Politics With Migrant Caravan, Trump Stokes a Familiar Fire: Immigration “Barely two weeks away from an election that threatens … More
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Ethics and Society Newsfeed – October 5, 2018
Politics Everything on Brett Kavanaugh and the F.B.I. Investigation “Around 2:30 a.m., the White House said in a statement it … More
Fear of Practitioner Bias and Confidentiality Breaches are Barriers to HIV Prevention among Transgender Youth, Study Finds
Celia B. Fisher, PhD, Director of Fordham University’s Center of Ethics and Education, explores transgender youth healthcare and HIV prevention … More
FDA Approves Truvada as PrEP for Adolescents: Fordham University’s Dr. Celia Fisher Weighs In
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adolescents and young adults 13-24 comprised 21 percent of … More
Fordham University’s Dr. Celia Fisher on Patient-Provider Communications with Gay Teens
Fordham University’s Celia Fisher, PhD was the Principal Investigator on a recently completed quantitative study that resulted in a paper published … More
Ethics & Society Newsfeed: World AIDS Day 2017
World AIDS Day, December 1, 2017 National Aids Trust (NAT) “World AIDS Day takes place on the 1st December each … More
Fordham University’s Dr. Celia Fisher Discusses Transgender Healthcare on WFUV
Transgender and gender non-conforming communities face a number of various healthcare challenges, both social and medical, including “stigma, discrimination … More
‘Goodness of Fit Ethics’ to Promote Health Research for LGBT Youth
This past November, Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R), a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and advancement of the … More
The National Transgender Study is a Start – But More is Needed to Protect the Sexual Health of Transgender Teens
On Thursday, December 9th, the largest survey of transgender people ever conducted was published by The National Center for Transgender … More
Fordham Study Addresses Health Care of Bisexual Adolescent Girls
For bisexual female adolescents, proper sexual healthcare is difficult to obtain due to healthcare providers’ judgmental attitudes and assumptions of patient heterosexuality, and … More
Medical Training for Transgender Patients Needs to Include Sensitivity to Social Stigmas for both Gender and Sexual Orientation
The recently published article on doctor’s lack of expertise in treating transgender patients in The Guardian is an important step forward in … More
Legislation to End Conversion Therapy Introduced in the Senate
Following a White House report released in October condemning the use of conversion therapy, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Patty … More
American College of Physicians Calls for End to Healthcare Disparities Faced by LGBT People
Originally published May 12, 2015 on HRC Blog by Alison Gill, Senior Legislative Counsel Today, the American College of Physicians called for … More
Dr. Celia B. Fisher & Co-PI awarded $1.9 million grant to examine the ethics in HIV prevention research involving LGBT youth
For more information, please visit & “like” RELAY: Resources & Education for LGBT & Allied Youth: www.facebook.com/lgbtrelay Fordham University Center for … More
Reducing Health Disparities and Enhancing the Responsible Conduct of Research Involving LGBT Youth
For more information, please visit & “like” RELAY: Resources & Education for LGBT & Allied Youth: www.facebook.com/lgbtrelay There has been a … More
Creating LGBTQ Inclusive Curriculum and Classroom Climate
For more information, please visit & “like” RELAY: Resources & Education for LGBT & Allied Youth: www.facebook.com/lgbtrelay On October 2, 2013, … More
Ethics and Society Newsfeed: July 29th 2013
Bioethicist: Failed search for controversial cells shows danger of mixing science, religion Dr. Arthur Caplan of NYU discusses science, religion … More
