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

Research 2.0: Social Networking and Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Genomics has been published by CIRGE Scholars Sandra Lee and LaVera Crawley in the American Journal of Bioethics.

 

Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age, edited by CIRGE Scholar Sandra Lee along with Barbara Koenig and Sarah Richardson, received high praise in a recent Science book review.

 

"Biobanks, privacy, and the subpoena power" by CIRGE Scholar Teneille Brown, with Kelly Lowenberg, has been accepted for publication in the Stanford Journal of Science Policy and Law.

 

"Through A Scanner Darkly – functional neuroimaging as evidence of a criminal defendant’s past mental states" by CIRGE Scholar Teneille Brown, with Emily Murphy, has been accepted for publication in Volume 62 of the Stanford Law Review.

 

Please visit Active Areas of Research to find descriptions of current CIRGE projects including the newest endeavor, Judiciary Perspectives on the Genetics of Alcohol Use Disorders.

 

Distribution of Citizen Scientists with the accompanying facilitator guide and evaluation form will begin later this year. For more information and to request the film, please email CIRGE Program Manager Jennifer Ladd at jennladd@stanford.edu with your name, institution, mailing address and requested number of copies.

 

Biomedical scientists' perceptions of ethical and social implications: is there a role for research ethics consultation? by CIRGE Scholars Jennifer McCormick, Angie Boyce and Mildred Cho has been published online at PLoS ONE.

 

The "etiome": identification and clustering of human disease etiological factors by CIRGE Scholars Paul Wise and Atul Butte, with Yueyi Liu, has been published in BMC Bioinformatics.

 

Direct-to-consumer genetic tests: beyond medical regulation? by CIRGE Scholars David Magnus and Mildred Cho, with Robert Cook-Deegan, has been published in Genome Medicine.

 

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

The CIRGE Journal Club will resume at the start of academic year 2009-2010.

 

May 20, 2009
Research in a Post-Mendelian World: What is the Significance of the Limitations in Genome-Wide Association Studies?
Presented by Dr. David Magnus
Clark Center S363
10:30 - 11:30AM
Readings for this week's Journal Club can be found here

 

April 15, 2009
Trusting Your Gut:
Links Between Microbiome and Weight

Presented by Katie Shelef
Clark Center S363
10:30 - 11:30AM
Readings for this week's Journal Club can be found here

 

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

Pediatric Bioethics Conference
No Longer a Child, Not Yet an Adult: Ethical Issues in Adolescent Healthcare
July 24 - 25, 2009
Bell Harbor International Conference Center
Seattle, WA

 

2009 Bioethics Summer Retreat
Hosted by Cleveland Clinic Department of Bioethics
June 24 - 28, 2009
Rocky Gap State Park and Resort
Cumberland, MD

 

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