Grants in the DOE Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Program (1990 to 2001)

[List compiled August 2001 by Daniel Drell, manager of the ELSI component of the DOE Human Genome Program, and Anne Adamson, Human Genome Management Information System (HGMIS).]

ELSI projects sponsored by the DOE Human Genome Program between 1990 and 2001 are listed below with principal investigators, award dates, and resulting products. HGMIS is aware that the list of products is incomplete for some projects, and this is only a partial list of conferences. To find a particular grantee or topic, search using the "Find in Page" function under your browser's "Edit" pulldown menu.


Title: The Secret of Life
P.I.: Paula Apsell, WGBH Educational Foundation
Project Period: 6/01/90 to 12/31/93

Products:
Television series consisting of eight 1-hour documentaries shown on PBS in 1993.

Set of eight videocassettes.

J. Levine and D. Suzuki, The Secret of Life: Redesigning the Living World, WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 280 pp. (1993).


Title: Assistance for Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Program and ELSI Bibliography
P.I.: Michael Yesley, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Project Period: 10/01/90 to 9/30/96

Products:

Bibliography on Web: http://public.ornl.gov/hgmis/external/elsi_search.cfm

Michael Yesley, Bibliography: Ethical Legal and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research (1992).

Michael Yesley, ELSI Bibliography: Ethical Legal and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research (1993).

Michael Yesley, ELSI Bibliography: Ethical Legal and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project: Supplement, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research (1994).

M. S. Yesley, "Genetic Privacy, Discrimination, and Social Policy: Challenges and Dilemmas," Microb. Comp. Genom. 2(1), 19-35 (1997).


Title: Predicting Future Disease: Issues in the Development, Application, and Use of Tests for Genetic Disorders
P.I.: Ruth Bulger, National Academy of Sciences
Project Period: 2/08/91 to 7/31/93

Products:
Lori B. Andrews et al., eds., Assessing Genetic Risks, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. (1994).

Lori B. Andrews, "Gen-Etiquette: Are There Moral and Legal Responsibilities to Share Genetic Information Within Families?" Chapter 14 in Genetic Secrets, Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality in the Genetic Era, ed. Mark Rothstein, Yale University Press, New Haven and London (1997).


Title: Conference on Legal and Ethical Issues Raised by the Human Genome Project, held March 7-9, 1991
P.I.: Mark Rothstein
Project Period:

Products:

Health Law Issue, "Symposium: Legal and Ethical Issues Raised by the Human Genome Project, " U. Houston Law Rev. 29(1), Spring 1992.


Title: Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy Development and Distribution of Educational Materials for Use in High School Biology Classes
P.I.: Joseph McInerney, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
Project Period: 3/10/91 to 3/09/93

Products:
Joseph McInerney et al., Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Colorado Springs, Colorado (1992).

J. D. McInerney, "Molecular Biology: How Can We Translate the Laboratory?" in Genes and Human Self-Knowledge, ed. R. F. Weir, S. C. Lawrence, and E. Fales, University of Iowa Press (1994).

J. D. McInerney, "The Human Genome Project's Relevance to Genetics Education in High Schools," Am. J. Human Genet. 52 (1), 235-38 (1993).

J. D. McInerney, "The Human Genome Project and Biology Education," BioSci. 45(11), 786-91 (1995).

J. D. McInerney, "Why Biological Literacy Matters: A Review of Commentaries Related to The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life," Q. Rev. Biol. 71(1), 81-96 (1996).


Title: Human Genetics for Nonscientists: Practical Workshops for Policymakers and Opinion Leaders
P.I.: Jan Witkowski, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Project Period: 3/15/91 to 12/31/95

Two residential workshops held yearly for 3 years.


Title: Conference on Justice and the Human Genome, held November 1991
P.I.: Mark Lappé, University of Illinois
Project Period: 3/15/91 to 3/14/92

Products:
Timothy Murphy and Mark Lappé, eds., Justice and the Human Genome Project, University of California Press (1994).


Title: Funding of Young Investigators in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences
P.I.: Eric Fischer, National Academy of Sciences
Project Period: 5/1/91 to 7/31/92

Products:
National Research Council, The Funding of Young Investigators in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 128 pp., 1994.


Title: National Study Conference on Genetics, Religion, and Ethics
P.I.: C. Thomas Caskey, Baylor College of Medicine
Project Period: 7/01/91 to 6/30/93

Products:
Two national conferences held in 1991 and 1992.

"Summary Reflection Statement," Hum. Gene Ther. 3(5), 525-27 (October 1992).

J. Robert Nelson, On the New Frontiers of Genetics and Religion, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1995).


Title: Genetic Privacy: A Search for Model Legislation
P.I.: Philip R. Reilly, Shriver Center
Project Period: 9/01/91 to 2/28/93

Products:
J. E. McEwen and P. R. Reilly, "Genetic Testing and Screening-VI, Legal Issues," pp. 943-49 in Encycl. Bioeth., Vol. 2, ed. W. Reich, Simon & Schuster MacMillan (1994).
P. R. Reilly, "Genetics and the Law," pp. 967-77 in Encycl. Bioeth., Vol. 2, ed. W. Reich, Simon & Schuster MacMillan, New York (1994).
J. E. McEwen, K. McCarty, and P. R. Reilly, "A Survey of Medical Directors of Life Insurance Companies Concerning Use of Genetic Information," Am. J. Hum. Genet. 53, 33-45 (1993).
J. E. McEwen, K. McCarty, and P. R. Reilly, "A Survey of State Insurance Commissioners Concerning Genetic Testing and Life Insurance," Am. J. Hum. Genet. 51, 785-92 (1992).
J. E. McEwen and P. R. Reilly, "State Legislative Efforts to Regulate Use and Potential Misuse of Genetic Information," Am. J. Hum. Genet. 51, 637-47 (1992).


Title: Workshop on DNA Sequence Acquisition and Interpretation, held October 1991
P.I.: Jan Witkowski, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Project Period: 9/10/91 to 9/19/92


Title: Medicine at the Crossroads
P.I.: Hyman H. Field, National Science Foundation
Project Period: 9/16/91 to 9/15/94

Products:
Four-part documentary series shown on public television in 1993.

Set of eight videocassettes (1993).

Melvin Konner, Medicine at the Crossroads: The Crisis in Health Care, Vintage Books (Reprint Edition, 1994).


Title: Science and Journalism Conference III, Genes and Human Behavior: A New Era? held October 1991
P.I.: Jonathan Beckwith, Center for Study of Public Policy
Project Period: 10/22/91 to 10/15/92

Products:
P. R. Billings, J. Beckwith, and J. S. Alper, "The Genetic Analysis of Human Behavior: A New Era?" Soc. Sci. Med. 35(3), 227–38 (1992).

J. Beckwith and J. S. Alper, "Human Behavioral Genetics," Genet. Resour. 10(2), 5–9 (1996).

J. S. Alper and J. Beckwith, "Genetic Fatalism and Social Policy: The Implications of Behavior Genetics Research," Yale J. Biol. Med. 66(6), 511–24 (Nov.–Dec. 1993).


