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Catholic Medical Association
Christian Medical and Dental Association
Mayo Clinic Program in Professionalism and Ethics*
Mayo Clinic Spirituality Committee*
St. Mary’s Hospital Sponsorship Board*

*Mayo Clinic does not endorse any worldview, but welcomes these speakers who will enrich the diversity of the discussion on campus regarding the complex intersection of spirituality and medicine.

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Where does morality come from? Isn't science rapidly approaching a complete explanation of nature? Do you ever have doubts about your worldview? Where can I find meaning and fulfillment?

College students around the world are asking themselves and their friends these questions, but there is often no real place to explore these questions alongside brilliant faculty and leading thinkers. 

Veritas Forums are university events that engage students and faculty in discussions about life's hardest questions and the relevance of Jesus Christ to all of life.

Veritas Forums are created and hosted by campus student organizations, connected to a network of 70 campuses nationwide, and supported by the national Veritas Forum team.


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Recent Events

Recent Events

Faith and Biomedicine in Dialogue

Faith Informs Practice, Science Examines Faith

Michael Balboni - Instructor, Harvard Medical School; Researcher in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Tyler VanderWeele - Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 at 7:00 PM

Geffen Auditorium, Gonda Building, Mayo Clinic Rochester


Michael Balboni will discuss the topic “Should spirituality inform the practice of medicine?” This will be followed by an address from Tyler VanderWeele on the possible use of modern research methods to study faith and its relation with health.

This event is free and open to the public, with an audience Q&A session afterwards.

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Presenters

Michael Barboni

Michael Balboni

Instructor, Harvard Medical School; Researcher in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Michael Balboni, Ph.D., Th.M., M.Div, researches spirituality and religion and its associations with end-of-life medical outcomes. As a trained theologian, he is currently co-authoring a manuscript exploring the manifestations of spirituality and religion within the socialization processes and institutional structures experienced by medical professionals.

Tyler VanderWeele

Tyler VanderWeele

Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health

Tyler VanderWeele holds degrees in mathematics, philosophy, theology, finance and biostatistics from Oxford, Penn, and Harvard. His research principally concerns distinguishing association and causation in the social and biomedical sciences. He has done empirical research in perinatal, genetic, and psychiatric epidemiology, most recently studying religion and health, including end-of-life care. He has a Templeton Foundation grant to promote research on the interface between health and religion.

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History at Mayo Clinic

Mayo Secular Right

In 2012, The Veritas Forum at Mayo Clinic hosted a thoughtful conversation on the place, or lack thereof, for religion in secular medicine, featuring Nigel Biggar, Rev. Dan Hall, and Warren Kinghorn. Join the conversation in "Why Religion Deserves a Place in Secular Medicine," followed by "Should Doctors Ever Kill?"

Mayo Moral Right

In 2010, The Veritas Forum at Mayo Clinic welcomed Ravi Zacharias to speak on "What Does It Mean to Be Human?" Freedom, abortion, human rights, euthanasia, genocide—many deep issues of concern for us over the last several centuries rely upon some kind of shared definition of the human person.

View all past Veritas Forum recordings at Mayo here!