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Silent Spring Series 2012-2013

To follow up on the extraordinary success of the 2011-2012 Henrietta Lacks Project, the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology is repeating its partnership with many San Diego organizations and institutions to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's landmark book, Silent Spring.

Participants include CSU San Marcos, USD, SDSU, UCSD, Grossmont College, Point Loma Nazarene University, Fleet Science Center.

Programs scheduled to date include:


June 5, 2013	Women In Science

Summer Series 2012

July 11, 2012	Academic-Industry Collaborations: Can we all just get along?
August 8, 2012	Personalized Medicine: A Case Study of Academic-Industry Collaboration
September 5, 2012	The Patients are Waiting: How can we do better?

Other Programs 2012-2013

To be announced.

Henrietta Lacks Series

The Henrietta Lacks Series Flyer | News Release

Henrietta Lacks Series In the News:

	KPBS Radio’s “Midday Edition”: Medical Ethics and the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”
	Voice of San Diego: The Henrietta Lacks Series
	La Jolla Light: Parker Foundation Grant Funds UCSD-TV Coverage of Lacks Ethics Forums
	UCSD TV web page where you will find programs from the Henrietta Lacks Series: Exploring Ethics: The Henrietta Lacks Series

Empowering Patients to Participate in Clinical Trials

Georgia Robins Sadler and Alka Malhotra's article has been published by the Voice of San Diego!

Click here for the full article

Ethics Center News

Grant enables UCSD-TV to air ethics forums

The Gerald and Inez Parker Foundation has awarded a $30,000 grant to the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology to fund broadcasts and webcasts of the “Exploring Ethics: Henrietta Lacks” forums over UCSD-TV.

Past Exploring Ethics Forums

Click here for Past Forums [May 2008 - present]

Most Recent Forums:

Date	Summary	Video
April 3, 2013	Elephants or People? Ethical Dilemmas in Recovering Endangered Species
March 6, 2013	Global Climate Change and Emerging Infectious Disease
February 6, 2013	Silent Spring + 50: Lessons from San Diego's bays and bees
December 5, 2012	Rachel Carson's Legacy: Finding the Wisdom and Insight for Global Environmental Citizenship
October 17, 2012	Alternatives to insecticides: High impact solutions without environmental trade-offs
September 5, 2012	The Patients Are Waiting: How Can We Do Better?
August 8, 2012	Personalized Medicine: A Case Study of Academic-Industry Collaboration
July 11, 2012	Academic-Industry Collaborations: Can we all just get along?
June 6, 2012	Can the Community Help Overcome Barriers to Medical Research?
May 2, 2012	Henrietta Lacks and Human Subject Research: A Look at Past, Present, and Future
April 4, 2012	Is Henrietta Lacks Really Immortal?
March 7, 2012	Health Care Disparities: The Palliative Power of Understanding Science
Feb 1, 2012	The Conduct of Science in the Information Age
Jan 4, 2012	Science Literacy and Underserved Populations
Dec 7, 2011	What the Public Needs to Know About Clinical Trials
Nov 2, 2011	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Oct 5, 2011	The Politics of Race, Class, Gender and HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Sept 7, 2011	HeLa: Immortal Cells and Enduring Questions

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