Call for Abstracts: March 2015 Genomics and Ethics Conference

The UC Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST) and Ethics Center of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center invite abstracts for podium and poster presentations at the March 12-13, 2015, conference "Genomics and Ethics in Research and Medical Decision-Making." The conference will feature empirical and conceptual investigations into the ethical aspects of genetics and genomics in diverse research, community and clinical domains in biomedicine.

To be held at the UC Kingsgate Marriott Conference Center, the event will provide a forum for discussing the intersection of genetics/genomics and ethics, including community engagement, return of research and clinical results, the commercialization of genomics research, consent in medical research and clinical settings and genomics in mental health research and treatment. 

Keynote speakers are Gail Jarvik, MD, PhD, head of the division of medical genetics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and Barbara Koenig, PhD, professor, Institute for Health & Aging, University of California, San Francisco.

Abstracts are limited to 500 words and must be submitted online by Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. For details, go to http://cctst.uc.edu/bioethics2015, email Bettie.Durant@cchmc.org or call 513-803-2610.