The Consortium on Law and Values sponsors major events each year, inviting leading scholars and stakeholders to grapple with real-world issues at the intersection of science and society. Our audiences include students and faculty, legislators and policymakers, scientists, and community members. All of our events are open to the public, and recordings of most lectures and conference sessions are available. The links on this page direct users to the videos themselves. For more information about an associated event, please visit our events webpage.
Research Ethics Day — The Future of Research Ethics: Threats & Opportunities (2026)
Link: RED26 Recordings
Description: Top national experts considered the impact of significant changes in federal ethics personnel and research funding and discussed how to preserve key safeguards while making improvements.
Speakers: Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS; Barbara E. Bierer, MD; Joanne Billings, MD, MPH; Vence L. Bonham Jr., JD; Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE; Susan Garfinkel, PhD; Melissa A. Geller, MD, MS; Christine Grady, MSN, PhD; Robert C. Hampshire, PhD; Arthur Lupia, PhD; Mary J. Owen, MD; Efthimios Parasidis, JD, MBE; Brendan Parent, JD; Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD; Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
NetEthics: Developing Tools for Research Networks to Support Ethical & Responsible Research (2025)
Link: NetEthics Recordings
Description: National leaders addressed challenges facing research networks, considered NetEthics tools, and offered new strategies to help complex research networks conduct their work ethically and responsibly.
Speakers: Rosalyn W. Berne, PhD; John C. Bischof, PhD; Evelyn Brister, PhD; Shawneequa L. Callier, JD, MA; Alexander M. Capron, LLB; James F. Childress, PhD; Barbara J. Evans, JD, PhD, LLM; Stephen M. Fiore, PhD; Michele B. Goodwin, JD, LLM, SJD; C.K. Gunsalus, JD; Insoo Hyun, PhD; Rosario Isasi, JD, MPH; Jennifer Kuzma, PhD; Michele Masucci, MA, PhD; Andrew D. Maynard, PhD; Kenneth Oye, PhD; Timothy L. Pruett, MD; Sandra Rodegher, PhD, MA; Gillian H. Roehrig, PhD; Ivonne Santiago, PhD; Andrew W. Smyth, PhD; Geeta Krishna Swamy, MD; Paul B. Thompson, PhD; Terrence R. Tiersch, PhD; Korkut Uygun, PhD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Research Ethics Day — The Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Research: Challenges & Emerging Guidance (2025)
Link: RED25 Recordings
Description: Leading experts from a range of disciplines confronted the challenge of ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) in research.
Speakers: Constantin Aliferis, MD, PhD, FACMI; Leo Anthony Celi, MD, MSc, MPH; Stevie Chancellor, PhD; Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI; Judy Wawira Gichoya, MD, MS; Mary L. Gray, PhD; Isaac (Zak) Kohane, MD, PhD; Alex John London, PhD; Bradley Malin, PhD; Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD, FACMI, FACS, FACSRS; Shashank Priya, PhD; David B. Resnik, JD, PhD; Vardit Ravitsky, PhD; Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD; Effy Vayena, PhD; Jeannette M. Wing, PhD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Research Ethics Day — Building Partnerships to Advance Ethical Research: Collaborators, Communities & Companies (2024)
Link: RED24 Recordings
Description: Interdisciplinary experts discussed how to build partnerships with investigators, communities, clinical research professionals, and companies to promote the ethical conduct and translation of research.
Speakers: L. Michelle Bennett, PhD; Joanne Billings, MD, MPH; Jorge L. Contreras, JD; Joshua C. Denny, MD, MS; Karen R. Diver, MPA; Erwin Gianchandani, PhD; Rev. Alvin C. Hathaway Sr., PhD, DMin; Carolynn Thomas Jones, DNP, MSPH, RN; Kimberly Kirkpatrick, PhD; Boyd Kumher, MBA, MPM, RN; Jennifer McLeland, PhD, ACRP-PM, CCRC; Shashank Priya, PhD; Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD; Geeta Krishna Kwamy, MD; Karina L. Walters, PhD, MSW; Karriem S. Watson, DHSc, MS, MPH; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Emerging Portable Technology for Neuroimaging Research in New Field Settings: Legal & Ethical Challenges (2023)
Link: Portable MRI Recordings
Description: Top multidisciplinary experts explored the urgent ethical and legal issues raised by portable MRI and highlighted the importance of community engagement and concerns raised by research in special populations.
Speakers: Donnella S. Comeau, MD, PhD; Sean C.L. Deoni, PhD; Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD; Barbara Evans, JD, PhD, LLM; Damien Fair, PA-C, PhD; Martha J. Farah, PhD; Michael Garwood, PhD; S. Duke Han, PhD; Rev. Alvin C. Hathaway Sr., PhD, DMin; Judy Illes, PhD; Jonathan Jackson, PhD; Eran Klein, MD, PhD; Frances Lawrenz, PhD; Carlos Peña, PhD, MS; Khara M. Ramos, PhD; Angie Mejia, PhD; Matthew R. Rosen, PhD; Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD; Efraín Torres, PhD; Paul Tuite, MD; J. Thomas Vaughan, PhD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Research Ethics Day — What Makes Your Research Trustworthy? Threats and Opportunities (2023)
Link: RED23 Recordings
Description: Interdisciplinary experts discussed how to promote and ensure trustworthiness in scientific and other research.
Speakers: Joanne Billings, MD, MPH; Angela Byars-Winston, PhD; Peter Crawford, MD, PhD; Pat Furlong, RN, BSN; Lisa German, MSLIS; Derek M. Griffith, PhD; C.K. Gunsalus, JD; Kathleen Hall Jamieson, PhD; Lyric A. Jorgenson, PhD; Rebecca Keiser, PhD, MSc; Veronique Kiermer, PhD; Brian A. Nosek, PhD; Ivan Oransky, MD; Shashank Priya, PhD; Danielle Rintala, MS; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Research Ethics Day — Deepening Engagement and Equity in Research: Next Steps in Research Ethics (2022)
Link: RED22 Recordings
Description: National leaders considered how engagement and equity will shape the future of research ethics.
