Lunch Series on the Societal Implications of the Life Sciences

2006-07: Science and Politics: Controversies in Regulation and National Security

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, MD
Science and Politics: FDA Perspective
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
Coffman Memorial Union Theater
David Relman, MD
Dual Use Research in the Life Sciences and National Security
Thursday, January 25, 2007, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Prof. Holly Doremus, JD, PhD
Science and Politics in Environmental Policymaking: Can This Marriage Be Saved?
Tuesday, November 14, 2006, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Central Time
Coffman Memorial Union Theater
Prof. Kurt Gottfried, PhD
Science and Politics: Problems and Solutions
Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
Coffman Memorial Union Theater

2005-06: Energy and the Environment: Science, Ethics & Policy

Richard L. Sandor, PhD
The Convergence of Environmental and Capital Markets
Tuesday, April 11, 2006, 12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Central Time
Richard B. Howarth, PhD
Climate Change and Intergenerational Fairness: Reconciling Ethics and Economics
Tuesday, February 7, 2006, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Donald A. Brown
An Ethical Framework for Analyzing Global Warming
Thursday, November 10, 2005, 1 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Central Time
Theater, St. Paul Student Center
Prof. Daniel M. Kammen, PhD
Changing Energy Policy to Benefit the Environment and Human Health
Tuesday, October 18, 2005, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
St. Paul Student Center

2004-05: Frontier Issues in Biomedical Research

Alan Milstein, JD, MS
Human Subjects Protection: A Plaintiff's Perspective
Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Prof. Jonathan Moreno, PhD
The Ethics of Innovative Surgery
Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Michael J. Lysaght, PhD
Risk, Reason and Regulation of Medical Devices
Tuesday, November 2, 2004, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union

2003-04: Food, Animal Protection, and the Land

Prof. Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH
The Ironic Politics of Obesity
Tuesday, April 13, 2004, 12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Central Time
Prof. Eric Freyfogle, JD
Ecology, Ethics, and Private Land
Tuesday, February 10, 2004, 1 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Prof. David Ehrenfeld, MD, PhD
Globalization and Biodiversity
Monday, November 17, 2003, 1 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Central Time
Room 105, Cargill Geonomics Building
Prof. Dale Jamieson, PhD
Science, Ethics, and the Animal Protection Movement
Monday, September 22, 2003, 12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union

2002-03: Ethics in Genetics and Public Health

Prof. Robert D. Bullard, PhD
Poverty, Pollution & Public Health: Strategies for Building Just and Sustainable Communities
Tuesday, March 11, 2003, 1 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Central Time
William G. Shepard Room, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
Prof. Wendy E. Parmet, JD
Shifting Visions of Disability: Public Health, Law & Ethics
Thursday, February 6, 2003, 1 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Central Time
William G. Shepard Room, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
Prof. Richard R. Sharp, PhD
Toxicogenethics: Ethical Issues at the Intersection of Genetics and the Toxicological Sciences
Tuesday, November 5, 2002, 1 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Central Time
Room 25, Mondale Hall, University of Minnesota Law School
Prof. Edward J. Larson, JD, PhD
The Meaning of Human Gene Testing for Disability Rights: The Rise of a New Eugenics?
Tuesday, September 17, 2002, 12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Central Time
William G. Shepard Room, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum

2001-02: Reproductive Technology: Genetic Testing, Stem Cells, & Cloning

Prof. Troy Duster, PhD
Human Molecular Genetics and the Subject of Race: Contrasting Theory and Rhetoric with Practical Applications in Law and Medicine
Thursday, March 14, 2002, 1 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Central Time
William G. Shepard Room, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
Prof. Andrea Bonnicksen, PhD
From Laboratory to Clinic: Issues in the Oversight of Innovative Reproductive Technologies
Thursday, January 24, 2002, 1 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Central Time
William G. Shepard Room, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
John Robertson, JD
Stem Cells, Cloning, and Genetic Choice in Reproduction
Saturday, December 15, 2001, 12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Central Time
William G. Shepard Room, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
Prof. Neil Holtzman, MD, PhD
Is There a Genetic Test in Your Future? Would You Want One?
Tuesday, September 25, 2001, 12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Central Time
William G. Shepard Room, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum