Past Events:

Lawrence O. Gostin, JD from the Georgetown University Law Center spoke on law and public policy related to the treatment and prevention of health problems associated with obesity on June 28, 2007.

Peter Albert David Singer, Ira W. De Camp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University,  Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, "The Ethics of What We Eat" on March 21, 2006.

Barbara J. Daly, RN, Ph.D., FAAN, University Hospitals Bioethicist and Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, spoke on the topic "Decision Making for Patients Without Proxies" on May 3, 2005.

Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH, Director of the AMA's Institute for Ethics, spoke on "Health Care Ethics and the Quality Improvement Movement" on April 20, 2005.

Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D., NASA's Chief Bioethicist, spoke on the topic "Designing Our Descendents" on April 7, 2005.

Johnathon S. Ross, Ph.D., past President and member of the board of Physicians for a National Health Program, spoke on "The Ethics and Politics of Health Care Reform" on March 2, 2005.

Marianne La Porte Matzo, Ph.D., Soros Scholar for “Project on Death in America”, spoke on the topic "In Their Own Words: Oncology Nurses Discuss Assistance in Dying" on December 17, 2004.

Joseph Betancourt, MD, spoke on the Institute of Medicine's goal to eliminate healthcare disparities on June 3, 2004.

Norman Daniels, PhD, Professor, Harvard School of Public Health spoke on April 16, 2004.

John Kitzhaber, MD, former governor of Oregon 1994-2002 spoke at CSU ebruary 18, 2004.

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Past Speakers:

Thomas Murray, President, The Hastings Institute, consulted with the Bioethics Center and spoke to academic and community associates of the center on November 1, 2002

Hilde Lindemann Nelson, PhD a bioethicist nationally known for her contributions to narrative approaches to bioethics, was the featured speaker at a conference on April 21, 2001.