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TUM Institute of History and Ethics in Medicine (IHEM)
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At the IHEM, we advance ethical practice and theory in medicine, biomedical technology, and public health, driven by the belief that embedding ethics is essential for shaping the future of healthcare, science, technology, society, and the environment.
Wir sind stolz darauf, dass unter vielen anderen auch unsere Wissenschaftlerinnen Marie-Christine Fritzsche und @alenabuyx.bsky.social Teil dieses großartigen Projektes waren.
Neue Leitlinie für KI im Gesundheitswesen: Fraunhofer HHI bringt Expertise in wegweisendes Paper ein
Forschende des Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Instituts (HHI) haben an einem wegweisenden Paper im renommierten Journal The BMJ mitgearbeitet. Das P...
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March 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🤩 Congratulations!! The graphic novel "Toxic" by Dr. Amelia Fiske and Jonas Fischer has been awarded with the prestigious PROSE Award („Professional and Scholarly Excellence“) by the Association of American Publishers.
Visit the IHEM website for more information: get.med.tum.de/graphic-nove...
March 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🧪🔊🎉Congratulations to @alenabuyx.bsky.social to receiving the 🏅 Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker Award 2024 from the Bayer Foundation. The jury awarded Prof. Dr. Alena Buyx for her impactful work on ethics and public health policy.

#ScienceAwards #BayerFoundation #CelebratingScience #publichealth #ethics
February 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
February 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Listen to the new episode of our We Are TUM #podcast (in German)! 🎙️ CIO Alexander Braun discusses the university’s new #AIstrategy, while Prof. Alena Buyx and Ben Lenk-Ostendorf talk about AI in #research and #teaching: go.tum.de/027301

@prolehre.bsky.social @ihemtum.bsky.social

📷ediundsepp
February 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Join us online for the next IHEM external speaker event by Prof. Stefania Centrone - details on our website: get.med.tum.de/event/ihem-e...
IHEM external speaker Prof. Stefania Centrone: public ZOOM access - Institut für Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin
Stefania Centrone is a Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science at TUM. Her research focuses on theoretical philosophy, combining systematic analysis with a historical perspective. Her work i...
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February 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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The Embedded Ethics and Social Science Approach: In the past years, our team at @ihemtum.bsky.social @alenabuyx.bsky.social together with colleagues at the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology, have been developing the Embedded Ethics and Social Science approach.
February 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
📢 🧪 Fresh from journal of Bioethics, written by our research director @stuartmclennan.bsky.social with contributions by Marieke Bak and Kathrin Knochel: "Slow Codes are symptomatic of ethically and legally inappropriate CPR policies".
Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Slow Codes are symptomatic of ethically and legally inappropriate CPR policies
Although cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was initially used very selectively at the discretion of clinicians, the use of CPR rapidly expanded to the point that it was required to be performed on ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🔊🧪 New article out by @stuartmclennan.bsky.social, S., Meyer, L., Wangmo, T. et al. in BMC Public Health: "Psychological stressors of imprisonment and coping of older incarcerated persons: a qualitative interview study" bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
January 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🔊🧪New publication by @theresawillem.bsky.social et al. out in JMIR medical informatics: "The social construction of categorical data: A mixed-methods approach to assessing data features in publicly available machine learning datasets"
👉 Full paper, open access: medinform.jmir.org/2025/1/e59452
January 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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New article: "Psychological stressors of imprisonment and coping of older incarcerated persons: a qualitative interview study" was published in BMC Public Health today: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Psychological stressors of imprisonment and coping of older incarcerated persons: a qualitative interview study - BMC Public Health
Background Imprisonment has a major impact on a person’s psychological well-being. The proportion of older imprisoned persons is dramatically increasing worldwide, and they are likely to have greater ...
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Das wird eine Umstellung, dass man dem, was aus den großen medizinischen/wissenschaftlichen Institutionen der USA kommt, nicht mehr glauben kann. Und ich mach mir Sorgen um die Kolleginnen und Kollegen dort. Und das Land, natürlich.
New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.

No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.

And no indication how long the pause will last.

With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
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January 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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January 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Tolle Veranstaltung, schwierige Fragen. Debatte zur Semesterfrage Gesundheit und Gerechtigkeit der @univie.ac.at, genial moderiert von @riedmann.net. Danke für die Einladung! Zusammenfassung hier 👇👇
Gesundheitsreform: Ist das Streichen von Medikamenten und Spitälern die Lösung?
Wie das kränkelnde Gesundheitssystem zum Wohle aller reformiert werden kann, diskutierten Fachleute wie die Medizinethikerin Alena Buyx an der Universität Wien
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January 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
👩‍🔬We're still open for job applications, join our researchers team for the new research project ADJUST: get.med.tum.de/postdoctoral...
Reach out to @amfiske.bsky.social for details!
Postdoctoral Research Associate (m/f/d) - Institut für Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin
For the new research project under the supervision of Dr. Amelia Fiske “Advancing health data justice: A comparative study of health-related data governance in Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom”...
get.med.tum.de
January 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM