As part of the Ethics@Lunch webinar series, ethical questions in medicine, health and related research are presented and discussed. The talks are held in German or English (see program for language details) and are aimed at professionals in ethics, medicine, public health, philosophy, medical humanities and the social sciences, as well as anyone interested in the topics.

We warmly invite all interested individuals to attend the events.
The program overview can be downloaded here as a flyer (PDF)

Organziers: Ruth Horn and Verina Wild

Time: 12:00 bis 12:45 CET (Germany) | 11:00 - 11:45 GMT (London, UK)

Format: 20-minute keynote, 25-minute discussion

Ethik@Lunch Zoom link

17 October 2025

Angela Martin, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland

The notion of benefit in animal research: an ethical analysis

This talk is in English.

Recording here

31 October 2025

Manisha Pahwa, McGill University, Canada

Justice dimensions of risk-stratified breast cancer screening

This talk is in English.

Recording here

14 November 2025

Sridhar Venkatapuram, King´ s College London, UK

Why does the epidemiology of positive health/wellbeing need much better ethics?

This talk is in English.

Recording here

28 November 2025

Ralf Jox, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland; Rouven Porz, University of Bern, Switzerland

Wenn es ernst wird - ethische Entscheidungen im klinischen Alltag

This talk is in German.

Recording here

12 December 2025

Tenzin Wangmo, University of Basel, Switzerland

Smart home health technologies in the care of older persons

This talk is in English.

16 January 2026

Marcin Waligóra, Jagiellonian University Kraków, Poland

Direct and surrogate benefit in cancer clinical trials

This talk is in English.

30 January 2026

Angeliki Kerasidou, University of Oxford, UK

Empathy, trust and AI in healthcare: the future of healthcare provision?

This talk is in English.