Lunch Series on the Societal Implications of the Life Sciences

2004-05
Medicine and Biomedical Research

Human Subjects Protection: A Plaintiff's Perspective
Alan Milstein, JD, MS, Sherman, Silvertein, Kohl, Rose & Podolsky
Tuesday, April 5, 2005

The Ethics of Innovative Surgery
Prof. Jonathan Moreno, PhD, University of Virginia
Tuesday, February 8, 2005

Risk, Reason & Regulation of Medical Devices
Prof. Michael Lysaght, PhD, Brown University
Tuesday, November 2, 2004

2003-04
Food, Animal Protection, and The Land

The Ironic Politics of Obesity
Prof. Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH, New York University
Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Ecology, Ethics, and Private Land
Prof. Eric Freyfogle, JD, University of Illinois College of Law
Tuesday, February 10 2004

Globalization and Biodiversity
Prof. David Ehrenfeld, MD, PhD, Rutgers University
Monday, November 17, 2003

Science, Ethics, and the Animal Protection Movement
Prof. Dale Jamieson, PhD, Carleton College
Monday, September 22, 2003

2002-03
Ethics in Genetics and Public Health

Poverty, Pollution & Public Health: Strategies for Building Just and Sustainable Communities
Prof. Robert D. Bullard, PhD, Clark Atlanta University
Tuesday, March 11, 2003

Shifting Visions of Disability: Public Health, Law & Ethics
Prof. Wendy E. Parmet, JD, Northeastern University School of Law
Thursday, February 6, 2003

Toxicogenethics: Ethical Issues at the Intersection of Genetics and the Toxicological Sciences
Prof. Richard R. Sharp, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Tuesday, November 5, 2002

The Meaning of Human Gene Therapy for Disability Rights: The Rise of a New Eugenics?
Prof. Edward J. Larson, JD, PhD, University of Georgia
Tuesday, September 17, 2002

2001-02
Reproductive Technology: Genetic Testing, Stem Cells, & Cloning

Human Molecular Genetics and the Subject of Race: Contrasting Theory and Rhetoric with Practical Applications in Law and Medicine
Prof. Troy Duster, PhD, University of California, Berkeley and New York University
March 14, 2002

From Laboratory to Clinic: Issues in the Oversight of Innovative Reproductive Technologies
Prof. Andrea Bonnicksen, PhD, Northern Illinois University
January 24, 2002

Stem Cells, Cloning, and Genetic Choice in Reproduction
Prof. John A. Robertson, JD, University of Texas School of Law
December 13, 2001

Is There a Genetic Test in Your Future? Would You Want One?
Prof. Neil Holtzman, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University
Tuesday, September 25, 2001