💡The Fund Professor Roger Borghgraef promotes awareness of Biomedical Ethics and offers scholarships to promising students who want to pursue a Master of Bioethics at KU Leuven👩‍🎓 Find out how to continue Professor Borghgraef's legacy here 👉 ow.ly/coFn50QMit3

Exciting insights from Maria Siermann, Pascal Borry, and co-authors on regulatory approaches towards preimplantation genetic testing in various European countries, and the potential for implementation of polygenic risk scores 🧬🔎 Check it out 👉 doi.org/10.1093/humrep…

Interesting interview of De Standaard with our Director Prof. Chris Gastmans on the debate about life fatigue 👇 ow.ly/5It150Re5hi

🔔 Yajing Zhong, Alice Cavolo and Chris Gastmans, along with co-authors, have published a new study on Chinese and Belgian pediatricians' perspectives towards pediatric palliative care (PPC) 🇧🇪🇨🇳 Find out more here 👉 ow.ly/9h0x50Rm2FH #pediatrics #palliativecare

On 24 April, Prof. Dr. Paulo Rodrigues successfully defended his PhD thesis: "Palliative Sedation for Existential Suffering (PS-ES). A Clinical-Ethical Study"! 🎩📚 Congratulations for this remarkable achievement! 🎉👏 #PhD #palliativecare #medicalethics

Jared Howes, along with Tijs Vandemeulebroucke, Yvonne Denier, and Chris Gastmans have published an interview study that investigates the perspectives of developers on the ethics of tracking devices in dementia care 🔎👩‍💻 Check it out 👉 ow.ly/nKvO50RFjPW

✨Insight of the week 💡 📚Maria Siermann, Amicia Phillips, Zoë Claesen-Bengtson, and Eva Van Steijvoort reflect on the role and responsibility of non-specialist professionals in the era of mainstream genomics 🧬 Find out more in their commentary 👉 doi.org/10.1136/jme-20…

New Vacancy at the CBMER! We are hiring a PhD researcher on Citizens and Technology Ethics 📱 ✅ Supervisors are Chris Gastmans and Yvonne Denier. For detailed information about the vacancy, check our website: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs… Application deadline 👉 10 July 2024

Our Centre is organizing the 12th edition of the Intensive Course on Ethics in Dementia Care! When? 👉 25 - 28 November 2024 Deadline for registration: 15 November 2024 Interested? Find out more here 👇 ow.ly/1pSp50Se2cg

We are happy to announce that Prof. Dr. Silvia Camporesi has joined our Centre as Research Professor in Sports Ethics! 🏅🏈 You can learn more about her projects and achievements on her website 👉silviacamporesiresearch.org Warm welcome to Silvia!!!

Publication alert! 📚💡 Find out more about Chris Gastmans and co-authors on: 'Christian anthropology‐based contributions to the ethics of socially assistive robots in care for older adults' 🤖🧑‍🦽 👉doi.org/10.1111/bioe.1…

This week the CBMER is hosting the 10th edition of the Dementia Ethics Summer course. Many thanks to the staff and our participants who came from around the world to engage in important topics within #dementia #care! 👏👏👏

Last week, on July 2nd, we celebrated the graduation ceremony of the Master of Bioethics! 🎓 Congratulations to all our graduates! We wish you the very best in your future professional careers 🎉👏 #Graduation #Bioethics #Congratulations

Upcoming ethics seminars in Provence Occitane and Rome! The Saint Andre Center will host three intensive ethics seminars Fall 2024 in Provence Occitane, and one intensive seminary Winter 2025 in Rome. Find out more information in the link below👇 saintandre.center/home/ethics-se…

📢 Is Science Ever Truly Neutral? 🔍In this perspective piece, Jacopo Ambrosj and co-authors urge to include guidance for researchers on how to navigate societal expectations placed on them in codes of conduct for research integrity. Check it out 👉ow.ly/eKz050SGTyY

Exciting News! 🎉 Starting August 1st, Professor Yvonne Denier is the new Programme Director for the Master of Bioethics at KU Leuven. A heartfelt thank you to Prof. Pascal Borry, who led the program from 2016. Learn more about our Master here: med.kuleuven.be/en/study/progr…

Have you ever deceived your research participants? 🤔 Kamiel Verbeke, Pascal Borry and colleagues dive into the world of research ethics where deception is involved via interviews with researchers who’ve used deceptive methods 🔎 Find out more here 👉 ow.ly/TlMt50SWwjS

Interested in Research Ethics? Sign up for our MOOC! ✅ Learn about ethical issues in research with human subjects and gain credits, wherever you are 🌍 Find out more here 👉 ow.ly/hWk250QI9tH #MOOC #researchethics #onlinelearning

📢 New Paper Alert! 📢 Roshni Jegan, Kris Dierickx, Daniel Pizzolato and colleagues offer essential guidance for Research Funding Organizations (RFOs) on promoting Research Integrity 🚀✨ 📚 Find out more here: doi.org/10.1080/089896…

🚨 PhD Vacancy! Our Centre is looking for a passionate candidate to work on ethical and policy questions related to embryo research and embryo proxies under the IMPLANTEU consortium 🔬 Find out more about the vacancy here 👉 ow.ly/agpp50TnRS2