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Service User Experience in Mental Health, 12th May 2017

Conference Organizer: HC-UK Friday 12th May 2017 De Vere West One, London Abstract: Through national updates, lived experience and practical case studies the conference will provide a step by step guide to measuring, monitoring and improving service user experience in mental health services. Expert sessions will focus on monitoring adherence to the NICE Quality Standard on… Read more »

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Genomics and Society: Expanding the ELSI Universe, June 5th-7th 2017

Conference Organizer: ELSI Congress Monday 5th-Wednesday 7th June 2017 The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine and UConn Health, 10 Discovery Drive Farmington, CT USA 06032 Abstract: This 4th ELSI Congress is the latest in a series of major conferences for researchers and others interested in the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of genomic research.… Read more »

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First International Congress of Bioethics: Vulnerability, Justice and Global Health, March 30th-31st 2017

Conference Organizer: Global Bioethics Thursday 30th-Friday 31st March 2017 Aula Magna de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas, Sociales y de la Comunicación Sección Ciencias de la Información Camino La Hornera 37, 38205 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain Abstract: An international meeting of experts in Bioethics field, from diferent disciplines as Philosophy,… Read more »

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MQ launches fifth annual Fellows funding call – Deadline for applications April 25th 17.00 BST

Today we’ve launched our fifth annual Fellows call for researchers exploring new and better ways to understand, treat and prevent mental illness. Our Fellows Award funds the best and brightest early-career scientists and clinicians pursuing a career in mental health research....

Caroline Miles Visiting Scholarship – Deadline for proposals 24 April 2017

The Caroline Miles Visiting Scholarship is funded by the Ethox Foundation and is awarded annually to a post-doctoral or early career researcher to visit the Ethox Centre. The value of the scholarship is up to £2000, and is intended to...

31st European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care: Emerging Technologies in Healthcare, 16th-19th August

Event Organizer: European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare and Center for the Study of Bioethics (Belgrade) 16th-19th August Hotel M Bulevar Oslobođenja 56a 11000 Belgrade Abstract: This conference will be organized by the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare (http://espmh.org) and the Center for the Study of Bioethics from Belgrade (www.csb.eu.com).… Read more »

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Maggio, R. and N. Emmerich (2017) “The Ethics of Excluding Potentially Off-Putting Details From the Recruitment Materials for Perspective Research Participants.” SAGE Research Methods

Abstract In preparation for the fieldwork component of our research on the ethics of early intervention, I had to negotiate my research routines with three main subjects: the Central University Research Ethics Committee at the University of Oxford, the Research...

Young People’s Advisory Group

October 2019: We are currently recruiting new members for our Young People's Advisory Group We are currently seeking young people in school years 9-12, who are interested in learning more about ethics, mental health, and policy, to join our YPAG...

Chasing “Normal”: When Do Scientific Representations of Autism Hinder the Search for Effective Interventions?

by Kristen Gillespie-Lynch, The City University of New York What do you really think autism is? When one autism researcher asked four other autism researchers this, our answers were strikingly different. Viewpoints on autism are as diverse as autism itself...

Postdoctoral researcher Gabriela Pavarini and DPhil student Arianna Manzini commence work on the Citizens: EIE project

This autumn, two new BeGOOD team members joined the Citizens: EIE project. Citizens: EIE aims to investigate young people’s moral attitudes to, and judgements about a range of early intervention strategies to manage moral and behavioural development. Working with young...