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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Shelly Benjaminy, PhD, HEC-C 
Senior Bioethicist, Donnelley Ethics Program
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Elissa Larkin, MS, CCC-SLP 
Clinical Bioethicist, Donnelley Ethics Program
Research Speech-Language Pathologist
Center for Aphasia Research & Treatment

Cognitive-Communication Adaptations in
Ethics Consultation Through a Justice Lens

Cognitive-communication adaptations in ethics consultation through a justice lens disability ethics is anchored by a commitment to an inclusive process that uplifts the autonomy of individuals with disabilities and underscores a commitment to justice and equity. Using illustrative case studies from our practice, we focus on clinical ethics and supported communication approaches that promote the inclusion and accommodation of individuals with cognitive and communication impairments. 

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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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Ariel Halle
PhD Candidate, Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences
Northwestern University

Sex, Genocide, and Staying Young Forever: 
A History of Transgender Hormone Therapy and the Politics of Objectivity

Conflicts over transgender healthcare have rocketed to the forefront of public consciousness in recent years, particularly over the right of trans adults and minors to access sex hormonal medications. While transgender hormone therapy and the controversies around it are often cast as unprecedented, they are actually the product of decades- and even centuries-old practices in the regulation of sex hormonal medications, gender, and sexuality. This talk will provide a broad overview of this history of the development of sex hormonal medications and how they came to be associated with transgender healthcare, as well as the parallel history of how transgender people navigated and continue to navigate the regulatory landscape that medical contact entwines them in- resisting narratives of transgender people as lacking history, agency, or scientific legibility.

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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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Catherine Belling, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Education
Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Horror in Medicine and Medical Education

This talk will define "horror," a feeling or affective response (and the intended audience reaction that gives horror movies their name), and then explore the place of that feeling in experiences of health care (for both patients and practitioners) and in medical education.

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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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Joshua Hauser, MD
Professor of Medicine and Medical Education
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Section Chief, Palliative Medicine
Jesse Brown (Chicago) VA Medical Center

Poetry and Palliative Care: How Using Poetry Can Help Us
Connect With Each Other and With Our Patients

This talk will describe our use of poetry and reflective reading with patients and with colleagues in palliative care at Northwestern and the Jesse Brown (Chicago) VA Medical Center.

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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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Ashish Premkumar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pritzker School of Medicine
University of Chicago

In the Wake of Dobbs: Affective Biopolitics at the
Intersection of Abortion and Maternal-Fetal Surgery

Over the past fifteen years, maternal-fetal surgery (MFS) has grown from a largely experimental approach to a routine option for managing certain complex fetal anomalies in the U.S. During the same period in the U.S., restrictions to accessing abortion have substantially increased, especially in the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision in 2022. As MFS and abortion are options faced by pregnant people carrying a fetus with anomalies, it is paramount to evaluate the biomedical and public health consequences of simultaneous growth in MFS and reduction in access to abortion services from a multidisciplinary perspective. Social scientists focused on reproductive health commonly draw upon Michel Foucault’s framework of biopower, focused on the myriad ways policy impacts health outcomes at the individual and population level. To evaluate scenarios such as these, I draw from a particular approach informed by affect theory, or how certain policies and practices target modes of experience and being, to foster a research agenda focused on how the inequitable reproductive health environment of the U.S. affects the experiences of pregnancy and subsequent reproductive health decisions.

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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