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“Ought” and “Is”: The Empirical Neuroethics of Smart Drugs

by Meghana Vagwala, BeGOOD summer intern at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford “Work hard, play hard…” …is the unofficial campus credo of my home institution, Duke University. Though a well-intentioned motto, it has recently come under fire as...

Ilina Singh hosts ethics discussions with young students at John Mason School, Abingdon, for the Oxfordshire Science Festival

On June 27 as part of the Oxfordshire Science Festival, Professor Ilina Singh hosted a discussion event for students of the John Mason School (Key stages 3 & 4) exploring the ethics of involving children in medical research. Prof. Ilina...

Dr Rodolfo Maggio will attend a workshop on ‘Maternal and Infant Health and Nutrition in Indonesia’, Padang, 28th August – 1st September 2016

We are delighted to announce that Dr Rodolfo Maggio will participate in the following workshop: 'Maternal and Infant Health and Nutrition in Indonesia: An interdisciplinary workshop exploring opportunities and challenges for collaborative research, policy and practice development' Padang, Indonesia, 28...

Summer interns commence work on the development of a Young People’s Involvement and Engagement group

The main project on which the students will be working during their time with BeGOOD is background research into the development of a Young People's Involvement and Engagement group in the Department of Psychiatry. They will be carrying out online...

Student intern Meghana Vagwala joins the BeGOOD team this summer

Meghana Vagwala This summer Meghana is interning with the BeGOOD team in the Department of Psychiatry. She is rising third-year student and Angier B. Duke Scholar at Duke University in North Carolina. Last year, she studied a course titled Science,...

“I’m Sorry but You’re Just Not Thin Enough Yet” – The Urgent Need for Early Intervention in Anorexia Nervosa

by Nancy Tucker, author of The Time In Between: A Memoir of Hunger and Hope (Icon Books). If one books an appointment to have a suspicious lump, bump or mole examined by a doctor, one expects any untoward findings to...

Mortimer, R., Mothers & Mentors: Teaching Ethical and Natural Care in Home Visiting Programs, ABSTRACT accepted for conference

Abstract accepted for the International Association of Bioethics (IAB) Conference, Edinburgh, 14-17 June 2016 Abstract (poster presentation): Can professional carers teach mothers how to care as mothers? Campbell identifies a conflict between justice and care that renders the very idea...