Center for Health Ethics, Law and History

2016

  • - Prof. dr. Eugenijus Gefenas participated in The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) Working Group which on the 26th of November revised and accepted International Ethical Guidelines for Health-Related Research Involving Humans. Guidelines can be found here.
  • - On the 24th of November Dr. Aistis Žalnora attended the International Meeting of “The 5th readings of  A. Sniadecki (1768-1838)”.
  • - On the 8th – 9th of October Dr. Aistis Žalnora attended the International Scientific Conference of “The history of medicine in medical journals and more …” in Opinogura (Poland) and presented a paper “The activity of the Department of Medical History of Medical Faculty of Vilnius University in years of 1922-1939”. Download program here
  • - On the 31th of August Prof. Dr. Eugenijus Gefenas attended the public session of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the USA) in Philadelphia and presented the paper. Download programme here.
  • - On the 7th – 14th of August the proseminar of „Advanced Certificate Program: E-Education in Research Ethics: Central and Eastern Europe“ was held by the Department of Medical History and Ethics in Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • - On the 10th of August Public Seminar “Why Regulations Fail?” by Prof. Søren Holm, Manchester University took place in K. Donelaitis Hall, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University.
  • - On the 14th – 19th of June dr. Aistis Žalnora attended The 3rd International Conference “Evolutionary Medicine: Pre-existing mechanisms and patterns of current health issues” and presented the paper: “Mental hygiene movement as the (r)evolutionary public health trend in interwar Kaunas and Vilnius in a years of 1919 – 1939”. Download programme here.
  • - On the 6th – 7th of June prof. dr. Eugenijus Gefenas, dr. Aistis Žalnora and Jūratė Lekstutienė attended Nordic-Baltic Network for Philosophy of Medicine “Issues in Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine” in Vilnius University and presented the papers. Download programme here.
  • - On the 31th of March – 1th of April dr. Aistis Žalnora attended the conference for Lithuanian history of science and philosophy of science „SCIENTIA ET HISTORIA – 2016“ and presented the paper. Download programme here.
  • - On the 8th – 9th of February Prof. Dr. Eugenijus Gefenas attended the COST action Disaster bioethics Workshop: Ethical Challenges of Research Conducted in Disaster Settings in Krakow.
  • - On the 1th – 5th of February The Department of Medical History and Ethics together with Clarkson University organised Study Visit of the alumnus of the Advanced Certificate Program: Research Ethics in Central and Eastern Europe in Vilnius. Download program here.