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CBSSM’s Clinical Ethics Service sponsors the monthly Bioethics Grand Rounds, focusing on ethical issues arising in health care and medicine. This educational session is open to Michigan Medicine faculty and staff and CME credit is available.

CME Credit  
The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Michigan Medical School designates this activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

1.0 CEU for Social Work
Michigan Medicine Department of Social Work is an approved provider with the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative, Provider #MICEC0056. This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.0 continuing education clock hours. If you are joining via live stream, please make sure to type your full name and "social work" in the chat to record attendance and receive credit.

Click HERE to access recordings of previous Bioethics Grand Rounds.

The Bishop Lecture in Bioethics

The University of Michigan Medical School was the beneficiary of funds for the establishment of the Ronald C. and Nancy V. Bishop Lectureship in Bioethics.  Both were graduates of the University of Michigan Medical School (Class of ’44).  Ronald Bishop joined the U-M Medical School faculty in 1951 and pursued a career in research, teaching, and patient care in the Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Division, until his retirement in 1987.  He served as Director of the Unit for Human Values in Medicine (1981-1984) at the Medical School, and as a visiting scholar at the Hastings Center.  Both Ronald and Nancy were strongly committed to social justice and were active members of the Ann Arbor community.

Current Lecture

4/24/2025          Mildred Cho, PhD

Past Lectures

05/23/2024        Patrick Smith, PhD

05/09/2023        Lisa Harris, MD, PhD

04/13/2022        Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD

05/12/2021        Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD

03/11/2020        Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil

05/22/2019        Ruha Benjamin, PhD

05/01/2018        Barbara Koenig, PhD

04/25/2017        Norman Daniels, PhD

04/27/2016        William Dale, MD, PhD

03/17/2015        Lawrence O. Gostin, J.D., LL.D. (Hon.)

05/15/2014        Myra Christopher

04/17/2013        Ruth Macklin, PhD

05/10/2012         Jerome Groopman, MD and Pamela Hartzband, MD

05/19/2011        Inaugural Bishop Lecture featuring John Lantos, MD

The Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM) Research Colloquium features presentations focusing on bioethics and social sciences in medicine across multiple disciplines.

In addition to sponsoring bioethics lectures and grand rounds, CBSSM also hosts a seminar series in which internal and external speakers present their research on medical decision making or bioethics topics to the broader University of Michigan community.

Working group meetings provide an opportunity for investigators to receive feedback on research proposals, drafts of papers, grant applications, or any other aspects of projects at any stage of development. This meeting is designed as an informal working group not a formal presentation. For more details look under the How We Can Help section.

CBSSM is committed to maintaining our research community throughout the COVID-19 outbreak. Working Group Meetings will take place virtually using  Zoom, which enables us to have our lively and constructive feedback discussions.

To see the schedule for upcoming meetings please check the Events calendar. The next working group meeting is listed below.

If you are interested in scheduling or have questions please contact Amy @ [email protected]du 

Summer working group meetings will only be scheduled as requested. Our regularly scheduled series resumes in the Fall.