11.10.2018New Publication

Anna Deplazes and Nikola Biller-Andorno published an opinion article on different explanations of life and synthetic biology in the science and society section of EMBO Reports.
EMBO Rep. 2012 Oct 12. doi: 10.1038/embor.2012.150. [Epub ahead of print] The full article is available for download here

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New Publication: «Abortion Rights: Proposed Legislation in Italy.»
Lecture on “Sociological Perspectives on Gender Specific Medicine”
Roberto Andorno appointed to the UNESCO Expert Group on the Ethics of Neurotechnology
IBME paper ranked within the top 10%
IBME research article has been featured in Forbes
Dr. Spitale to Speak at Voices - European Festival of Journalism and Media Literacy
New Publication: Ethical reflections on organizing the first human trial of artificial womb technologies
PhD candidate selected by WHO
IBME welcomes Dr. Andrea Ferrario as a new member of its team.
Nikola Biller-Andorno spricht zur Rolle der KI in der Medizin und den ethischen Implikationen.
New publication: Exploring the role of AI in classifying, analyzing, and generating case reports on assisted suicide cases: feasibility and ethical implications
Join us this Friday! Webinar ‘Access to Healthcare: Therapies for Rare Diseases. What is Fair?’
«Work in Progress» Workshop
Forum for Global Health Ethics – Upcoming Webinar: «Access to Healthcare: Therapies for Rare Diseases. What is Fair?»
Beitrag am SRF Radio / Podcast
Save the date: «Make People Better»
New Publication: «An ethics framework for social listening and infodemic management»
Nikola Biller-Andorno presenting at the DHD LL Healthathon 2023
New Publication: «The future of FemTech ethics & privacy – a global perspectivey»
New Publication: «Perspectives on Prenatal Genetic Testing, Screening, and Counseling: A Swiss Study»
New Publication: Proportionality and Mexico's pandemic management during the COVID-19 crisis
DIPEx International Meeting 2023
New Publication: "Neurosurveillance in the workplace: do employers have the right to monitor employees' minds?"
New Publication: Eleonora Viganò’s new article on Philosophy & Technology has been published
Positionspapier zu «Gute Praxis Erfahrungsberichte» am 25.08.23 veröffentlicht: DIPEx-Schweiz am IBME war Teil des multidisziplinären Expertengremiums des Deutsche Netzwerk Gesundheitskompetenz (DNGK).
IBME / WHO work on the ethics of social listening and infodemic management presented at the conference on Governance of Social Listening in the context of Serious Health Threats in Hong Kong
Save the date: Ethiktag am USZ «Planetary Health im Spital»
Upcoming: PhD student Rasita Vinay will defend her doctoral thesis titled, «A bioethical perspective on navigating dementia care».
New Publication: "Black box algorithms in mental health apps: An ethical reflection" by Tania Manríquez Roa & Nikola Biller-Andorno in Bioethics
Giovanni Spitale Accepted to Swissnex San Francisco Science Communication Bootcamp to Develop Graphic Novel on Pandemic Ethics
IBME Study on AI Model GPT-3 Makes Global Impact
Isabelle Karzig ist neu Vizepräsidentin der SGBE
New publication: AI model GPT-3 (dis)informs us better than humans
Forschungsstudie: Moral distress bei ärztlichen Führungspersonen im Schweizer Klinikalltag –
Status quo und Lösungsperspektiven
Event: Magic Medicine – Können halluzinogene Pilze depressive Erkrankungen heilen?
Interview of Johann Roduit in NZZ am Sonntag: «Human Enhancement» – auf dem Weg zum Supermenschen
New publication by Jürg Streuli and Eva Bergsträsser
Neue Publikation von Nina Streeck: „Sterbewünsche – medizinethisch-empirische Zugänge“
New Opinion Paper in The Lancet Psychiatry by Manuel Trachsel, Martin grosse Holtforth, Nikola Biller-Andorno, and Paul S. Appelbaum
New publication by Nikola Biller-Andorno: Professionalism and ethics in animal research
Save the date! Tag der Lehre (Open day) 4.11.2015 at the IBME
Registration for the 2015 Zurich Intensive Bioethics Course is still open
Vortrag von Nina Streeck über die „Grenzen der Professionalisierung in der Palliative Care“
'The augmented human: a dream coming true. 'Interview of Johann Roduit in H+ Magazine
Joint WHO Meeting on Ethics Guidance for Health Systems and Policy Research in collaboration with the University of Zurich
New special symposium in Public Health Ethics edited by Verina Wild, Deborah Zion and Richard Ashcroft
New Paper in The American Journal of Bioethics by Manuel Trachsel, Verina Wild, Tanja Krones, and Nikola Biller-Andorno
Registration for the 2015 Zurich Intensive Bioethics Course (13-15.11.15) is open!
