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Lectures and Events

The events below include our biweekly Montgomery Lectures, other events we host, and relevant events hosted by other groups at Northwestern University and its affiliated clinical partners.

The Montgomery Lectures Series is presented biweekly on Thursdays from noon to 12:45pm, and is open to all. Presenters are faculty in the Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program, CBMH members, and special guests. This series was named in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.

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Oct

17

Public Health seminar series--Mindfulness in Prenatal Care: Expanding Global Access and Promoting Health Equity

Online - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

This presentation will explore the growing role of mindfulness-based interventions in prenatal care, focusing on the Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) program and its global expansion. We will review findings from pilot studies, including improvements in pregnancy-related anxiety and depression symptoms. Special attention will be given to health equity initiatives, highlighting the integration of mindfulness training into CenteringPregnancy group medical visits. The talk will also explore the implications of recent randomized controlled trials of MBCP in international contexts, illustrating how these approaches may be applied broadly to promote family well-being and improve mental health outcomes. We will conclude with a discussion of future directions, emphasizing the principles of reproductive justice, focusing on empowering all birthing people to have agency over their childbirth and parenting experiences.

Featuring:
Larissa Duncan, PhD
Elizabeth C. Davies Chair in Child & Family Well-Being
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies The School of Human Ecology and the Center for Healthy Minds University of Wisconsin Madison

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Oct

24

Much More than a Clinic: Chicago's Free Health Centers 1968-1972 - Jessica Jerome

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Jessica Jerome, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Health Sciences
DePaul University

Much More than a Clinic: Chicago's Free Health Centers 1968-1972

Drawing on archival evidence, Professor Jerome documents the emergence and fluorescence of three free health clinics in Chicago in the late 1960s. This lecture traces the centers' forceful removal by the city's Board of Health, and their subsequent replacement by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FHQCs). Professor Jerome argues that the demise of the free centers is exemplary of a broader trend in US health policy of regulating and diminishing the health care options of poor Americans. By highlighting the stark contrast between Chicago's free health centers of the 1960s and the health care services offered by contemporary FQHCs, it s revealed that there s a gradual shift from health care rights to accessing care in the US health care safety net.

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.

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Oct

25

CS Seminar: Research ethics and generative artificial intelligence (Mohammad Hosseini)

Evanston - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Friday / CS Seminar
October 25th / 12:00 PM
Hybrid / Mudd 3514

Speaker
Mohammad Hosseini, Northwestern University

Talk Title
Research ethics and generative artificial intelligence

Abstract
Scientists and engineers are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence in research. Some use cases have merely yielded efficiency gains while others have enabled new types of and directions in research that would be impossible otherwise. In this interactive session, the impacts of generative artificial intelligence on the overall integrity of research, and ethical ambiguities resulting from further integration of these tools in research, will be discussed.

Biography
Mohammad Hosseini is an assistant professor of ethics at the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. Born in Iran, he obtained an MA in applied ethics from Utrecht University (Netherlands), and a PhD in research ethics and integrity from Dublin City University (Ireland).

Research/Interest Areas:
AI Ethics, Research Ethics and Integrity

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Nov

07

What Can Stop the Determined Heart and Resolved Will of Man?:  Innovation, Ethics, and Medicine - Panel Presentation

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program

In Co-Sponsorship With

The Galter Health Sciences Library

Present

A Montgomery Lecture

What Can Stop the Determined Heart and Resolved Will of Man?:
Innovation, Ethics, and Medicine

Panel Discussion:

Moderator:
Mohammad Hosseini, PhD
Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine

Panelists:
Catherine Belling, PhD
Associate Professor, Medical Education

David Kendall Casey
Medical Student, MD/MA - Medical Humanities & Bioethics

Megan Crowly-Matoka, PhD
Associate Professor, Medical Education; Anthropology

Why does the 19th century novel Frankenstein continue to resonate within the medical sciences? As part of the National Library of Medicine exhibition Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature, a panel discussion between four members of the Feinberg community will examine the novel and its themes through a medical ethics lens. Each panelist will share their unique perspective and participate in a Q&A with the moderator.

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in Baldwin Auditorium in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.

**ALL ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND**
Be sure to answer the question:
are you attending in-person? or via Zoom?

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Nov

21

Exploring the First 125 Years of Medical Education at Northwestern - Katie Lattal

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Katie Lattal, MA
Special Collections Librarian
Head, Special Collections Department
Galter Health Sciences Library
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Exploring the First 125 Years of Medical Education at Northwestern

American medical education has undergone multiple instructional reforms since the first American medical school was founded in 1765, to establish a more rigorous curriculum, to provide more clinical experience, or in response to scientific and technological advances, to name a few broad examples. This talk will investigate how medical education has responded to different social movements in American history, focusing on first and second wave feminism and the civil rights movement. This lecture will review the broader context of medical education across the US in the 19th and early 20th centuries before examining how educational policy at the medical school was shaped by social and cultural beliefs of the time. Attendees will be encouraged to discuss these aspects of medical school history as well as the effects of policies on medical education and the profession itself, and to propose avenues for further inquiry.

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.

** PLEASE REGISTER TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK**
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Jan

09

Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Montgomery Lectures series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program--along with special guests. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm during The Graduate School's fall, winter, and spring quarters. They are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Formerly titled, "Special Topics in MH&B," this series was renamed in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.

Watch this space--updates will be posted!

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.

** PLEASE REGISTER TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK** Link to be posted.

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Jan

16

Montgomery Lecture Series - Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Montgomery Lectures series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program--along with special guests. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm during The Graduate School's fall, winter, and spring quarters. They are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Formerly titled, "Special Topics in MH&B," this series was renamed in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.

Watch this space--updates will be posted!

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.

** PLEASE REGISTER TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK** Link to be posted.

Read more about this series | Sign up for lecture announcements

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