Save the Date! In March the International Week Against Racism will once again take place–and AG MEDoRa is taking part. On March 27 and 28 our AG MEDoRa will host a staged reading entitled “Leaves from the Family Tree” More information about MEDoRa here: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet... #IWgR26

Last week our qualitative research team visited Copenhagen for a joint #workshop with colleagues at UCPH on qualitative methods in #STS & #bioethics, focusing on digital health care in Germany and Denmark. Great discussions, new ideas — and #Copenhagen stole our hearts!

Ein weiteres Semester mit tollen Vorträgen unserer Reihe Ethik @ Lunch geht zu ende! Doch wer möchte, kann auch in den Semesterferien die Vorträge anschauen. Auf unserer Website sind (fast) alle bisherigen Vorträge als Video zu finden. Hier der Link: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet...

Our colleague Ruth Horn has been knighted! She has received the Order of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques, one of the highest orders for services to French education. The award honors her service to France through her scientific work and policy advisory activities. Congratulations!

Ethik @ Lunch continues! Tomorrow Marcin Waligóra (Jagiellonian University Kraków, Poland) will give the following talk: „Direct and surrogate benefit in cancer clinical trials“ Don’t forget to sign up for Ethic@Lunch on our Website: 👉 www.uni-augsburg.de/med/ethiklunch #Bioethics

📢 CfP update! The deadline for submissions to the special issue “Gendered Ageism in Healthcare: A Critical Analysis of Structural Inequities” has been extended to 21 March 2026. Guest editors: @elangmann.bsky.social, Sandra Kurkowski, @nadiaprimc.bsky.social 🔗 link.springer.com/collections/...

Neue Werke zur Augsburger Medizingeschichte: Am 22.01.26 stellen Klaus Wolf und Werner Bartens auf dem Medizincampus der Uni Augsburg von 17:00-18:30Uhr ihre neuen Werke vor! Herzliche Einladung an alle Interessierten! Mehr Infos unter: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/forschung... #medizingeschichte

📢 Good news zum Wochenstart: Mein Buch „Ageismus im Gesundheitswesen“ wurde im Rahmen der DFG-geförderten Open-Access-Transformation (FID Philosophie) ausgewählt und ist ab heute Open Access verfügbar. www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7... #ageismus #gesundheit #medizinethik #openaccess

We’re pleased to welcome Tenzin Wangmo (University of Basel, Switzerland) in our Series Ethik @ Lunch this Friday! Her talk is titled: „Ethical issues in the use of smart gerontechnologies“ Don’t forget to sign up for Ethic@Lunch on our Website: 👉 www.uni-augsburg.de/med/ethiklunch #Bioethics

Tomorrow Ralf Jox (Lausanne University Hospital) and Rouven Porz (University of Bern) will give the following talk: „Wenn es ernst wird – ethische Entscheidungen im klinischen Alltag“ Don’t forget to sign up for Ethic@Lunch on our Website: 👉 www.uni-augsburg.de/med/ethiklunch #Bioethics

Tamar Nov-Klainman and Ruth Horn co-authored two commentaries recently published in the American Journal of Bioethics.. In their commentaries they critically engage the articles by Holmes et. al. and Katherine MacDuffle et al., wich were also publish in the AJOB. #GenomicTesting

Am Mittwoch, den 26.11.2025, von 15-19 Uhr stellen studentische AGs und Initiativen sich und ihre Arbeit in der Aula des Medizincampus der #UniversitätAugsburg im Rahmen der "Initativenstraße" vor! Darunter auch die AG Medizin ohne #Rassismus (MEDoRA). Herzliche Einladung an alle Interessierten!

