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Frader Being Honored by AAP with Award for Ethical Excellence
Joel Frader, MD, professor in pediatrics and medical humanities and bioethics, is being honored this fall by the American Academy of Pediatrics with the 2012 William G. Bartholome Award for Ethical Excellence.
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Physician-Scientist Retreat Focuses on Student Research Projects
A two-day overnight retreat, August 4-5, involved a combination of scientific and social activities in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The retreat offers an opportunity for MSTP students to present their work, and hear presentations from MD/PhD graduates and outside physician-scientists.
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Study Explores Risky Use of Steroid for Sex Normalization in Fetuses
A new paper just published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry uses extensive Freedom of Information Act findings to detail an extremely troubling off-label medical intervention employed in the U.S. on pregnant women to intentionally engineer the development of their fetuses for sex normalization purposes.