PCORI award, gender and sport, serious genetic conditions, legacy challenge
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August 15, 2024
What Makes an Organization Trustworthy? The Hastings Center to lead major first-ever study.
A research team at The Hastings Center has been approved for $1.5 million in funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study organizational trustworthiness as it relates to community-engaged research. Led by Hastings Center research scholar Virginia A. Brown, the study will be the first to investigate the role of organizational trustworthiness in shaping research engagement processes and outcomes. Read more.
What, Exactly, are "Serious" Genetic Conditions? Aiming for answers to improve reproductive decision-making.
The concept of “serious” genetic conditions carries an enormous ethical weight for prospective parents, as they consider reproductive decisions, and it has a direct influence on societal decisions around what prenatal tests are offered and covered by insurance. It may then come as a surprise that there is no agreed-upon understanding of what “serious” genetic conditions are. Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky and co-authors address this challenge in an article in the European Journal of Human Genetics in which they propose four core dimensions and four procedural elements to help map the features of seriousness in any given context. Read the article.
Considering Gender and Sport Tom Murray reflects on the 2024 Paris Games.
“Organizing fair, interesting, and meaningful competitions requires sorting athletes into groups so that the qualities we value in sport can shape the outcome,” writes Hastings Center President Emeritus Thomas H. Murray in the Hastings Center Report. Murray considers passionate disputes over transgender athletes and finds lessons in the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, in which women and men competed directly with each other in equestrian events. “Skill and finesse matter far more than differences among riders’ size and strength,” he writes of those events, while other sports emphasize other natural talents such as balance, strength, or speed. Read more. (Subscription required for full text.)
Meet our Legacy Challenge Help ensure the lasting impact of our work.
Since 1969, The Hastings Center has led efforts to address complex challenges arising in health, science, and technology. As someone who clearly understands our mission, would you value knowing that the impact of our work will carry forward far into the future? Right now, you can help ensure that! The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust has awarded Hastings a legacy challenge grant. Learn more.
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