Completed Projects

Organized by Topic:

Access to Data

• AAAS Work Relating to OMB Public Access to Data (1999)
• Intellectual Property and Databases (1996-1999)
• Secrecy in Science Colloquium (1999)

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Bioethics

• Ethics Consulting (2005-2006)
• The Lasker Forum on Ethical Challenges in Biomedical Research & Practice (2003)
• Regulating Human Cloning (2003)
• Stem Cell Research and Applications: Scientific, Ethical, and Policy Issues (1999)
• Forum on Cloning (1997)

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Biosecurity

• Science and Security in the Post-9/11 Environment (2004)
• The War on Terrorism: What Does It Mean for Science? (2001)

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Genetics

• Behavioral Genetics (2003)
• Designing Our Descendants (2003)
• Working at the Frontiers of Law and Science: Applications of the Human Genome (2003)
• Forum on Human Germline Interventions (2000)
• Human Inheritable Genetic Modifications (2000)
• The Ethical, Legal, Social Implications of the Human Genome Diversity Project, Executive Summary (1998)
• Genetically Modified Organisms: Redefining Food Products (1998)
• The Human Genome Project: What's the Public Got to do with it? (1997)
• Ethical and Legal Implications of Genetic Testing (1992-1994)

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Human Subjects and Animal Research

• Short Course on Research Ethics: Racial and Ethnic Minorities as Research Subjects (2000-2001)
• Ethical and Legal Implications of Human Subjects Research on the Internet (1999)
• AAAS Board Statement Deploring Intimidation of Scientists Who Use Animals in Their Research (November 28, 2007)
• AAAS Resolutions on the Use of Animals in Research

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Human Enhancement

• Human Enhancement: The Power, Promise, and Risks of Science and Technology (2006-2007)
• The Genetically Supercharged Athlete: Gene Testing, Gene Doping and the Future of Sport (2007)

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Information Technology:

• Anonymity

  • In Search of J. Doe: Can Anonymity Survive in Our Post-9/11 Society? (2004)
  • Anonymous Communications on the Internet (1997-1998)

• Electronic Publishing

  • Intellectual Property and Electronic Publishing in Science (2002)
  • Defining and Certifying Electronic Publication in Science (1999-2000)
  • AAAS/UNESCO/ICSU Workshop on Developing Practices and Standards for Electronic Publishing in Science (1998)

• Other

  • Cryptography, Scientific Freedom, and Human Rights (1997-1999)
  • Ethical and Legal Aspects of Computer and Network Use and Abuse (1993-1994)

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International Ethics

• The Role of Scientific and Engineering Societies in Eastern Europe (1994)
• Evaluating Science and Scientists: An East-West Dialogue on Research Evaluation in Post Communist Europe (1993)
• Breaking from the Past: Setting New Ground Rules for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility in East-Central Europe and the Russian Federation (1991-1992)

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Neuroscience and the Law

• Neuroscience and the Law: Brain, Mind, and the Scales of Justice, Invitational Workshop (2003)

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Patient Safety

• Patient Safety Congress (1996) Website for 1996 Congress No Longer Available
• Examining Errors in Health Care: Developing a Prevention, Education, and Research Agenda (1996)

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Research Integrity

• ORI's Select Bibliography and Resources on the Responsible Conduct of Research (2005)
• Conference on institutional conflict of interest, Las Vegas, Nevada (2004) Website No Longer Available
• Legal Issues and Strategies for Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct (2001)
• Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct: Inquiry, Investigations, and Outcomes (2000)
• The Role and Activities of Scientific Societies in Promoting Research Integrity (2000)
• Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct: Inquiry and Investigation, San Diego, CA (1997)

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Voting Research

• AAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, Statement on the Importance of Research on the U.S. Voting System (2005)
• Making Each Vote Count: A Research Agenda for Electronic Voting (2004)

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Other

• Making Sense of the "Broader Impacts" of Science and Technology (2007)
• Science and Intellectual Property in the Public Interest (2002-2007)
• Post-commentary on the project and play, The Life of Galileo (2003)
• The Life of Galileo (2003)
• 30 Years of Fighting Cancer - Reflections on the Past, Challenges for the Future (2001)
• Should there be an Oath for Scientists and Engineers? (2000)
• Minority Perspectives on Values and Ethics in Science and Technology (1991)
• Values and Ethics in Organization and Human System Development: Responding to Dilemmas in Professional Life (1984-1987)
• Professional Society Ethics Group

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