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In this issue, the Center announces that the 30th Annual Flanigan Lecture will be “Leaving Patients to Their Own Devices: Will 24/7 AI Health Apps Make Us Healthier?” given by Anita Ho, PhD, on September 30, 2024. A link to our June issue of the Ethics Dispatch on ECMO and Ethics and a blog on employer-supported professional development by Odessa Sawyer, MSW are highlighted in this issue.

In this issue, the Center announces a new partnership with Dr. Gloria Thomas Anderson to support advance care planning in the African-American communities nationally, we provide an update on Dr. Blacksher’s work in addressing health inequities, and more.

Read about the success of the Center’s 40th anniversary celebration, our four areas of practical bioethics, and why we need to invest to keep more Americans healthy. This issue also links to our latest Ethics Dispatch which discusses moral culpability for respecting patients’ autonomy.

Read about Lindsey Jarrett’s upcoming conference speeches on responsible AI in healthcare, how the Ethical AI Initiative is solving AI problems on the ground, and more in the Center for Practical Bioethics’ March 25, 2024 email newsletter.

In this bulletin, read about the Center’s upcoming annual dinner, Autonomy in the Absence of Decisional Capacity in our Ethics Dispatch, and more in the Center for Practical Bioethics’ March 12, 2024 email newsletter.