Speakers: Michele L. Allen, MD, MS; Atum Azzahir, D-Litt; Paulette Baukol, MS; Katrina Claw, PhD; Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH; Judy Illes, PhD; Jonathan Jackson, PhD; Melissa A. Kenney, PhD; J. Michael Oakes, PhD; Shailey Prasad, MBBS, MPH; Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta, MPA, PhD; Suzanne M. Rivera, PhD, MSW; Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD; Daniel Stewart, JD, PhD; Keisha Varma, PhD; Consuelo Hopkins Wilkins, MD, MSCI; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Research Ethics Day — Conducting Research in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ethics in an Emergency (2021)
Link: RED21 Recordings
Description: Top national experts discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing research ethics.
Speakers: Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, FRCP (UK); Jason V. Baker, MD, MS, FIDSA; Arturo Casadevall, MD, PhD; Christopher J. Cramer, PhD; Abigail Echo-Hawk, MA; Christine Grady, MSN, PhD; Susan Kline, MD, MPH; Sarah Lim, MBBCh; James D. Neaton, PhD; J. Michael Oakes, PhD; Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH; Mary J. Owen, MD; Nneka Sederstrom, PhD, MPH, MA, FCCP, FCCM; Richard R. Sharp, PhD; Stephen B. Thomas, PhD; Jakub Toalr, MD, PhD; Susan M. Wolf, JD; Douglas Yee, MD.
LawSeq℠: Facing the Legal Barriers to Genomic Research & Precision Medicine (2020)
Link: LawSeq20 Recordings
Description: In this highly interactive meeting, multidisciplinary experts shared their analysis of US federal and state genomics law and policy to recommend changes in order to support successful integration of genomics into clinical care.
Speakers: Mark Barnes, JD, LLM; Barbara E. Bierer, MD; Wendy K. Chung, MD, PhD; Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD; Barbara Evans, JD, PhD, LLM; Alberto Gutierrez, PhD; Michael Hamilton, JD; Gail P. Jarvik, MD, PhD; Gail H. Javitt, JD, MPH; Frances Lawrenz, PhD; Bradley Malin, PhD; Priya M. Mannan, JD, LLM; Elizabeth Mansfield, PhD; Michelle Penny, PhD; Erik Phelps, JD; Rachel Rice Ackman, JD; Alexandra E. Shields, PhD; Jason L. Vassy, MD, MPH, SM; Susan M. Wolf, JD; Carrie Blout Zawatsky, MS, CGC.
Research Ethics Day — The Power and Perils of Research Data: Generating, Storing & Sharing Data Responsibly (2020)
Link: RED20 Recordings
Description: Top national experts presented on the legal, bioethical, and policy issues in research with all data types — issues in data collection, analysis to ensure replicability, storage, and sharing.
Speakers: Sue Abderholden, MPH; Constantin Aliferis, MD, MS, PhD, FACMI; Sameer Badlani, MD, FACP; Christopher J. Cramer, PhD; Michael J. Dockry, PhD; Milton Eder, PhD; Joan T.A. Gabel, JD; Vipin Kumar, PhD; Wendy Pradt Lougee, MA, MS; Michelle N. Meyer, PhD, JD; Dina N. Paltoo, PhD, MPH; Susan M. Wolf, JD; Douglas Yee, MD; Michael Zimmer, PhD.
LawSeq℠: Building a Legal Foundation for Translating Genomics into Clinical Application (2019)
Link: LawSeq19 Recordings
Description: This event was an opportunity for top legal and scientific experts to share their analysis of US federal and state genomics law and policy, and debate the LawSeqSM project's recommendations, which are designed to shape the future of this powerful, emerging technology.
Speakers: Mark Barnes, JD, LLM; Kenneth Beckman, PhD; Susan Berry, MD; Wylie Burke, MD, PhD; Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD; Barbara Evans, JD, PhD, LLM; James P. Evans, MD, PhD; Henry T. Greely, JD; Ralph F. Hall, JD; James W. Hazel, PhD, JD; Kevin Johnson, MD, MS; Frances Lawrenz, PhD; Bonnie LeRoy, MS, CGC; Bradley Malin, PhD; Gary Marchant, JD, PhD, MPP; William McGeveran, JD; Thomas M. Morgan, MD, FACMG; Pilar Ossorio, PhD, JD; Michelle Penny, PhD; Mark A. Rothstein, JD; Leslie E. Wolf, JD, MPH; Susan M. Wolf, JD; Douglas Yee, MD.
Research Ethics Day — Major Changes in Research Rules & Oversight: Making Progress or Creating New Problems? (2019)
Link: RED19 Recordings
Description: This conference featured senior leaders who analyzed changes in oversight of emerging technologies, the Common Rule governing research with human participants, and the federal redefinition of “clinical trials” to cover more studies.
Speakers: Sue Abderholden, MPH; Michelle H. Biros, MD, MS; Christopher J. Cramer, PhD; Megan Gunnar, PhD; Zubin Master, PhD; P. Pearl O'Rourke, MD; Kristine Rhodes, MPH; Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD; John E. Wagner Jr., MD; Susan M. Wolf, JD; Jeremy M. Wolfe, PhD; Carrie D. Wolinetz, PhD; Douglas Yee, MD.
Law, Genomic Medicine & Health Equity: How Can Law Support Genomics and Precision Medicine to Advance the Health of Underserved Populations? (2018)
Link: LGMHE Recordings
Description: The goal of this conference was to investigate what role law and policy are playing in creating these inequities, and what legal and regulatory changes can be made to ensure that genomic and precision medicine don’t replicate or worsen existing health disparities.
