Stanford School of Medicine
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

Recent publications by CIRGE scholars include:

Perceived Medical Discrimination and Cancer Screening Behaviors of Racial and Ethnic Minority Adults

The Ethics of Characterizing Difference: Guiding Principles on Using Racial Categories in Human Genetics

Strangers at the Benchside: Research Ethics Consultation

 

CIRGE's Bio-Medical Ethics Reference Server (BMERS) is now live. BMERS is a tool for collecting, annotating, and sharing references and research on bio-medical ethics. If you are a researcher in biomedical ethics and would like an account, please contact aboyce at stanford dot edu for more information.

 

All presentations from Interpreting Complexity, our 2006 conference on behavioral genetics, are available as streaming video (Quicktime player needed).  Start by viewing the introduction by Dr. Mildred Cho.

 

About CIRGE Projects

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 pilot program in research ethics consultation.

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.

Center Activities

CIRGE Events

September 8 , 2008
The Gloomy Prospect Wins: Statistical Significance and Population Stratification in Genome Wide Association Studies
Dr. Eric Turkheimer
Munzer Auditorium, Beckman Center
4-5 PM

 

May 9, 2008
Capturing Complexity: The Scientific, Societal, and Ethical Meanings of “Environment” in Genetic Research
Clark Center Auditorium
1-6 PM

 

May 8, 2008
CIRGE Seminar: Michele Easter
12-1:30 PM


All events at SCBE

National Events

ASHG 58th Annual Meeting
November 11 - 15, 2008
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA

ASBH 10th Annual Meeting: Future Tense
October 23 - 26, 2008
Renaissance Cleveland Hotel
Cleveland, OH

Decade of ELSI Conference
May 1 - 3, 2008
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

What’s the Use of Race?
April 25 - 26, 2008
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

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