Title: Committee on Biotechnology
P.I.: Oskar Zaborsky, National Academy of Sciences
Project Period: 2/01/92 to 1/31/95


Title: Second Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy, held March 1992
P.I.: Lance Hoffman, George Washington University
Project Period: 2/15/92 to 2/14/93

L. Hoffman, ed., Proceedings of the Second Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (1993).


Title: Week-Long Educational Forum Focusing on Science, Technology, and Ethical Responsibility, held June 1992
P.I.: Betsy Fader, Student Pugwash USA
Project Period: 3/01/92 to 2/28/93

Products:
B. Fader, "Visions for A Sustainable World: Science, Technology, and Social Responsibility," Conference Report (June 1992).

B. Fader, "Ethics and the Use of Genetic Information—Tough Questions by Student Pugwash USA," Conference Report, 7–11 (Summer 1992).


Title: Lawful Uses of Knowledge from the Human Genome Project
P.I.: Frank Grad, Columbia University
Project Period: 3/15/92 to 3/14/94

Products:
Frank Grad and I. L. Feitshans, The Lawful Uses of Knowledge from the Human Genome Project (1992), unpublished.


Title: Human Genome Teacher Networking Project
P.I.: Debra Collins, University of Kansas
Project Period: 3/31/92 to 3/31/98

Products:
Web Site: http://www.kumc.edu/gec

Through the networking system established under this grant, Debra Collins presented numerous workshops and teacher participants trained many others through workshops, courses, and sharing of educational materials.


D. L. Collins, J. Bailey-Wilson, and M. S. Boguski, "User-Friendly Access to Computer Information," Workshop at the American Society of Human Genetics Meeting, October 1995 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


D. L. Collins, J. Shaw, and K. Dietrich, "On-Ramp to the Information Superhighway: How the Internet can Aid the Genetic Counselor," National Society of Genetic counselors, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 1995.

D. L. Collins, "Medical Genetics Information on the Internet: Three Years Experience," Platform Presentation at the American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, October 1997 in Baltimore, Maryland.

D. L. Collins, B. Fine, and D. L. Baker, "Introduction to Proposal Writing for Grants," Three-Hour Workshop at the National Society of Genetic Counselors Meeting, October 1997 in Baltimore, Maryland.

D. L. Collins, "Teachers and Students Benefit from Human Genome," Workshops at American Society of Human Genetics Meeting, October 1998 in Denver, Colorado.


Title: Studies of Genetic Discrimination
P.I.: Marvin Natowicz, Shriver Center
Project Period: 4/01/92 to 2/28/94

Products:

J. S. Alper and M. R. Natowicz, "Genetic Discrimination and the Public Entities and Public Accommodations Titles of the Americans with Disabilities Act," Am. J. Human Genet. 53, 26-32 (1993).

J. S. Alper, M. R. Natowicz, and C. F. Ard, "Discrimination on the Basis of Perceived Genetic Disabilities," Disabil. Stud. Q. 13, 27-30 (1993).
J. S. Alper et al., "Genetic Discrimination and Screening for Hemochromatosis," J. Pub. Health Pol. 15, 345-58 (1994).
P. R. Billings et al., "Discrimination as a Consequence of Genetic Testing," Am. J. Hum. Genet. 50, 472-82 (1992).
L. N. Geller et al., "Individual, Family, and Societal Dimensions of Genetic Discrimination: Case History Analyses," Sci. Engr. Ethics 2, 71-88 (1996).
M. R. Natowicz, J. K. Alper, and J. S. Alper, "Genetic Discrimination and the Law," Am. J. Hum. Genet. 50, 465-75 (1992).


Title: Impact of Human Genome Initiative-Derived Technology on Genetic Testing, Screening, and Counseling: Cultural, Ethical, and Legal Issues
P.I.: Ralph Trottier, Morehouse School of Medicine
Project Period: 5/01/92 to 12/30/94

Products:
Eight symposium presentations.

Ralph Trottier and Lee Crandall, Public Sector Genetic Services: Current Status and Potential Issues Raised by the Human Genome Project (1996), unpublished report.

D. A. Phoenix et al., "Sickle Cell Screening Policies as Portent: How Will the Human Genome Project Affect Public-Sector Genetic Services?" J. Nat. Med. Assoc. 87, 807-12 (November 1995).

L. A. Crandall, "Genetic Testing and Managed Care: Balancing Individual, Family, and Corporate Interests" in Resources, Rationing, and Responsibility: Ethical Issues in Managed Care (Continuing Education Conference Papers), Indiana University School of Medicine, Division of Continuing Education, Indianapolis (1996).

S. V. McCrary and W.L. Allen, "The Human Genome Initiative and Primary Care" in Ethics: Critical Issues for Today's Health Professional, ed. J.F. Monagle and D.C. Thomama, Aspen Publishers, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 447 pp. (1994).

R. W. Trottier, "Genetics In Public Health: Implications of Genetic Screening/Counseling in Rural/Culturally Diverse Populations," Chapter 13 in Technoscience and Cyberculture, ed. S. Aronowitz, B. Martinsons, and M. Menser, Routledge Press, New York (1996).

D. C. S. James et al., "Professional Preparation of Individuals Who Provide Genetic Counseling Services," J. Genet. Couns. 4, 49-63 (1995).

D. C. S. James et al., "Roles of Physicians, Genetic Counselors, and Nurses in the Genetic Counseling Process," J. Fla. Med. Assoc. 82(5), 403-10 (1995).

S. V. McCrary et al., "Ethical and Practical Implications of the Human Genome Initiative for Family Medicine," Arch. Fam. Med. 2, 1158-63 (November 1993).

R. Moseley et al., "Policy Recommendations for Genetic Testing," pp. 22-23 and 27-28 in The Female Patient (August 1993).

L.A. Crandall, "Biomedical Ethics: Challenges from New Technologies" in Building Bridges: Strategies for the Future, Proceedings of the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Halthcare Planning and Marketing, American Hospital Association, Chicago (1992).

M.A. Dewar et al., "Genetic Screening by Insurance Carriers," Letter in J. Am. Med. Assoc. 267(9), 1207-8 (March 4, 1992).

L. A. Crandall and R. E. Moseley, "Public Policy Implications of Scientific Research: The Human Genome Initiative and the Future of Insurance," Editorial Forum in N. Biol. 3(12), 1135–36 (December 1991).

R. E. Moseley et al., "Ethical Considerations of a Complete Human Genome Map for Insurance," Bus. Prof. Ethics J. 10(4), 69–82 (Winter 1991).

H. Ostrer et al., "Insurance and Genetic Testing: Where are We Now?" Am. J. Hum. Genet. 52(3), 565–77 (March 1993).


Title: Pathways to Genetic Screening: Patient Knowledges-Patient Practices
P.I.: Troy Duster, University of California, Berkeley
Project Period: 5/01/92 to 10/31/97

Products:

Troy Duster and Diane Beeson, Pathways and Barriers to Genetic Testing and Screening: Molecular Genetics Meets the High-Risk Family (1997), on Web.