Speakers: Marino Bruce, PhD, MSRC, MDiv, CRC; Wylie Burke, MD, PhD; Shawneequa Callier, JD, MA; Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH; Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD; Nanibaa' A. Garrison, PhD; Pamala A. Jacobson, PharmD, FCCP; Maria F. Lima, PhD; Veronica T. Mallett, MD, MMM; Spero M. Manson, PhD; Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD; Pilar Ossorio, PhD, JD; Jennifer K. Wagner, JD, PhD; Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Research Ethics Day — Research Integrity and Trustworthy Science: Challenges and Solutions (2018)
Link: RED18 Recordings
Description: This conference brought together leading thinkers from multiple disciplines – biomedicine, the social sciences, law, ethics, and others – to analyze the challenges for researchers, universities, journals, and the community and map a way forward.
Speakers: Susan M. Wolf, JD; Melissa S. Anderson, PhD; C.K. Gunsalus, JD; John P.A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc; Frances Lawrenz, PhD; Allen S. Levine, PhD; Michael Sadowsky, PhD; Barbara A. Spellman, JD, PhD; Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD; Leigh Turner, PhD; Rolf Weberg, PhD; Stella Whitney-West, MBA; Douglas Yee, MD.
Frontier Issues in Research Ethics (2017)
Link: RED17 Recordings
Description: This two day conference focused on the future of informed consent, seeking consent from adults with diminished capacity, community-based participatory research, and pediatric assent and guardian permission.
Speakers: Susan M. Wolf, JD; Michelle H. Biros, MD, MS; Wylie Burke, MD, PhD; Alexander Capron, LLB; Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD; Carl Elliott, MD, PhD; Sarah Gehlert, PhD; Gail E. Henderson, PhD; Eric Kodish, MD; Barbara A. Koenig, PhD, RN; Frances Lawrenz, PhD; Allen S. Levine, PhD; Pilar Ossorio, PhD, JD; Mark A. Rothstein, JD; Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH; Richard Sharp, PhD; Scott Sponheim, PhD, LP; Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD; Effy Vayena, PhD; John Wilbanks, BA; Douglas Yee, MD; Kathleen Thiede Call, PhD; Kathryn Cullen, MD; Milton Eder, PhD; Megan Gunnar, PhD; J. Neil Henderson, PhD; Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD; Paul Mattessich, PhD.
Research with Human Participants: The National Debates (2015)
Link: RHP Recordings
Description: Researchers, policymakers, bioethicists, patient advocates, and other stakeholders explored research oversight, informed consent when research participants have diminished or fluctuating capacity to consent, community roles, conflicts of interest and industry sponsorship, and research with vulnerable individuals.
Speakers: Susan M. Wolf, JD; Sue Abderholden, MPH; Barbara E. Bierer, MD; Jeffrey R. Botkin, MD, MPH; Eric G. Campbell, PhD; James M. DuBois, DSc, PhD; Raegan W. Durant, MD, MPH; Carl Elliot, MD, PhD; Amy Frohnmayer, MA; Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD; Paul Haluska Jr., MD, PhD; Steven Joffe, MD, MPH; Eric W. Kaler, PhD; Scott Y.H. Kim, MD, PhD; Bernard Lo, MD; Steven H. Miles, MD; Thomas Morgan, MD, FACMG; Kolawole Okuyemi, MD, MPH; Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH; Richard Sharp, PhD; Robert Steinbrook, MD; John E. Wagner Jr., MD; Douglas Yee, MD.
Should We Offer Genomic Results to a Research Participant’s Family, Including After Death? (2014)
Link: Genomic Results Recordings
Description: This conference grew out of the first NIH-funded project dedicated to this emerging area of bioethics. Experts grappled with whether researchers should share results of genomic sequencing with family members and, if so, how best to do it.
Speakers: Susan A. Berry, MD; Laura M. Beskow, MPH, PhD; Jeffrey R. Botkin, MD, MPH; Rebecca M. Branum, JD; Wylie Burke, MD, PhD; E. Charlisse F. Caga-anan, JD, MA; Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD; Mary B. Daly, MD, PhD; Conrad V. Fernandez, MD; Nanibaa' A. Garrison, PhD; Robert C. Green, MD, MPH; Gail E. Henderson, PhD; Brian Herman, PhD; Barbara A. Koenig, PhD; Bonnie S. LeRoy, MS, CGC; Michelle Huckaby Lewis, MD, JD; Noralane M. Lindor, MD; Jean E. McEwen, JD, PhD; Jerry Menikoff, MD, JD, MPP; Scott Nelson; P. Pearl O'Rourke, MD; Gloria M. Petersen, PhD; Sharon Plon, MD, PhD, FACMG; Carmen Radecki Breitkopf, PhD; Mark E. Robson, MD; Mark A. Rothstein, JD; Brian Van Ness, PhD; Benjamin S. Wilfond, MD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Legal & Policy Pathways for Energy Innovation (2013)
Link: Energy Innovation Recordings
Description: This conference brought together leading scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and business people to address current energy law and policy challenges, particularly at the intersection of environmental law and policy.
