Events
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Polygenic Embryo Screening: The Promise and Perils of Selecting Our Children’s Traits
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...
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Polygenic Embryo Screening: ethical and societal challenges
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...
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“When Law, Ethics & Medicine Collide: Considering Medical Aid in Dying”
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...
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2024 Voice AI Symposium
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...
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“AI in Healthcare and Biomedical Research: Ethical Implications”
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...
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Polygenic Embryo Screening: Ethical Challenges
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...
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Emerging Ethical Issues in Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The Challenge of In-Vitro Embryos
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...
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Existential Threats and Other Disasters: How Should We Address Them?
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...
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Reframing Low Birthrates as an Existential Opportunity
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...
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World Congress of Bioethics
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...
