A Manhattan-based NGO, Global Bioethics Initiative (GBI), has
organized two bioethics summer schools, one in
New York City
and one in
Dubrovnik, Croatia, in July and August.
The program in NYC is open to everyone from senior high school
students to professionals. The program in Dubrovnik is aimed
especially at undergraduates and post-graduates planning to
work in academia, biomedical and health-related industries.
The lectures and discussions deal with the ethics of contentious
issues ranging from end-of-life care, to organ donation, to mental
illness and addiction and to HIV surveillance.
Both programmes include a series of
lectures and seminars
by notable faculty, field trips, film screenings, evening events
with guest speakers open to public and a mini conference prior
to the graduation ceremony.
Partial scholarships for low-income country residents and
Continuing Medical Educatiom credits are available.
Students can apply to intern with GBI this summer but also
to attend the programs. For further information, contact
Dr Ana Lita.
GBI is a not-for-profit international educational organization
founded in 2011. GBI is associated with the United Nations
Department of Information and enjoys special consultative
status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
It keeps the international community, policy decision-makers,
the media, and the public informed about important bioethical
issues through educational activities, like the summer school.
Many of the issues addressed by GBI are relevant to the work
of the United Nations, including hot-button topics like human
organ trafficking, and the ethics of population ageing.
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