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The Hall Center for Law and Health, the IU Center for Bioethics, the IU School of Nursing and the IU Fairbanks School of Public Health are sponsoring a public talk titled “Ebola: Over There… Now Over Here – An Urgent Conversation About Ethics, Law, Public Health, and Practice.”

The initial outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa presented many ethical, legal, logistical and clinical challenges for first responders, clinicians, politicians and researchers. These challenges have been magnified now that the virus has crossed the Atlantic and changed the public conversation from a worrisome public health challenge over there, to one we need to address over here. A group of experts in the ethical, legal, public health and clinical care implications of virus transmission will discuss several key issues facing patients, practitioners and the public. Following short presentations, an open dialog will allow for exchange of perspectives.

Panelists will be:

• Eric M. Meslin, PhD

Director, IU Center for Bioethics and Associate Dean and Professor of Bioethics, IU School of Medicine

• Chad Priest, JD, MSN, RN

Assistant Dean for Operations & Community Partnerships, IU School of Nursing

• Ross D. Silverman, JD, MPH

Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Health Policy & Management Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health

• Nicolas P. Terry, JD

Hall Render Professor of Law and Co-Director of IU McKinney’s Hall Center for Law and Health

The October 24 event will be held in Room 375 in Inlow Hall from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Admission is free and the event is open to the public.

The discussion will also be broadcast live at 1:30 pm on IU Connect: https://connect.iu.edu/ebola-there-here/