Speakers: David E. Adelman, JD, PhD; Mark Ahlstrom, MS; Ellen Anderson, JD; Shalanda H. Baker, JD, LLM; Deborah Behles, JD; Rebecca Bratspies, JD; William C.G. Burns, PhD; William W. Buzbee, JD; James Coleman, JD; David Dana, JD; K.K. DuVivier, JD; Joel Eisen, JD; Jody Endres, JD; Reid Ewing, PhD; Steven Ferrey, JD; Joshua P. Fershee, JD; Michael Gerrard, JD; Lewis E. Gilbert, PhD; Brian Herman, PhD; Paulina Jaramillo, PhD; Alice Kaswan, JD; Alexandra B. Klass, JD; Elizabeth Kronk, JD; Sarah Light, JD; Andrew Long, JD, LLM; Beth Mercer-Taylor, JD, MPP; Felix Mormann, JD, LLM, JSD; Amy Morris, PhD; Hari Osofsky, JD, PhD; Uma Outka, JD; Jessica Owley, JD, PhD; Gabe Pacyniak, JD; Jacqueline Peel; Maria Petrova, PhD; Kalyani Robbins, JD, LLM; Troy Rule, JD; Erin Ryan, JD; Maria Savasta-Kennedy, JD; Matt Schuerger, MSEE, MBA; Rachael Shwom, PhD; Beth Soholt, JD; James C. Smith, JD; David Spence, JD, PhD; Endre Stavang, PhD; Amy L. Stein, JD; Lisa Grow Sun, JD; Jeffrey Thaler, JD; Henry Tranes; Katherine Trisolini, JD; Michael Wara, JD, PhD; David Wippman, JD; Hannah Wiseman, JD; Gregor Wolbring, PhD.
Nanodiagnostics and Nanotherapeutics: Building Research Ethics and Oversight (2011)
Link: Nanodiagnostics Recordings
Description: This conference presented the first systematic and comprehensive recommendations and analysis on protecting human participants in research on nanomedicine products, including drugs, devices, and gene therapy using nano-vectors.
Speakers: Robert Bullard, PhD; Arthur L. Caplan, PhD; R. Alta Charo, JD; Ellen Clayton, MD, JD; Cary Coglianese, JD, PhD, MPP; Glenn Cohen, JD; Holly Doremus, JD, PhD; Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, MD, PhD; Lawrence O. Gostin; Judy Illes, PhD; Isaac (Zak) Kohane, MD, PhD; Jennifer Kuzma, PhD; Gary Marchant, JD, MPP, PhD; Jonathan D. Moreno, PhD; Stephen J. Morse, PhD, JD; Alan Packer, PhD; E. Thomas Sullivan, JD; Deborah Swackhamer, PhD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Should We Return Individual Research Results and Incidental Findings from Genomic Biobanks & Archives? (2011)
Link: Biobanks Recordings
Description: This conference presented recommendations and analysis on managing incidental findings and individual research results in genomic research using biobanks and large archives.
Speakers: Leslie G. Biesecker, MD; Marianna J. Bledsoe, MA; Mildred K. Cho, PhD; Michael F. Christman, PhD; Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD; Leili Fatehi, JD; Rebecca Fisher, MLIS; Stephanie Malia Fullerton, DPhil; Francine C. Gachupin, PhD, MPH; Robert C. Green, MD, MPH; Ingrid Holm, MD, MPH; Kathy Hudson, PhD; Judy Illes, PhD; Scott Jewell, PhD; Jeffrey P. Kahn, PhD, MPH; Moira Keane, MA, CIP; Penny Keller, BS, MP (ASCP); Bartha Maria Knoppers, JD, PhD; Barbara Koenig, PhD; Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD; Frances Lawrenz, PhD; Bonnie S. LeRoy, MS, CGC; Nicole C. Lockhart, PhD; Karen Maschke, PhD; William McGeveran, JD; Amy L. McGuire, JD, PhD; Jerry Menikoff, MD, JD, MPP; Christopher O’Donnell, MD, MPH; P. Pearl O’Rourke, MD; Pilar Ossorio, JD, PhD; Lisa S. Parker, PhD; Gloria Petersen, PhD; Henry S. Richardson, JD, MPP, PhD; Laura Lyman Rodriguez, PhD; Joan A. Scott, MS, CGC; Alan R. Shuldiner, MD; Joseph Thakuria, MD, MMSc; Brian Van Ness, PhD; Benjamin S. Wilfond, MD; Susan M. Wolf, JD; Wendy Wolf, PhD.
Governing Nanobiotechnology: Reinventing Oversight in the 21st Century (2010)
Link: Nanobiotechnology Recordings
Description: This conference presented the findings and recommendations from an National Science Foundation-funded project which assessed five historical oversight models — for drugs, devices, gene transfer, genetically engineered organisms in the food supply, and chemicals in the workplace — using a comparative approach, and developed recommendations for future nanobiotechnology oversight.
Speakers: David Chittenden, MS; Michael Cobb, PhD; Mauro Ferrari, PhD; Susan Foote, JD, MA; Ralph Hall, JD; Christy Haynes, PhD; Robert Hoerr, MD, PhD; John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM; Robbin S. Johnson; Jeffrey P. Kahn, PhD, MPH; Milind Kandlikar, PhD; Bradley C. Karkkainen, JD; George Kimbrell, JD; Efrosini Kokkoli, PhD; George Khushf, PhD; Jennifer Kuzma, PhD; Gary Marchant, JD, MPP, PhD; Andrew Maynard, PhD; Terry L. Medley, JD; Jeff Morris, PhD; R. Timothy Mulcahy, PhD; Kristin Nelson, PhD; Ubaka Ogbogu, LLB, LLM; Jordan Paradise, JD; Carlos Peña, PhD, MS; Maria Powell, PhD; David Y. H. Pui, PhD; Gurumurthy Ramachandran, PhD; Steve Suppan, PhD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
10th Anniversary Conference — What's Next in Law, Health & the Life Sciences? Debating Openness, Access & Accountability (2009)
Link: 10th Anniversary Recordings
Description: This conference explored what issues the next ten years will bring, exploring trends toward greater accountability to research participants, increased access to research data, and new forms of science oversight. Presentations from top national speakers addressed emerging issues in genomic, neuroscience, health care, biomedicine and the life sciences, environmental research, as well as science oversight.
