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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231013T181500
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SUMMARY:Hastings Center Reception
DESCRIPTION:The Hastings Center will host a reception for first-time attendees\, new members\, and students at the ASBH 25th Annual Conference: Engaging the Past to Energize the Future: Creating Space for Inclusive Public Discourse.  Grand BR Foyer
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/first-time-attendee-new-member-and-student-reception-supported-by-the-hastings-center/
LOCATION:American Society for Bioethics and Humanities\, 700 Aliceanna St\,\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21202\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231013T170000
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SUMMARY:Bioethics in Community Health
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center Research Scholar Carolyn Neuhaus will join a panel with Danielle M. Pacia\, Aashna Lal\, and Johanna Crane on Bioethics in Community Health at the ASBH 25th Annual Conference: Engaging the Past to Energize the Future: Creating Space for Inclusive Public Discourse\, Baltimore\, MD.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/bioethics-in-community-health-2/
LOCATION:American Society for Bioethics and Humanities\, 700 Aliceanna St\,\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21202\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231013T093000
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SUMMARY:Hastings Center 2023 Bioethics Founders’ Award Celebration: Reflections on the Work of Norman Daniels and Rebecca Dresser
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center President and CEO Vardit Ravitsky will be the presenter for the Hastings Center 2023 Bioethics Founders’ Award Celebration: Reflections on the Work of Norman Daniels and Rebecca Dresser at the ASBH 25th Annual Conference: Engaging the Past to Energize the Future: Creating Space for Inclusive Public Discourse\, Baltimore\, MD.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/hastings-center-2023-bioethics-founders-award-celebration-reflections-on-the-work-of-norman-daniels-and-rebecca-dresser/
LOCATION:American Society for Bioethics and Humanities\, 700 Aliceanna St\,\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21202\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231013T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231013T091500
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SUMMARY:Examining Federally Qualified Health Center Patient-Participant Motivations in the All of Us Research Program
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center Research Associate Danielle M. Pacia will present Examining Federally Qualified Health Center Patient-Participant Motivations in the All of Us Research Program with Hastings Center Research Scholar Carolyn Neuhaus\, and Johanna Crane at the ASBH 25th Annual Conference: Engaging the Past to Energize the Future: Creating Space for Inclusive Public Discourse\, in Baltimore\, MD
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/bioethics-in-community-health/
LOCATION:American Society for Bioethics and Humanities\, 700 Aliceanna St\,\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21202\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T103000
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SUMMARY:What Ought to be the Future of Just and Equitable Policies for Healthy Aging?
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center President Emerita Mildred Z. Solomon will join a panel discussion on the future of just and equitable policies for healthy aging with Professor Michael L. Freedman of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Mehmood Khan\, Chief Executive Officer\, Hevolution.  Arthur Caplan\, head of the division of medical ethics at NYU Grossman will moderate the session at the Bioethics\, Global Justice\, and Longevity Research virtual conference. 
