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CBSSM's January Bioethics Grand Rounds "Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy" panel of experts were mentioned in a recent article "Experts provide 7 key pieces of advice for convincing more people to be vaccinated when they can" by UM Health News. The CBSSM panel included Brian Zikmund-Fisher, PhD, Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education in the School of Public Health, Anna Kirkland, JD, PhD, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Abram Wagner, PhD, MPH, Research Assistant, and Professor of Epidemiology, and Susan Woolford, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, who are all cited in the February article.

The American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network (ATHN) is pleased to announce that Melissa Creary, PhD, MPH, will be serving as Senior Director of ATHN’s newly created Office of Public Health Initiatives. In this new role, Dr. Creary will assist ATHN in finding ways to leverage public health research and policy to make a broader impact within the bleeding and blood disorders community.

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Lesly Dossett, MD, MPH was recently appointed Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology. Congratulations!

We are pleased to announce that Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD, MBioethics, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has been named as an Associate Director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM). Professor Spector succeeds Professor Raymond De Vries, PhD, a Professor in the Departments of Learning Health Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Sociology who retires at the end of December. She joins Professor Brian Zikmund-Fisher, who continues in his role as one of two associate directors of our center.

CBSSM Associate Director Dr. Raymond De Vries will be retiring in December. Dr. De Vries is a professor in the departments of learning health sciences, obstetrics and gynecology, and sociology. He is also a visiting professor at CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, University of Maastricht, in the Netherlands.

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