Tickets available for Edinburgh Science Festival's 'Identity by Algorithm'!

Join EmilyPostan for discussion on how patterns identified by AI might also create new ways of thinking about who we are.

3 April 2024 | 7:00pm | The Bayes Centre

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** New MI Blog Post ** 📢

Postgraduate Bioethics Conference (PGBC 23)

This past summer, members of the MI PhD Research Group welcomed over 80 people to the 18th Annual PG Bioethics Conference.

Read their reflections on the event here:
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** New MI Blog Post ** 📢

Edinburgh's Online LLM in Medical Law and Ethics: Reflections

Our recent graduates and Programme Director, Gerard Porter, reflect on their time working on the Online LLM in Medical Law and Ethics.

Read their reflections here: blogs.ed.ac.uk/mason-institut…

What an opportunity! Permanent lectureship in Medical Law and Ethics at Edinburgh 👇👇

Join us on Fri 23 Feb 2024 from 14:00-15:00 for an in-person event hosted by the Centre for Reproductive Health with support from the Mason Institute.

'Why do human rights matter for menstrual health?' presented by Dr Inga Winkler

Registration details: law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

Join us tomorrow for an in-person event on Human Rights in the Global Menstrual Movement presented by Dr Inga Winkler.

Thu 22 Feb 2024 from 14:00 - 15:30

This event is part of the CBSS seminar series with support from the MI.

Registration details: law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

Registration is now open to attend the MI Webinar on 8 Mar 2024 | 13:00-14:00.

Dr Lee See Muah will be presenting a webinar titled 'A Triad Approach to Discharge Demands from Patients with Questionable Mental Capacity'. All welcome!

Register here: law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

Join us on Thu 22 Feb 2024 from 12:00 - 13:00 GMT for an in-person seminar event hosted by the School of Social and Political Science in collaboration with the Mason Institute and GENDER.ED.

Details and registration: eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-abortio…

The Mason Institute is pleased to invite undergraduate and postgraduate students to submit an essay for the annual MI Essay Competition!

Submission deadline is 23:59 BST on Friday 31 May 2024.

Details on how to enter: law.ed.ac.uk/research/resea…

Registration is now open to attend the MI webinar, 'Inoculating Individuals, Exposing Nations: Ebola Vaccine Trials and Global Health Research in West Africa' presented by Marlyn Faure on Tues 27 Feb 2024 from 13:00-14:00.

Details and registration: law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

Spaces are still available to attend the MI webinar on Tues 13 Feb 2024 from 13:00 - 14:00 presented by Alex Ruck Keene on mental health law in the United Kingdom. All are welcome!

Details and registration:
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Registration is now open to attend the Postgraduate Webinar Series on Wed 7 Feb 2024 from 15.00 - 16.30 (via Zoom). Dr Josephine Greenbrook will be presenting on undocumented migration in medicine.

Details and registration:
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On this very special episode of the The Mason Institute podcast, we celebrate the seminal textbook, Mason and McCall Smith's Law and Medical Ethics. Listen to hear from past and current contributors:
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The Mason Institute has produced a video to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Mason and McCall Smith's Law and Medical Ethics textbook. Watch the video to hear from past and current contributors and to see what the future may hold for the textbook. media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_q2zn1b…

New paper out in @LawTechHum on 'Contraception, fertility tracking and the limits of medical devices regulation.'🤳This is part of a symposium on Regulatory Futures and Medical Devices by the fantastic Everyday Cyborgs 2.0 team, see the full issue here: lthj.qut.edu.au

Registration is now open to attend the webinar on 22 Nov 2023 from 15:00-16:30, “My Data, My Choice: Achieving Justice through Health Data Dignity' presented by Dr Catherine Bowden.

Details and registration:
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**Funded PhD opportunity in health AI ethics**

Further information on the studentship and details for applying below.

The Edinburgh Futures Institute’s Centre for Technomoral Futures and Edinburgh Law School are delighted to invite applications for a PhD studentship to begin in the academic year 2024/2025.

Find out more about the studentship and how to apply here: law.ed.ac.uk/study/research…

The MI held a book launch event on 25 Oct 2023 at Edinburgh Law School for the 12th edition of Mason and McCall Smith's Law and Medical Ethics, published by Oxford University Press in July 2023. Congratulations to the contributors!

Text available here:
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