In 1981, under the auspices of the MacLean Center, Mark Siegler and Richard Epstein organized a yearlong interdisciplinary seminar series on Bad Outcomes after Medical Intervention. The success of that initial seminar program demonstrated that there was great interest at the University of Chicago in creating a sustainable interdisciplinary forum to discuss health-related subjects with colleagues from across campus. Since 1981, the MacLean Center has sponsored an annual lecture series that has examined the ethical aspects of one key health-related issue each year. Previous topics have included: Ethical Issues in Violence, Trauma, and Trauma Surgery; Organ Transplantation; Pediatric Ethics; End-of-Life Care; Global Health; Health Care Disparities; Medical Professionalism; Confidentiality; and Pharmaceutical Innovation and Regulation.

Please visit the MacLean Center YouTube Channel to view recordings of past lectures.