Ethical advise for municipalities! For the third time, @veriwil.bsky.social taught public-health ethics at the "Kontextcheck" training series run by LVG/AfS in Hanover. You’re interested to learn more about the "Kontextcheck"? Follow the link below: 👉 www.kontextcheck.de #publichealth

Ethic@Lunch continues! Tomorrow Sridhar Venkatapuram (King´ s College London) will give the following talk: „Why does the epidemiology of positive health/wellbeing need much better ethics?“ Don’t forget to sign up for Ethic@Lunch on our Website: 👉 www.uni-augsburg.de/med/ethiklunch #bioethics

Architecture helps healing! On November 14, 2025 Coburg University of Applied Sciences will host the symposium “LA INFIRMITA: How Healing Architecture Comes to Life!” @davidfreis.bsky.social will be among the speakers! Finde all information about the Symposion here: lnkd.in/expnC9kq

New Paper! Adeline Perrot, Tamar Nov-Klaiman, Hilary Bowman-Smart and Ruth Horn published the final Paper of their project on non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) in England, France and Germany. Follow the Link to read the Article: reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Soeben erschienen: Historia Hospitalium, Bd. 33, "Das Krankenhaus der Zukunft". 🏥 Mit sieben Beiträgen über Planungen, Utopien, Architektur und Krankenhäuser im Spannungsfeld unterschiedlicher Zukunftsentwürfe. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #histmed

Verina Wild im Interview beim rbb! Am 22.10.25 war Verina Wild im Interview beim rbb. Gesprochen wurde über eine Studie des RKI mit Erkenntnissen über das Verhältnis von Depressionen und Armut. Hört gerne in das spannende Interview! #Depression #Bioethics www.inforadio.de/rubriken/int...

Ethik @ Lunch starts this Friday! Angela Martin will give the first talk in our Ethik @ Lunch series. Her talk: “The Notion of Benefit in Animal Research: An Ethical Analysis.” We look forward to her talk! You find more information on our website: www.uni-augsburg.de/med/ethiklunch #Bioethics

Just published: our scoping review on the ethical dimensions of intelligent assistive technologies for ageing at home. We map 21 key issues - autonomy, privacy, relationships, safety & more - and ask whether principlism is suitable to guide evaluation: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #bioethics

Ethics@Lunch is back from the summer break! On October 17th, our online lecture series continues, and we are excited to share the program for the winter term. Visit our website for further information: www.uni-augsburg.de/med/ethiklunch We look forward to welcoming you! #PublicHealth #Bioethics

Ethik @ Lunch continues! In the final talk of our series, Tanja Henking (Technische Hochschule Würzburg- Schweinfurt, Germany) will speak on: "§218 - Diskussion ohne Ergebnis?" Interested? Sign up here: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet... #Ethics #Bioethics

Ethik @ Lunch continues this Friday! This week Emmanuel Delille (Centre Marc Bloch, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Germany) will give a talk on: „Historicising Global Mental Health“ We warmly invite you to join us! 🔗 Program & access: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet... #bioethics

Welcome to our Ethics@Lunch talk tomorrow at 12 CEST. @profemmakowal.bsky.social will speak about historical legacies that haunt genomics research in Australia: "Genomic research with Indigenous populations: historical legacies and future promise". More info here: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet...

Please note - The title of the talk has changed to „Genomic research with Indigenous populations: historical legacies and future promise“ #bioethics See you tomorrow for a great talk and speaker 😊👇🏻 @profemmakowal.bsky.social

Enjoying good times and loooong chats about climate, environment, health and #bioethics / justice with our wonderful guest researcher Bridget Pratt! 😊 with Katharina Wabnitz and @cristiantimmermann.bsky.social (who is missing on the picture) at @iehhs.bsky.social at University of Augsburg.

Ethik @ Lunch continues this Friday! We are excited to welcome @profemmakowal.bsky.social (Deakin University, Australia) for a talk on: "Ethics of Qualitative Research in Minority Settings" We warmly invite you to join us! 🔗 Program & access: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet... #bioethics

Thinking about joining our workshop today? You're welcome to join spontaneously! Just email Katharina Wabnitz ([email protected]) to participate. www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet...

Here is a first glimpse at the agenda for tomorrow's workshop: Interdisciplinary Health Perspectives on Justice and Vulnerability in the Context of Environmental Changes. Would you like to join via Zoom or in person? Then sign up here: terminplaner6.dfn.de/b/19cbeee190... #bioethics

Ethik @ Lunch continues tomorrow! We are excited to welcome Mehrunisha Suleman (University of Oxford) for a talk on: "Should Medicine Be Colour Blind? Racism in Medicine" 06 June 2025 | 12:00–12:45 CEST | Online | English Program & access: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet... #bioethics #racism

