Category: Life and Health Sciences Committee

Forum on the Future of Irish Bioethics

The Royal Irish Academy’s Life and Health Sciences committee recently hosted a Forum on the Future of Irish Bioethics to critically examine bioethical frameworks in…

Vaccine Questions Ep8: Looking to the future with Professor Christine Loscher

In the final episode of this series, Professor of Immunology Christine Loscher discusses the vaccine rollout and answers questions on vaccines for teens, booster shots…

Vaccines: a life-saving choice

A new expert statement from the RIA’s Life and Medical Sciences Committee written by Kingston Mills MRIA, Bert Rima MRIA and Dick Ahlstrom.

Vaccine Questions Ep7: Understanding human behaviour with Professor Pete Lunn

In episode 7 behavioural economist, Professor Pete Lunn shares expert insights on how our behaviour impacts the spread of COVID-19 and what drives this behaviour.

Vaccine Questions Ep6: Vaccine solidarity with Dr Siobhán O’Sullivan

In episode six Dick chats to Dr Siobhán O’Sullivan, Chief Bioethic Officer at the Department of Health about the difficult decisions officials and individuals must…

Vaccine Questions Ep5: Inoculation against misinformation with Professor Jane Suiter

In episode five Dick chats to Professor Jane Suiter, Director of the Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society at DCU about what drives the…

The role of Irish Bioethics: (re)building trust and reasonable discourse in medicine, science and technology

Read the report from the Royal Irish Academy symposium held on 15 April 2021 and watch the video.