Seminar on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Genetics
Center for Research on Ethical/Legal/Social Implications of Psychiatric, Neurologic & Behavioral Genetics
Department of Psychiatry
Monday, November 27, 2017 12:00-1:00pm
Rm. 405A and B, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
10th Floor, Presbyterian Hospital (PH) Building
622 W. 168th Street
Designing Humans: A Human Rights Approach
Matthew Liao, PhD
Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics
Director of the Center for Bioethics
New York University
Advances in genomic technologies such as CRISPR-Cas9, mitochondrial replacement techniques, and in vitro gametogenesis may soon give us more precise and efficient tools to have children with certain traits such as beauty, intelligence, athleticism, and so on. The prospect of being able to shape and determine the characteristics of human offspring raises the question of whether it is morally permissible to do so. In this talk, I explore a new approach to reproductive genetic engineering, a Human Rights Approach.
Upcoming Presentations
December 18th – Ruth Ottman, PhD, Depts. of Epidemiology and Neurology & Sergievsky Center, CUMC
January 8th – Rayna Rapp, PhD, Dept. of Anthropology, NYU
February 12th – Sharon Schwartz, PhD, Dept. of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health
March 19th – Gail Geller, PhD, Dept. of Medicine & Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns
Hopkins University
April 16th – Vence Bonham, Jr., JD, Office of the Director and Social & Behavioral Research
Branch, NHGRI
May 18th – Robert Krueger, PhD, Dept. of Psychology, University of Minnesota
To convey suggestions about future speakers, contact Paul S. Appelbaum, MD, Director, Center for Research on Ethical/Legal/Social Implications of Psychiatric, Neurologic & Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, at 646-774-8630 or psa21@columbia.edu.