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/what-ought-be-the-future-of-just-and-equitablepolicies-for-health-aging-recommendations-and-caveats/
LOCATION:NYU Division of Medical Ethics\, NYU Grossman School of Medici
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T081500
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CREATED:20230914T142330Z
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SUMMARY:Addressing Racism and Achieving Equity in Bioethics Programs: Reality and Recommendations
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center Senior Research Scholar Nancy Berlinger will discuss addressing racism and achieving equity in bioethics programs with Yolonda Wilson\, Marion Danis\, and Sandra Lee at the ASBH 25th Annual Conference: Engaging the Past to Energize the Future: Creating Space for Inclusive Public Discourse in Baltimore\, MD
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/addressing-racism-and-achieving-equity-in-bioethics-programs-reality-and-recommendations/
LOCATION:American Society for Bioethics and Humanities\, 700 Aliceanna St\,\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21202\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231008T144500
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SUMMARY:Genetics/AI/Big Data: Impact on Maternal and Child Health/NAM annual meeting
DESCRIPTION:At the annual meeting of the National Academy of Medicine\, Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will speak with colleagues about Maternal & Child Health and Human Development.Topic: Genetics/AI/Big Data: Impact on Maternal and Child HealthSpeakers: Wendy Chung\, MD\, PhD\, Boston Children’s Hospital; Melissa Wong\, MD\, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Vardit Ravitsky\, PhD\, Hastings Center; and Ron Wapner\, MD\, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/genetics-ai-big-data-impact-on-maternal-and-child-health-nam-annual-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231006T123000
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CREATED:20230912T164546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T131644Z
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SUMMARY:Valuing Older Adults by Creating Housing Options: Real-World Insights from Collaborative Research
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center senior research scholar Nancy Berlinger will present on a panel at the Oregon Gerontological Association 2023 Annual Virtual Conference\, Home Sweet Home: Meanings and Options Across the Life Course.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/valuing-older-adults-by-creating-housing-options-real-world-insights-from-collaborative-research/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230928T181500
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SUMMARY:The Future of Bioethics: Challenges\, Visions and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Join a discussion on The Future of Bioethics: Challenges\, Visions and Opportunities with the new President of The Hastings Center\, Vardit Ravitsky. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Vardit Ravitsky\, Ph.D\, President and CEO of The Hastings Center \n\n\n\nModerator: Robert Klitzman\, M.D.\, Program Director\, M.S. in Bioethics; Professor of Psychiatry\, Columbia University Irving Medical Center \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio \n\n\n\nVardit Ravitsky\, PhD\, is the President and CEO of The Hastings Center\, an independent\, nonpartisan bioethics research institute that is among the most prestigious bioethics and health policy institutes in the world. Ravitsky joins the Center from the University of Montreal where she was Professor at the Bioethics Program\, School of Public Health. She is also a Senior Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She received her PhD from Bar-Ilan University in Israel\, her MA from the University of New Mexico\, and her BA from the Sorbonne University in Paris\, France. \n\n\n\nRavitsky runs an active research program and holds several positions on advisory boards. Her research in bioethics focuses on ethical\, legal\, and social implications of genomics and assisted reproductive technologies\, with an emphasis on emerging biotechnologies and their implications for women’s autonomy and for disability rights. She also studies the ethics of AI in biomedicine. \n\n\n\nShe is immediate past President\, and currently Vice-President\, of the International Association of Bioethics; a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and of the Hastings Center; and a 2020 Trudeau Foundation Fellow\, where she Chaired the Foundation’s COVID-19 Impact Committee. Ravitsky’s research is funded by Canada’s leading funding agencies (CIHR\, FRQSC\, SSHRC\, Genome Canada\, and Genome Quebec) and the NIH. She published over 200 articles and commentaries on bioethical issues\, has given over 300 talks world-wide\, and contributed to hundreds of media interviews.For further information please contact Athina Fontenot at af3018@columbia.edu.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/the-future-of-bioethics-challenges-visions-and-opportunities/
LOCATION:Columbia University
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T120000
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SUMMARY:Can AI Improve Health Care for Everyone?
DESCRIPTION:Fast-moving developments in artificial intelligence have far-reaching implications for caregivers\, patients\, and the entire healthcare system. Will the introduction of AI systems improve diagnosis\, treatment\, and research\, bringing better and fairer healthcare to all? Or not? \n\n\n\nPanelists:Dr. Nicol Turner Lee of The Brookings Institute Dr. Danielle Whicher of Mathematica Moderator:Josephine Johnston of The Hastings Center \n\n\n\nSeptember 13\, 2023 \n\n\n\nTRANSCRIPT \n\n\n\nThe AI Bill of Rights: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/ \n\n\n\nFDA’s draft guidance on AI: \n\n\n\nhttps://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-devices-news-and-events/cdrh-issues-draft-guidance-predetermined-change-control-plans-artificial-intelligencemachine \n\n\n\nFDA discussion paper on AI: \n\n\n\nhttps://www.fda.gov/files/medical%20devices/published/US-FDA-Artificial-Intelligence-and-Machine-Learning-Discussion-Paper.pdf \n\n\n\nStudy on bias in AI: \n\n\n\nhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31649194/.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/can-ai-improve-healthcare-for-everyone/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230831T124431Z
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SUMMARY:Ethical Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center president Vardit Ravitsky\, will present with a panel at the 2023 Polygenic Screening Embryo Conference.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/ethical-perspectives/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230728T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230728T235959
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SUMMARY:Should AI Care For Us?
