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

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CIRGE PI, Mildred Cho, co-authored Managing Incidental Findings and Research Results in Genomic Research Involving Biobanks and Archived Data Sets in Genetics in Medicine.

 

CIRGE PI, Mildred Cho, and Henry Richardson published Secondary Researchers' Duties to Return Incidental Findings and Individual Research Results: a Partial-Entrustment Account in Genetics in Medicine.

 

CIRGE Scholar Joanna Fanos published New "first families": the psychosocial impact of new genetic technologies in Genetics in Medicine.

 

CIRGE Scholar Chris Scott and co-authors published Personal Medicine - the New Banking Crisis in Nature Biotechnology.

 

Congratulations to Ellen Farrelly on publishing her Master's project! Genetic Counseling for Prenatal Testing: Where is the Discussion about Disability? has been published in Journal of Genetic Counseling.

 

Congratulations to Reana Tischler on publishing her Master's project! Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis: Pregnant Women's Interest and Expected Uptake has been published in Prenatal Diagnosis.

 

CIRGE PI, Mildred Cho, co-authored Human Evolutionary Genomics: Ethical and Interpretive Issues, published in Trends in Genetics.

 

CIRGE Scholars Molly Havard, Mildred Cho, and David Magnus published Triggers for Research Ethics Consultation in Science and Translational Medicine.

 

CIRGE Post-Baccalaureate Fellow, Jessica Erickson, and PI Mildred Cho published Ethical Considerations and Risks in Psychiatric Genetics: Preliminary Findings of a Study on Psychiatric Genetic Researchers in AJOB Primary Research.

 

CIRGE Post-Doctoral Fellows Megan Allyse and Lauren Milner were cited in The Military's DNA in Genome Technology.

 

CIRGE Post-Baccalaureate Fellow, Lauren Sayres, and PI Mildred Cho published Cell-Free Fetal Nucleic Acid Testing: A Review of the Technology and its Applications in Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey.

 

Genetics in Medicine has accepted a paper for publication from CIRGE Visiting Scholar Joanna Fanos. The paper is entitled New "First Families": The Psychosocial Impact of New Genetic Technologies. The publication will be posted here when available.

 

CIRGE Scholars Megan Allyse, Lauren Milner, and Mildred Cho published The G.I. Genome: Ethical Implications of Genome Sequencing in the Military in Nature Reviews Genetics.

 

CIRGE Scholars Lauren Sayres, Megan Allyse, Mildred Cho, and colleagues published Cell-free fetal DNA testing: a pilot study of obstetric healthcare provider attitudes toward clinical implementation in Prenatal Diagnosis.

 

CIRGE Collaborator Joachim Hallmayer and colleagues published Genetic Heritability and Shared Environmental Factors Among Twin Pairs with Autism in Archives of General Psychiatry. Hallmayer and co-authors provided comment on NPR's Forum program. Click here to listen.

 

Please welcome our new CIRGE summer research assistants: Seanan Fong, Taylor Goodspeed, Catherine Nguyen, and Alex Whitford.

 

CIRGE PI Mildred Cho and CIRGE Scholars Kelly Ormond, Louanne Hudgins, Jenn Ladd, David Magnus, and Hank Greely published Medical and Graduate Students' Attitudes Towards Personal Genomics in Genetics and Medicine.

 

CIRGE Scholar Chris Scott and CIRGE Alumna Jennifer McCormick and colleagues published Democracy Derived? New Trajectories in Pluripotent Stem Cell Research in Cell.

 

CIRGE Scholar Hank Greely published Get Ready for the Flood of Fetal Gene Screening in Nature.

 

CIRGE PI Mildred Cho and Program Manager Maya Wolpert published Not Yet in Sequence: Clinical, technical, ethical questions linger over personal genomicsin Modern Healthcare.

 

CIRGE Scholar Kelly Ormond and colleagues published The Views of Participants in DNA Biobanks in the Stanford Journal of Law, Science, and Policy.

 

CIRGE Alumna Teneille Brown and Kelly Lowenberg published Biobanks, Privacy, and the Subpoena Power in the Stanford Journal of Law, Science, and Policy.

 

CIRGE PI Mildred Cho published Patently unpatentable: implications of the Myriad court decision on genetic diagnostics in Trends in Biotechnology.

 

Post-Doctoral Scholar Nanibaa' Garrison moderated a panel on Native American views of Genetic Research at the ACMG Clinical Genetics Meeting in March. Her report is available here.

 

CIRGE scholar Chris Scott commented on the use of human tissue created from stem cells to identify potentially dangerous side-effects from drugs under development before undergoing expensive human trials. Click here to read more.


CIRGE Events

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
SCBE/CIRGE Writing Seminar
10:00-11:00AM
SCBE Conference Room
Author: Nanibaa' Garrison
Paper Title: Familial searching: ethical concerns and implications for the public

 

Wednesday, April 18, 2012
CIRGE Journal Club
11:00AM-12:00PM
Li Ka Shing 209
Presenters: Joachim Hallmayer and Lauren Milner
Topic: Who Knows What? Scientific and Social Discourses on the Causes of Autism

 

Monday, April 23, 2012
Classic Readings in Genetics & Ethics
3:30-5:00PM
SCBE Conference Room
Topic: Genetic Exceptionalism

 

Wednesday, May 2, 2012
SCBE/CIRGE Writing Seminar
10:00-11:00AM
SCBE Conference Room
Author: Megan Allyse
Paper Title: TBA

 

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 study of the biological and social constructions of autism as a disease, and a study of medical and graduate students' attitudes towards personal genomics.

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 & international Events

2011 American Society for Bioethics & Humanities
Annual Meeting
October 13-16, 2011
Hyatt Minneapolis, MN


2011 American Society of Human Genetics
Annual Meeting
October 11-15, 2011
Palais des Congres de Montreal, Canada


Non-invasive Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis Symposium

Brocher Foundation
November 10-11, 2011
Geneva, Switzerland

ways to give gifts

A gift may be made in the form of a check, securities, a bequest, or a complex trust arrangement designed to maximize tax advantages. Checks should be made payable to Stanford University.

For financial donations, the primary contact for the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics is:

Anne Crowe
Assistant Director
650-498-5305
agcrowe@stanford.edu




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