March 24, 2026
To Jab or Not To Jab – That Is The Question.
April 2, 2025
Oh, CLUCK…Bird Flu, Vaccines, and the Price of Eggs
March 27, 2024
Cutting and Pasting Our Way to Health: Editing Human Embryos?
February 27, 2024
OneHealth: Why humans, animals, and the environment live and die as one
November 8, 2023
Bacterial Scissorhands – Is Gene Editing the Future “Cure” for Genetic Diseases?
Mar 31, 2021
COVID: Will we be able to BUILD on what we have learned?
Oct 27, 2021
Covering Covid: Who SHOULD get a slice of pie?
Oct 30, 2019
Racing For health: Is Everyone at the Starting Line?
Mar 28, 2019
Regenerative Medicine: Coming Soon to Your Operating Theater – started with the documentary film created by Wake Forest faculty, Five Minutes.
Nov 6, 2018
A Deadly Dose: What is Your Role in the Opioid Epidemic?
Apr 17, 2018
Going Viral: The 1918 Flu Pandemic In Winston-Salem and Beyond at Reynolda House.
Nov 14, 2017
Am I My “Brother’s/Sister’s” Medical Keeper?
Apr 12, 2017
Too Young for Healthcare Insurance? The American Healthcare Act vs. The Affordable Healthcare Act – Panel discussion.
Nov 8, 2016
Telehealth: The Computer Will See You Now
Mar 30, 2016
Part II – Life, Liberty and….Healthcare? Panel discussion.
Mar 20, 2016
Part I – Escape Fire…The Movie – The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Oct 27, 2015
Part II – Dinner & Discussion of the play WIT and its themes
Oct 14, 2015
Part I – The play WIT – Follows the Story of Professor Vivian Bearing as she battles cancer
Mar 25, 2015
Informed Consent
Nov 5, 2014
The Patient-Physician Relationship
April 2, 2014
Evolutionary versus Racial Medicine: Why it Matters – ‘The Waiting Room’: An exploration of health care access, race, and poverty.
Nov 6, 2013
Anji Wall, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt – global health issues and introduced the notions of cultural competence and cultural humility to pre-health professions students
April 8, 2013
Eugenics and Forced Sterilization
Nov 13, 2012
Contagion and Ethics in Public Health Emergencies Eugenics and Forced Sterilization
SOME EXCERPTS
What Students are Saying
“When I was a first-year student, Dr. Lord inspired me to pursue my goal – at the time – of going to medical school…. Recently, I changed career plans away from medicine, and I have tremendously valued being able to contribute to the Dining Dilemmas discussion as an economics major, and I am looking forward to future discussions with this outstanding group of students and professors.”
“Dining Dilemmas gave me the opportunity to step outside of the stressful, pre-med, ‘work, work, work’ bubble and to engage with my peers early on about topics that are incredibly relevant to my medical education. It humanized the work for me and it introduced me to my current roommate and dearest friend.”
“The Dining Dilemmas program was a wonderful opportunity to be introduced to some of medicine’s greatest ethical challenges in a supportive and fun environment. I believe it is an invaluable experience for future healthcare students to be exposed to some of the conundrums they will face in their careers ahead of time…