DESCRIPTION:Ethics\, AI\, and Society \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIncreased attention to the widespread applications of artificial intelligence—and large language models such as ChatGPT in particular—has raised questions about the integration of AI into caregiving relationships. AI will allow at least the appearance of more effective caregiving for aging adults and children by tailoring conversations to an individual’s history and interests. What implications might it have for the meaning of “care” itself? Should AI provide psychotherapy in the midst of a mental health crisis? Watch leading experts Illah R. Nourbakhsh and Shannon Vallor in a conversation with Mercer Gary to kick off a series of explorations of ethical issues in the age of AI.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/should-ai-care-for-us/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T091500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T101500
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230606T162007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230608T185859Z
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SUMMARY:"Individualized Genetic Therapies as a Treatment-Research Hybrids"
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center Research Associate Danielle Pacia will be giving a presentation on “Individualized genetic therapies as a treatment-research hybrids” at the University of Zurich’s ITINERARE Ethics Conference\, in Zurich\, Switzerland. \n\n\n\nUniversity of Zurich \n\n\n\nhttps://www.itinerare.uzh.ch/en/ITINERARE-Ethics-Conference.html
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/individualized-genetic-therapies-as-a-treatment-research-hybrids/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T180000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230328T123900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230419T193236Z
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SUMMARY:Exploring Origins and Impacts of Beliefs about Genetic Causation
DESCRIPTION:Genomic research has fueled hopes that genetic findings will lead the way to precisionmedicine. But whether patients seek and use genetic information will depend on howthey understand the link between genetics and health. This conference will addressthe psychological processes involved in seeking explanations and how they apply tounderstanding the causal role of genetics. Speakers will also describe empirical researchon the types of phenomena most readily attributed to genetics by members of thegeneral population\, and the psychosocial impacts of receiving disease-related genomicinformation among people affected by or at risk of disease. \n\n\n\nHastings Center scholars\, Erik Parens and Josephine Johnston\, will be speaking at Columbia University Medical Center’s annual conference\, Center for Research on Ethical\, Legal & Social Implications of Psychiatric\, Neurologic & Behavioral Genetics.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/exploring-origins-and-impacts-of-beliefs-about-genetic-causation/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T140000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230414T143735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230519T151406Z
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SUMMARY:Reimagining Healthcare Work\, Repairing Healthcare Systems: Lessons from the Front Line
DESCRIPTION:Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic demanded remarkable creativity\, innovation\, and change from clinicians. How can we leverage the insights and lessons learned from working during COVID-19 to transform healthcare work going forward? And how can we create meaningful change in a broken American healthcare system? \n\n\n\nThis webinar featured insights from two studies of healthcare work during the pandemic. Researchers were joined by a health care journalist and a clinical ethicist\, both of whom are clinicians\, for a discussion about the future of healthcare work\, including real-world steps healthcare organizations can take to better support their workers. \n\n\n\nParticipants: \n\n\n\nMara Buchbinder\, Professor and Vice Chair of Social Medicine\, UNC-Chapel Hill \n\n\n\nDhruv Khullar\, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Population Health Sciences\, Weill Cornell Medicine (NYC) and contributing writer on medicine\, health care\, and politics at The New Yorker \n\n\n\nAimee Milliken\, Associate Professor of the Practice\, Connell School of Nursing\, Boston College \n\n\n\nNeelima Navuluri\, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Global Health\, Duke University \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nNancy Berlinger\, Senior Research Scholar\, The Hastings Center
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/reimagining-healthcare-work-repairing-healthcare-systems-lessons-from-the-frontline/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230509T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230509T153000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230509T150548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T152231Z
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SUMMARY:Follow the Money! Understanding the Structural Incentives for Inequity in Health Care and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:The Hastings Center is a co-sponsor along with The American Medical Association\, National Health Equity /Grand Rounds series\, “Follow the Money! Understanding the Structural Incentives for Inequity in Health Care and Beyond”.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/follow-the-money-understanding-the-structural-incentives-for-inequity-in-health-care-and-beyond/
LOCATION:The American Medical Association