Speakers: Robert Bullard, PhD; Arthur L. Caplan, PhD; R. Alta Charo, JD; Ellen Clayton, MD, JD; Cary Coglianese, JD, PhD, MPP; Glenn Cohen, JD; Holly Doremus, JD, PhD; Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, MD, PhD; Lawrence O. Gostin; Judy Illes, PhD; Isaac (Zak) Kohane, MD, PhD; Jennifer Kuzma, PhD; Gary Marchant, JD, MPP, PhD; Jonathan D. Moreno, PhD; Stephen J. Morse, PhD, JD; Alan Packer, PhD; E. Thomas Sullivan, JD; Deborah Swackhamer, PhD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Emerging Problems in Neurogenomics: Ethical, Legal & Policy Issues at the Intersection of Genomics & Neuroscience (2008)
Link: Neurogenomics Recordings
Description: This conference explored the intersection of neuroscience, genetics, and genomics and the implications for law, ethics, and policy. National experts discussed questions posed by neurogenomics in clinical and research settings.
Speakers: Deborah Powell, MD; Mildred Cho, PhD; John Day, MD, PhD; David Amaral, PhD; Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD; Henry T. Greely, JD; Ronald C. Petersen, MD, PhD; Eric T. Juengst, PhD; Judy Illes, PhD; Andrew Singleton, PhD; Mark H. Ellisman, PhD; Susan M. Wolf, JD; Jordan Paradise, JD.
Managing Incidental Findings in Human Subjects Research: From Imaging to Genomics (2007)
Link: IF Recordings
Description: This symposium presented the recommendations from a groundbreaking NIH-funded project developing standards for the management of incidental findings identified in research with human subjects.
Speakers: Frances Lawrenz, PhD; Elizabeth Thomson, DNSc, RN; Joann A. Boughman, PhD; Bradley S. Peterson, MD; Bernard Schwetz, DVM, PhD; Ernest D. Prentice, PhD; Mildred Cho, PhD; Brian Van Ness, PhD; Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD; Judy Illes, PhD; J.G. Fletcher, MD; Charles Nelson, PhD; Michael Georgieff, MD; Henry Richardson, PhD; Kathy Hudson, PhD; Moira Keane, MS; Alan Milstein, JD, MS; Franklin Miller, PhD; Susan Wolf, JD; Lisa Parker, PhD; Benjamin Wilfond, MD; Jeffrey P. Kahn, PhD, MPH.
Creating Stem Cells by Research Cloning: Scientific, Ethical, Legal & Policy Challenges (2007)
Link: Stem Cells Recordings
Description: National experts and the University’s stem cell researchers addressed issues raised by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), the options open to universities, and how policy should progress.
Speakers: Frank B. Cerra, MD; Kevin Eggan, PhD; R. Alta Charo, JD; LeRoy Walters, PhD; Nigel Cameron, PhD; Ronald Green, PhD; Jose Cibelli, PhD; Meri Firpo, PhD; Nobuaki Kikyo, MD, PhD; Arlene Chiu, PhD; Brock Reeve, MBA, MPhil; Judith Kim, JD, MS; Katharine Ku, MS; Patrick Kelly; Bill Leinweber, MBA; Jeffrey P. Kahn, PhD, MPH; Steven Teitelbaum, PhD; Dan Kaufman, MD, PhD; Brian Dowd, PhD; Susan Wolf, JD; Jordan Paradise, JD.
Terrorist Threats to our Food Supply: Food Protection and Defense — Science, Ethics & Law (2006)
Link: Food Protection Recordings
Description: National experts addressed public health responses, industry concerns, consumer perspectives, risk analysis, and defense.
Speakers: Frank B. Cerra, MD; Robert L. Buchanan, PhD; Michael T. Roberts, JD, LLM; Clay Detlefsen; Caroline Smith DeWaal, JD; Asha M. George, DrPH, MSPH; Donald W. Schaffner, PhD; Shaun Kennedy; Gale Prince; Francis F. Busta, PhD; Arthur P. Liang, MD, MPH; Mark Wilson, PhD; Col. John Hoffman; Jeffrey P. Kahn, PhD, MPH; Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH; Susan Wolf, JD.
Proposals for the Responsible Use of Racial and Ethnic Categories in Biomedical Research: Where Do We Go From Here? (2005)
Link: REC Recordings
Description: This conference critically examined the range of current national proposals, especially in genetic, epidemiological, and health disparities research, with the goal of charting a direction for the future.
Speakers: Raj Bhopal, MD, MPH; M. Gregg Bloche, MD, JD; Mildred Cho, PhD; Troy Duster, PhD; Morris Foster, PhD, MPhil; Dorothy Roberts, JD; Charles Rotimi, PhD, MPH; Margaret A. Winker, MD; Rose Brewer, PhD; Jay Cohn, MD; Joycelyn (Joy) Dorscher, MD; Alex M. Johnson Jr., JD; Jeffrey P. Kahn, PhD, MPH; Gloria C. Lewis, MA; R. Erik Lillquist, JD; R. Timothy Mulcahy, PhD; Carl S. Smith, MD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Intellectual Property Rights for the Public Good: Obligations of U.S. Universities to Developing Countries (2004)
Link: IPP Recordings
Description: This symposium served as a public discussion of the impact of intellectual property protection on making public goods devised at universities available to the developing world.
Speakers: Ronald Phillips, PhD; Susan Wolf, JD; Philip Pardey, PhD; Robert Goodman, PhD; Sara Boettinger; Michael Taylor, JD; Susan Sell, PhD; Kenneth Liebman, JD; Anatole Krattiger, MPhil, PhD; Mark Janis, JD; Dan Birk, JSM, JD, MS; Ronald Cantrell, PhD; Ruth Okediji, LLM, SJD; David Hamilton, PhD; Chuck Muscoplat, PhD; Jim Chen, JD.
The Limits of Personal Privacy: Biomedical Information in Public Health, Population Genomics, and Mass Disasters (2003)
Link: Privacy Recordings
Description: This conference strived to identify ethical and legal problems posed by the use of individuals’ health information in public health research; outline current and emerging solutions to the ethical and legal challenges of using personal biomedical information in genetic research; analyze challenges in maintaining the privacy of personal health information while meeting the requirements of regulations under HIPAA; and articulate privacy challenges posed by preparation for bioterrorism or other mass disasters.