R. C. Yamashita, "Bringing Disease Back In: Provisional Models and Implications for Future Research," Sociol. Health Care 14 (1997).

Diane Beeson and Teresa Doksum, "Family Values and Resistance to Genetic Testing," Chap. 9 in Bioethics in Context, ed. Barry Hoffmaster, Temple University Press (2001).

Renee Anspach and Diane Beeton, "Emotions in Medical and Moral Life," Chap. 5 in Bioethics in Context, ed. Barry Hoffmaster, Temple University Press (2001).

Diane Beeson and Troy Duster, "African-American Perspectives on Genetic Testing," in The Double-Edged Helix, ed. Peter Conrad and Jon Beckwith, Johns Hopkins University Press, forthcoming in 2001.


Title: Human Genetic Diversity
P.I.: Mark Weiss, National Science Foundation
Project Period: 8/01/92 to 7/31/93


Title: Pilot Resident Fellow Program in Science and Technology: Bioethics Issues in Molecular Genetics
P.I.: Declan Murphy, Library of Congress
Project Period: 8/15/92 to 8/30/94

Products:

Philip Kitcher, The Lives to Come: The Genetic Revolution and Human Possibilities, Touchstone Books (1997).


Title: Genome Technology and Its Implications: Hands-On Workshops for Educators
P.I.: Diane Baker
Project Period: 4/01/93 to 3/31/96

Products:

Two 5-day continuing-education workshops conducted annually for high school science teachers.


Title: DNA Banking and DNA Databanking: Ethical and Public Policy Issues
P.I.: Philip Reilly, Shriver Center
Project Period: 4/01/93 to 3/31/96

Products:

Banking Our Genes, videocassette (1995).
J. E. McEwen and P. R. Reilly, "Setting Standards for DNA Banks: Toward a Model Code of Conduct," Microb. Comp. Genomics 1(3), 165-77 (1996).
J. E. McEwen and P. R. Reilly, "A Survey of DNA Diagnostic Laboratories Regarding DNA Banking," Am. J. Hum. Genet. 56, 1477-86 (1995).
J. E. McEwen and P. R. Reilly, "A Review of State Legislation on DNA Forensic Databanking," Am. J. Hum. Genet. 54, 941-58 (1994).
J. E. McEwen and P. R. Reilly, "A Survey of State Crime Laboratories Regarding DNA Forensic Databanking," Am. J. Hum. Genet. (1994).
J. E. McEwen and P. R. Reilly, "Stored Guthrie Cards as DNA 'Banks'," Am. J. Hum. Genet. 55, 196-200 (1994).


Title: The Human Genome: Science and the Social Consequences. Interactive Exhibits and Programs on Genetics and the Human Genome
P.I.: Charles Carlson, Exploratorium
Project Period: 4/01/93 to 4/30/96

Products:
"Diving Into the Gene Pool" display and lecture series at the Exploratorium, April-September 1995. Visited by more than 300,000 people. Project resulted in 26 permanent interactive exhibits at the Exploratorium.


Title: Teaching Ethics in the Biomedical and Biological Sciences: A Workshop for Research Faculty, held June 1993
P.I.: Edward Golub, Pacific Center for Ethics
Project Period: 4/01/93 to 9/30/93


Title: Workshop on Between Design and Choice: The Social Shaping of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies, held April 1993
P.I.: Sheila Jasanoff, Cornell University
Project Period: 4/01/93 to 3/31/94

Products:
Adele E. Clarke, "Modernity, Postmodernity, and Reproductive Processes, c. 1890-1900, or 'Mommy, Where Do Cyborgs Come From Anyway?' " in The Cyborg Handbook, ed. C. Gray, S. Mentor, and H. Figueroa-Sarriera, Routledge Press, New York (1995).

Charis Cussins, "Reproducing Reproduction: Techniques of Normalization and Naturalization in an Infertility Clinic," in Reproducing Reproduction, ed. S. Franklin and H. Ragone, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia (1997).

Nellie Oudshoorn, "The Transformation of Sex Hormones into the Pill" in Beyond the Natural Body: An Archaeology of Sex Hormones, ed. N. Oudshoorn, Routledge Press, London (1994).

Joan Rothschild, "Engineering the 'Perfect Child': Feminist Responses" in Against Patriarchal Thinking, ed. Maja Pellkiaan-Engel, VU University Press, Amsterdam (1992).

Charis Cussins, "Les Cycles de la Conception: les techniques de normalisation dans un centre de traitement de la St‚rilit‚," in Technol. Culture 25-26, 307-38.

Michael Mulkay, "Frankenstein and the Debate Over Embryo Research," Sci. Technol. Hum. Values 21(2), 157-76.


Title: Genetics Adjudication Resource Project
P.I.: Franklin M. Zweig, Einstein Institute for Science
Project Period: 4/01/93 to 4/30/02

Products:

Website: http://www.einshac.org

Einshac News online magazine ( http://www.einshac.org)

Franklin Zweig, "Biomarkers in the Courtroom," pp. 401-21 in Biomarkers Science and Technology, ed. M. Mendelsohn, L. Mohr, and J. Peeters, National Academy Press, Washington, D. C. (1998).

Franklin Zweig and Shana Malinowski, The Biology of Conduct: Judges' Handbook on the Science and Law of Neuro and Behavioral Genetics, Einstein Instutute for Science, Health, and the Courts (2000).

Franklin Zweig, Joseph T. Walsh, and Daniel M. Freeman, "Courts and the Challenges of Adjudicating Genetic Testing's Secrets," Chapter 18 in Genetic Secrets: Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality in the Genetic Era, ed. Mark Rothstein, Yale University Press, New Haven and London (1997).

F. Zweig, Review of A. Buchanan et al., "Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice," in Amer. Sci., in press (February 2001).

F. Zweig, A. Davis, and R. P. Guy, "Legal Scenarios for Life Technologies Cases," Commun. Genet., in press (February 2001).

Franklin Zweig, "Judging Molecular Biology of Murder, Addictive Disorders, and Dementia," Hum. Genome News 11(1–2), 14–16 (Nov. 2000).

Franklin Zweig and Diane E. Cowdrey, "Educating Judges for Adjudication of New Life Technologies," Judicature 83(3), 157–61 (Nov.–Dec. 1999).

Franklin M. Zweig, "The End of Natural History and the Beginning of Engineered Evolution in the Courts," Judges' J. 36(3), 26-30 (Summer 1997).

Franklin M. Zweig, Joseph T. Walsh, and Daniel M. Freeman, "Adjudicating Neurogenetics at the Crossroads: Privacy, Adoption, and the Death Sentence," Judges' J. 36(3), 52-58 (Summer 1997).

