Events

Event Title	The 47th Merrimon Lecture
Location	4008 Old Clinic Auditorium
Sponsor	Center for Bioethics
Date/Time	03/27/2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cutoff Date	03/20/2025 Must register before this date

For more information, contact the event administrator: Brandy Elsenrath brandyelsenrath@unc.edu

Event Presenters

Name	Title
Carolyn M. Mazure, Ph.D	Norma Weinberg Spungen and Joan Lebson Bildner Professor in Women’s Health Research, and Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology.

It is with regret that we announce the cancellation of the Merrimon Lecture scheduled for March 27, 2025. Our speaker is unable to come due to personal circumstances. We extend our sincere apologies knowing that many of us look forward to this event every year. We plan for the Merrimon Lectureship to return in the new academic year.

The Merrimon Committee members extend their appreciation for your registration and regret that we will not see you on March 27. Please watch for information regarding the 2025-2026 Merrimon later this year.

We are pausing registration for this event.

Women’s Health Research: Transforming Science, Advancing Clinical Care, Ensuring Momentum

This year's speaker is Carolyn M. Mazure, PhD. Dr. Mazure is the Norma Weinberg Spungen and Joan Lebson Bildner Professor in Women’s Health Research, and Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Yale School of Medicine. In 2023, Dr. Mazure was appointed Chair of the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, which aims to fundamentally change how the nation approaches and funds women’s health research.

The Merrimon Lectureship sponsors an annual event of public lectures and consultations involving a distinguished senior speaker addressing issues in the ethics and history of the health professions.

Sponsor and co-sponsors
UNC Center for Bioethics, sponsor
UNC Center for Health Equity Research, co-sponsor
Department of Medicine, co-sponsor
Department of Social Medicine, co-sponsor
School of Medicine Merrimon Lectureship, co-sponsor