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Can We Talk? A Public Conversation About Behavioral Genetics and Society
May 2-3, 2003
Convened by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science and The
Hastings Center
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Program
All events will be held in the AAAS Auditorium.
| Friday, May 2, 2003 |
| 7:45am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30am |
Welcome |
| 8:45am |
Keynote Address
Introduction of Keynote Speaker - Alan
I. Leshner, Ph.D., American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Speaker:
Behavioral Genetics in a PostGenomic World: Promise and Risks
Steven E. Hyman, M.D., Provost,
Harvard University
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| 9:30am |
Conversation with Dr. Hyman |
| 10:00am |
Break |
| 10:15am |
The Science: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out
Moderator - V. Elving Anderson,
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Speakers:
"Human Behavioral Genetics: Past Successes, Future Prospects"
Matt McGue, Ph.D., University of
Minnesota
"Three Laws: How to Understand Behavioral Genetics"
Eric Turkheimer, Ph.D., University
of Virginia
"Major Mental Disorders: Yields, Weeds, and Frustrations from Genetic
Strategies"
Irving I. Gottesman, Ph.D.,
University of Virginia, Emeritus
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| 12:15pm |
Lunch |
| 1:30pm |
What Might Behavioral Genetics Tell Us About Ourselves? (Part 1)
Moderator - Kenneth F. Schaffner,
M.D., Ph.D., The George Washington University
Speakers:
"Desire, Interpretation, and the Science of Genetic Differences"
Erik Parens, Ph.D., The Hastings
Center
"Is Free Will an Illusion?"
Gregory E. Kaebnick, Ph.D., The
Hastings Center Report
"Behavioral Genetics and Criminal Justice"
Harold Edgar, J.D., Columbia University
School of Law
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| 3:30pm |
Break |
| 4:00pm |
What Might Behavioral Genetics Tell Us About Ourselves? (Part
2)
Speakers:
"DNA Markers and Behavioral Destiny: The Double-Edged Sword of Genetic
Explanations"
Troy Duster, Ph.D., New York University
"Social Construction and Medicalization: Behavioral Genetics in
Context"
Nancy Press, Ph.D., Oregon Health
and Science University
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| 5:30pm |
Reception |
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| Saturday, May 3, 2003 |
| 8:15am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am |
Keynote Address
Introduction of Keynote Speaker - Audrey
R. Chapman, Ph.D., American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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Speaker:
Genes, Environment and Alcoholism
David Goldman, M.D., Chief, Laboratory
of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,
National Institutes of Health
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| 9:45am |
Conversation with Dr. Goldman |
| 10:15am |
Break |
| 10:30am |
PBS Tape, "Genes
on Trial"
Moderator: Leonard M. Fleck, Ph.D.,
Michigan State University |
| 12:30pm |
Lunch |
| 1:30pm |
Roundtable: "Can We Keep Talking? Challenges to and Opportunities
for Extending Public Conversations on Behavioral Genetics"
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Moderator - Mark S. Frankel,
Ph.D., American Association for the Advancement of Science
Participants:
Jon Beckwith, Ph.D., Harvard
University Medical School
David C. Bowen, Ph.D., Staff, U.S.
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
Bruce B. Dan, M.D., The Patient Channel
Laura Lee Hall, Ph.D., National Alliance
for the Mentally Ill
Yvette Marie Miller, M.D., American
Red Cross, Arizona Region
Rick Weiss, M.A., The Washington
Post
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| 3:00pm |
Adjourn |
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