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SUMMARY:Geneticization of Education: On Consumer Interpretation of DTC Genetic Reports for Educational Outcomes
DESCRIPTION: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 University.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/geneticization-of-education-on-consumer-interpretation-of-dtc-genetic-reports-for-educational-outcomes/
LOCATION:Alfred Lerner Hall at Columbia University\, 2920 Broadway\, New York\, New York\, 10027
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SUMMARY:World Congress of Bioethics
DESCRIPTION: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\, including bioethicists engaged in secular\, atheist\, and agnostic approaches to bioethics as well as other topics that fall outside the theme. This inclusive approach aims to facilitate a diverse range of voices and perspectives\, fostering constructive dialogue and critical discourse. Ultimately\, this endeavor seeks to bolster the global contribution and influence of the scholarly field of bioethics.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/world-congress-of-bioethics/
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SUMMARY:Reframing Low Birthrates as an Existential Opportunity
DESCRIPTION: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?” \n\n\n\nCosponsored by The Center for the Study of Bioethics\, The Hastings Center\, and The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/reframing-low-birthrates-as-an-existential-opportunity/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240530T080000
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SUMMARY:Existential Threats and Other Disasters: How Should We Address Them?
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nMay 30 at 1:15 UTC +1: Addressing Existential Risks and DisastersNancy S. Jecker\, Vardit Ravitsky\, Anita Ho\, Caesar Atuire\, Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon present a talk on their paper\, “A Broader View of X-Risk.” \n\n\n\nMay 31 at 11:45 UTC +1: Keynote Vardit Ravitsky: “Bioethics’ Capacity to Address Existential Threats: A Path Forward.”
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/existential-threats-and-other-disasters-how-should-we-address-them/
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SUMMARY:Emerging Ethical Issues in Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The Challenge of In-Vitro Embryos
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nPlease 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: 917 2849 8129 \n\n\n\nPlease visit https://www.eventleaf.com/e/MedicineGrandRounds to register for webinar access and obtain CME credit. 
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/the-future-of-bioethics-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240509T120000
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SUMMARY:Polygenic Embryo Screening: Ethical Challenges
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nRecent 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 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\, fertility clinics are starting to offer couples additional technologies. These allow prospective parents to screen embryos before implantation\, to see how likely each one is to develop conditions or traits that depend on many genes\, such as schizophrenia\, Crohn’s disease\, and even educational attainment. Some of these applications are very controversial.  \n\n\n\nNO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. USE THIS LINK: https://albanymed.webex.com/albanymed/j.php?MTID=m2671943f5d1530240e2b371670c39cf6
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/polygenic-embryo-screening-ethical-challenges/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T180000
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SUMMARY:"AI in Healthcare and Biomedical Research: Ethical Implications"
DESCRIPTION: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.” \n\n\n\nWatch here: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54049
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/demystifying-medicine/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240502T090000
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SUMMARY:2024 Voice AI Symposium
DESCRIPTION: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 healthcare.  \n\n\n\nHastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will moderate the panel entitled “Trust in the Context of Rapidly Evolving Technology.” \n\n\n\nVoice AI is part of the Bridge to AI project\, funded by the National Institutes of Health. Learn more about that project: https://www.thehastingscenter.org/who-we-are/our-research/current-projects/bridge2ai-voice-as-a-biomarker-of-health/
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/2024-voice-ai-symposium/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T130000
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SUMMARY:"When Law\, Ethics & Medicine Collide: Considering Medical Aid in Dying"