Neue Publikation: Was bezeichnet Einwilligungsfähigkeit / Urteilsfähigkeit?
Gespräch zu Biotechnologie und Artenschutz in der Zeitschrift HOTSPOT
"Superhumains.ch: offrir des outils réflexifs aux jeunes adultes": New article by Vincent Menuz and Johann Roduit published in Valais Valeur Ajoutée
New column by Johann Roduit published in l'Hebdo: "L’humain augmenté: entre amélioration et déshumanisation"
Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno im Gastkommentar zum Thema „Fortpflanzungsmedizin“ in der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung NZZ
Interview „Wir fragen, was Menschen denken“ mit Nikola Biller-Andorno und Markus Huppenbauer zu Aufgabe und Funktionsweise von Ethik im UZH Magazin
Prof. Biller-Andorno im Radiobetrag „Der Tag“ im Hessischen Rundfunk zum Thema „Korrekturen? Das Unbehagen in der Biomedizin“
Dr. Vincent Menuz will present the project superhumains.ch in a Scientific Café
Dr Johann Roduit to take up position at the new Center for Medical Humanities, University of Zurich
New Publication: Different Understandings of Life as an Opportunity to Enrich the Debate About Synthetic Biology
"Double Trouble? Towards an Epistemology of Co-infection" - New article on TB/HIV co-infection by Janina Kehr featured in Medicine, Anthropology, Theory
New book by Niklaus Ingold on sunlight and health in medicine and beyond
Soon immortality?
Neuer Artikel „Will ich 100 werden?“ von Prof. Biller-Andorno im Tages Anzeiger Magazin
Johann Roduit was invited to give a response to Prof. Nicholas Agar regarding his latest book: Truly Human Enhancement. Slides are available online.
New article published and illustrated: “Modifier l’espèce humaine ou l’environnement? Les transhumanistes face à la crise écologique”, by Gabriel Dorthe and Johann Roduit. Published in Bioethica Forum. Illustrated by N. Stepanova (Arts-form association).
New article: Personal biases in decision-making capacity evaluations
Beitrag von Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno im Radio Top zum Thema „Fallpauschalen“
Interview mit Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno in der "Schweizerischen Ärztezeitung"
Artikel zur IBME Studie „Einführung Fallpauschalen“ im Tages Anzeiger
Birth weight, malnutrition and kidney-assocaited outcomes - a global concern
"Der bessere Mensch und die Angst" - Article in the Zürcher Studierendenzeitung (ZS) about the 2015 Winter School on Human Enhancement
New article published in the Monash Bioethics Review. Evaluating human enhancements: the importance of ideals. By Johann A R Roduit, Holger Baumann, Jan-Christoph Heilinger.
Nikola Biller-Andorno appointed as member of working group on the ethics of implementation research.
Dr Carina Fourie to take up position at the University of Washington
Participants of the Superhumains.ch project were interviewed by the Radio télévision suisse (RTS)
New article: Impact of the DRG-based reimbursement system on patient care and professional practise: perspectives of Swiss hospital physicians
New article by Zümrüt Alpinar-Sencan: Reconsidering Kantian Arguments Against Organ Selling
Vers l'homme augmenté - interview of Johann Roduit in la Tribune de Genève
A Social Understanding of Dignity: A Promising Approach in the Organ Selling Debate, by Zümrüt Alpinar-Sencan
Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno zum Thema "Steigende Medikamentenpreise" im SRF Wirtschaftsmagazin "Trend"
Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno beim Deutschen Ethikrat zum Thema "Medizin und Ökonomie"
Program Research Colloquium on Biomedical Ethics Spring Semester 2015
PD Dr. Rouven Porz wurde an der Universität Bern im Fach Medizinethik habilitiert
Neuer Artikel von Tobias Eichinger "Die Inszenierung unserer reproduktiven Zukunft – Dokumentarfilmische Narrative im bioethischen Diskurs" in Ethik in der Medizin (online first)
Neuer Beitrag von Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno im Roadmap-Blog „Nachhaltiges Gesundheitssystem“ der Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz
L’humain face aux technologies - interview of Johann Roduit in La Liberté
Kommentar von Manuel Trachsel in der SRF-Tagesschau vom 03.01.2015 zu psychiatrischen Patientenverfügungen
Artikel von Nina Streeck im Bioethica Forum
Johann Roduit was an invited speaker at the PI Symposium in Monthey
Registration is now open for the 2015 Zurich Winter School on the ethics of human enhancement
SNSF press release on the "Assessment of decision-making capacity"
Interview mit Nikola Biller-Andorno in der Zürcher Studierendenzeitung zum Thema "Schmerzmittel sind keine Heilsbringer"
Interview mit Nikola Biller-Andorno auf Radio SRF2 zum Thema "Die Mittel gegen Ebola auf dem Prüfstand"
Effy Vayena's research on participant-led research was discussed in a Wall Street Journal article
New publication on physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and assessment practices concerning medical decision-making capacity
Ethik-Café am IBME
Effy Vayena has published a new paper in "The Lancet"
New article by Christian Ineichen et al. published in "Frontiers in Human Neuroscience": A critical reflection on the technological development of deep brain stimulation (DBS)
Effy Vayena is an invited speaker at the European Health Forum Gastein 2014
New book review of "The Ethics of the New Eugenics" by Johann Roduit, published in Med Health Care and Philos
Invitation to conference December 19th/20th, 2014: "The ethics of health incentive programs"
SNSF funding for project on wishes to die
Assessing mental capacity: How much and what kind of standardization is appropriate?