Speakers: Hon. Patricia Simmons, MD; Frank Cerra, MD; George Annas, JD, MPH; Twila Brase, RN; Steve Jacobsen, MD, PhD; Timothy Church, PhD, MS; Don Gemberling, JD; Kathy Hudson, PhD; Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH; Michael Caldwell, MD, PhD; Donna Arnett, MSPH, PhD; Bonnie LeRoy, MS; Alex Johnson, JD; Hon. Mike Hatch, JD; Larry Gostin, JD, LLD; Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH; Jamie Grodsky, JD; Oren Gross, LLM, SJD; Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Esq.; Janlori Goldman, JD; John Finnegan, PhD; Kip Sullivan, JD; Keith Dunder, JD; Mark Becker, PhD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Revamping the Law on Assisted Reproduction: From IVF to Surrogate Motherhood (2003)
Link: Assisted Reproduction Recordings
Description: This symposium was designed to provide information on assisted reproduction and increase awareness of the ethical and legal issues raised by regulation of assisted reproduction in Minnesota.
Speakers: Susan M. Wolf, JD; Alan H. DeCherney, MD; Lisa Erickson, MD; Carol Tauer, PhD; Christopher De Jonge, PhD; Deborah Simmons, PhD; John Robertson, JD; Rep. Kathy Tinglestad, MBA; Sean B. Tipton; Tom Prichard, JD, MPP; Daonna Depoister; Steven H. Snyder, Esq.; Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH.
Pharmacogenomics: The Legal, Ethical and Clinical Challenges (2002)
Link: Pharmacogenomics Recordings
Description: The conference evaluated the promise and problems of drug development by genotype, examining protocol design, consumer access, government regulation, legal liability, racial profiling, and insurance.
Speakers: Frank Cerra, MD; Susan Wolf, JD; Leon Rosenberg, MD; Arthur L. Holden, MBA; Marilyn Speedie, PhD; Colin Campbell, PhD; Rick Wagner, PhD; Stephen Schondelmeyer, PharmD, PhD; Richard Merrill, MA, LLB; James C. Cloyd, PharmD; Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH; Mark Rotenberg, Esq.; Greg Koski, MD, PhD; Patricia King, JD; Mark Rothstein, JD; Carl Elliott, MD, PhD; Rep. Phyllis Kahn; Richard Weinshilboum, MD; Stella Davies, MD; Harry Orr, PhD; Bonnie LeRoy, MS.
The Law and Ethics of Public Health Responses to Bioterrorism (2002)
Link: Bioterrorism Recordings
Description: This symposium provided a major public forum for the discussion of the Model Emergency Health Powers Act.
Speakers: Mark Yudof; Mike Osterholm, PhD, MPH; Larry Gostin, JD, LLD; Jan Malcom; Terry O'Brien, Esq.; Eric Janus, JD; Rep. Thomas Huntley, PhD; Nicki Pesik, MD; Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH; Frank Cerra, MD; John Hick, MD; Susan Craddock, PhD.
Governing GMOs: Developing Policy in the Face of Scientific and Public Debate (2001)
Link: GMOs Recordings
Description: This conference addressed the controversial topic of genetic modification of organisms from a variety of perspectives.
Speakers: Charles Muscoplat; E. Thomas Sullivan; Robert Bruininks; Roger Beachy; Perry Adkisson; Jim Chen; David Somers; Rebecca Goldburg; Anne Kapuscinski; Daniel Farber; Nevin Young; Edward Shonsey; Sharon Schmickle; Thomas Hoban; Jerome Reichman; Jean Kinsey; Dan Burk; Paul Thompson; Ronald Phillips; C. Ford Runge; Jeffrey Kahn.
Consortium Science & Society Webinars (2026-)
- Frontier Issues in Organ Transplantation: New Approaches to Saving Lives & Securing Trust (2026) — Speakers: John Magee, MD; Anji Wall, MD, PhD, FACS; Andrew Adams, MD, PhD. Moderators: Timothy L. Pruett, MD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
When Law, Ethics & Medicine Collide (2024-25)
- AI in Health Insurance Coverage Decisions & Disputes (2025) — Speakers: Daniel Schwarcz, JD; Jennifer D. Oliva, JD, MBA; Isaac S. Kohane, MD, PhD. Moderators: Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
- Physician Duties When Law Restricts Reproductive Health Care (2024) — Speakers: Judette Louis, MD, MPH; Dov Fox, JD, LLM, DPhil; Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD, MA. Moderator: Susan M. Wolf, JD.
- Considering Medical Aid in Dying (2024) — Speakers: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD; Nancy Berlinger, PhD, MDiv; K. Sonu Gaind, MD. Moderators: Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
COVID Consequences (2022-23)
- The Challenges of Long Covid (2023) — Speakers: Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD; Hannah Davis, MPS; Barbara Kornblau, JD, OTR/L, FAOTA. Moderators: Michael K. Georgieff, MD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
- The Future of Emergency Powers in Public Health (2022) — Speakers: James G. Hodge, Jr., JD, LLM; Sandra C. Quinn, PhD, MEd; Michelle M. Mello, MPhil, PhD, JD. Moderators: Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
COVID Controversies (2020-22)
- What Is Our COVID-19 Future? Building the New Normal (2022) — Speakers: Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD; Luciana Borio, MD; Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA. Moderators: Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
- Debating COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters: Public Health Strategy in a Shifting Landscape (2021) — Speakers: Eric J. Topol, MD; Yvonne Maldonado, MD; Sarah S. Long, MD. Moderators: Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
- Should Colleges and Universities Mandate Vaccination for COVID-19? Debating Public Health & Community Trust (2021) — Speakers: Lawrence O. Gostin, JD; Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH; Stephen B. Thomas, PhD. Moderator: Susan M. Wolf, JD.
