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

Our event site for our May 9 Symposium is now available, including the agenda/speaker line-up!

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

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

May 9, 2008
Capturing complexity: scientific, societal, and ethical meanings of “environment” in genetic research
Clark Center Auditorium
1-6 PM


All events at SCBE

National Events

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

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