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15 – 16 June 2020. — We are pleased to invite you to join us for the ELSI Virtual Forum, an online meeting on June 15 and 16, 2020, being held in place of the 5th ELSI Congress, now scheduled for March 2021. The Forum will include eight keynote, plenary...

New date for virtual event to be announced soon! Please join us for a free viewing of the documentary film, Human Nature, and a live panel discussion. — From executive producer Dan Rather and director Adam Bolt, the co-writer and editor of the Oscar-winning film Inside Job, comes the story...

Each month the Center for Genomics and Society and the Program for Precision Medicine in Healthcare partner to host a Lunch and Learn session. In these sessions, we view a video on genomics research and then discuss the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI). On Monday, March 9, the topic...

We would like to draw to your attention to three Administrative Supplement Opportunities for current NHGRI grantees.  If you are interested in exploring any of these opportunities further, please contact the NHGRI Program Officer assigned to your current grant.   Notice to Encourage Eligible NHGRI Awardees to Apply for PA-18-906...

Gail E. Henderson, PhD, is professor of Social Medicine in the School of Medicine and adjunct professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A medical sociologist with training in public health, she has extensive experience with interdisciplinary research and teaching. She was Department Chair from 2009...

The Lecture Capture of the January 30 presentation by Vence Bonham, Jr. J. D. is now available. Visit http://go.unc.edu/Pp3e8 — Description: The National Academies of Sciences 2017 Human Genome Editing Report identified seven principles that should undergird the oversight systems, research surrounding, and eventual clinical uses of human genome editing:...

Each month the Center for Genomics and Society and the Program for Precision Medicine in Healthcare partner to host a Lunch and Learn session that focuses on one of the lectures made available by the National Institutes of Health.  Selected videos will have a genomics and/ or ELSI related theme....

January 13 | 12p | MacNider 340  — GenomeTV is a repository of videos maintained by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). They include NHGRI lectures, meetings, advisory sessions and other events related to genomics research. Each month the Center for Genomics and Society and the Program for Precision...

January 30 | 12pm | BOND G100  —   Vence Bonham, Jr. J. D. Associate Investigator, Division of Intramural Research, Senior Advisor to the NHGRI Director on Genomics and Health Disparities, National Human Genome Research Institute  —   The National Academies of Sciences 2017 Human Genome Editing Report identified seven...

The Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care will be led by the UNC School of Medicine’s Jonathan Berg, MD, PhD. The program, funded by a $10-million grant from UNC Health Care, will be a collaboration among multiple departments within the school to bring together existing precision medicine treatments and...