Stanford Center for
Biomedical Ethics

Center for Integration of Research on Genetics and Ethics

CIRGE is one of four interdisciplinary Centers of Excellence in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) research created by the National Human Genome Research Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, to proactively identify and 
deliberate ethical, legal, and social issues in current and emerging genetic research.
CIRGE News

CIRGE would like to welcome new postdoctoral fellow Nanibaa' Garrison. Nanibaa's research interests include personal genomics, human genetic ancestry and evolutionary history, and issues with privacy and confidentiality.

 

CIRGE would like to welcome new postdoctoral fellow CJ Murdoch. CJ is also part of the SCBE Program on Stem Cells in Society and the Stanford Law School Center for Law and the Biosciences. CJ will work on ethical and legal issues in stem cell research and behavioral genomics.

 

CIRGE Scholar David Magnus discussed the necessity for health care reform in a recent Stanford Medicine podcast.

 

CIRGE wishes former postdoctoral fellow Teneille Brown much luck and success in her new position as Associate Professor of Law at S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah.

 

CIRGE Scholars Kelly Ormond and Hank Greely voiced cautions about direct-to-consumer genetic testing in the ACP Internist.

 

CIRGE Scholar Sandra Lee presented her work on social networking and direct-to-consumer genomics at the July 2009 Genetics & Ethics in the 21st Century conference.

 

The Illusive Gold Standard in Genetic Ancestry Testing has been published by CIRGE Scholar Sandra Lee in Science.

 

Several presentations from the CIRGE 2006 Interpreting Complexity and 2008 Capturing Complexity Symposia are now featured on Nature Precedings as highlighted collections. Videos of the presentations are also linked from Nature Precedings to GoogleVideo.

CIRGE Events

November 18, 2009
CIRGE Journal Club: Research 2.0

Social Networking and Direct-to-Consumer Genomics
Facilitated by Sandra Lee, Ph.D.
Clark Center S363
10:30 - 11:30AM
Readings for this week's Journal Club are posted here.

 

December 16, 2009
CIRGE Journal Club

Facilitated by Hank Greely, J.D.
Clark Center S363
10:30 - 11:30AM
Readings for this week's Journal Club will be posted shortly.

 

For more information about CIRGE events, please see Center Activities.

 

For more events, please see the SCBE events page.

 

CIRGE research

Researchers at CIRGE are dedicated to furthering public understanding and awareness of key ethical, legal and social issues in emerging human genetic variation research.

Current projects underway at the Center include a research ethics consultation program and a study of the biological and social constructions of autism as a disease.

More projects will be added as investigators continue to identify which concerns are most pressing and relevant to current trends in genetic technologies and research.

For more information, please see Active Areas of Research.

 

RELATED National Events

PRIM&R 2009 Meeting
Advancing Ethical Research Conference: Navigating the Future Using the Belmont Compass
November 14-16, 2009
Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill
Nashville, TN

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