Events

The purpose of this workshop is to provide an overview of current research on the genetic basis of human cognition and psychiatric diseases based on genome-scale and population-wide analyses and to discuss the medical and societal implications of this research...

This workshop will explore the ethical, legal, social, economic, and practical implications of the international expansion of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) with a particular emphasis on non-Western and developing nations.

A growing market for new digital technologies, including ‘wearable technology,’ smart phone apps, and other self-monitoring devices, is encouraging people to engage with feedback on their physiological and psychological functioning and to keep a record of their activity, including pulse...

Please note that due to a technical error, not all the participants and speakers are listed here. For a full list of speakers and participants please see “Abstracts” in the right-hand column.  Goal of the Workshop: Exploring whether and how the...

There has been a recent surge in the use of three-dimensional biomaterial printing (3D bioprinting) for a wide range of innovative experimental therapeutic applications ranging from orthopedic patient-specific transplants to custom-made biodegradable bronchial implants. With its potential to overcome the...

The aims of this workshop are   To discuss what kinds of conscientious objection are likely to be advanced by health professionals within the next decades, to develop criteria for determining the ethical acceptability of different kinds of conscientious objection...

Confirmed speakers: Angus Deaton (Princeton University, 2015 Nobel Laureate in Economics)—Keynote Joshua Angrist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Till Bärnighaugen (Harvard University) Nancy Cartwright (Durham University) Tyler Cowen (George Mason University) Angus Dawson (Sydney University) Abdul Ghaffar (World Health Organization) Rebecca...

Katja Kuehlmeyer and Corinna Klingler Institute for Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine, University of Munich Migrant physicians might struggle with different challenges when they start to work in German expectations of patients, colleagues or supervisors and value differences in the...

This workshop is expected to take place towards the end of a three-year research project, funded by the Swiss National Fund for Scientific Research (2013-2016). This project entitled “Unraveling lessons learned from the A(H1N1) pandemic to the 2014 Ebola epidemic”...

Although the relevance and crucial importance of epidemiological studies to contemporary psychiatric research and practice are undeniable, they still raise fundamental problems that two transformative periods in psychiatric epidemiology have yet to resolve. The first period (1960-1980s) developed tools for...

During this workshop, we will discuss the ethical, legal and practical issues of conducting post-mortem genetic testing with the ultimate aim of drafting European recommendations. We will focus on the case of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young adults (less...

Building upon current debate about public engagement with emerging technologies, the workshop brings together ELSI and STS scholars to discuss issues related to public participation when dealing with ethical, social and public health issues of genome research and its clinical...