- Challenges in COVID Vaccine Allocation & Distribution (2021) — Speakers: Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH; Kristen Ehresmann, RN, MPH; Helen Branswell. Moderators: Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
- Reconciling Research and Treatment: Seeking Answers & Saving Lives (2020) — Speakers: Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC; Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE; Arturo Casadevall, MD, PhD. Moderators: Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
- COVID Vaccine Research & Deployment: Reconciling Speed & Safety (2020) — Speakers: Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH; Margaret A. Hamburg, MD; Seema K. Shah, JD. Moderator: Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH.
Speaking Science in Public Controversies (2019-20)
- Communicating Science to Reduce Health Disparities in a World of Communication Inequalities (2020) — Speaker: K. "Vish" Viswanath, PhD. Commentator: Sarah Gollust, PhD. Moderator: Susan M. Wolf, JD.
- How the Mass Media Cover Health, Science, and the Environment—and What You Can Do to Help (2020) — Speaker: Laura Helmuth, PhD. Commentator: Rebekah H. Nagler, PhD. Moderator: Susan M. Wolf, JD.
- From Alexa to CRISPR: Making Sense of Controversial Science in an Age of Polarized Politics (2020) — Speaker: Dietram A. Scheufele, PhD. Commentator: Emily K. Vraga, PhD. Moderator: Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Consumer-Driven and DIY Science: Promise & Peril (2018-19)
- Biohacking and Cyborg Rights: Coping with Promise & Peril (2019) — Speaker: Lisa Ikemoto, JD, LLM. Commentator: Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD. Moderator: John C. Bischof, PhD.
- The Perils of Science to Create Pathogens: Controlling Biosafety and Biosecurity Threats (2019) — Speaker: Michael Imperiale, PhD. Commentator: Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH. Moderator: Amy Kircher, DrPH.
- Consumers in the Lead: Transforming Research and Health (2019) — Speaker: Sharon F. Terry, MA. Commentator: Douglas Yee, MD. Moderator: Susan M. Wolf, JD.
Antibiotic Resistance: Policy Challenges & Solutions (2017-18)
- Antimicrobials in Agriculture and Food Production: Use, Overuse & Misuse (2018) — Speaker: H. Morgan Scott, DVM, PhD. Commentator: Tim Johnson, PhD. Moderator: Jeff Bender, DVM, MS, DACVPM.
- The Dark Side of Antibiotics (2018) — Speaker: Martin J. Blaser, MD. Commentator: James R. Johnson, MD. Moderator: Michael J. Sadowsky, PhD.
Emerging Diseases in a Changing Environment (2016-17)
- Combating Microbial Terrorists: How to End Our "Déjà vu All Over Again" Preparedness Paradox (2017) — Speaker: Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH, FACP. Commentator: Amy Kircher, DrPH. Moderator: Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH.
- Ending the Pandemic Era: Science at the Animal-Human-Environmental Interface (2017) — Speaker: Jonna Mazet, DVM, MPVM, PhD. Commentator: Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH. Moderator: Lewis Gilbert, PhD, MS.
- Finches, Dogs, Lions and Zika: An Ecologist Looks at Emerging Disease (2017) — Speaker: Andrew Dobson, DPhil. Commentator: Jessica Hellmann, PhD. Moderator: Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH.
Microbiome Research & Microbiota Therapeutics (2015-16)
- Microbiota-targeted Therapies from Probiotics to Transplants: New Regulatory Challenges (2016) — Speaker: Diane E. Hoffmann, JD, MS. Commentator: Francisco Diez-Gonzalez, PhD.
- Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Ethical Challenges and Regulatory Hurdles (2016) — Speaker: Stacy A. Kahn, MD. Commentator: Byron Vaughn, MD.
- The Evolving Human Microbiome (2016) — Speaker: Alexander Khoruts, MD. Commentator: Dan Knights, PhD.
Facing the Challenge of Genome & Exome Sequencing (2014-15)
- A Public Health Approach for Fulfilling the Promise of Genomics to Improve Health: Or, When Should We All Have Our Genomes Sequenced? (2015) — Speaker: Muin Khoury, MD, PhD. Commentator: Douglas Yee, MD.
- Genomic Variant Interpretation: The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertain (2015) — Speaker: Heidi L. Rehm, PhD, FACMG. Commentator: Bharat Thyagarajan, MD, PhD.
Neuroscience & Public Policy (2012-13)
- Neuroeconomics and the Governance of Choice (2013) — Speaker: Natasha Dow Schüll, PhD. Commentator: Akshay Rao, PhD.
Food Safety: Coping with Domestic & International Challenges (2011-12)
- Global Food Safety Regulatory and Policy Challenges (2012) — Speaker: Jorgen Schlundt, PhD. Commentators: Joseph Scimeca, PhD; Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH. Moderator: Shaun Kennedy.
- Questions and Uncertainties on the Full Implementation of FSMA (2012) — Speaker: Robert Brackett, PhD. Commentator: Craig Hedberg, PhD.
From Climate Change to the Gulf Oil Crisis: Law & Science in Times of Crisis (2010-11)
- The International Climate Change Negotiations: The Road from Copenhagen (2010) — Speaker: Daniel Bodansky, JD. Commentators: Brad Karkkainen, JD; Katherine Klink, PhD; Hari Osofsky, JD.
- Blue Bayou: The BP Deepwater Horizon Blowout and the Social and Environmental Erosion of the Louisiana Coast (2010) — Speaker: Daniel Farber, JD. Commentators: Eric Sheppard, PhD; Alexandra B. Klass, JD.
How Internet and Computer Capacity are Changing Policy Issues & Solutions in Biomedicine (2009-10)
- Cutting-Edge Issues in the Structure & Governance of U.S. and International Biobanks (2010) — Speaker: Alexander Capron, LLB. Commentators: Brian Van Ness, PhD; Gloria Petersen, PhD.
