McKinney to give Humanities in Medicine lecture on conflict of interest in research
By Anton Zuiker
Ross McKinney, Jr., MD, director of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine and professor of pediatric infectious diseases, will present the Humanities in Medicine Lecture Series on Wed., Sept. 21 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. in Duke Hospital room 2003.
Dr. McKinney's presentation will be Shades of Gray: Value Judgments and Conflict of Interest in Research.
Lunch will be provided at noon, with the talk beginning at 12:15 p.m.
McKinney's research focuses on conflict of interest and the process of informed consent. He is the former chair of the Steering Committee for the Forum on Conflict of Interest in Academe for the American Association of Medical Colleges. He currently serves as chair of the Duke School of Medicine Conflict of Interest Committee as well as the Duke University Institutional Conflict of Interest Committee.
Ross McKinney, Jr., MD, director of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine and professor of pediatric infectious diseases, will present the Humanities in Medicine Lecture Series on Wed., Sept. 21 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. in Duke Hospital room 2003.
Dr. McKinney's presentation will be Shades of Gray: Value Judgments and Conflict of Interest in Research.
Lunch will be provided at noon, with the talk beginning at 12:15 p.m.
McKinney's research focuses on conflict of interest and the process of informed consent. He is the former chair of the Steering Committee for the Forum on Conflict of Interest in Academe for the American Association of Medical Colleges. He currently serves as chair of the Duke School of Medicine Conflict of Interest Committee as well as the Duke University Institutional Conflict of Interest Committee.