Superhumains.ch est lancé!
Effy Vayena has published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on the ethics of the Facebook experiment
Ethics project in the NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering
Nikola Biller-Andorno im SRF zur Ebola-Epidemie und dem Einsatz noch nicht ausreichend getesteter Medikamente
Effy Vayena's e-letter on "Asking the right autonomy question in direct to consumer genomics" in the Journal of Medical Ethics
Nikola Biller-Andorno on Screening for Breast Cancer at BBC Radio 4 (Podcast)
New Publication by Johann Roduit, Vincent Menuz and Holger Baumann. Book Chapter: Human Enhancement: Living Up to the Ideal Human
New article by Manuel Trachsel, Helena Hermann, and Nikola Biller-Andorno in American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
Effy Vayena was awarded a grant from the Brocher Foundation
New paper by Nikola Biller-Andorno and Caroline Clarinval on "Disaster Bioethics"
Effy Vayena's Rapid Response on enabling patient partnerships in the British Medical Journal
The Huffington Post interviewed Johann Roduit regarding the movie "Transcendence"
Nikola Biller-Andorno in einem Beitrag zur Übertherapie in der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung
Op-ed by Johann Roduit published in Le Temps: "Quand la technologie investit le foot"
Three Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) Project Fundings
Nikola Biller-Andorno delivers welcome address at Jewish Medical Ethics Conference in Stein am Rhein, May 8, 2014
Registration Summer School 2014 in Public Health Policy, Economics and Management in Lugano is now open.
New article by Effy Vayena in the Journal of Medical Ethics
New article by Judith Richter in the British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Neu erschienenes Buch von Nikola Biller-Andorno "Ethik und Recht in Medizin und Biowissenschaften"
Nikola Biller-Andorno in Tele Top on Breast Screening
New article by Nikola Biller-Andorno in the New England Journal of Medicine on Mammography Screening
New article by Effy Vayena and Christian Ineichen in Public Health Genomics
Effy Vayena's article in EMBO Reports
Effy Vayena's interview at the Swiss Re Center for Global Dialogue event
Urteilsfähigkeit: Ethische Relevanz, konzeptuelle Herausforderung und ärztliche Beurteilung
Nikola Biller-Andorno und Markus Christen im ELSA-Komitee des Human Brain Project
Effy Vayena's article on responsible innovation and science diplomacy
Interview Weltwoche mit Markus Christen über Chancen und Gefahren der Neurowissenschaft
SNFS-Agora Project Funding: Superhumains.ch
Johann Roduit, Op-ed published in "Le Temps", "Snowden et la Singularité: L’ère du super-ordinateur qui sait tout n’est peut-être plus très loin"
Johann Roduit's blog post, selected to be published in the 2014 Anthology of the best science blogs
Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno im SRF zum "social freezing"
Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno in a Harvard Business Review Blog
Neuroenhancement among Swiss Students - A Comparison of Users and Non-Users
Editorial in Bioethics Special Issue by Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno
Neuer Artikel "Tumoren verschwinden lassen" von Effy Vayena
New article by Effy Vayena in Nature Biotechnology
Fall Semester's Ringvorlesung Program
New Publication by Johann Roduit in "Bulletin des médecins suisses"
Editorial by Effy Vayena and Barbara Prainsack
New article by Effy Vayena
AFE & IBME: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Project Funding
New Publication by Regula Ott
Neue Studie zur Suizidhilfe
New KZS support from the SAMS
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SAMS supports NFP67 research project
Interview Judy Illes
SNSF Mobility grants in projects
New Publication by Manuel Trachsel
SNSF Professorship
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Prof. Biller-Andorno für weitere Amtsperiode als Mitglied der Zentralen Ethikkommission der SAMW wiedergewählt
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2012 Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize: Runner-up awarded to Annette Rid
Intersexualität kontrovers
Ein Chemielabor in der Umkleidekabine
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Call for Papers for Workshop "Meeting the Authors: Ruth Faden and Madison Powers"
Global harmonization through public-private partnership: The case of pharmaceuticals
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