2019 AER Conference

Panel V: Bioethics Turns 50—Reflections from The Hastings Center

Moderator(s)

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  Mildred Z. Solomon, EdD
  

  President, The Hastings Center
  

Panelist(s)

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  Steven Joffe, MD, MPH
  

  Interim Chair, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
  Founders Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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  Nancy M.P King, JD
  

  Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine
  Professor of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine
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  Alex John London, PhD
  

  Clara L. West Professor of Ethics and Philosophy; Director, Center for Ethics and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
  
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  Karen J. Maschke, PhD
  

  Research Scholar, The Hastings Center
  

In honor of The Hastings Center’s 50th anniversary, this panel will compare and contrast 21st century biomedical technologies with those of the mid-20th century, when the field of bioethics was just forming. This panel will explore historical continuities and discontinuities, and consider challenges to oversight across the contemporary research enterprise, from discovery to post-trial monitoring, including comparative effectiveness research and other modes of continuous learning. Panelists will consider the roles bioethicists, scientists, healthcare leaders, patients, and the public should play in ensuring today’s powerful, transformative technologies—including artificial intelligence, gene editing, human-animal chimeras, emerging neuro-technologies, and more—enhance our collective human flourishing.