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230424T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230424T150000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230413T191511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230425T170433Z
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SUMMARY:EVENT: Wrestling with Social & Behavioral Genomics
DESCRIPTION:Research on the genetic contributions to human social and behavioral characteristics\, or phenotypes\, including risk-taking\, income\, and educational attainment\, is increasing. And it is both potentially beneficial and deeply controversial\, given the long history of attempts to use claims about genetic differences to advance unjust social policies and ongoing concern about their misuse.  \n\n\n\nWhat are the potential benefits of this line of research? What are the risks? How can it be done responsibly? Should some of this research not be done at all? \n\n\n\nThe consensus report\, The Ethical Implications of Social and Behavioral Genomics\, was announced in a special event on April 24\, 2023. Project leaders Erik Parens and Michelle N. Meyer and several members of the project’s diverse working group* — which includes scholars who conduct social and behavioral genomics research and those who are concerned about it–answered these questions and provided recommendations for a responsible path through this ethically fraught area. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\, the Russell Sage Foundation\, and the JPB Foundation. Additional support comes from Open Philanthropy and The Gil Omenn and Martha Darling Fund for Trusted and Trustworthy Scientific Innovation\, a Hastings Center fund. \n\n\n\n*The Working Group \n\n\n\nCo-Principal InvestigatorsErik ParensMichelle N. Meyer \n\n\n\nSteering CommitteePaul S. AppelbaumSandra Soo-Jin LeeDaphne Oluwaseun Martschenko \n\n\n\nAdditional Members of the Working GroupDaniel J. BenjaminShawneequa L. CallierNathaniel ComfortDalton ConleyJeremy FreeseNanibaa’ A. GarrisonEvelynn M. HammondsK. Paige HardenAlicia R. MartinBenjamin M. NealeRohan H. C. PalmerJames TaberyEric TurkheimerPatrick Turley \n\n\n\nApril 24 at 3 pm ET
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/responsibly-researching-funding-publishing-social-behavioral-genomics/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T091500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T091500
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230330T162310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T162557Z
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SUMMARY:In Vitro Derived Human Gametes as a Reproductive Technology: Scientific\, Ethical\, and Regulatory Implications
DESCRIPTION:The National Academies will convene a workshop to explore the in vitro derivation of human gametes (eggs and sperm) from embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells\, and its potential impact on research and reproductive medicine with Joel Michael Reynolds\, Hastings senior advisor and fellow.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/in-vitro-derived-human-gametes-as-a-reproductive-technology-scientific-ethical-and-regulatory-implications/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T160000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230323T203635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T150315Z
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SUMMARY:Confronting Climate Change in a Perfect Moral Storm
DESCRIPTION:Are ethicists asleep at the wheel in protecting planetary health? Global warming is intertwined with persistent problems of social justice\, systemic racism\, the U.S. history of colonial oppression\, and the dominance of capitalist consumer norms over health and health care. Why are these bioethical injustices? Why are these issues still not a central concern for many? How can ethicists contribute to policy decisions and health and technological innovation to respond to the urgent challenges of climate change and environmental injustice? \n\n\n\nIn this final event in the Bioethics with Bigger Impact series\, Nancy Tuana\, Dupont/Class of 1949 Professor of Philosophy and Women’s\, Gender and Sexuality Studies\, Penn State University\, and Stephen Gardiner\, Professor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Endowed Professor of the Human Dimensions of the Environment\, University of Washington will sort through these questions with Romy Opperman\, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Professor-designate\, Dept. of Philosophy\, New School for Social Research. \n\n\n\nCosponsored by The Hastings Center and the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/confronting-climate-change-in-a-perfect-moral-storm/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230406T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230406T183000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230315T171128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230316T151104Z
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SUMMARY:"Binocularity": A Conceptual Tool for Comprehending and Respecting Persons
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center senior scholar Erik Parens will be giving a lecture at Smith College on “Binocularity”: A Tool for Comprehending Persons.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/binocularity-a-tool-for-comprehending-persons/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230330T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230330T120000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20221213T181256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T181602Z
UID:56534-1680177600-1680177600@www.thehastingscenter.org
SUMMARY:The Battle for Your Brain
