The
Silverstein Lecture Series has been established as a forum where the public
can hear experts address genetics topics of widespread interest in plain English.
Funded by the Herman M. and Bea L. Silverstein
Foundation, The lectures are free and open to the public, and bring information
about important new developments in genetics research and technology to a
broad audience.
RECENT EVENTS:
October 17-18, 2007:
The Science and Politics of Stem Cells, Aging, and Cancer
Sean Morrison, PhD; University of Michigan Medical School
May 10 and May 16, 2007
Terra Incognita: the Promise and Peril of Stem Cell Research
(details)
Past Silverstein topics have included:
Evolution:
The Impact of Social and Political Concerns on Science (presented
by Eugenie
Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education and
Robert Pennock, professor of history, philosophy, and sociology of
science, Michigan State University)
Panel
Discussion on Genetics and Race
(featuring Jon Entine, scholar-in-residence
at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and an adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise
Institute in Washington, D.C.; Shomarka
Omar Y. Keita, Senior Research
Associate at the National Human Genome Center at Howard University, Research
Associate in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution,
and a medical officer in the Department of Human Services of the District
of Columbia government; Paul A. Lombardo,
Associate Professor of the School of Medicine and Director of the Program
in Law and Medicine at the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University
of Virginia; and Charles Rotimi, associate professor
in the department of Microbiology, and Director of the Genetic Epidemiology
Research Unit, National Human Genome Center at Howard University in the College
of Medicine)
Race, Genetic Ancestry and Disease (presented
by Rick Kittles, PhD, associate professor of molecular viorlogy, immunology
and medical genetics, Ohio State University Medical Center)
DNA and Justice (presented by Robert
Warden, executive director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern
School of Law)
Ethnicity and Disease (presented by Ira Salafsky,
MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University's Feinberg
School of Medicine)
Social, Ethical, and Privacy Issues and Genetic Testing
(presented by Lori Andrews, JD, professor of law and director, Institute
for Science, Law and Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute
of Technology; and Laurie Zoloth, PhD, professor of medical ethics and humanities,
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University)
Genetic Testing and Common Disease (presented by
Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine faculty: Larry Jameson, MD, PhD,
Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine and chair, Department of Medicine;
Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Hematology Oncology
and director, Cancer Genetic Program; Teepu Siddique, MD, Duane and Susan
Burnham Research Professor, Department of Neurology, and director, Neuromuscular
Disorders Program)
Genetic Testing - Past, Present and Future (presented
by Elizabeth Gettig, MS, CGC, assistant professor of human genetics and director,
Genetic Counseling Program, University of Pittsburgh; Bruce Korf, MD, PhD,
associate professor of neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical
School; Wendy Rubinstein, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine, Feinberg
School of Medicine, Northwestern University and director, Center for Medical
Genetics, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare)
Video webcasts of past lectures can be viewed on
our website.