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- The Hastings Center Produces Guidance for Ethical Practice in Responding to COVID-19
Posted on March 18, 2020
The Hastings Center has developed a resource for health care institutions and institutional ethics services to support leadership and practice during the novel coronavirus public health emergency and in the care of patients with COVID-19.The Hastings Center convened an expert advisory group to meet the need for a practical resource to support institutional preparedness and supplement public health and clinical practice guidance on COVID-19. - Hastings Rice Family Fellow Founds New Journal on Disability
Posted on February 5, 2020
- New Hastings Center Fellows Elected
Posted on January 22, 2020
The Hastings Center is pleased to announce the election of 12 new Fellows. Hastings Center Fellows are a group of more than 200 individuals of outstanding accomplishment whose work has... - Could Genetic Testing for Educational Attainment Cause Harm? Hastings Researcher Begins First-Ever Study to Find Out
Posted on January 17, 2020
Hastings Center postdoctoral researcher Lucas J. Matthews is undertaking the first-ever study to examine the potential harms of telling students about their genetic propensity for educational attainment. - Expert in Artificial Intelligence Named Hastings Center Senior Advisor
Posted on January 8, 2020
- Helping Seriously Ill Patients Access “Last Resort” Medicines
Posted on December 20, 2019
The Compassionate Use Advisory Committee, headed by Hastings Center Fellow Arthur Caplan, of NYU Langone, received the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration’s Innovation Award. The committee was recognized for transforming how expanded access requests, also known as compassionate use requests, are granted by drug developers.