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News & Events

For more news and events, please visit Phoenix Zones Initiative, a global nonprofit organization co-founded and led by Dr. Hope Ferdowsian.

    SELECTED APPEARANCES

    • Walk On Podcast with Michael Mills (Season 2, Episode 4, September 2024)
    • The Phoenix Effect: A Conversation about Hope, Resilience and Creating a Better World, New Roots Institute Leadership Academy (Los Angeles, CA, August 2024)
    • A Belmont Report for Animals: The Next Steps, Neuroscience, Ethics, and Technology (Berkeley, CA, July 2024)
    • Solving Local to Global Crises for People, Animals, and the Planet: Toward More Inclusive Social, Economic, and Legal Frameworks, University of New Mexico School of Law (Albuquerque, NM, April 2024)
    • Toward a National Commission on Research Ethics: Advancements in Medicine, Science, and the Law, Congressional Briefing (Washington, DC, March 2024)
    • Treating Global Crises with the Seriousness They Deserve: Toward More Inclusive Social, Economic, and Legal Frameworks, Lewis & Clark Law School (Portland, OR, March 2024)
    • The Role of Civil Society in Multilateral Actions in Addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis, UN Environment Assembly (Nairobi, Kenya, February 2024)
    • Human and Animal Research Ethics and Policy, University of Texas School of Law (Austin, TX, February 2024)
    • Meeting the Health Needs of Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Trafficked Individuals, New Mexico Department of Health (Albuquerque, NM, November 2023)
    • Starting from Principles: Human and Animal Research Policy, Michigan State University College of Law (East Lansing, MI, November 2023)
    • Starting from Principles: Human and Animal Research Ethics, University of New Mexico Ethics Grand Rounds (Albuquerque, NM, November 2023)
    • From Dominance to Justice, Equity, and Inclusion: Extending Human Rights Frameworks to Other Animals, University of Denver Sturm College of Law (Denver, CO, November 2023)
    • A Rights-Based Approach to a New Era for Healthcare: Justice in Research, Medicine, and Public Health, Center for Bioethics and Humanities and Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (Denver, CO, November 2023)
    • Why We Need a Just One Health Approach to Meet the Needs of Our Patients and Communities, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California Davis Health (Sacramento, CA, October 2023)
    • The Promise of One Health, Gritstone bio (Emeryville, CA, September 2023)
    • Industrial Animal Agriculture in the US and China, US-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law, Vermont Law and Graduate School (South Royalton, VT, June 2023)
    • Preventing the Next Pandemic Through a Just One Health Approach, University of New Mexico School of Medicine Rural and Urban Underserved Program (Albuquerque, NM, May 2023)
    • Preventing the Next Pandemic Through a Just One Health Approach, Consortium of Universities for Global Health (Washington, DC, April 2023)
    • Reshaping the Anthropocene: From Dominance to Justice, Equity, and Inclusion, The George Washington University Law School (Washington, DC, March 2023)
    • Congressional Briefing on Transforming Medical Research: Advancements in Science and Ethics (Washington, DC, January 2023)
    • Preventing the Next Pandemic Through a Just One Health Approach, University of New Mexico School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds (Albuquerque, NM, December 2022)
    • Transforming Medical Research, American Bar Association (NY, NY, December 2022)
    • Why We Need a Just One Health Approach to Advance the Right to Health, Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment (NY, NY, December 2022)
    • Address to UN Member States on The Nexus: Animal Welfare, the Environment, and Sustainable Development (Gaborone, Botswana, December 2022)
    • Children Are Not Silos: A Rights-based One Health Approach to Advance Health and Justice, Kempe International Virtual Conference (Denver, CO, October 2022)
    • Powerful Support for #OneHealth, Public Service Announcement (July 2022)
    • Preparations for the 2021 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (July 2021)
    • Meeting the Healthcare Needs of Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Grand Rounds (Chicago, IL, February 2021)
    • ICM Bioethics (Paris, France, February 2020)
    • Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers Virtual Asylum Medicine Training (October 2020)
    • American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Virtual Conference (October 2020)
    • Impact Fashion (Los Angeles, CA, September 2020)
    • Teaching Prevention (San Antonio, TX, March 2020)
    • “SOME PEOPLE” (Every)Body Exhibition (Chicago, IL, 2019)
    • North American Refugee Health Conference (Toronto, Canada, 2019)
    • 16th Hawai’i International Summit on Preventing, Assessing & Treating Trauma Across the Lifespan (Honolulu, HI, 2019)
    • Teaching Prevention 2019 (Cleveland, OH, 2019)
    • Harvard Coop (Cambridge, MA, 2018)
    • DC Academy of Medicine (Washington, DC, 2018)
    • The Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle, WA, 2018)
    • Garcia Street Books (Santa Fe, NM, 2018)
    • International Conference & Summit on Violence, Abuse & Trauma (San Diego, CA, 2018)
    • PAWS 2018 International Captive Wildlife Conference: Confronting Captivity (Los Angeles, CA, 2018)
    • Animal Politics: Justice, Power and the State (Leusden, The Netherlands, 2016)
    • Fair Trade Fashion Show (Los Angeles, CA, 2016)
    • The Courage to Fight Violence Against Women, American University (Washington, DC, 2016)
    • Food, Water, People, and Animals, Native Educators (Santa Fe, NM, 2016)
    • Evaluating Immigrant Survivors of Torture and Ill Treatment (Washington, DC, 2016)
    • Nonhuman Primates in Research: Legal and Ethical Considerations, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 2015)
    • Documenting Medical Consequence of Torture, Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, PA, 2015)
    • DC Environmental Film Festival: See No Evil (Washington, DC, 2015)
    • Documenting Physical Sequelae of Torture, HealthRight International (Washington, DC, 2015)
    • DC Community Health Connect, Rodham Institute (Washington, DC, 2015)
    • Animal Vulnerability Symposium, University of Oregon (Eugene, OR, 2014)
    • Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (Baltimore, MD, 2013)
    • Vulnerable Animals (Sydney, Australia, 2013)
    • Minding Animals (Utrecht, Netherlands, 2012)
    • Science in Society (Berkeley, CA, 2012)
    • University of Nairobi College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
    • International Primatological Society (Kyoto, Japan, 2010)
    • African Union Animal Welfare Conference (Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
    • World Congress of Bioethics (Singapore, 2010)
    • Yale University Interdiscliplinary Center for Bioethics (New Haven, CT, 2009)
    • National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC, 2007)
    • American Public Health Association (Washington, DC, 2007)
    • Tri-Caucus Summit, Capitol Hill (Washington, DC, 2006)

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