Opportunity award on trust, AI, health; reproductive technologies; genetic medicine access; MacArthur Award
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October 17, 2024
Putting Bioethics to Work on Trust, AI, and Health Care Donaghue award will advance Hastings research and public engagement.
Artificial intelligence is changing the landscape of health care delivery and biomedical research, but will patients, health care providers, researchers, and the public trust new AI-based tools? And how should we design and implement AI to be trustworthy? To address these and other pressing issues, The Hastings Center has received an “Opportunity Award” from The Donaghue Foundation to advance bioethics research and related public engagement regarding how to integrate AI into health care in ways that promote—and deserve—trust. Learn more.
Reproductive Technologies are on the Ballot What are the bioethical implications?
In vitro fertilization and other reproductive technologies are major issues in this year’s elections. Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky and colleagues created and analyzed the first dataset of 20 years of publications on the ethical, legal, and social questions that they raise. Learn more.
Access to Genetic Medicine: Progress and Barriers Carolyn Neuhaus cites improvements and work to be done.
Integrating genetics into clinical practice has the potential to revolutionize health care through personalized medicine, but it also risks widening health disparities if steps aren't taken to provide access to genetic testing and follow-up care for medically underserved people. There has been significant progress in increasing the diversity of genetics research participants, writes Hastings Center research scholar Carolyn Neuhaus in the introduction to a new collection of articles. But economic, social, and other barriers impede full access to genetic testing and follow-up care. Learn more.
Dorothy Roberts Named 2024 MacArthur Fellow Hastings Center fellow recognized for exposing racial inequities.
The Hastings Center congratulates Dorothy Roberts on being named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow. Roberts, a professor of law and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and a Hastings Center fellow, was recognized for “exposing racial inequities embedded in social service systems and uplifting the experiences of people caught up in them.” Learn more.
Changing Life as We Know It--Exploring the Role of Genetic Modification and Our Understanding of Humanity. Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will be a keynote speaker at the FASPE symposium in New York. November 16.
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