NWABR and Seattle BioMed proudly present:
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2012 Youth Ethics Summit
Date: April 28, 2012 Time: 9:30am-3pm Focus: Global Health Location: Seattle BioMed 307 Westake Ave N Click HERE for directions and a map
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Registration is now CLOSED. Please join us for next year's Summit!
We are so excited for this year's Youth Ethics Summit, featuring Global Health. It will be a fantastic event where you will tour the labs at Seattle BioMed, participate in hands-on activities, and discuss ethical issues with engaging discussion leaders and other students like you!
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This year's discussion sections are: -Advancing global health through new technologies. Our hands-on discussion will focus on new cost-effective medical technologies (including paper-based diagnostic test strips that can be read with a cellphones and lab-on-a-chip technology) created for use in resource-poor settings and developing countries. UW bioengineering professor will lead the conversation and share his experiences. -Whose health comes first: the public or person? We will discuss the ethical issues of personal choice in vaccinating children, how that can affect the whole community, and the risk of contracting fatal, preventable diseases. Infectious disease researcher turned Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center science writer will be leading this conversation. -Using genetic tools to combat malaria’s aggressive assault on human health. We will be talking about the use of genetic tools and procedures used to develop new methods of controlling malaria. Seattle BioMed scientist and researcher on malaria will be leading this conversation. -A doc’s eye view. Global health researcher and infectious disease doctor will lead a discussion on the ethical questions that medical doctors face when treating patients around the world. In addition to serving patients in the US, he has worked in India, Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa. -When good turns bad: risks of global health community intervention. What would you think if someone came into your house and told you how to make your life better? We will be discussing how giving aid can be complicated when going into different communities around the world. Biochemist and HIV researcher will be leading this conversation. -How to break the news? We will be discussing HIV testing and how to let someone know they have HIV. In addition to leading the conversation, community advocates from the HIV Vaccine Trials Unit will talking about their work in the Seattle-area. *Participants will participate in two discussion sections on the day of the summit.* |
The Youth Ethics Summit brings together students from across the Puget Sound region to learn about topics related to ethics, medicine, and biomedical research that are of special relevance to young people. The summit provides an opportunity for students from different schools to meet and to participate in discussions and presentations about ethics in science issues.
Look back on the 2011 Youth Ethics Summit
For information, please contact Jennifer Pang, Program Manager, or Jeanne Chowning, Director of Education.
For more great 2011 pictures, check out NWABR's blog post!
This program is made possible by "Collaborations to Understand Research and Ethics" (CURE), supported by the National Center for Research Resources and the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives of the National Institutes of Health through Grant #R25OD01138. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Center for Research Resources or the National Institutes of Health.
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