Representative Meetings and Workshops


Title: Social Science Concepts and Studies of Privacy: A Comprehensive Inventory and Analysis for Use in Consideration of Privacy, Confidentiality, and Access Issues
P.I.: Alan Westin, Center for Social and Legal Research
Project Period: 4/01/93 to 3/31/95

Products:
Alan Westin, Social Science, Policy, and the Uses of Genetic Information (working title), publication expected in 2002.


Title: Information Management, Access, and Regulation: Educational Materials for High School Biology
P.I.: Joseph McInerney, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
Project Period: 4/01/93 to 12/31/95

Products:
Joseph McInerney et al., The Human Genome Project: Biology, Computers, and Privacy, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Colorado Springs, Colorado (1996). Teaching module.


Title: Maximizing the Return from Genome Research: A Conference Concerning the Effect of Patent Scope on Commercial Incentives, held May 1993
P.I.: Thomas G. Field, Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center
Project Period: 4/15/93 to 10/14/93

Products:
Conference Proceedings, RISK: Health, Safety, & Environment 5(2), 1994.


Title: Guidelines for Protecting Privacy of Information Stored in Genetic Data Banks
P.I.: George Annas, Boston University
Project Period: 6/01/93 to 1/31/96

Products:

George J. Annas, Leonard H. Glantz, and Patricia A. Roche, The Genetic Privacy Act and Commentary (1995). [On Web at http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/resource/privacy/privacy1.html] Some 650 copies printed and distributed in 1995.

G. J. Annas, L.H. Glantz, and P. A. Roche, "Drafting the Genetic Privacy Act: Science, Policy, and Practical Considerations," J. Law Med. Ethics 23, 360-66 (1995).

P. A. Roche, L. H. Glantz, and G. J. Annas, "The Genetic Privacy Act: A Proposal for National Legislation," Jurimetrics 37, 1-11 (1996).

P.R. Reilly, "The Impact of the Genetic Privacy Act on Medicine," J. Law Med. Ethics 23(4), 378-81 (1995).


Title: Planning Process for HUGO International Yearbook (GELS)
P.I.: Alexander Capron, University of Southern California
Project Period: 8/15/93 to 7/31/95


Title: Estimating Gene Frequencies in DNA Forensic Typing
P.I.: Eric Fischer, National Academy of Sciences
Project Period: 1/15/94 to 7/31/96


Title: Discussion Meeting: Human Population Genetics with Special Reference to DNA Sample Matches and Forensic DNA Typing
P.I.: Jan Witkowski, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Project Period: 2/07/94 to 1/31/95


Title: High School Students as Partners in Sequencing the Human Genome
P.I.: Maureen Munn, Kristi Sanford, and Leroy Hood, University of Washington, Seattle
Project Period: 3/01/94 to 12/31/99

Products:

Web site: http://hshgp.genome.washington.edu

Online Teaching Modules and Student Activities: DNA Sequencing Module (1998), Ethics Module (1998), DNA Synthesis (1997), and the Virtual DNA Sequencing Unit.

Maureen Munn et al., "The Involvement of Genome Researchers in Partnerships for Genomics Education," Genome Res. 9, 597-607 (1999).


Title: Mechanical Interactive Exhibits on Biotechnology for Science in American Life Exhibition
P.I.: Elizabeth Sharpe, Smithsonian Institution
Project Period: 3/04/94 to 2/28/95

Products: Exhibits on biotechnology.


Title: A Hispanic Educational Program for Scientific, Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects of the Human Genome Project
P.I.: Margaret Jefferson and Mary Ann Sesma, California State University, Los Angeles
Project Period: 3/15/94 to 9/15/98

Products:
Curricula designed for students and parents. Student curriculum consists of already available and newly developed materials and activities such as supplemental information in four major units of biology, student-developed surveys, and more. Parent curriculum consists of newsletters written by students in both English and Spanish.

Parent focus groups with translators meet regularly at each participating school.


Title: Symposium, The Human Genome: Some Assembly Required. The Methods, Goals, and Implications of the Human Genome Project, held April 1994
P.I.: Gary Stormo, University of Colorado
Project Period: 4/01/94 to 3/31/95

Products:
Booklet of abstracts from conference.


Title: Private Appropriation, Public Dissemination, and Commercial Product Development in Genomics
P.I.: Rebecca Eisenberg, University of Michigan
Project Period: 6/01/94 to 12/31/00

Products:

R. Eisenberg, "Genomic Patent and Product Development Incentives" in Human DNA: Law and Policy, ed. B. M. Knoppers, C. M. Laberge, and M. Hirtle, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands (1997).
R. Eisenberg, "Do EST Patents Matter?" Trends Genet. 14, 379 (1998).
R. Eisenberg, "Structure and Function in Gene Patenting," Nat. Genet. 15, 125 (1997).
R. Eisenberg, "Intellectual Property Issues in Genomics," Trends Biotechnol. 14, 302 (1996).
R. Eisenberg, "Intellectual Property at the Public-Private Divide: The Case of Large-Scale cDNA Sequencing," Univ. Chi. L.S. Roundtable 3, 557 (1996).
R. Eisenberg, "Public Research and Private Development: Patents and Technology Transfer in Government-Sponsored Research," Va. L. Rev. 82, 1663 (1996).
R. Eisenberg and M. Heller, "Can Patents Deter Innovation? The Anticommons in Biomedical Research," Science 280(5364), 698 (1998).
R.S. Eisenberg, "Streamlining the Transfer of Research Tools," Acad. Med. 74(6), 683–85 (1999).
K. Finneran et al., "The Politics of Genetic Testing," Issues Sci. Technol. 13(1), 48–54 (1996).


Title: Conference on Seeking Common Ground: A Forum for People with Disabilities and Genetic Professionals, held November 1994
P.I.: Marsha Saxton, Project on Women and Disability
Project Period: 8/01/94 to 7/31/96


Title: Distinguished Speakers, Genomic Science Series
P.I.: J. Craig Venter, The Institute for Genomic Research
Project Period: 8/15/94 to 8/14/99

Products:
Four annual addresses by distinguished speakers.


Title: Conference on Genetics, Criminal Justice, and the Minority Community: An Introduction for Professionals in Criminal Justice, held September 1994
P.I.: Robert D. Croatti, Northeastern University
Project Period: 9/01/94 to 8/31/96


Title: Which Scientist Do You Believe? Process Alternatives in Technological Controversies conference, held October 1994
P.I.: Thomas G. Field, Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center
Project Period: 9/01/94 to 8/31/95

Products:
Conference led to the formation of the Risk Assessment and Policy Association (RAPA).

Conference Proceedings, RISK: Health, Safety & Environment 6(2), 1996.


