Helping Older Americans During the Pandemic
OnlineThis event, the third in a four-part series, will explore some of the key findings in Advancing Housing and Health Equity for Older Adults: Pandemic Innovations and Policy Ideas, a collaboration with The Hastings Center. Panelists will share new research and examples of how service coordinators leveraged community resources and their own creativity to ensure...
Toward New Narratives About Aging in Place
OnlineMost older Americans want to “age in place,” yet many lack the “place” they need. Land use restrictions or local resistance to affordable, accessible homes stymie efforts to build places that work for people as they age or who have disabilities. Private-market options geared to wealthy adults are not the solution for the typical, moderate-income...
Genetic Advantages in Sports: When Do They Count as ‘Doping’?
ELSIhubWhat is the essence of sports, and how does that impact the way doping is defined? Join the Friday ELSI discussion with panelists Sarah Polcz, JSD, MSc, JD (Stanford Law School) and Silvia Camporesi, PhD, PhD (King's College London, University of Vienna), moderated by Thomas H. Murray, PhD (The Hastings Center).
Wrestling with Social and Behavioral Genomics
OnlineSocial 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?...
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The Promise and Perils of Social and Behavioral Genomics
OnlineWhile 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. The scientific community must consider whether the misappropriation of genetic evidence has played any role in...
Creating Chimeric Animals: Seeking Clarity on Ethics and Oversight
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.
Unpacking Neglected Social Factors to Ensure Impact
OnlineBioethics With Bigger Impact It 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...
National Health Equity Grand Rounds
OnlineJoin 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,...
Should We Change “Chimeric” Human-Animal Research?
SPECIAL REPORT: Creating Chimeric Animals: Seeking Clarity on Ethics and Oversight Crossing 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. Yet there are ethical questions about this type...
Indigenizing Genomics and Advancing Indigenous Data Sovereignty
OnlineIndigenous 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