News & Annoucements

Elizabeth Bogdan-Lovis

• Published “Introduction: Gift Horse or Trojan Horse? Social Science Perspectives on Evidence-based Health Care” with H. Lambert and E. J. Gordon. 2006, Social Science and Medicine 62(11): 2613-2620.
• Guest co-edited same June 2006 special issue of Social Science and Medicine 62(11). (Co-editors H. Lambert, E. J. Gordon and E. A. Bogdan-Lovis).
• Co-authored, with Aron Sousa, “The Contextual Influence of Professional Culture: Certified Nurse-Midwives’ Knowledge of and Reliance on Evidence-Based Practice” in same June 2006 special issue of Social Science and Medicine 62(11): 2681-2693.

P. Sean Brotherton

• Presented “Shifting State Ideologies, Incipient Capitalism, and Cuba’s Changing Therapeutic Itinerary” at Cuba: In Transition? Pathways to Renewal, Long-Term Development and Global Reintegration” at Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, The Graduate Centre, City University of New York (March 2006).
• Presented “La batalla de ideologías: A Historical Examination of El Bloqueo in Contemporary Cuba” at the International Business Law Course, The Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University (April 2006).

Harry Perlstadt

• Gave a short talk on dealing with IRBs at the First Annual Conference sponsored by Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, Oakland CA (July 2006).
• Presented “Network Support for Dealing with IRBs in Multi-Site Clinical Trials: A Research Proposal” at North Central Sociological Association Meetings, Indianapolis (March 2006).
• Presented “How Has the Concept of Disease Changed, and to What Consequence? The Case of ADHD” at the Ninth Annual National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference, Notre Dame University (March 2006).
• Gave talk on “Definitions of Benefit and Risk in Practice Based Research” at the International Conference on Clinical Sociology, Salerno, Italy (June 2006).
• Presented “Creative Ethical Problem Solving in Human Research: Challenges and Solutions for Researchers and Ethics Committees” Oakland, CA. (July 2006).

 Gerald Schatz

• Elected to the Executive Committee of the Teaching International Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law.

Tom Tomlinson

• Published “Futility beyond CPR: The Case of Dialysis” in Healthcare Ethics Committee Forum 2006.
• Presented “Organ Donation after Cardiac Death” at Northern Michigan Hospital, Petosky, MI (June 2006).
• Appointed as Chair of CHM's Task Force on Conflicts of Interest.