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CU Center for Bioethics and Humanities
@cobioethics.bsky.social
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Supporting compassion, competence, respect, and justice in healthcare through bioethics and health humanities.

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📣 Calling all creatives! Submit poetry, prose, or visual art + more for The Human Touch 2026. Open to everyone—deadline Jan 9!👉 Submit at bit.ly/TheHumanTouc... @CUAnschutz @MattWynia
#TheHumanTouch #HealthHumanities #CUAnschutz
December 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
Comics + Healthcare = Graphic Medicine
Discover how visual storytelling is transforming patient care and empathy.
📍 New exhibit at @CUAnschutz Strauss Library
👉 Read the blog: library.cuanschutz.edu/about/straus...
#GraphicMedicine #HealthcareStories #MedicalHumanities
New Exhibit on Graphic Medicine | Strauss Health Sciences Library
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library.cuanschutz.edu
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
✨ Got design skills? Create the official NCHED logo!
📅 Deadline: Jan 31
🏆 Swag + recognition
👉 Details at bit.ly/NCHEDLogo
#LogoDesign #DesignContest #DentalEducation #HealthHumanities #NCHED #CUAnschutz @CUAnschutz
December 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
High drug prices. Innovation. Ethics.
Join us in Denver for a CLE + networking event featuring Mike DiStafano and other experts.
📅 Jan 15 4:00 MT| 📍 Davis Graham + Livestream
Register: siliconflatirons.org/events/innov...
#CLE #HealthcareLaw #Networking #siliconflatironsc @cupharmacy.bsky.social
Innovation vs. Access? The Legal, Ethical, and Economic Dimensions of U.S. Drug Pricing | Silicon Flatirons
Additionally, this event will examine recent efforts to reduce drug spending in the US, such as the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and state prescription drug affordability boards, and how these initiatives may impact drug affordability, access, and the innovation ecosystem.
siliconflatirons.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
📣 Calling all creatives! Submit poetry, prose, or visual art + more for The Human Touch 2026. Open to everyone—deadline Jan 9!👉 Submit at bit.ly/TheHumanTouc... @CUAnschutz @MattWynia
#TheHumanTouch #HealthHumanities #CUAnschutz
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
Comics + Healthcare = Graphic Medicine
Discover how visual storytelling is transforming patient care and empathy.
📍 New exhibit at @CUAnschutz Strauss Library
👉 Read the blog: library.cuanschutz.edu/about/straus...
#GraphicMedicine #HealthcareStories #MedicalHumanities
New Exhibit on Graphic Medicine | Strauss Health Sciences Library
Looking for older library news? Check out our Library News archive!
library.cuanschutz.edu
December 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
✨ Got design skills? Create the official NCHED logo!
📅 Deadline: Jan 31
🏆 Swag + recognition
👉 Details at bit.ly/NCHEDLogo
#LogoDesign #DesignContest #DentalEducation #HealthHumanities #NCHED #CUAnschutz @CUAnschutz
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
📣 Calling all creatives! Submit poetry, prose, or visual art + more for The Human Touch 2026. Open to everyone—deadline Jan 9!👉 Submit at bit.ly/TheHumanTouc... @CUAnschutz @MattWynia
#TheHumanTouch #HealthHumanities #CUAnschutz
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
Comics + Healthcare = Graphic Medicine
Discover how visual storytelling is transforming patient care and empathy.
📍 New exhibit at @CUAnschutz Strauss Library
👉 Read the blog: library.cuanschutz.edu/about/straus...
#GraphicMedicine #HealthcareStories #MedicalHumanities
New Exhibit on Graphic Medicine | Strauss Health Sciences Library
Looking for older library news? Check out our Library News archive!
library.cuanschutz.edu
December 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
High drug prices. Innovation. Ethics.
Join us in Denver for a CLE + networking event featuring Mike DiStafano and other experts.
📅 Jan 15 4:00 MT| 📍 Davis Graham + Livestream
Register: siliconflatirons.org/events/innov...
