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MEHU 10th Anniversary Celebration – Celebratory Events (March to July)

MEHU 10th Anniversary Celebration – Celebratory Events (March to July)

MEHU 10th Anniversary Celebration – Celebratory Events (March to July)

Celebratory Events (March to July)

Event in March

MH Conversations and Connections Series – Lunchtime Seminar
Title: “Uninformed Consent: Doctors, Lying, and Cancer in Japan”

Speaker:
Dr Aaron Hames

Discussant:
Dr Zohar Lederman

Date: 31 March, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Venue: Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre, 2/F, William M. W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam
Mode: In-person and Online via Zoom 

Event website: https://mehu.hku.hk/mhcc-1/


Events in April

MEHU Lunchtime Seminar Series
Title: “He Jiankui and The Ethics of Heritable Gene Editing”

Speakers:
Professor Danny Chan
Dr Ria Sinha

Date: 3 April, 2023 (Monday)
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Venue: Room A6-08, 6/F, William M.W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam
Mode: In-person

Event website: https://mehu.hku.hk/lunchtime-seminar-1/


MEHU Medical Ethics Webinar
Title: “Medical Ethics Gone Rogue? The Case Study of He Jiankui”

Moderator: Dr Zohar Lederman

Speakers:
Dr Arthur L. Caplan
Dr Robin Lovell-Badge
Dr G. Owen Schaefer
Dr Joy Y. Zhang
Dr Ria Sinha

Date: 4 April, 2023 (Tuesday)
Time: 10:30 pm (HK Time)
Mode: Online via Zoom Webinar

Event website: https://mehu.hku.hk/webinar-1/


MH Conversations & Connections Series
Title: “Medical Humanitarianism: The Hong Kong Rescue Team at the Türkiye Earthquake Disaster”

Speakers:
Dr Cecilia Fan
Mr Ng Ka lok
Mr Yeung Keung Sang
Mr Kwok Chin Fung

Date: 17 April, 2023 (Monday)
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Venue: TBC
Mode: In-Person and Online via Zoom

Event website: https://mehu.hku.hk/mhcc-2/


MH Conversations & Connections Series
Title: “Gender Affirming Practice: What Trans Individuals Want Their Doctors to Know”

Speakers:
Dr Zephyrus Tsang
Dr Brenda Alegra

Date: 28 April, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 12:30 – 2:15 pm
Venue: TBC
Mode: In-Person and Online via Zoom

Event website: https://mehu.hku.hk/mhcc-3/


Events in May

MH Conversations & Connections Series
Title: “Virtuous Medicine: Practical Compassion and Forgiveness in Medical Error”

Speakers:
Dr Carl Hidebrand
Dr Siddharth Sridhar

Date: 3 May, 2023 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:30 – 1:50 pm
Venue: Room A6-08, 6/F, William M.W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road
Mode: In-Person and Online via Zoom

Event website: https://mehu.hku.hk/mhcc-4/


Contemporary Issues in Bioethics and Health Humanities Series
Lunchtime Seminar

Title: “Opening the Blackbox of Clinical Psychedelic Therapies”

Speakers:
Dr Nicolas Langlitz
Dr Alex Gearin

Date: 11 May, 2023 (Thursday)
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Venue: Room A6-09, 6/F, William M.W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road
Mode: In-Person

Event website: https://mehu.hku.hk/cibhh-series-session5/


An Anthropological Lecture (co-organized by The Hong Kong Anthropological Society, MEHU and CMEL)
Title: “Psychedelics and the Crisis of Psychiatric Medicine”

Speakers:
Dr Nicolas Langlitz

Date: 12 May, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Lecture Hall, G/F, Hong Kong Museum of History, 100 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.
Mode: In-Person

Event website: https://mehu.hku.hk/anthropological-lecture/


Symposium on
Title: “Bioethics in a Post-Covid World”

International Speakers:
Prof Angus Dawson
Dr Anita Ho
Dr Karel Caals

Date: 18 May, 2023 (Thursday)
Time: 9:00 am – 5:45 pm
Venue: Room A6-09, 6/F, William M.W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road
Mode: In-Person

Event website: https://mehu.hku.hk/symposium-on-bioethics/


MEHU 10th Anniversary – Walking Field Trip
Title: “Healing Hong Kong: An Exploration of Local Medical Landmarks and Legacies”

Coordinators:
Dr Pauline Luk
Dr Ria Sinha

Date: 20 May, 2023 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am
Location: Western district, surrounding areas of HKU
Quota: 20 persons

Event website: https://mehu.hku.hk/walking-trip_20230520/


MEHU Seminar on
Title: “Artificial Doctoring and Quantified Selves: How Direct-to-Consumer Health Monitoring Devices May Compromise Relational Autonomy”

Speaker:
Dr Anita Ho

Discussants:
Dr Linus Huang
Dr Levi Mahonri Checketts

Date: 23 May, 2023 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:30 – 6:30 pm
Venue: Room A6-09, 6/F, William M.W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road
Mode: In-Person & Online via Zoom

Event website: https://mehu.hku.hk/talk_20230523/


Event in June

Contemporary Issues in Bioethics and Health Humanities Series
Lunchtime Seminar

Title: “Breaking Barriers: Achieving Disability Justice and Inclusion in Society”

Speaker:
Dr Sara May Bergstresser
Dr Cheryl Chui

Date: 8 June, 2023 (Thursday)
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Venue: Room A6-08, 6/F, William M.W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road
Mode: In-person and online via Zoom

Event website: https://mehu.hku.hk/cibhh-series-session6/


MH Conversations and Connections Series – Lunchtime Seminar
Title: “Physician Well-being and the Intersection with Medical Humanities with an Emphasis on Creative Writing”

Speaker:
Dr Jennifer H. Pien
Dr Tayyeba K. Ali

Date: 28 June, 2023 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Venue: Room A6-09, 6/F, William M.W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road
Mode: In-person and online via Zoom

Event website: Coming soon


Event in July (TBA)