Title: Global Issues Project: Science and Technology for the 21st Century. Meeting the Needs of the Global Community
P.I.: Betsy Fader, Student Pugwash
Project Period: 9/01/94 to 6/30/95


Title: Forums on Biotechnology
P.I.: Paul Gilman and Eric Fischer, National Academy of Science
Project Period: 9/01/94 to 8/31/00

Products:
Four forums on biotechnology held during grant period to foster open communication in biotechnology research, development, commercialization, and use:

Intellectual Property Rights and Plant Biotechnology: Proceedings of a Forum Held at the National Academy of Sciences, November 5, 1996, Washington, D.C., National Research Council, National Academy Press, 46 pp. (1997). [On Web]

Board on Biology, National Research Council, Privacy Issues in Biomedical and Clinical Research: Proceedings of Forum on November 1, 1997, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., National Academy Press, 58 pp. (1998). [On Web]

Board on Biology, National Research Council, Designing an Agricultural Genome Program, National Academy Press, 50 pp. (1998). [On Web]

Robert Pool and Joan Esnayra, Bioinformatics: Converting Data to Knowledge: Workshop Summary, Board on Biology, National Research Council, 54 pp. (2000). [On Web]


Title: Community College Initiative and Genome Educators
P.I.: Sylvia Spengler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Project Period: 10/1/94 to 9/30/99

Products:
Four-week summer residential programs for students.
Seminars for biotechnology instructors.
Sabbatical fellowships.
Summer faculty-student research teams.


Title: Genes That Make News--News That Makes Genes: The Genetics of Complex Traits, held December 1994
P.I.: Jonathan Beckwith, Harvard University
Project Period: 11/01/94 to 10/31/95

Products:
Bound packet of articles for attendees.

J. Beckwith and J.S. Alper, "Human Behavioral Genetics," Genet. Resour. 10(2), 5-9 (1996).


Title: Nontraditional Inheritance: Genetics and the Nature of Science Instructional Materials for High School Biology
P.I.: Joseph McInerney, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
Project Period: 2/01/95 to 3/31/98

Products:

Joseph McInerney et al., The Puzzle of Inheritance: Genetics and the Methods of Science, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Teaching module.


Title: Science + Literacy for Health: Human Genome Project
P.I.: Maria Sosa, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Project Period: 2/01/95 to 6/30/99

Products:

Catherine Baker, Your Genes, Your Choices: Exploring the Issues Raised by Genetic Research, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1997). Available in print and on the Web.


Title: Genome Radio Project
P.I.: Barinetta Scott, Matt Binder, and Jude Thilman, Soundvision Productions
Project Period: 3/15/95 to 3/31/99

Products:
Nine 1-hour documentaries broadcast on public radio in the fall of 1998.
Web Site: http://www.dnafiles.org


Title: Publish Proceedings of Human Genome Project Conference: Shaping Scientific Public Policy, held November 1994
P.I.: Betsy Fader, Student Pugwash
Project Period: 5/01/95 to 11/30/95

Products:
Proceedings published.


Title: Conference on Conflict of Interest in Biomedicine, held spring of 1995
P.I.: Eric Kodish, Case Western Reserve University
Project Period: 5/01/95 to 4/30/97

Products:
E. Kodish, P. Whitehouse, and T. Murray, "Conflict of Interest in University-Industry Research Relationships: Realities, Politics, and Values," Acad. Med. 71(12), 1287–90 (Dec. 1996).

Eric Kodish, "Commentary: Risks and Benefits, Testing and Screening, Cancer, Genes, and Dollars," J. Law Med. Ethics 25(4), 252–55, 230 (Winter 1997).


Title: Congressional Fellowship in Human Genetics
P.I.: Elaine Strass and Stephen Goodman, American Society of Human Genetics
Project Period: 6/01/95 to 5/31/00

Products:
AAAS fellowships for genetics professionals to spend a year as special legislative assistants on the staff of members of Congress or on congressional committees.

Maimon M. Cohen, "Eye on Capitol Hill," ASHG Newsletter, 4-5 (February 1996).

Maimon M. Cohen, "Eye on Capitol Hill," ASHG Newsletter, 4-6 (July 1996).

Mary Z. Pelias, "The View from the Hill," ASHG Newsletter, 4 (March 1997).

Mary Z. Pelias, "AAAS Congressional Fellow Report for Period 1996-97," ASHG Newsletter, 9-11 (July 1998).

"AAAS Fellow (Carol Greene), Final Report, 1999; "Judith L. Benkendorf, "A View from Capitol Hill," online in ASHG Newsletter (April 2000).


Title: Workshop on Molecular Methods for Genetic Diagnosis, held July 1995
P.I.: Eugene Rinchik, Sarah Lawrence College
Project Period: 6/01/95 to 5/31/96


Title: Implications of the Geneticization of Healthcare for Primary Care Practitioners
P.I.: Mary Mahowald, University of Chicago
Project Period: 7/01/95 to 6/30/98

Products:
National Conference on The New Genetics in Primary Care, Chicago, IL, held April 1997.

Mary B. Mahowald, Angela Sheuerle, and Timothy Aspinwall, Genetics in the Clinic: Clinical, Ethical, and Social Implications for Primary Care, Mosby (2001).

Lainie Friedman Ross, "Genetic Services for Children: Who Should Consent?" in A Companion to Genethics: Ethics and the Genetic Revolution, ed. J.C. Burley and J. Harris, Blackwell's Companions to Philosophy Series, Oxford, England (in press, 2000).

Greg A. Sachs, "Alzheimer Genetics and the Primary Care Physician," pp. 239-55 in Genetic Testing for Alzheimer Disease: Ethical and Clinical Issues, ed. Stephen G. Post and Peter J. Whitehouse, Johns Hopkins University Press (1998).

Margaret R. Moon and Lainie Friedman Ross, "Ethical Issues in the New Genetics," Forum 7(3), 57-66 (1997).


Title: Conference on Controlling Our Destinies: Philosophical, Historical, and Ethical Perspectives on the Human Genome Project, held October 1995
P.I.: Philip Sloan, University of Notre Dame
Project Period: 7/01/95 to 6/30/96

Products:
Philip Sloan, ed., Controlling Our Destinies: The Human Genome Project from Historical, Philosophical, Social, and Ethical Perspectives, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana (2000).


Title: Conference on Promoting and Managing the Application of Genome Research
P.I.: Thomas Field, Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center
Project Period: 8/15/95 to 8/14/96

Products:
Conference Proceedings, RISK: Health, Safety & Environment 7(3), 1996.


Title: Privacy, Confidentiality, and New Genetic Technology
P.I.: Mark A. Rothstein, University of Houston
Project Period: 9/01/95 to 8/31/96

Products:

Mark Rothstein, "The Law of Medical and Genetic Privacy in the Workplace," Chapter 15 in Mark Rothstein, ed., Genetic Secrets: Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality in the Genetic Era, Yale University Press, New Haven and London (1997).

Mark Rothstein, "Genetic Secrets: A Policy Framework," Chapter 23 in Mark Rothstein, ed., Genetic Secrets: Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality in the Genetic Era, Yale University Press, New Haven and London (1997).


Title: A Question of Genes: Inherited Risks
P.I.: Graham Chedd and Noel Schwerin, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Project Period: 9/01/95 to 8/31/97

Products:
Two-hour PBS special shown September 16, 1997.

Video series (8 one-hour programs, 1998).
Educator's guide, teacher resources [http://www.pbs.org/gene].