DESCRIPTION:University of Minnesota presents: \n\n\n\nTen 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 statutes authorize doctors to prescribe lethal medication that the patient may choose to take. No U.S. state statute authorizes euthanasia. Evolution of state law continues\, including reexamination of the state residency requirements. In 2016\, Canada authorized both provision of a lethal prescription and euthanasia. Starting in 2027\, Canada plans to enlarge eligibility to patients whose only underlying condition is a mental illness. Canada has faced significant pushback from human rights advocates and disability rights organizations\, suggesting the nation’s legal framework lacks the necessary oversight and safeguards to protect vulnerable populations. Our three panelists are experts on the law\, ethics\, and clinical realities of medical aid in dying\, in both the U.S. and Canada. They bring different perspectives and disciplines to this important debate. This presentation is free and open to the public.Audience members will be able to ask questions of multidisciplinary experts: \n\n\n\nThaddeus Mason Pope\, JD\, PhD\, HEC-CProfessor of LawDirector of the Health Law InstituteMitchell Hamline School of LawRecent Publications:Top Ten New and Needed Expansions of U.S. Medical Aid in Dying Laws\, American Journal of BioethicsMedical Aid in Dying: Key Variations Among U.S. Laws\, Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law \n\n\n\nK. Sonu Gaind\, MDProfessor of Medicine\, Temerty Faculty of MedicineCo-Director\, Adult Psychiatry & Health Systems Division\, University of TorontoChief of Psychiatry\, Humber River HospitalRecent Publications:The Realities of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada\, Palliative & Supportive CareResponse to Medical Assistance in Dying\, Palliative Care\, Safety\, and Structural Vulnerability\, Journal of Palliative Medicine \n\n\n\nNancy Berlinger\, PhDSenior Research Scholar Director\, Visiting Scholar Program The Hastings Center Recent Publications:Facing Dementia: Clarifying End-of-Life Choices\, Supporting Better Lives\, Hastings Center ReportChoice in the Context of Dementia: Emerging Issues for Health Care Practice in Aging Societies\, Hastings Center Report \n\n\n\nModerated by: \n\n\n\nSusan M. Wolf\, JDRegents Professor and McKnight Presidential Professor of Law\, Medicine & Public PolicyFaegre Baker Daniels Professor of LawProfessor of MedicineChair\, Consortium on Law and Values in Health\, Environment & the Life SciencesUniversity of Minnesota \n\n\n\n Francis X. Shen\, JD\, PhDProfessor of Law and Solly Robbins Distinguished Research FellowCo-Chair\, Consortium on Law and Values in Health\, Environment & the Life SciencesUniversity of Minnesota
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/when-law-ethics-medicine-collide-considering-medical-aid-in-dying/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240424T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240424T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
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SUMMARY:Polygenic Embryo Screening: ethical and societal challenges
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/polygenic-embryo-screening-ethical-and-societal-challenges/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T130000
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SUMMARY:Polygenic Embryo Screening: The Promise and Perils of Selecting Our Children’s Traits
DESCRIPTION: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\, fertility clinics are starting to offer couples additional technologies. These allow prospective parents to screen embryos before implantation in the womb\, to see how likely each one is to develop conditions or traits that depend on many genes\, such as schizophrenia\, Crohn’s disease\, and even high IQs. Some of these applications are quite controversial. \n\n\n\nJoin Dr. Vardit Ravitsky\, host Dr. Insoo Hyun\, and instructor Lauren Walsh in this interactive webinar as they wade through the thicket of the promises and perils of polygenic embryo screening. \n\n\n\nCosponsored by Museum of Science\, Boston and Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/polygenic-embryo-screening-the-promise-and-perils-of-selecting-our-childrens-traits/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T183000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
CREATED:20240402T180420Z
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence for Safer Care: Opportunities and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center CEO Vardit Ravitsky will participate in The 2024 Bennathan Patient Safety Lecture. \n\n\n\nThe 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 delivery (e.g.\, reducing burden on doctors and nurses\, aiding clinical decision support\, and lessening human resources challenges). Simultaneously\, the application of AI “at the bedside” raises important concerns and questions among patients\, their families\, and clinicians alike\, including: \n\n\n\n\nthe applicability/efficacy of AI in the context of complex medical decision-making;\n\n\n\nbio-ethical concerns associated with AI (e.g.\, data security\, autonomy\, accountability\, privacy);\n\n\n\nAI’s influence on health equity (e.g.\, potential for contributing to bias); and\n\n\n\npatients’ perceptions of its use in their care (e.g.\, trust\, transparency).\n\n\n\n\nThe 2024 Bennathan Patient Safety Lecture will serve as an interdisciplinary forum to address these issues.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/artificial-intelligence-for-safer-care-opportunities-and-challenges/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240401T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240401T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
