Distinguished Seminar by Prof Daniel Wikler on Global Public Health (30 July 2025)

Topic Population-level Bioethics: 35 Years of Contributions to the Public’s Health Speaker Professor Daniel Wikler Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Ethics and Population Health, Emeritus Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Moderator Professor Roger Chung Associate Professor JC School of Public Health and Primary Care Co-Director CUHK Centre for Bioethics The Chinese University of Hong Kong Abstract Bioethics has evolved from its origins in professional codes of conduct to dilemmas in clinical practice, issues in research involving human subjects, and the applications of new biotechnology. A less well-known inquiry has addressed issues arising in the study and amelioration of the health of populations, including but transcending issues of justice in health care systems. “Population-level bioethics” has been in dialogue with developments in global and population health for several decades and now must address the challenges of an era marked by politicized anti-science and disinformation.