Call for Abstracts:  

“Translating ELSI:  Global Perspectives on the Ethical, Legal and Social
Implications of Human Genome Research,” May 1-3, Cleveland, Ohio
http://www.cgreal.org/elsi

It has now been almost eighteen years since the 1990 founding of the U.S.
federal grant-making program for research on the Ethical, Legal and Social
Implications (ELSI) of Human Genomics at the National Institutes of Health.  A
number of other governments have launched similar funding initiatives since that
time.   As a result, a large international community of research scholars have
now turned their attention toward issues at the intersections of genetic and
genomic research with clinical and research ethics, healthcare, social values,
and public policy. 
 
In 2001, the ELSI Program of the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute
held the first national U.S. conference for the ELSI research community, “A
Decade of ELSI Research.” 

On May 1, 2, and 3, 2008, The Center for Genetic Research Ethics and Law at Case
Western Reserve University will be hosting a conference to follow up on that
meeting, by offering an international perspective on this growing field of
research.
 
The theme of the coming meeting is the challenges of “translating” our research,
both across cultures and disciplines, and into practical recommendations for
scientists and policy-makers.  We hope that you will join us!
 
We also invite you to submit a 500 word abstract about your research for
consideration towards plenary or poster presentation at this historic meeting.  
Abstracts will be accepted until Nov. 30, 2007 at
http://www.case.edu/med/bioethics/cgreal/elsi/abstracts.htm.  Abstract proposals
may be for individual presentations or for multi-participant panels.  
Applicants will be notified by January 1, 2008 if their abstract has been
accepted.
 
Topics of interest to the Planning Committee include studies of the ethical,
legal or social implications of a broad range of advances in human genetics and
genomic research, from the perspectives of the humanities, social sciences, law,
or public policy studies.  Examples include (but are not limited to) studies of:
 
·        Genetic testing and screening
·        Genetic discrimination and privacy
·        Access to genetic services
·        Public health genetics
·        Reproductive genetic services
·        Forensic DNA profiling
·        Intellectual property and commercialization of genetic discoveries
·        Personalized genomic medicine and pharmacogenomics
·        Medical DNA sequencing
·        Gene-environment interactions research
·        Biobanking and repository research
·        Genetic research with families and communities
·        Population genetic research
·        Genetic ancestry and identity labeling
·        Behavioral genetic research
·        Human gene transfer research
·        The “ELSI model” in science policy
·        Public perceptions of genetic research and services
·        Public engagement in genetic policy-making


For more information, please see http://www.cgreal.org/elsi or contact Deborah
Hawkins  (deborah.hawkins@case.edu). 

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