GELP Activities and Events
May 2000 - July 2001
Events listed in reverse chronological order for each category:
Programs Sponsored by GELP
June 19, 2001
Emerging Normative Problems in Genomics
GELP Faculty Colloquium
Alex Rosenberg, PhD, Duke Department of Philosophy
June 7, 2001
Ethical, Legal & Societal Issues in Biotechnology: A Primer for Industry Leaders
Seminar for Biotechnology Executives
A one-day seminar for biotechnology executives organized in collaboration with the NC Biosciences Organization
April 17, 2001
Tissue Banking and Informed Consent
GELP Faculty Colloquium
Alan Proia, MD, PhD, Stan Simmerson and Patricia Moss, DUMC
March 1, 2001
Legal, Ethical and Policy Issues in Genetic Tissue Banking
GELP Faculty Colloquium
Robert Taber, PhD, Director of the Office of Science & Technology at Duke University Medical Center & Alan Proia, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, DUMC
May 2000
Does Genomics Pose New Ethical Questions?
Public Symposium at Duke University
Programs Co-Sponsored by GELP
November 6, 2000
Art, Ethics and Genetic Engineering: The Transgenic Art of Eduardo Kac
Public symposium
The symposium focused on the ethical issues raised by Kac'
s "Green Fluorescent Protein" Bunny and the future implications of genetic engineering. It included a multi-disciplinary panel of Duke professors, who responded to Kac's use of genetic engineering as an artistic medium.
Programs Involving GELP Members
June 23, 2001
Ethical Issues in the Commercial Use of Tissues in Research
American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Semiannual Meeting Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA (panelist)
Chicago, IL
June 11, 2001
Genetics and the Biotech Revolution
Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy conference Kevin Schulman, MD, MBA, Michael Waitzkin, JD, & Elizabeth Kiss, DPhil
Atlanta
June 7, 2001
Critical Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Facing the Biotechnology Industry Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Biotechnology: A Primer for Industry Leaders
Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA (panelist)
Chapel Hill, NC
April 20, 2001
The Genomic Revolution: New Choices, New Dilemmas
Panel at Duke Alumni Weekend Doriane Coleman, JD, Amy Laura Hall, PhD, Joe Nevins, PhD & Elizabeth Kiss, PhD
April 9, 2001
Eliminating Inequities in Health: Global Problems, Local Solutions
Roundtable on "The Genome Project: Miracle Cure or Pandora'
s Box" Elizabeth Kiss, DPhil
Sponsored by Charlotte World Affairs Council