The First Black and Brown in Bioethics 2024 Conference “Engaging Diversity in Bioethics Theory and Practice”
The Black and Brown in Bioethics network aims to create spaces to discuss issues affecting ethnic minorities in the UK, nurture underrepresented communities through knowledge exchange, academic interactions and driving change in bioethics. This conference, organised by Matimba, focused on the theme “Engaging Diversity in Bioethics Theory and Practice”. BBB chose this theme for our first conference to counter the lack of active recognition and consideration given to meaningful engagement of diverse voices and experiences in the bioethics field.
We were very pleased to have participants in person and online from a range of disciplines and countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. We were grateful to our keynote speakers, Sridhar Venkatapuram (King’s College London) and Rita D’Alton-Harrison (Royal Holloway, University of London), fireside chat interviewees, Anna Dowrick (University of Oxford) and Tanvi Rai (University of Oxford), and panelists Alya Khan (London Metropolitan University), Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra (University of Edinburgh) and Mavis Machirori (Ada Lovelace Institute).
We were also delighted to be supported by our session chairs Jordan Parsons (University of Birmingham), Kumeri Bandara (University of Oxford), Jonathan Ives (University of Bristol), Rachael Gooberman-Hill (University of Bristol) as well as Eve Kamau, (Fabulous Minds Founder & Senior Director at Thermo Fishier Scientific), our volunteers Helen Smith, Shyamli Suneesh, Avgi Stavrou, Faiq Habash and funders the Institute of Medical Ethics; please visit ime-uk.org for further information, the Society for Applied Philosophy; please visit www.appliedphil.org, Fabulous Minds follow fabulousminsco on Instagram, and Inclusive Research Collective; please visit inclusiverc.com/. Lastly we enjoyed the comedy performance by Muhsin Yesilada who made us all laugh with antidotes about dark humour, misinformation and academia. The BBB24 music playlist was made by Harleen and can be found on Spotify.
Watch the webinar recordings here:
Congratulations to our prize winners:
Oral Abstract presentation winners
- Patricia Neville (University of Bristol, UK) & Eleanor Fleming (University of Maryland, USA) A Critical Retelling of Dental Ethics Told Through “George Washington’s Complete Denture”
- Whitney Cabey (Temple University, USA) Abolition in Medicine or Abolition of Medicine?: Exploring Carcerality in Biomedical Contexts
Poster Abstract elevator pitch winners
- Nishita Nair (King’s College London, UK) Social research ethics codes and institutional ethics processes: Perspectives of researchers working with ethnic minority communities in the UK
- Manisha Pahwa (McGill University, Cananda) Precision breast cancer screening and breast cancer disparities in South Asian people in Canada
Poster Abstract digital poster gallery winner
- Deborah Francis (Queen’s University, Canada) A qualitative study of the needs of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour students in higher education
Conference Materials
BBB 2024 Conference booklet containing information on the Conference programme, Venue, Speakers, Abstracts, Website and Social Media. The BBB 2024 conference slides are available for review and the BBB 2024 e-Poster digital gallery is available on demand until the end of July 2024.
Scientific Committee members
- Gideon Cornel Msee, University of Edinburgh
- Rachel Davies, University of Bristol
- Jordan Parsons, University of Birmingham
- Vorathep (Dev) Sachdev, University of Edinburgh
- Ruach Sarangarajan, University of the Witwatersrand
- Helen Smith, University of Bristol
- Supriya Subramani, University of Sydney
- Rasita Vinay, University of Zurich
Sponsors