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SUMMARY:Bioethics: A Path Forward to Face Future Challenges
DESCRIPTION: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
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/bioethics-a-path-forward-to-face-future-challenges/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T170000
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CREATED:20240201T202524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240307T213606Z
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SUMMARY:Supporting Aging Through Housing: Engaging the Imagination of Policymakers and Publics
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/72314/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240322T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240322T130000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
CREATED:20240312T183934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240314T191919Z
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SUMMARY:Ethical Aspects of AI in Biomedical Research: The Example of the Bridge2AI Initiative
DESCRIPTION: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
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/ethical-aspects-of-ai-in-biomedical-research-the-example-of-the-bridge2ai-initiative/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T183000
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CREATED:20240126T174644Z
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SUMMARY:The Future of Bioethics
DESCRIPTION:Parr Center/Center for Bioethics Joint Lecture: Vardit Ravitsky \n\n\n\nPresident & CEO of The Hastings Center Vardit Ravitsky will discuss “The Future of Bioethics.” \n\n\n\nThis 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 seeks to have increased societal impact.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/the-future-of-bioethics/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T040000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Medical Assisted Dying in New Zealand
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/seminar-on-medical-assisted-dying-in-new-zealand/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240308T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240308T170000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T204851Z
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SUMMARY:When Persons Facing Dementia Choose to Hasten Death: America's Ethical\, Legal\, Medical and Social Landscape
DESCRIPTION: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
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/when-persons-facing-dementia-choose-to-hasten-death-americas-ethical-legal-medical-and-social-landscape/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240306T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240306T130000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
CREATED:20240201T201509Z
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SUMMARY:Imagining Socially Just Policy Narratives about Dementia
DESCRIPTION: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
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/imagining-socially-just-policy-narratives-about-dementia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240305T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240305T140000
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SUMMARY:In Science We Trust?
DESCRIPTION: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? \n\n\n\nWatch our discussion of the pivotal issue of trust in science. How has the past influenced the distrust we’re seeing today? What is in store for the future? How can scientists and science journalists work together to build trust with more effective communication—to engage and inform public discourse?  \n\n\n\nIn Science We Trust Recording.transcript \n\n\nWebinar was presented by the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT and The Hastings Center. \n\n\nPanelists:Bioethicist Lauren Taylor\, NYU\, The Hastings CenterScientist Christopher Reddy\, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute/MITJournalist Nicholas St. Fleur\, STATModerator: John Evans\, UC-San Diego \n\n\n \n\n\nLauren A. Taylor\, PhD\, MDiv\, MPH\, is an assistant professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and a senior advisor to The Hastings Center. She is co-editor of The Hastings Center’s recent special report\, Time to Rebuild: Essays on Trust in Health Care and Science. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nChristopher Reddy\, PhD\, is a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and teaches and advises graduate students at the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography. He has communicated his research findings on oil spills to a wide range of interested parties and recently wrote about his experiences in his recent book\, Science Communication in a Crisis: An Insider’s Guide. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\nNicholas St. Fleur is a general assignment reporter\, associate editorial director of events and host of STAT’s health equity podcast\, “Color Code.” He covers the intersection of race\, medicine\, and the life sciences.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nJohn Evans\, PhD\, is the Tata Chancellor’s Chair of Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Institute for Practical Ethics at the University of California\, San Diego\, and a Hastings Center fellow.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/in-science-we-trust/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240228T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240301T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
