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CENTER FOR
GENETIC RESEARCH ETHICS AND LAW

 

 

fostering interdisplinary collaborative research on
issues in
genetic research ethics

 

The Center for Genetic Research Ethics and Law (CGREAL) is one of four interdisciplinary Centers for Excellence in Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research funded by the National Human
Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address some of the most pressing ethical, legal and social questions raised by recent advances in genetic and genomic research.

This center studies the ethical issues in the design and conduct of human genetic research, including the protection of human subjects in research.

The center conducts research, surveys existing ethical, legal and social implications research and current genetic research regulations and guidelines to determine how adequately they address present and emerging ethical concerns, and develops resources that will contribute to stronger policies and guidelines in genetic research.

This project is supported by NIH grant #P50HG03390.

HIGHLIGHTS

This Week in CGREALut Life Extension."

Richard Settersten Jr. Jennifer Fishman, Marcie Lambrix, Michael Flatt, and Robert Binstock have published a commentary in the latest issue of the American Journal of Bioethics, titled "The Salience of Language in Probing Public Attitudes about Life Extension."

Erica Haimes has been invited to join the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's Ethics and Law Advisory Committee and the International Society of Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Ethics and Public Policy Committee, in order to provide insight into social science research on, and the social aspects of, assisted conception.

Congratulations to Patty Marshall, Aaron Goldenberg, and Christian Simon, who were among the recipients of the the widely sought NIH "Challenge Grants"!

Patty Marshall and Aaron Goldenberg's grant, "Community Voices On Health Disparities And Translational Genomics Research", will examine beliefs and experiences that influence understanding of genomic research and its application to health disparities among underserved and minority populations in Cleveland, Ohio, to identify barriers to genomics research relevant to health disparities, and to develop innovative approaches for addressing these barriers through collaborative community-based partnerships. 

Christian Simon's challenge grant, "Managing Incidental Findings In The Genomic Era", will examine how the prospect of incidental findings is addressed in the context of GWAS and CMA, and continues to build on earlier work he did through a CGREAL seed grant.

Jeff Botkin has been appointed  by Francis Collins as the Chair of the NIH Stem Cell Eligibility Working Group, which will vet human stem cell lines for NIH funded research,  and Dena Davis will be a member of that committee!