The Hastings Center for Bioethics

Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will chair a session on AI in Regenerative Medicine at the Till & McCulloch Meetings in Toronto, Canada

Keynote Featuring Professor Arthur L. Caplan, Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine "Weighty Matters: The Ethics of Using Injectables To Fight Obesity And Overweight." Keynote (12pm)Workshop (1.15pm – 3.55 pm)Reception Celebrating Vardit Ravitsky (4pm) New York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYC...

Basic research is ongoing into the genomics of complex human behaviors and social outcomes, from eating and sexual behaviors to “subjective sense of well-being” and “educational attainment.”  Although the people doing this research may work hard to articulate their benevolent intentions as well as seeking to conduct rigorous, reproducible, ethical research, they do so against...

Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will speak about AI in Health at the Lake Nona symposium.

There’s a growing worldwide trend of distrust in science and medicine—a trend thrown into sharp relief by the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccination campaigns. How did we get here and what can we do about it? Watch our discussion of the pivotal issue of trust in science. How has the past influenced the distrust we’re seeing...

Hastings Center senior research scholar Nancy Berlinger will be presenting "Imagining Socially Just Policy Narratives About Dementia," Ethics Explored, Center for Health Ethics, Arts, and Humanities, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Hastings Center senior research scholar Nancy Berlinger will give a talk entitled "When Persons Facing Dementia Choose to Hasten Death: America's Ethical, Legal, Medical and Social Landscape," at the 4th International Conference on End-of-Life Law, Policy, Ethics & Practice (ICEL4), at S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Hastings Center senior research scholar Josephine Johnston will be discussing Medical Assisted Dying in New Zealand with Professor Roger Chung, Co-Director of CUHK Centre for Bioethics.

Parr Center/Center for Bioethics Joint Lecture: Vardit Ravitsky President & CEO of The Hastings Center Vardit Ravitsky will discuss “The Future of Bioethics.” This talk will explore what the future holds if bioethics continues its evolution to become a field that embraces systemic, collective-level challenges; has a global scale and focus; emphasizes human flourishing; and...

Hastings Center president Vardit Ravitsky will give a Research Ethics Grand Rounds lecture on the Ethical Aspects of AI in Biomedical Research: The Example of the Bridge2AI Initiative at UNC School of Medicine's Center for Bioethics.A Merrimon Lectureship Event321 MacNider Hall or zoom via link below

Hastings Center senior research scholar Nancy Berlinger will be presenting "Supporting Aging Through Housing: Engaging the Imagination of Policymakers and Publics," at the American Society on Aging, San Francisco.

Hastings Center president Vardit Ravitsky will deliver the virtual lecture: “Bioethics: A Path Forward to Face Future Challenges” at Weill Cornell Medicine Medical Ethics Seminar Series

Hastings Center CEO Vardit Ravitsky will participate in The 2024 Bennathan Patient Safety Lecture. The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is expanding exponentially and is poised to make substantive and disruptive changes to the healthcare landscape. There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating the positive impact that AI is having on healthcare...

Recent advances in genetic screening have made the science fiction allure of choosing our children’s traits ever more possible. Many parents-to-be already screen human embryos derived from in vitro fertilization (IVF) to avoid passing along harmful genetic diseases. However, with the falling cost of genetic sequencing, along with increased understanding of the genetic basis of many characteristics,...

Hastings Center CEO Vardit Ravitsky will give a keynote lecture entitled "Polygenic Embryo Screening: ethical and societal challenges" to the German Academy of Ethics in Medicine (AEM) at its annual spring online conference on current perspectives in medical and health ethics research.

University of Minnesota presents: Ten states and the District of Columbia currently have statutes on the books or a court decision that authorizes medical aid in dying (often called MAID) for adults who are terminally ill. Many additional states, including Minnesota, are debating similar legislation. First legalized in 1997 under the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, these state...

The 2024 Voice AI Symposium will be a groundbreaking 2-day event and unique opportunity to connect with stakeholders invested in artificial intelligence and voice biomarkers. This year's symposium will serve as a nexus for dialogue, collaboration, awareness, and engagement across diverse sectors and members of the community about the use voice of artificial intelligence in...

National Institutes of Health invitation: Global Course entitled “Demystifying Medicine,” with Hastings Center CEO Vardit Ravitsky discussing AI with Holden Thorp, editor of Science. Dr. Ravitsky will talk about “AI in healthcare and biomedical research: Ethical implications.” Watch here: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54049

Grand Rounds at Alden March Bioethics Institute, Albany Medical College, Albany, NYHastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will discuss the ethical implications of polygenic embryo screening. Recent advances in genetic screening have made the possibility of choosing our children’s traits ever more possible. Many parents-to-be already screen human embryos derived from in vitro fertilization (IVF) to...

Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will be the featured speaker at the twenty-seventh annual Joseph N. Muschel Memorial Medical House Staff Award Lecture to be held at the Columbia University Medical Center at Medical Grand Rounds. Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://columbiacuimc.zoom.us/j/91728498129One tap mobile : +16465588656,,91728498129# Telephone:  +1 646 558 8656 Webinar ID:...

Existential Threats and Other Disasters: How Should We Address Them? Conference organized in collaboration with The Center for the Study of Bioethics, The Hastings Center, and The Oxford Uehiro Center for Practical Ethics. May 30 at 1:15 UTC +1: Addressing Existential Risks and DisastersNancy S. Jecker, Vardit Ravitsky, Anita Ho, Caesar Atuire, Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon present...

Hastings Center senior research scholar Josephine Johnston will deliver keynote 6 "Reframing Low Birthrates as an Existential Opportunity" at the international conference "Existential Threats and Other Disasters: How Should We Address Them?" Cosponsored by The Center for the Study of Bioethics, The Hastings Center, and The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics

Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will present at the 17th World Congress of Bioethics (WCB). The 2024 theme is “Religion, Culture, and Global Bioethics.” A central aim will be exploring the intricate relationship between these fundamental elements. Although WCB 2024 will address the interplay of religion, culture, and bioethics, we emphasize that everyone is welcome,...

Hastings Center's Presidential Scholar Lucas Matthews will present “Geneticization of Education: on Consumer Interpretation of DTC Genetic Reports for Educational Outcomes” in a session with Anya Prince, Kristine Kuczynski, and Daphne Martschenko titled “Identifying and Combating the Threat and Enhancing the Promise of Social and Behavioral Genomics” at the Sixth ELSI Congress (ELSICon) at Columbia...

Hastings Center senior research scholar Josephine Johnston will present at the 6th annual ELSI conference in New York. In New Zealand, like many countries, genetic testing for adult-onset conditions is not performed in children. This rule rests on the "right to an open future’’--the idea that testing children for conditions that will not affect them...

ELSIcon2024: The 6th ELSI Congress will take place at Columbia University in New York City from June 10-12, 2024. Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will be a plenary speaker. She will discuss “What Can AI-Ethics Learn from Gen-Ethics: ELSI Lessons for the Coming Wave.” This talk will explore possible lessons from decades of ELSI research in...

Join us on our campus overlooking the Hudson River for a conversation about AI, Health, and Bioethics, an open house event cosponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Club of the Hudson Valley. Leigh Hafrey, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management, in conversation with Vardit Ravitsky, President & CEO, The Hastings Center. Wine and hors d'oeuvres reception...

How can bioethics researchers get their findings into the hands of those who shape policy? What gaps separate research and policy, and how can stakeholders navigate them? How can researchers and policymakers better communicate with and relate to each other? This Greenwall Foundation webinar will explore these questions and more as we discuss approaches to...