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- Hastings Center Welcomes First Sadler Scholars
Posted on June 24, 2021
The Hastings Center is pleased to welcome the inaugural Sadler Scholars, a select group of six doctoral students with research interests relevant to bioethics who are from racial and ethnic... - Disability as Metaphor
Posted on June 17, 2021
A new article in English Literary History by Liz Bowen, the Rice Family Fellow in Bioethics and the Humanities at The Hastings Center, explores the use of metaphors characterizing disability.... - Considering the Potential and Pitfalls of “Dr. GPT-3” in a Clinic Near You
Posted on June 4, 2021
Artificial intelligence natural language computer applications are becoming increasingly sophisticated, raising the possibility that they could assume a greater role in health care, including interacting with patients. But before these... - The Blair and Georgia Sadler Fund to Support Socially Just Health Policy
Posted on May 27, 2021
Blair L. Sadler, JD, President Emeritus of Rady Children’s Hospital, and Georgia Robins Sadler, MBA, PhD, FAACE, a cancer researcher, have made a major gift for work on socially just... - Michele Moody-Adams Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Posted on May 14, 2021
Hastings Center board member Michele Moody-Adams was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. She is the Joseph Straus Professor of Political Philosophy and Legal Theory at Columbia... - Genetic Pygmalion Effect? Study Suggests Negative Impacts of Genetic Tests for Educational Purposes
Posted on May 10, 2021
Genetic tests claiming to predict people’s intellectual aptitudes or how much education they are likely to get are readily available via direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies. Some researchers are even proposing...