DESCRIPTION:At the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence lies a wealth of opportunity for business\, labor\, and society at large. Yet along with progress comes a host of legal and ethical dilemmas. Watch Nita Farahany and Mildred Solomon consider what our neurological information is worth\, and the implications of making it available to corporations\, work places and government. The Daniel Callahan Annual Lecture is supported by generous gifts from The John and Patricia Klingenstein Fund and The Andrew and Julie Klingenstein Family Foundation.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/the-battle-for-your-brain/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230314T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230314T160000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230310T150947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T154240Z
UID:57582-1678806000-1678809600@www.thehastingscenter.org
SUMMARY:Toward Navigating Danger and Promise Together--Editing the Human Genome
DESCRIPTION:A frank look at the ethics of breakthrough genetic technologies\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTRANSCRIPT\n\n\n\nA just-concluded summit looked at the state of human genome editing\, where the scandal of China’s CRISPR babies was fresh in the minds of many. But attendees also heard of the exciting promise that gene editing therapy holds for sickle cell disease\, a condition that touches millions. Can we all have a say in managing this fast-moving technology? How do we weigh the danger against the benefits? Watch Françoise Baylis\, author of Altered Inheritance: CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing\, Ben Hurlbut of Arizona State University\, and Josephine Johnston of The Hastings Center in a special virtual event as they examine critical takeaways from the summit–and next steps for our society.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/toward-navigating-danger-promise-together-editing-the-human-genome/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230301T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230301T183000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230131T134020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T145232Z
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SUMMARY:Synthetic Biology and the Reinvention of Nature
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Practical Ethics presents a special guest lecture with Gregory Kaebnick\, Research Scholar and Editor of the Hastings Center Center Report\, Hastings Center.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/synthetic-biology-and-the-reinvention-of-nature/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T120000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230118T122328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T124038Z
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SUMMARY:Indigenizing Genomics and Advancing Indigenous Data Sovereignty
DESCRIPTION:Indigenous peoples have embodied genetic understanding within Indigenous knowledge systems long before encountering settler-science constructs.Join the discussion with panelists Phillip Wilcox\, BForSci (Hons)\, PhD\, and Krystal Tsosie\, PhD\, MPH\, MA; moderated by Josephine Johnston\, LLB\, MBHL
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/indigenizing-genomics-and-advancing-indigenous-data-sovereignty/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T150000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230126T134242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230210T153705Z
UID:57032-1675864800-1675868400@www.thehastingscenter.org
SUMMARY:Should We Change "Chimeric" Human-Animal Research?
DESCRIPTION:SPECIAL REPORT: Creating Chimeric Animals: Seeking Clarity on Ethics and Oversight\n\n\n\nCrossing species boundaries by inserting human cells into (nonhuman) animals for research purposes promises to yield enormous benefits\, including better models of human disease and ultimately sources of tissues and organs suitable for transplantation into humans. \n\n\n\nYet there are ethical questions about this type of research\, ranging from whether the moral status of nonhuman animals is altered by the insertion of human stem cells\, to whether cell donors should be asked for explicit consent to chimeric research\, to whether the nonhuman animals involved are subjected to novel forms of harm. Currently\, many such studies are subject to additional prohibitions and oversight\, although some people content this type of research should not be done at all. \n\n\n\nJosephine Johnston of The Hastings Center and Insoo Hyun of the Boston Museum of Science\,  co-editors\, along with others\, of a new report on chimeric research\, discussed the goals and ethics of this work.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/should-we-change-chimeric-human-animal-research-2/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T153000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230126T135540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230126T135712Z
UID:57041-1675778400-1675783800@www.thehastingscenter.org
SUMMARY:National Health Equity Grand Rounds
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the inaugural National Health Equity Grand Rounds event\, co-sponsored by The Hastings Center\, History of Racism in U.S. Health Care: Root Causes of Today’s Hierarchy and Systems of Power\, on Tuesday\, February 7\, 2-3:30 PM ET. In addition to highlighting root causes of present-day health inequities\, speakers will explore opportunities to advance equity through individual\, institutional\, and structural solutions. Health care professionals who attend can receive no-cost continuing medical education (CME) credit. 