Current environmental changes increasingly impact health, justice, and vulnerability. Join our workshop on June 12 to discuss these issues! For more details, visit our website: www.uni-augsburg.de/en/fakultaet... @veriwil.bsky.social @unifr.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social #bioethics

Ethik @ Lunch continues this Friday, May 23, with Eric Racine speaking on "Living Ethics and the É-LABO Living Ethics Lab Project: Experimental Models of Participatory Ethics" 🕛 12:00–12:45 CEST | Online | English More information: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet... #Bioethics

Herzliche Einladung zur Podiumsdiskussion: Macht Rassismus krank? 📅 7. Mai, 19–21 Uhr | 📍 Augustanasaal, Augsburg Wir diskutieren die Folgen von Rassismus für die Gesundheit – und was wir dagegen tun können. Weitere Infos: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet... #Gesundheit #Rassismus #MEDoRA

Important update for Ethik @ Lunch registration! Due to a time error, the registration had to be updated. 👉 Please register again using the new link: uni-augsburg.zoom.us/meeting/regi... We look forward to seeing you at Ethik @ Lunch! #bioethics

Ethik @ Lunch continues this Friday, May 9! Mark Schweda (University of Oldenburg) will speak on: “Intergenerational Issues in Healthcare Ethics: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Research Perspectives” 🕛 12:00–12:45 CEST | Online | English 👉: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet... #Bioethics

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We are happy to share some impressions from our colleague @elangmann.bsky.social's research residency at Fondation Brocher in Switzerland! 👏 #bioethics

Reminder! This is happening tomorrow! 👇 #bioethics

New paper by Christin Hempeler, @hbowmansmart.bsky.social, Tamar Nov-Klaiman & @ruthhorn.bsky.social on current debates around abortion law in Germany — now in JME (Open Access): jme.bmj.com/content/earl... #bioethics #reproductiverights

New publication out by our colleague @ruthhorn.bsky.social and her co-authors Angeliki Kerasidou, Jennifer Merchant & the UK-FR+GENE Consortium. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #genomics #bioethics

Very happy to see our article with the UK-FR-D+GENE Consortium out, where we explore the complex issue of value of large-scale genomic programmes for society. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ethik @ Lunch is back for summer term 2025! We will start on April 25th with Shmuel Reis (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) on: "The Lancet Commission on Medicine, Nazism and the Holocaust Report – Key Recommendations and Impact" 👉 lnkd.in/dxTvarcX Join us for this and many more inspiring sessions!

📢 Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) gesucht! Wir suchen Unterstützung im Bereich Public Health Ethics (ca. 40 Std./Monat, flexibel). Alle Infos zur Stelle & Bewerbung: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet/med/aufbau/stellen/studentische-hilfskrafte-mwd-gesucht #bioethik #bioethics #PublicHealth #job

Herzliche Einladung zur Podiumsdiskussion: Macht Rassismus krank? 📅 7. Mai, 19–21 Uhr | 📍 Augustanasaal, Augsburg Wir diskutieren die Folgen von Rassismus für die Gesundheit – und was wir dagegen tun können. Weitere Infos: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet... #Gesundheit #Rassismus #MEDoRA

Some impressions from a research visit by our institute’s director @veriwil.bsky.social 👇 #bioethics

New paper by our colleagues Tamar Nov-Klaiman and @ruthhorn.bsky.social, co-authored with @hbowmansmart.bsky.social. They explore how practical and societal barriers to accessing a termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly in Germany impact women's reproductive autonomy and wellbeing. #bioethics

New publication coauthored by our colleague @elangmann.bsky.social 🎉

Unser DFG-gefördertes Forschungsprojekt zur Marginalisierung im Gesundheitswesen ist in der neuen Ausgabe von Wissenschaft & Forschung in Augsburg! Zum Artikel & zur Ausgabe: www.uni-augsburg.de/de/campusleb... #Bioethik #Gesundheit #PublicHealth

Blog post by our colleague @elangmann.bsky.social 👇 #publichealth #endometriosis #bioethics

Neue Publikation! Unser Artikel "Handlungsempfehlungen zum Einsatz von Symptom-Checker-Apps im Gesundheitskontext – basierend auf den Ergebnissen aus dem Projekt CHECK.APP" ist in Ethik in der Medizin erschienen! 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #SymptomChecker #PublicHealth #Bioethics