While the world has been consumed by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing epidemic of sickness and death wrought by cancer will be the focus of an international group of scholars gathering at 电子游戏软件 for the October 2 conference “The Rising 全球 Cancer Pandemic: 健康, 道德, 与社会正义.”
The daylong series of scholarly presentations and panel discussions in the Corcoran Commons Heights Room, 哪些也可以在网上观看, 电子游戏软件的电子游戏正规平台人员, 来自美国的专家, and international scholars in areas including medicine, 科学电子游戏正规平台, 公共卫生, 法律, 和道德.
库尔特·斯特雷夫，m.s.D.
“We’re excited to explore the intersection between cancer epidemiology 癌症伦理 to benefit from expertise in different fields, 癌症控制的全球视角, 癌症伦理,” said 访问ing Professor of Epidemiology Kurt Straif, 节目的组织者. “The ethical aspect of the cancer pandemic is the specific topic of this conference. This program will look at a global 公共卫生 issue and investigate this from an ethical perspective and see what can be done to improve global 公共卫生 and what BC can contribute to those efforts.”
Cancer is the first or second leading cause of death in 134 countries, with nearly 20 million new cases diagnosed each year. Diagnoses are predicted to rise to 24 million annually by 2035, Straif说.
As life expectancy increases, more people will have a cancer diagnosis during their lifetime. Yet there remain wide disparities in prevention, 诊断, 治疗, and survival between the citizens of wealthy, industrialized countries and those living in nations of the 全球 South, 根据Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bio道德 Andrea 维克尼, S.J., another organizer of the event along with Professor of 生物学 菲利普·兰德里根，m.m.D.
“We are interested in an ethical approach that is interdisciplinary where we can engage in dialogue and collaboration with scholars from different disciplines,”他说。. 维克尼, who, like Straif, trained as a physician. “作为一个伦理学家, I want to learn what affects the lives of people today, 我们如何应对这些挑战, and how can we help our society to be more just in our response to the needs of people, 尤其是那些处于边缘的人.
Andrea 维克尼, S.J.
“This is how the mission of the University expands from teaching and research and aims to reach out to people living their daily lives and the urgencies of the planet and the ways we can be part of this process of transformation in this world,” Fr. 维克尼补充道.
By bringing together experts in a range of fields, Straif说, the goal is to begin to create models for a holistic approach to prevention strategies, 有效的治疗方法, and research into a disease linked to multiple causal factors, 避免接触污染物, 遗传易感性, 病毒和寄生虫感染.
Additional 电子游戏软件 faculty participants include School of Theology and Ministry Associate Professor Daniel Daly, Associate Professor of Communication Ashley Duggan, 工程学教授格伦·高德特, Connell School of Nursing Associate Professor Joyce Edmonds, BC School of Social Work Associate Professor Summer Sherburne Hawkins, Libby Professor of Law and Theology Cathleen Kaveny and BC Law Professor David Wirth, and Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society Seidner Family Executive Director Laura Steinberg.
DeLuca Professor in 生物学 and Vice Provost for 电子游戏正规平台 and Academic Planning Tom Chiles will deliver opening remarks and Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Dean Gregory Kalscheur, S.J., will moderate a discussion between 斯特里夫和弗. 维克尼.
菲利普·兰德里根，m.m.D.
International participants will be coming from Chile, India, Italy, Rwanda, and Spain.
斯特里夫和弗. 维克尼 said it is important to incorporate as many perspectives as possible into efforts to combat the far-reaching toll taken by cancer around the world. The participants will also hear from cancer survivors, 包括两名BC校友, and University employees including a staff member, and Vice Provost for 全球 Engagement James Keenan, S.J. In addition, undergraduates have been invited to present posters as part of the program.
Conference sponsors include the Program for 全球 Public 健康 and the Common Good and the Department of Theology, as well as support from the Institute for the Liberal Arts.
Fr. 维克尼 said the research and discussions from the conference will be incorporated into a publication. In 2019, the University held a conference that examined global 公共卫生 and the content from that event has just been published in an open-access book Ethical Challenges in 全球 Public 健康: Climate Change, Pollution, and the 健康 of the Poor.
The conference can be attended in-person or online. To see a complete schedule or to register, visit the 会议网站.
Ed Hayward | University Communications | September 2021