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SUMMARY:AI in Health
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will speak about AI in Health at the Lake Nona symposium.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/ai-in-health/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240214T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240214T113000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
CREATED:20240116T203400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240117T214601Z
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SUMMARY:Reflections on the Idea of Social and Behavioral Genetics
DESCRIPTION: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 the history of pseudoscience\, eugenics\, and scientific racism. In this seminar\, our expert panel will share insights regarding the potential risks and benefits of such research: Will investigations of associations between genetic differences and observed differences in behaviors and social outcomes exacerbate—or help to undermine—genetic determinism? How can behavioral and social genomics research community and the neurodiversity and disability justice movements learn from each other? Can the polygenic scores created by behavioral and social geneticists be of any real use to improve clinical or social science research? To what extent\, if any\, is behavioral and social genetics research relevant to discussions of using CRISPR to enhance moral and cognitive behavior? To explore these questions\, we are delighted to be joined by: \n\n\n\n\nDr Daphne Martschenko (Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics)\n\n\n\nDr. Erik Parens (The Hastings Center)\n\n\n\nProf. Kathryn Paige Harden (University of Texas at Austin)\n\n\n\n\n If you are interested in joining\, please send an email to oliver.feeney@uni-tuebingen.de \n\n\n\nModerated by: Dr Oliver Feeney\, Ethics of Genome Editing Research Unit\, Institute of Ethics and History of Medicine\, University of Tübingen\, Germany.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/reflections-on-the-idea-of-social-and-behavioural-genetics/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T160000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
CREATED:20240207T145222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T145435Z
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SUMMARY:Hastings Center Fellows Council Regional Colloquium Series
DESCRIPTION:Keynote Featuring \n\n\n\nProfessor Arthur L. Caplan\, Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics\, Department of Population Health\, NYU Grossman School of Medicine \n\n\n\n“Weighty Matters: The Ethics of Using Injectables To Fight Obesity And Overweight.” \n\n\n\nKeynote (12pm)Workshop (1.15pm – 3.55 pm)Reception Celebrating Vardit Ravitsky (4pm) \n\n\n\nNew York University Grossman School of Medicine\, NYC \n\n\n\nThe Hastings Center Fellows Council is pleased to announce Professors Allison M. Whelan (Georgia State University Law School) and Yael Cannon (Georgetown University Law Center) as 2024 Rising Star Colloquium Series Presenters.  Both will present workshops at the series: \n\n\n\nProfessor Allison Whelan:Mitigating The Impact of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization On Clinical Research \n\n\n\nProfessor Yael Cannon:Identifying Systemic Inequalities and Social Change Leadership \n\n\n\nWe conclude the afternoon with a reception\, celebrating Vardit Ravitsky\, the Hastings Center’s new President. \n\n\n\nCo-hosted by:  NYU Grossman School of Medicine\, Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics\, Weill Cornell Medicine Division of Medical Ethics & Albert Einstein College of Medicine
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/hastings-center-fellows-council-regional-colloquium-series/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240118T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240118T173000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
CREATED:20231003T155233Z
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SUMMARY:Constructing an Ethics Framework for AI in Biomedical Research
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will discuss “Constructing an Ethics Framework for AI in Biomedical Research\,” or ethics at the intersection of artificial intelligence and health care\, at the 2024 Rothenberg Speaker Series. The virtual event is sponsored by The Law & Health Care Program at the University of Maryland.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/66898/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240112T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240112T223000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
CREATED:20231211T175933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231221T145230Z
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SUMMARY:What Is a 'Serious Genetic Condition'?
