News & Publications
Posted: Friday, December 13, 2019
Professor Francis Shen, JD, PhD, was recently quoted and Professor Susan M. Wolf, JD, was mentioned in the Hartford Courant about the potential ethical implications of data storage, sharing, and privacy in relation to MRI data. The article discusses the potentially groundbreaking… Read more
Posted: Tuesday, November 5, 2019
The Consortium provides funding for intramural projects related to the societal implications of problems in health, environment, and the life sciences. Grants will be awarded in the spring 2020 to University of Minnesota graduate and professional students for work during the Summer 2020 and… Read more
Posted: Friday, September 13, 2019
The University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Medical Industry Leadership Institute is hosting "Combating Minnesota's Opioid Epidemic" on Thursday, October 24, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Carlson School of Management. This event is a one-day policy forum… Read more
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2019
The Center for Bioethics is kicking off fall semester with Ethics Ground Rounds and Mini Bioethics Academy. The Center for Bioethics' Ethics Grand Rounds is a series of monthly seminars featuring noted local, national, & international bioethics scholars… Read more
Posted: Monday, July 8, 2019
Professor Susan M. Wolf, JD (University of Minnesota) and Professor Ellen Wright Clayton, JD, MD (Vanderbilt University), recently moderated a panel discussion on “LawSeq: Building a Legal Foundation for Genomics & Precision Medicine” at the 2019 Health Law Professors… Read more
Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2019
According to Wired magazine, "Since the mid-2000s, clinics have been selling expensive, unproven stem-cell treatments to any patient desperate enough to believe their claims of cures for everything from arthritis to autism." These clinics have "been tied to serious infections, several… Read more
Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2019
The Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing (CSH), a Consortium member, is among the nation's leading institutions dedicated to research-based approaches to integrative health and healing. CSH is an interdisciplinary unit of the University's Academic Health Center,… Read more
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019
A new article in Wired by Megan Molteni describes potentially momentous changes in the legal status of gene patents. According to Molteni, "In 2013, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down patents on two human genes – BRCA1 and BRCA2 – associated with breast and… Read more
Posted: Monday, June 3, 2019
The University of Minnesota Twin Cities has launched the Integrated Food Systems Leadership program (IFSL) designed for working professionals to help bridge the gap between traditional food system education and professional leadership programs. The IFSL program is a graduate-level… Read more
Posted: Friday, May 24, 2019
MnDRIVE Environment invites proposals from University of Minnesota faculty for Industrial Partnership Bioremediation Seed Grants; deadline is June 20, 2019. The goal of the seed grant program is to improve bioremediation/biodegradation strategies and their industrial… Read more