Title: Your World, Our World: Exploring the Human Genome Teacher Resource Materials
P.I.: Jeff Davidson, Pennsylvania Biotech Association
Project Period: 9/01/95 to 2/28/99

Products:
Exploring the Human Genome, special issue of Your World Our World, Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association, State College, Pennsylvania (1996).

Teachers' guide, resources such as posters and handouts.


Title: Collaboration Among the Health Effects, Life Sciences, and Energy Biosciences Research Programs
P.I.: Paul Gilman, National Academy of Sciences
Project Period: 9/15/95 to 11/30/95


Title: Stanford Human Genome Education Program
P.I.: Lane Conn and Richard Myers, Stanford University
Project Period: 2/01/96 to 1/31/98

Products:
Laboratory-based curriculum modules for high school students, unpublished:

M. Munn et al., "The Involvement of Genome Researchers in High School Science Education," Genome Res. 9(7), 697-607 (1999).


Title: The Human Genome Project and Mental Retardation: An Educational Program
P.I.: Sharon Davis, The Arc of the United States
Project Period: 2/1/96 to 1/31/99

Products:
Web Site: http://www.thearc.org

Presentations
Sharon Davis, "The Human Genome Project: Examining The Arc's Concerns Regarding the Project's Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications," Platform Presentation at the DOE Human Genome Program Contractor-Grantee Workshop VI on November 12, 1997.

Sharon Davis et al., "Technology in Genetics: The Danger of Knowing Too Much," Exceptional Parent (November 1997).

Reports and Fact Sheets (All published in print and on the Web site)

Fact Sheets (Q&As)


Title: Workshop on Individualizing Medicine Through Genomics: Ethical, Legal, and Social Challenges
P.I.: Henry T. Greely, Stanford University
Project Period: 3/01/96 to 5/30/99

Products:
Videotapes of conference.


Title: The Gene Letter: An Online Newsletter on Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Genetics for Interested Professionals and Consumers
P.I.: Dorothy Wertz and Philip Reilly, Shriver Center
Project Period: 4/01/96 to 3/31/00

Products:
Videos, CD-ROMs, and Online Sites
Ten issues of The Gene Letter published online to May 1999.
Web Site: http://www.geneletter.com


Title: Series of Congressional Seminars on the Human Genome Project
P.I.: Mark Frankel, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Project Period: 4/15/96 to 8/14/97

Products:
Five seminars held between February and June 1996.


Title: Workshop on Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project: Education of Interdisciplinary Professionals, held June 1996
P.I.: Joan O. Weiss, Alliance of Genetic Support Groups (now Genetic Alliance)
Project Period: 6/01/96 to 5/31/97

Products:
J. O. Weiss and E. V. Lapham, Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project: Education of Interdisciplinary Professionals (1996), workshop proceedings.

Meeting culminated in a 3-year project (called HuGEM) sponsored by the ELSI branch of the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute. HuGEM produced a training video, manual, many educational and resource tools, a number of publications, and two core university courses.


Title: Special Issue on Genetics and Women's Health for Journal of the American Medical Women's Association
P.I.: Wendy Chavkin, American Medical Women's Association
Project Period: 8/15/96 to 8/14/97

Products:
J. Amer. Med. Women's Assoc. 52(1), Winter 1997 issue.


Title: First International Conference on DNA Sampling and Human Genetic Research: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Aspects, held September 1996
P.I.: Bartha M. Knoppers, University of Montreal
Project Period: 8/15/96 to 8/14/97

Products:
GELS meeting in Washington, D.C., and subsequent submissions to European international authorities.


Bartha M. Knoppers, Claude M. Laberge, and Marie Hirtle, eds., Human DNA: Law and Policy, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands (1997).

Sonia Le Bris and Bartha M. Knoppers, "International and Comparative Concepts of Privacy," Chapter 22 in Genetic Secrets: Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality in the Genetic Era, ed. Mark Rothstein, Yale University Press, New Haven and London (1997).

B. M. Knoppers, "Privacy, Confidentiality, and Genetic Information: A Comparative Analysis," Microb. Compar. Genomics 1(2), 37-51 (1997).

B. M. Knoppers et al., "Control of DNA Samples," Genomics 50, 385-401 (1998).

R. Chadwick et. al., "Legal Rights and Human Genetic Material," Bioethics 12(4), 343-45 (1998).


Title: Tuskegee Genome Conference: The Human Genome Project and Its Relevance to the African-American Community, held September 1996
P.I.: Edward J. Smith, Tuskegee University
Project Period: 9/01/96 to 8/31/97

Products:
Edward Smith and Walter Sapp, eds., Plain Talk About the Human Genome Project, Tuskegee University Press, Tuskegee, Alabama (1997).


Title: Getting the Word Out on the Human Genome Project: A Course for Physicians
P.I.: Sara L. Tobin, Stanford University
Project Period: 9/01/96 to 3/31/00

Products:


Web site: http://www.twistedladdermedia.com

Two CD-ROMs released in 2001:

P. J. Fox, S. E. Kelly, and S. L. Tobin, "Defining Dementia: Social and Historical Background of Alzheimer Disease," Genet. Testing 3, 13–19 (1999).

S. L. Tobin, N. Chun, T. M. Powell, and L. M. McConnell, "The Genetics of Alzheimer Disease and the Application of Molecular Tests," Genet. Testing 3, 37–45.

S. S. Jeffrey, T. M. Powell, and S. L. Tobin, "Clinical and Genetic Aspects of Breast Cancer," chap. 4 in Genetic Testing for Inherited Susceptibility to Breast Cancer (working title). In press, Cambridge University Press (2001).

S. L. Tobin and S. S. Jeffrey, "Cancer as a Genetic Disease," chap. 5 in Genetic Testing for Inherited Susceptibility to Breast Cancer (working title). In press, Cambridge University Press (2001).

S. L. Tobin and B. J. McCarthy (2001),"The Technology of Mutation Detection and Its Commercial Application," chap. 6 in Genetic Testing for Inherited Susceptibility to Breast Cancer (working title). In press, Cambridge University Press (2001).

Platform presentation at the DOE Contractor-Grantee Meeting VI, held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in November 1997.


Title: Microbial Literacy Collaboration: Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth
P.I.: Cynthia Needham, American Society for Microbiology
Project Period: 12/01/96 to 2/29/00

Products:
Educational Web Site: http://www.microbeworld.org

Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth: Four-part science documentary due for national broadcast on PBS in the fall of 1999. Companion book.

Microbe World: Set of activities exploring the microbial world.

MicrobeWorld Mentors: Youth leadership conferences to develop microbial mentors.

Unseen Life on Earth: Telecourse based on concepts in the documentary.

Cynthia A. Needham et al., Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth, American Society for Microbiology (2000).


