
Clinical Ethics Cases Across State Lines
September 14, 2026 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm Ethics in Action: An Experiential Learning Seminar Series Megan Kitts, PhD, HEC-CAssistant ProfessorCenter for Global Health EthicsDuquesne University School of Nursing This talk will examine the role of law in clinical ethics…
“What Makes a Good Physician” in a Medieval Arabic Text
December 8, 2026 – 8:00am to 9:00am Healthcare and Religion Lecture Sami AhmadMD/PhD candidateUniversity of Pittsburgh Continuing medical education credit will be available for those in attendance. Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, Jewish Studies…
Workshop: The Philosophy of Diagnosis
September 14, 2026 – 9:00am to 5:00pm Diagnosis is central to the practice of medicine, yet it raises questions that medicine alone cannot answer. What is a diagnosis? What and who is it for? How do we deal with uncertainty about diagnosis and responsibility for it?…
Human Clinicians and Chaplains in the Age of AI
November 10, 2026 – 8:00am to 9:00am Healthcare and Religion Lecture Mary Moon, MTSMD candidateUniversity of Pittsburgh The Rev. Gaea Thompson, MDiv Manager, Pastoral Care, UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore Hospital Diplomate Supervisor for Clinical Pastoral Education,…
Subjectively Defective: American Jews, Disability, and Belonging in the Early 20th Century
October 13, 2026 – 8:00am to 9:00am Healthcare and Religion Lecture Hannah Zaves-Greene, PhDAuthor, Able to Be American: Disability in US Immigration Policy and the American Jewish Response Continuing medical education credit will be available for those in attendance….
The New Modern Medicine
September 22, 2026 – 7:00pm to 8:00pm Jonathan Fuller, MD, PhDAssociate Professor, Departments of Medicine and of History and Philosophy of ScienceCore faculty, Institute for Bioethics Dr. Jonathan Fuller will discuss his new book, The New Modern Medicine: Disease,…