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...