GELP Activities and Events

August 2003 - July 2004

Events listed in reverse chronological order for each category:

Programs Co-Sponsored by GELP

March 26, 2004
The Common Thread: Society and the Human Genome

Medical Scientist Training Program Annual Symposium
Sir John Sulston, PhD, FRS

Co-sponsored by the Medical Scientist Training Program, DUMC

November 21, 2003
The Evolution of Skin-Colour Variation and the End-Finally-of Race

Race, Genetics, and Human Diversity Series
Wilmot James, PhD

Co-sponsored with Duke' s Sanford Institute of Public Policy, the Center for International Studies, and the African & African-American Studies Program

October 31, 2003
Symposium on Race, Genetics, and Human Genetic Diversity

Co-sponsored with the seminar on Race, Gender, Sexuality and the Cultural Study of Medicine, Duke University

Programs Involving GELP Members

July 19, 2004
Genomics and World Health: Navigating the Information Jungle

World Health Organization, Genetics, Ethics and Health Law Lunchtime Seminar
Robert Cook-Deegan, MD
Geneva, Switzerland

July 7, 2004
Pharmacogenetics: Scientific, Legal & Ethical Issues in Genomic Medicine

Howard Hughes Precollege Program in the Biological Science
Lauren Dame, JD, MPH

December 11, 2003
Special Expert Consultation: Biomedical Research, Development and Global Health

Robert Cook-Deegan, MD
National Institutes of Health

December 1, 2003
Reprogenetics and Public Policy: Reflections and Recommendations

Hastings Center briefing
Robert Cook-Deegan, MD

November 13-14, 2003
Ethical Issues in the Management of Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research in Health, Medicine, and the Biomedical Sciences

The Hastings Center
Robert Cook-Deegan, MD

November 7-8, 2003
Genomics: the Information Jungle

Vanderbilt/Duke Workshop on Literature and Genetics
Robert Cook-Deegan, MD, Priscilla Wald, PhD

October 30, 2003
The Public Value of Academic Health Research

Duke' s Fuqua School of Business, Health Sector Management Lunch
Robert Cook-Deegan, MD

October 8-11, 2003
The Jewel in the Federal Crown? History, Politics and the NIH

Research Tenth Anniversary Annual Meeting, History and Social Policy Research Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy
Robert Cook-Deegan, MD

October 2-3, 2003
The Human Cloning Controversy and the Law

Robert Cook-Deegan, MD (panelist)
New Models for Academic Research and Commercial Development

Arti K. Rai, JD (panelist)
American Bar Association Program: Working at the Frontier of Law and Science: Applications for the Human Genome

August 17-19, 2003
James D. Watson: A Celebration

Anniversary Meeting and Book Presentation
Robert Cook-Deegan, MD