Title: Science and Issues of Human DNA Polymorphisms: An ELSI Training Program for High School Biology Teachers
P.I.: David Micklos, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Project Period: 1/15/97 to 1/14/00

Products:
Web Site: http://www.dnalc.org/

Nine 2.5-day training workshops for high school science teachers

Three Advanced Technology (AT) PCR kits developed to simplify lab techniques in educational settings. Released through Carolina Biological Supply company in 1998.

Laboratory-based unit on polymorphisms (genetic differences) and the ELSI aspects of the genome project. Used in 3-day workshops for teachers.


Title: Genes, Environment, and Human Behavior: Development of Educational Materials for High School Biology
P.I.: Joseph P. McInerney and Mark Bloom, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
Project Period: 2/01/97 to 1/31/00

Products:

Joseph McInerney et al., Genes, Environment, and Human Behavior, Biological Science Curriculum Study, Colorado Springs, Colorado (1999). Teaching module distributed free to high school teachers.

J. D. McInerney, "Genes, Behavior, and High School Biology," Am. Biol. Teach. 60(3), 168-73 (1998).


Title: The Human Genome Project: What's the Public Got to do With It? A Symposium at the 1997 AAAS Annual Meeting and Scientific Innovation Exposition, held February 1997
P.I.: Gregory and Alexander Fowler, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Project Period: 2/15/97 to 2/14/98

Four cassettes of symposium (Parts 1 and 2) available from AAAS.


Title: The Human Genome Project: Reaching the Minority Communities in Maryland, held June 1997
P.I.: Raymond Zilinskas, University of Maryland
Project Period: 2/15/97 to 2/14/99

Products:
R. Zilinskas, ed., Proceedings of the Conference on Ethical, Political, and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project for the Minority Communities of Maryland (1999).

Raymond A. Zilinskas and Peter J. Balint, eds., The Human Genome Project and Minority Communities: Ethical, Social, and Political Dilemmas, Praeger Publishers, Westport and London (2001).


Title: Hispanic Role Model and Science Education Outreach Project: Human Genome Project Component
P.I.: Clay Dillingham, Self Reliance Foundation
Project Period: 3/01/97 to 2/29/00

Products:
About 100 new episodes of Spanish episodes to be broadcast over 2 years in three popular radio series, including talk shows in the United States and Latin America.

Bilingual 800 number for outreach information and referral service.

Syndicated column in 82 Spanish-language newspapers.


Title: Measuring the Effects of a Unique Law Limiting Employee Medical Examinations to Job-Related Matters
P.I.: Mark A. Rothstein, University of Houston
Project Period: 4/01/97 to 3/31/99

Products:

M. Rothstein, B. Gelb, and S. Craig, "Protecting Genetic Privacy by Permitting Employer Access Only to Job-Related Employee Medical Information: Analysis of a Unique Minnesota Law," Am. J. Law Med. 24, 399-416 (1998).


Title: National Bioethics Advisory Commission
P.I.: William Raub, National Institutes of Health
Project Period: 4/01/97 to 7/31/99


Title: Electronic Scholarly Publishing: Foundation of Genetics
P.I.: Robert J. Robbins, Jr., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Project Period: 5/01/97 to 4/30/00

Products:
Web Site: http://www.esp.org

Numerous classic papers in genetics republished electronically in a variety of formats, along with additional biographical, autobiographical, historical, pedagogical, and analytical material.


Title: Genetics in the Courtroom Issue of Judges' Journal
P.I.: J. Washington and Frederic G. Melcher, American Bar Association
Project Period: 7/01/97 to 6/30/98

Products:
Judges' J. 36(3), Summer 1997 (entire issue devoted to genetic revolution's impact on society). Selections on the Web.


Title: Confidentiality Concerns Raised by DNA-Based Tests in the Market-Driven Managed Care Setting
P.I.: Jeroo Kotval, State University of New York, Albany
Project Period: 7/15/97 to 4/14/00

Products:

Jeroo S. Kotval, "Market-Driven Managed Care in the Confidentiality of Genetic Tests: The Institution as Double Agent," Albany Law J. Sci. Technol. 9(1), 1998.


Title: Bioavailability Policy Project
P.I.: Don Ritter, National Environmental Policy Institute
Project Period: 8/01/97 to 7/31/98


Title: Symposium on Human Genome Research: Implications for Health in Latin America, held November 1997
P.I.: Peter Main, International Federation of Institutions for Advanced Study
Project Period: 9/01/97 to 8/31/98


Title: Conference on Biotechnology and the Law: New Perspectives on Public Access and Proprietary Rights, held February 1998
P.I.: Robert P. Merges, University of California, Berkeley
Project Period: 1/01/98 to 12/31/98


Title: Truth and Justice: Science and Its Appeals: A Three-Hour Television Documentary for National PBS
P.I.: Noel Schwerin, Backbone Media
Project Period: 1/01/98 to 6/30/01

Products:
Program in preparation, 1998-2001.


Title: The Human Genome Project: Science and Social Change in the 21st Century, held April 1998
P.I.: David C. Page, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Project Period: 1/01/98 to 12/31/98

Products:

P. R. Reilly and D. C. Page, "We're Off to See the Genome," Nat. Genet. 20, 15-17 (1998).

The Human Genome Project: Science, Law, and Social Change in the 21st Century, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics (CD-ROM 1998).


Title: Genes and Society: Impact of New Technologies on Law, Medicine, and Policy, held May 2000
P.I.: David C. Page, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Project Period: 1/01/00 to 12/31/00

Products:
Genes and Society: Impact of New Technologies on Law, Medicine, and Policy, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics (Whitehead Policy Symposium Report and CD-ROM, 2000).


Title: The Responsibility of Oversight in Genetic Research: How to Enable Effective Human Subject Review of Public and Privately Funded Research Programs
P.I.: Barbara Handelin, Prim&R
Project Period: 2/15/98 to 2/14/00

Products:
Video showing roundtable discussion by members of the Institutional Review Board community and the biopharmaceutical industry on hot topics in the ethical review of human genetics research.

Set of documents.


Title: Second International Conference on DNA Sampling: The Commercialization of Genetic Research: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues
P.I.: Timothy Caulfield, University of Alberta
Project Period: 7/15/98 to 7/14/99

Products:
T. Caulfield and B. Williams-Hones, eds., The Commercialization of Genetic Research, Kluwers Academic/Plenum Publishing, New York (1999).


Title: Conference on Informed Consent in Human Subject Research, held October 1998
P.I.: Rubye Prigmore Torrey, Tennessee Technological University
Project Period: 9/15/98 to 9/14/99

Products:
Proceedings of the Conference on Informed Consent in Human Subjects Research, 54 pp. (2000).


Title: An Economic Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights Issues Concerning the Human Genome Program
P.I.: David Bjornstad
Project Period: 10/01/98 to 9/30/99

Products:
Numerous papers in preparation (2001).

"Economic Implications of Intellectual Property Rights and the Human Genome Research Program," paper presented at the Fourth Annual Challenges in Licensing and Intellectual Property Symposium of the Licensing Executive Society, March 25, 2000.

