May 1 Roundtable Will Explore Genomic Ethical Questions
In a Monday, May 1 roundtable discussion entitled "Something Old, Something New: Does Genomics Pose New Ethical Questions?" a group of distinguished ethicists and academic and industrial scientists will explore the many ethical quandaries presented by the Genomic Revolution.
The free public roundtable will take place beginning at 7:00 p.m. in Room 05 of the Sanford Institute of Public Policy.
The event is sponsored by the Provost's Office, the Kenan Ethics Program, the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP), the Center for Genome Policy, Ethics and Law, and the School of Medicine.
Panel members will include
‚ Steve Burke, Senior Vice President, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
‚ Jeremy Sugarman, Director, Duke Center of the Study of Medical Ethics and Humanities
‚ Allen Roses, Vice President and World-Wide Director, Genetics Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development
‚ Jeff Vance, Director, Genomics Research Laboratories, Duke Center for Human Genetics
‚ Elizabeth Kiss, Director, The Kenan Ethics Program
The new Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP) represents Duke University's comprehensive response to the broad challenges of the Genomic Revolution. The IGSP is involving not only scientists, engineers and physicians who can advance the fundamental base of knowledge of genome science and technology; the Institute has also enlisted the talents of Duke scholars in law, business, economics, public policy, ethics, religion and the environment.
Thus, in addition to generating new discoveries, the IGSP also seeks to help ensure that those discoveries are integrated into the health care system; that the intellectual property from those discoveries is transferred effectively to the private sector, and that the ethical and policy issues arising from those discoveries are fully explored and the lessons applied to benefit society.
For more information, please contact Cheryl Welsh of the Kenan Ethics Program at 660- 3033 (email: cawelsh@duke.edu) or Tricia Johnson in the School of Medicine at 668-0336 (email: Johns315@mc.duke.edu.)
In a Monday, May 1 roundtable discussion entitled "Something Old, Something New: Does Genomics Pose New Ethical Questions?" a group of distinguished ethicists and academic and industrial scientists will explore the many ethical quandaries presented by the Genomic Revolution.
The free public roundtable will take place beginning at 7:00 p.m. in Room 05 of the Sanford Institute of Public Policy.
The event is sponsored by the Provost's Office, the Kenan Ethics Program, the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP), the Center for Genome Policy, Ethics and Law, and the School of Medicine.
Panel members will include
‚ Steve Burke, Senior Vice President, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
‚ Jeremy Sugarman, Director, Duke Center of the Study of Medical Ethics and Humanities
‚ Allen Roses, Vice President and World-Wide Director, Genetics Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development
‚ Jeff Vance, Director, Genomics Research Laboratories, Duke Center for Human Genetics
‚ Elizabeth Kiss, Director, The Kenan Ethics Program
The new Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP) represents Duke University's comprehensive response to the broad challenges of the Genomic Revolution. The IGSP is involving not only scientists, engineers and physicians who can advance the fundamental base of knowledge of genome science and technology; the Institute has also enlisted the talents of Duke scholars in law, business, economics, public policy, ethics, religion and the environment.
Thus, in addition to generating new discoveries, the IGSP also seeks to help ensure that those discoveries are integrated into the health care system; that the intellectual property from those discoveries is transferred effectively to the private sector, and that the ethical and policy issues arising from those discoveries are fully explored and the lessons applied to benefit society.
For more information, please contact Cheryl Welsh of the Kenan Ethics Program at 660- 3033 (email: cawelsh@duke.edu) or Tricia Johnson in the School of Medicine at 668-0336 (email: Johns315@mc.duke.edu.)