Fall 2025 Center for Ethics Public Lecture with Dr. Carl Hart
Mamie Phipps Clark Professor of Psychology at Columbia University
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The Murphy Institute’s Center for Ethics will welcome Dr. Carl Hart as the featured speaker for the first installment of 2025-2026’s Public Lecture Series.
Dr. Hart is a renowned neuroscientist and professor of psychology at Columbia University, known for his groundbreaking research on drug policy and addiction. His insightful perspectives have also been shared with a wider audience through his publications, including in The New Yorker.
Hart's research focus is investigating the behavioral and neuropharmacological effects of psychoactive drugs in human research participants. A major focus of this laboratory-based research is to understand factors that mediate drug self administration behavior and to develop effective treatments. His work seeks to understand the factors mediating drug self-administration and to translate these findings into effective treatments and more humane drug policies.
The Center for Ethics public lectures serve as a vital platform for intellectual exchange, where scholars and practitioners from a broad range of intellectual and professional disciplines and concerned citizens can engage with pressing ethical questions. Since 2001, the Center for Ethics has hosted more than 200 guest speakers discussing contemporary topics in ethics. Lectures are free and open to all members of the Tulane community as well as the general public.
This event is co-sponsored by Tulane University's School of Medicine.