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/national-health-equity-grand-rounds/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T150000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230105T155410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230113T145538Z
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SUMMARY:Unpacking Neglected Social Factors to Ensure Impact
DESCRIPTION:Bioethics With Bigger Impact \n\n\n\n\n\nIt is imperative to understand the social and ethical roots of our present conversations about health inequalities\, in order to partner intelligently with the public\, researchers\, and policymakers for real impact. Since its inception\, the field of bioethics has worked in core concepts of justice and equity\, and considerations of social and political context. But these presenters push for a reorientation toward transformative justice\, and a broader understanding of social determinants of health. Join this boundary pushing conversation.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/unpacking-neglected-social-factors-to-ensure-impact/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230131T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230131T130000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20230105T161627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230126T133301Z
UID:56810-1675166400-1675170000@www.thehastingscenter.org
SUMMARY:Creating Chimeric Animals: Seeking Clarity on Ethics and Oversight
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center scholar\, Karen Maschke\, will be presenting\, The Hastings Center Special Report\, Creating Chimeric Animals: Seeking Clarity on Ethics and Oversight\, at NC State University.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/creating-chimeric-animals-seeking-clarity-on-ethics-and-oversight/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230125T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230125T130000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20221213T204706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T212656Z
UID:56560-1674651600-1674651600@www.thehastingscenter.org
SUMMARY:The Promise and Perils of Social and Behavioral Genomics
DESCRIPTION:While many promise that the study of genomic variants can help us better understand ourselves and our world\, others are concerned that recent scientific developments have helped fuel the rise of harmful ideologies\, such as white supremacy and antisemitism. \n\n\n\nThe scientific community must consider whether the misappropriation of genetic evidence has played any role in mass casualty events and other forms of extremist violence. The panel will address how the history of scientific racism and eugenics in genetics and genomics may limited the scientific community’s capacity to respond decisively to the misuse and misappropriation of scientific data. \n\n\n\nJoin a lively discussion of social and behavioral genetics and genomics\, its benefits\, limitations and potential for misuse. Panelists will discuss strategies for scientists to combat misinformation\, disinformation and misuse of scientific findings; and answer audience questions.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/the-promise-and-perils-of-social-and-behavioral-genomics/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230113T130000
DTSTAMP:20260427T053303
CREATED:20221205T161832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230106T201916Z
UID:56377-1673611200-1673614800@www.thehastingscenter.org
SUMMARY:Wrestling with Social and Behavioral Genomics
DESCRIPTION:Social and behavioral genomics research uses huge sets of genetic data in attempts to shed light on phenotypes from smoking and eating behaviors\, to psychiatric disorders\, to sexuality and educational attainment. How should we think about the risks of such research\, including the risks that its results can be weaponized or lead to policy fatalism? How should we think about the potential benefits\, including doing better social science research or improving our understanding of modifiable risk factors that might address social inequities? What steps can scientists\, ethicists\, journal editors\, journalists\, funders and others take to promote the potential benefits and mitigate the risks? The primary aim of our panel is to facilitate a conversation about these questions and more that arise in the context of social and behavioral genomics research. \n\n\n\nPanelist: Benjamin M. Neale\, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital\, Harvard Medical School\, Broad Institute)Panelist: Evelynn Hammonds\, PhD (Harvard University)Moderator: Michelle N. Meyer\, PhD\, JD (Geisinger College of Health Sciences)Moderator: Erik Parens\, PhD (The Hastings Center)
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/wrestling-with-social-and-behavioral-genomics-4/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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