#CLE #HealthcareLaw #Networking #siliconflatirons
Innovation vs. Access? The Legal, Ethical, and Economic Dimensions of U.S. Drug Pricing | Silicon Flatirons
Additionally, this event will examine recent efforts to reduce drug spending in the US, such as the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and state prescription drug affordability boards, and how these initiatives may impact drug affordability, access, and the innovation ecosystem.
siliconflatirons.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
Do religion and spirituality shape medicine? Join the inaugural Cultural Influences on Bioethics & Health event w Farr Curlin, MD, and Ronit Stahl, PhD. Moderated by Kristen Furfari, MD. ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #CUAnschutz @mattwynia
📅 Wed, Dec 10 | 🕐 1–2 PM MT | Virtual
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
Do religion and spirituality shape medicine? Join the inaugural Cultural Influences on Bioethics & Health event w Farr Curlin, MD, and Ronit Stahl, PhD. Moderated by Kristen Furfari, MD. ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #CUAnschutz @mattwynia
📅 Wed, Dec 10 | 🕐 1–2 PM MT | Virtual
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
Why is the AMA Journal of Ethics shutting down after 25 years? @mattwynia and Dr. Kahhan Parsi @loyolabioethics explain what this loss means for medicine, ethics, and the public: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... #Bioethics #MedicalEthics #Healthcare”
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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New WHO guidance calls for a worldwide obesity treatment “ecosystem” to ensure that GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are used fairly

www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-...
WHO Sets GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drug Guidelines
New WHO guidance calls for a worldwide obesity treatment “ecosystem” to ensure that GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are used fairly
www.scientificamerican.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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"I did not resign to make a symbolic point," writes Dr. Debra Houry, former chief medical officer of the CDC. "I resigned because staying silent would have made me complicit." 🛟 🧪 time.com/7338714/dr-d...
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act."
time.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
“I was different. I had a secret, and my painting was part of that.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...
Cornelia Foss in her studio
December 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
Do religion and spirituality shape medicine? Join the inaugural Cultural Influences on Bioethics & Health event w Farr Curlin, MD, and Ronit Stahl, PhD. Moderated by Kristen Furfari, MD. ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #CUAnschutz @mattwynia
📅 Wed, Dec 10 | 🕐 1–2 PM MT | Virtual
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
Do religion and spirituality shape medicine? Join the inaugural Cultural Influences on Bioethics & Health event w Farr Curlin, MD, and Ronit Stahl, PhD. Moderated by Kristen Furfari, MD. ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #CUAnschutz @mattwynia
📅 Wed, Dec 10 | 🕐 1–2 PM MT | Virtual
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
Why is the AMA Journal of Ethics shutting down after 25 years? @mattwynia and Dr. Kahhan Parsi @loyolabioethics explain what this loss means for medicine, ethics, and the public: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... #Bioethics #MedicalEthics #Healthcare
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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cctsi.bsky.social
Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD, of @accordsresearch.bsky.social and @cuinternalmed.bsky.social, our Director of Research Ethics, recently co-authored a paper on ethical issues in organ transplantation.
@cobioethics.bsky.social
Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians | Annals of Internal Medicine
Recent developments and controversies in organ transplantation necessitate the reaffirmation and application of foundational ethical norms as the laudable goal of increasing viable organs for…
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November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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bioethxmark.bsky.social
In this @hastingscenter.bsky.social essay, I ask the #bioethics community to consider swerving out of our lane to meet the needs of patients and students who are #immigrants. If not us, who? #DACA #medicine
www.thehastingscenter.org/supporting-p...
Supporting Patients and Students Who Are Immigrants: What to Do and Why Most Bioethicists Won’t
We have well-developed playbooks on what health care providers and institutions should do immediately to welcome immigrant patients and make their facilities as safe as possible for them.
www.thehastingscenter.org
February 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
cobioethics.bsky.social
Center Director @MattWynia recently sat down with colleagues in South Korea to discuss trust and the future of medicine. “I think it is the other way around,” he said. “People are believing misinformation because they don’t trust you.” #CUAnschutz @CUAnschutz
www.koreabiomed.com/news/article...
An eroding social contract raises urgent questions for doctors’ professionalism
The modern medical profession rests on an intricate social contract built from shared expectations among patients, physicians and society. Historically, this contract was upheld through robust professional organizations, state-backed systems that safeguarded clinical standards and a deep well of pub
www.koreabiomed.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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🎶 Your holiday serenade awaits! @cuanschutz
Get in the moood with CU Anschutz Choir & Orchestra 🎄 Thu, Dec 4 • 7 PM
📍 Elliman Conference Center
✨ Music + after-party! Bring friends & family!
#HolidayConcert #CUAnschutz #LiveMusic #FestiveFun
December 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Medicine isn’t just science—it’s power and responsibility. Join #CUAnschutz med students and community voices as Drs. Rita Lee and Matt Wynia ask: “What Power Do You Hold?” on Dec 3 at 1:00 MT for How Healers Became Killers: Power and Hierarchy RSVP: ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM