WHEN: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 2:00 PM
WHAT: House Subcommittee on Research and Technology hearing: “The Science and Ethics of Genetically Engineered Human DNA”
The purpose of the hearing is to review the science behind new gene editing technologies, examine the ethical implications and risks, discuss the promise or potential applications for this new research, and explore how to build a responsible framework for utilizing gene-editing technologies. Witnesses will also discuss how the United States can provide scientific and ethical leadership in this arena.
WHO: Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPHLevi Professor of Bioethics and Public PolicyJohns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Prof. Kahn works in a variety of areas of bioethics, exploring the intersection of ethics and health/science policy, including human and animal research ethics, public health, and ethical issues in emerging biomedical technologies. He is a co-principal investigator on an NIH-funded project to study the largely unexplored ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of genomics as applied to infectious disease.
Prof. Kahn currently serves as chair of both the Institute of Medicine’s Board on Health Sciences Policy and its Consensus Study on Ethical and Social Policy Considerations of Novel Techniques for Prevention of Maternal Transmission of Mitochondrial DNA Diseases.
WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building Room 2318
Additional testimony will given by:
Dr. Victor J. Dzau, President, Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Elizabeth McNally, Professor of Genetic Medicine, Professor in Medicine-Cardiology and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics; Director, Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University
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Media Contact for Jeffrey Kahn: Leah Ramsay [email protected], 202.642.9640
Jeffrey Kahn webpage: http://www.bioethicsinstitute.org/people/jeffrey-kahn-4
About the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of BioethicsOne of the largest bioethics centers in the world, the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics is the home for collaborative scholarship and teaching on the ethics of clinical practice, public health and biomedical science at Johns Hopkins University. Since 1995, the Institute has worked with governmental agencies, nongovernmental and private sector organizations to address and resolve ethical issues. Institute faculty members represent diverse disciplines including medicine, nursing, law, philosophy, public health and the social sciences. More information is available at www.bioethicsinstitute.org.
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