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Defense Christian Rodriguez
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PhD defense Christian Rodriguez

Congratulations to Christian Rodriguez on his successful defense of his thesis entitled “Ethical Challenges of Animal Research and the 3Rs: An Experimental Ethics Investigation in Switzerland"!

Defense Melina Richard
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PhD defense Mélina Richard

Congratulations to Mélina Richard on her successful defense!

Program AI in radiation
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Artificial Intelligence in Radiation Oncology: From Foundations to Clinical Integration

Register now for Unicancer’s training program “Artificial Intelligence in Radiation Oncology: From Foundations to Clinical Integration”, taking place on 15–16 January 2026 at the Genolier Innovation Hub, Switzerland.

Gemma Prize
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Paul Schotsmans Prize 2025 goes to Gemma García Calderó

👏 Congratulations to our PhD student Gemma García Calderó, who was awarded the Paul Schotsmans Prize 2025 for her abstract on “The Neglected Side of Ethical Balancing: Core Social Needs in Pandemic Public Health Deliberation” 👏

Webinar Wasson
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Webinar - Clinical Ethics on Thursday, November 6th 2025

"The Not So Obvious Benefits of Ethics Committees: What Is Lost Without Them". Hear Prof. Katherine Wasson from Loyola University Chicago, USA, talk about the essential contributions of clinical ethics committees to clinical practice and…

Contemporary Debates Flyer
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New lecture series "Contemporary Debates in Bioethics: Ethics of Geriatric Care" starting soon!

This semester's "Contemporary Debates" are dedicated entirely to the ethics of geriatric care. Various guest speakers will shed light on the topic from different professional perspectives. Don't miss this exciting series of lectures…

Bioxph Group
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Institute for Biomedical Ethics Hosts 2025 Experimental Philosophical Bioethics (BioXPhi) Summit

Read about the highlights of the 2025 Experimental Philosophical Bioethics (BioXPhi) Summit, proudly hosted by the Institute for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Basel.

Fostering Humanism in Surgery
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Fostering Humanism in Surgery

This new book about the importance of humanism in surgical education and practice was co-edited by IBMB senior researcher Fabrice Jotterand.

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New article by PD Dr. Stuart McLennan published in "The Lancet Digital Health"

Weighing the benefits and risks of collecting race and ethnicity data in clinical settings for medical artificial intelligence

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Video "Agequake in Prison"

Find out more about the challenges of an ageing prison population in our latest video, which was created as part of the “Aging in Prison” research project.

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