DESCRIPTION:Vardit Ravitsky\, Ph.D.\, President and CEO of the Hastings Center\, will deliver the keynote address\, “What Is a ‘Serious Genetic Condition’?\,” at the eighth annual reproductive ethics conference at the Institute for Bioethics and Health Humanities\, University of Texas Medical Branch\, Galveston\, Texas. \n\n\n\nThe controversies and challenges of reproductive ethics arise from new technologies\, political and ideological divisions\, theology\, and changing cultural norms. The goal of this conference is to explore the range of topics addressed in reproductive ethics.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/what-is-a-serious-genetic-condition/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T120000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
CREATED:20231122T152610Z
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SUMMARY:Rebuilding Trust in Science
DESCRIPTION:Since before the pandemic we have been experiencing a breakdown in trust in science and health care. Explore the reasons for this crisis\, with authors of a just-released Hastings Center special report on trust\, who show a path forward to heal our fractured society. \n\n\nTranscript Trust Event \n\n\nWith panelists \n\n\n\nArthur Caplan\, PhD\, NYU Grossman School of MedicineDeirdre Mylod\, PhD\, Institute for Innovation at Press GaneyLeah Rand\, DPhil\, PORTAL at Brigham and Women’s HospitalMelissa Creary\, PhD\, MPH\, University of Michigan School of Public HealthMichelle Chau\, PhD\, MPH\, NYU Langone Health \n\n\n\nModerator \n\n\n\nLauren Taylor\, PhD\, MDiv\, MPH\, NYU Grossman School of Medicine \n\n\n\nIntroduction \n\n\n\nVardit Ravitsky\, PhD\, President & CEO\, The Hastings Center
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/rebuilding-trust-in-science/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T100500
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
CREATED:20231003T144943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T124418Z
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SUMMARY:Plenary 3: Integrating AI and ML into Research and Clinical Care: Scientific and Ethical Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will chair a session on AI in Regenerative Medicine at the Till & McCulloch Meetings in Toronto\, Canada
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/plenary-3-integrating-ai-and-ml-into-research-and-clinical-care-scientific-and-ethical-challenges/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231019T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231019T140000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
CREATED:20231009T201721Z
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SUMMARY:Can AI Promote Our Health & Well-Being?
DESCRIPTION:Medicine has been at the forefront of recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI)\, from image recognition to generative AI. Watch leaders in AI\, ethics\, and health as they discuss the hype\, the hope\, and what it might take for AI to improve patient outcomes. \n\n\n\nThis event explored challenges to the effective use of AI in health systems\, whether these technologies can actually promote our health and well-being and how to ensure any advances benefit all of us. \n\n\n\nThe conversation features: \n\n\n\n\nDr. Vardit 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. \n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Roxana Daneshjou\, MD\, PhD\, FAAD is Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Dermatology at the Stanford School of Medicine. She studied bioengineering as an undergraduate at Rice University and received her MD and PhD from Stanford School of Medicine. \n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Alex John London PhD is the K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies\, Director of the Center for Ethics and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University\, and Chief Ethicist at the Block Center for Technology and Society at Carnegie Mellon University.
URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/can-ai-promote-our-health-and-wellbeing/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231014T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231014T143000
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
CREATED:20230914T164128Z
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SUMMARY:Mapping Cultural Narratives across Disciplines: Aging\, Disability\, Dementia
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center Senior Research Scholar Nancy Berlinger will present Mapping Cultural Narratives across Disciplines: Aging\, Disability\, Dementia with Liz Bowen\, Laura Haupt\, and Erin Gentry Lamb 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/mapping-cultural-narratives-across-disciplines-aging-disability-dementia/
LOCATION:American Society for Bioethics and Humanities\, 700 Aliceanna St\,\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21202\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231014T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231014T084500
DTSTAMP:20260427T001943
CREATED:20230914T163138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231010T165716Z
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SUMMARY:The Injustice and Moral Wrongs of Affective and Psychotic Disorders as Exclusion Criteria for Organ Transplant Candidates – Flash Session
DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center Project Manager-Research Assistant Sana Baban will present The Injustice and Moral Wrongs of Affective and Psychotic Disorders as Exclusion Criteria for Organ Transplant Candidates – Flash Session\, 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/the-injustice-and-moral-wrongs-of-affective-and-psychotic-disorders-as-exclusion-criteria-for-organ-transplant-candidates-flash-session/
LOCATION:American Society for Bioethics and Humanities\, 700 Aliceanna St\,\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21202\, United States
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