Center for Integration of Research on Genetics and Ethics

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CIRGE Post-Doc Nanibaa' Garrison and SCBE Director David Magnus published The Instrumental Role of Hospital Ethics Committees in Policy Work in the American Journal of Bioethics!

CIRGE Scholars Taylor A. Goodspeed, Megan Allyse, Lauren C. Sayres, Mary E. Norton, and Mildred K. Cho published Translating cell-free fetal DNA technology: structural lessons from non-invasive RhD blood typing in Trends in Biotechnology!

Former CIRGE Post-Bacc Fellow Jessica Erickson and CIRGE PI Mildred Cho published Interest, rationale, and potential clinical applications of genetic testing for mood disorders: A survey of stakeholders in the Journal of Affective Disorders!

CIRGE post-doc Marsha Michie and scholars from UNC and Duke have published "Am I a control?: Genotype-driven research recruitment and self-understandings of study participants" in Genetics in Medicine!

CIRGE alumna Teneille Brown and her colleagues from the University of Utah published "The Double-Edged Sword: Does Biomechanism Increase or Decrease Judges' Sentencing of Psychopaths?" in Science!

CIRGE scholars Megan Allyse, Lauren Sayres, and Jamie King, Dr. Mary Norton, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and CIRGE PI Mildred Cho published Cell-free fetal DNA testing for fetal aneuploidy and beyond: Clinical integration challenges in the United States context. in Human Reproduction.

Former CIRGE Post-Baccalaureate fellow Lauren Sayres, CIRGE Post-Doctoral Fellow Megan Allyse. CIRGE PI Midred Cho, and Taylor A. Godspeed published In the Public Interest? in Science Translational Medicine.

CIRGE Post-Doctoral Fellow Nanibaa' Garrison contributed to a genetics resource through the American Indian & Alaska Native Genetics Resource Center. Click here for her section on cases involving tribes and genetics research.

CIRGE PI Mildred Cho and CIRGE Alumnae Jennifer McCormick, Angie Boyce, and Jennifer Ladd published Barriers to Considering Ethical and Societal Implications of Research: Perceptions of Life Scientists in the American Journal of Bioethics Primary Research.

CIRGE Scholars published Customers or Research Participants? Guidance for Research Practices in Commercialization of Personal Genomics in Genetics in Medicine.

CIRGE Scholars, Lauren Sayres and David Magnus, published Duty-Free: The Non-Obligatory Nature of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in the American Journal of Bioethics.

CIRGE Scholars, Sandra Lee and Simone Vernez, published Assessing the Pedagogical Goals of Self-Testing in Evaluating the Consultation Needs of Different Student Populations in the American Journal of Bioethics.

CIRGE PI, Mildred Cho, co-authored Managing Incidental Findings and Research Results in Genomic Research Involving Biobanks and Archived Data Sets in Genetics in Medicine.

CIRGE PI, Mildred Cho, and Henry Richardson published Secondary Researchers' Duties to Return Incidental Findings and Individual Research Results: a Partial-Entrustment Account in Genetics in Medicine.

CIRGE Conferences, Seminars, and Events for the 2012-2013 Academic Year are under way! Please check out Center Activities to learn more information and find out how to participate!

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Missed Duke Professor Robert Cook-Deegan's 9/28 CIRGE Speaking Event? A recording can be found HERE!

For recordings from the May 2012 Prenatal Genetic Testing Conference co-hosted by CIRGE and the Stanford Center for Law & the Biosciences, please click here.

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