"Economics and Human Genome Intellectual Property Rights--An Uncommon Topic," talk presented at at the Fourth Annual Challenges in Licensing and Intellectual Property Symposium of the Licensing Executive Society, March 25, 2000.


Title: Meeting on Whose Genes are They--Will the Courts Know? The Impact of Genetics on Justice
P.I.: Sandra Ratcliff Daffron, American Judicature Society
Project Period: 3/01/99 to 2/29/00


Title: Conference on the Human Genome Project for Minority Communities in the State of Louisiana, held April 1999
P.I.: Rosalind Hale, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
Project Period: 3/15/99 to 3/14/00

Products:
Numerous workshops conducted by conference participants at minority meetings around the country.


Title: Human Genome Project Information Conference. Challenges and Impact of Human Genome Research for Minority Communities, held July 2000 in Philadelphia
P.I.: Kathryn Malvern, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority National Educational Foundation
Project Period:

Products:
Numerous workshops conducted by conference participants at minority meetings around the country.

The Challenges and Impact of Human Genome Research for Minority Communities, Conference Proceedings, 62 pp. (2000). Proceedings on Web.


Title: Science Literacy Workshops for Public Radio
P.I.: Barinetta Scott, Soundvision Productions
Project Period: 5/01/99 to 8/31/01

Products:

Pilot week-long science training workshop for public radio reporters and producers held in October 1999 to introduce basic science concepts and offer training in science journalism.

Intensive week-long workshop held in March of 2001 at KQED in San Francisco for about a dozen media professionals from around the country. Scientists from a range of disciplines spoke on timely science topics.


Title: Dilemmas in Commercializing Human Genome and Biotechnology Products; Developing a Case-Based Business Ethics Curriculum for Industry
P.I.: Barbara Koenig, Stanford University
Project Period: 5/01/99 to 4/30/00

Products:

Business Ethics in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries (working title), in preparation (2001).

Ten case studies developed for teaching business ethics and social issues in biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Originated in a business ethics course at Stanford University School of Medicine and Graduate School of Business, case studies were evaluated by use in a business school course, then modified and edited for inclusion in a textbook.

Case Study Companies and Topics

Companion book, in progress (2001).
Title: Democratizing the Human Genome Project: A Model Program for Education, Information, and Debate in Public Libraries
P.I.: Miriam Pollack, North Suburban Library System, Chicago, Illinois
Project Period: 9/1/00 to 8/31/02

Products:

Web site: http://www.nsls.info/genome/. Kickoff panel discussion on videotape, broadcast on TV. Three newsletters published, also on Website. Eleven participating libraries conducting a series of programs extending through summer 2002.


Title: Investigation of the Ethical Concepts that Inform the Laws Limiting Genetic Screening in Employment Decisions: Privacy, Human Dignity, Equality, Autonomy, and Efficiency
P.I.: Lynn Pasquerella and Lawrence Rothstein, University of Rhode Island, Kingston
Project Period: 9/1/00 to 8/31/02

Products:

"Genetics, Ethics, and Democracy: Ethical Concepts in Lawmaking Concerning Genetic Technology," paper presented at the Nature and Technology Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology conference in Aberdeen, Scotland, in July 2001.

Data gathered from state legislative commissions, departments of health, genetics groups, and individual state legislators (2001).


Title: Identifying and Accommodating Tribal Ethical, Moral, Cultural, and Legal Issues Related to the Human Genome Project
P.I.: Mervyn Tano, International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, Denver, Colorado
Project Period: 10/1/00 to 9/30/03

Products:

Brett Shelton, "Regulating Genetic Research in Indian Country: Nature, Scope and Limitations of Tribal Authorities," paper for Seventh International Congress of Ethnobiology, Athens, Georgia (2000).

David Stephenson, Jr., "Lease, Contract, and License: An Introduction to Alternative Mechanisms for Protecting the Intellectual Property of American Indians," paper for Seventh International Congress of Ethnobiology, Athens, Georgia (2000).

David Stephenson, Jr., "Contracts and Licenses for Genetic Information: An Introduction to Alternative Mechanisms for Protecting the Intellectual Property of American Indians in the Context of the Human Genome Project," paper for First Conference of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center ELSI Working Group, Aspen, Colorado (2001).

Kimberly TallBear, "Genetics, Culture, and Identity in Indian Country," paper for Seventh International Congress of Ethnobiology, Athens, Georgia, (2000).

Kimberly TallBear, "Racialising Tribal Identity and the Implications for Political and Cultural Development," paper for Indigenous Peoples and Racism Conference, Sydney, Australia (2001).

Kimberly TallBear, "Genetics, Race, and Tribes: Implications for Political and Cultural Sovereignty," paper for First Conference of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center ELSI Working Group, Aspen, Colorado (2001).

Mervyn L. Tano, "Tattooed Heads, Scalps, Kidneys and Genetic Material: A Brief History of Commerce in Body Parts and the Implications for Regulating the Genome of Indigenous Peoples in Indian Country," paper for Seventh International Congress of Ethnobiology, Athens, Georgia, (2000).

Co-Sponsor, First Conference of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center ELSI Working Group, Aspen, Colorado (2001), conference report forthcoming.


Title: Bioinformatics and the Human Genome Project
P.I.: Mark Bloom, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Project Period: 9/1/00 to 8/31/02

Products: Bioinformatics module in preparation, 2001.


Title: Genetics and the Courts: Judicial Conference for Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont
P.I.: Elizabeth Hodges, Administrative Office of the Courts, Concord, New Hampshire
Project Period: 9/1/00 to 8/31/01

Products: Conference held October 2000 for judges from three states.


Title: Science Education on the Internet. Conferences for Developers of Online Curricula
P.I.: Ray Gesteland, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Project Period: 8/15/99 to 8/14/01

Products: Two national workshops held in November 1999 and 2000 for content developers of science-education Web sites. Workshop proceedings on Web "Learning Strategies for Science Education Websites," (2000).


Title: "All Not Fit to Breed": Survivors of America's First Eugenics Movement
P.I.: Mary Bishop, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg
Project Period: 9/1/00 to 8/31/01

Products: Experiences of about 10 survivors being collected and preserved (2001).


Title: ELSI Perspectives in Genetically Complex Disorders and Workplace Exposure
P.I.: Laura Roberts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Project Period: 9/1/00 to 8/31/01

Products: "Ethics, Psychiatric Genetics, and Mental Illness Research," presentation at Central Nervous System Summit 2001, Feb. 13, 2001.


Title: Pilot Conference on Genetics for the Clergy, Held April 2001
P.I.: Paul Sullins, Catholic University, Washington, D.C.
Project Period: 5/15/00 to 5/13/01

Products: Conference held April 25–27, 2001. White paper in preparation (2001).


Title: Genetics, Mental Illness, and Complex Diseases: Development and Distribution of an Interactive CD-ROM for Genetic Counselors
P.I.: Joseph McInerney Project
Period: 9/30/00 to 9/29/02

Products: CD-Rom in preparation for use by genetic counselors and secondary audiences (2001).


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