Health Challenges for the 21st Century: The Global and National Landscape Presents Do Our Genetic Profiles Define Us? Thursday Sept 26th 8-9:30pm, The Lang Café, 65 West 11th Street The New School As genomic data continues to be generated, mined, and analyzed, society is becoming increasingly aware of what our genes can, and cannot, tell us about our identities, environments, histories, and futures. Please join us as we bring together scholars from bioethics, health psychology, anthropology, and information art/bioart to discuss their recent publications and creative works that provoke discussion around issues of privacy, prediction, choice, and consequence. RSVP at EVENTBRITE hc21k-do-our-genetic-profiles-define-us.eventbrite Co-sponsored by the Departments of Natural Sciences/Math and the Department of Anthropology at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, The Department of Psychology at the New School for Public Engagement, Wellness and Health Promotion in the Office of Student Services at The New School, Gender Studies at The New School, The New School Social Justice Committee, and Genspace. Moderator: Katayoun Chamany: Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities Leadership Fellow, Associate Professor of Biology, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts Participants: Heather Dewey-Hagborg: Information Artist and PhD student in Electronic Arts at RPI and creator of "Stranger Visions" Robert Klitzman: Professor of Psychiatry in Sociomedical Sciences and Director of the Masters of Bioethics Program and the Director of the Ethics, Policy, and Human Rights Core, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at Columbia University School of Medicine and author of Am I My Genes? Jessica Mozersky: Anthropologist, Mellon Post Doctoral Fellow, The New School and author of Risky Genes: Genetics, Breast Cancer and Jewish Identity Lisa Rubin: Health Psychologist and Chair of the Undergraduate Psychology Program at the New School for Public Engagement and Associate Professor of Psychology, The New School for Social Research, and author of “Individual Models and Genetics: Issues and Information Management in Decision Making, Risk Perceptions, and Health-Protective Behaviors,” In Individuals, Families and the New Era of Genetics: Biopsychosocial Perspectives. Related Resources of Interest: Science Magazine Policy Point/Counter Point series on genomic data and incidental findings: sciencemag.org/content/340/6136/1047 Cultural Anthropology Journal series of articles on bioethnic conscriptions: culanth.org/supplementals/123-bioethnic-conscription-genes-race-and Announcement of a new Henrietta Lacks Genomic Access Working Group: newsy/videos/henrietta-lacks-family-finally-gets-say-in-genome-research/
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