- How the Internet is Reshaping Assisted Reproduction: From Donor Offspring Registries to Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing (2009) — Speaker: Andrea M. Braverman, PhD. Commentators: Mark Damario, MD; Michele Goodwin, JD, LLM.
- Computers, Patients, and the Health of Populations: Next Steps in Ethics and Informatics (2009) — Speaker: Kenneth W. Goodman, PhD, FACMI. Commentators: Julie Jacko, PhD; Joe Konstan, PhD.
Synthetic Biology: The Science, Ethics & Law of Creating New Life (2008-09)
- Dialogue and Notes on Synthetic Biology (2009) — Speaker: Drew Endy, PhD. Commentators: Mike Osterholm, PhD, MPH; Bill McGeveran, JD.
- The Paradigm Shift of Synthetic Biology: Tensions Between Innovation and Security (2008) — Speaker: Arti K. Rai, JD. Commentators: Shaun Kennedy; Jordan Paradise, JD.
- Synthetic Genomics: Risks and Benefits for Science and Society (2008) — Speaker: Robert Friedman, PhD. Commentators: Brian Van Ness, PhD; Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH.
Emerging Debates on Oversight and Policy in Biomedicine & the Life Sciences (2007-08)
- Oversight of Biomedical Technologies: What Can We Learn from Past Efforts? (2008) — Speaker: Patricia A. King, JD. Commentators: R. Scott McIvor, PhD; Rep. Phyllis Kahn, PhD, MPA.
- Building a Better Baby Business: What's Wrong with the Market for Assisted Reproduction and How to Make it Better (2007) — Speaker: Debora Spar, PhD. Commentators: Michele Goodwin, JD; Christopher DeJonge, PhD.
- The Global Biofuels Debate: Science, Policy & Ethics (2007) — Speaker: Suzanne Hunt, MA. Commentators: Robert Elde, PhD; Benjamin Senauer, PhD.
Nutrigenomics, Nutraceuticals, and Direct-To-Consumer Marketing of Genomic Nutritional Profiling (2006-07)
- Nutrigenomics: Science, Regulation, and Policy (2007) — Speaker: José Ordovás, PhD. Commentators: Charles C. Muscoplat, PhD; Jeffrey P. Kahn, PhD.
- Genomic Nutritional Profiling: The Ethics of Nutrigenomics (2007) — Speaker: David Castle, PhD.
- Nutraceuticals: Dietary Supplements, Botanical Drugs, and Nature Products – Science, Safety, and Efficacy (2006) — Speaker: Mark Blumenthal. Commentators: Theodore P. Labuza, PhD; Bonnie LeRoy, MS.
Societal Implications of New Developments in Neuroscience (2005-06)
- Developmental Neuroethics: Neuroscience, Childhood and Society (2006) — Speaker: Martha Farah, PhD. Commentators: Donald Brunquell, PhD, LP; Dana Ernest Johnson, MD, PhD.
- The Implications of Behavioral Biology for Law: Evolutionary Perspectives (2005) — Speaker: Owen D. Jones, JD. Commentators: David W. Stephens, PhD; Susan M. Wolf, JD.
- The Ethical Brain (2005) — Speaker: Michael Gazzaniga, PhD. Commentators: Lawrence Charnas, MD, PhD; Carl Elliot, MD, PhD.
Stem Cells in Science & Society (2004-05)
- From Stem Cells to Jail Cells (2005) — Speaker: R. Alta Charo, JD.
- Stem Cell Therapy: Hype or Hope? (2005) — Speaker: Janet D. Rowley, MD. Commentators: Susan M. Wolf, JD; Carl Tauer, PhD; Steve Calvin, MD.
- Stem Cell Biology: Good Ethics Depend on Good Facts (2004) — Speaker: Evan Snyder, MD, PhD. Commentators: Paul Tuite, MD; Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH.
Cutting-Edge Issues in the Conduct of Human Subjects Research (2003-04)
- Financial Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research (2004) — Speaker: David Korn, MD. Commentators: Norman Bowie, PhD; David Hamilton, PhD.
- Medical Devices: A Different Twist on the Ethics and Law of Research Protections (2003) — Speaker: E. Haavi Morreim, JD, PhD. Commentators: Ken Liebman, Esq.; Susan Foote, JD.
- Solutions to the Crisis in Human Subjects Research: From Pillar to Post? (2003) — Speaker: Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH. Commentators: Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH; Cathy Jordan, MD, LP.
Issues in Public Health and Personal Privacy (2002-03)
- Restrictions on Privacy, Autonomy and Liberty: Lessons from Infectious Disease Control (2003) — Speaker: Ronald Bayer, PhD. Commentators: Harry Hull, MD; Steven Miles, MD.
- The Litigation Revolution: Tobacco Liability and the Rise of the New Public Health (2002) — Speaker: Allan M. Brandt, PhD. Commentators: Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Esq.; Ron James.
- Balancing Public Health and the Patients' Rights: The Threat of Bioterrorism (2002) — Speaker: Wendy K. Mariner, JD, MPH, LLM. Commentators: Jan Malcom; Debra DeBruin, PhD.
The Revolution Under Way in Genetic, Reproductive, and Stem Cell Technologies (2001-02)
- Cloning and Other Monkey Business (2002) — Speaker: Don Wolf, PhD. Commentators: Susan M. Wolf, JD; Christopher De Jonge, PhD.
- Embryo Stem Cell Policy: The Intersection of Values, Science, and Law (2001) — Speaker: Lori B. Andrews, JD. Commentators: Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH; Catherine Verfaillie, MD.
- Regulating Reproduction, Replication & Research: Governing IVF, Stem Cells, Cloning & Germline Genetics (2001) — Speaker: George Annas, JD, MPH. Commentators: Kenneth Keller, PhD; John Wagner, MD.
Ecology and Biotechnology (2000-01)
- Nature's Birthmark: The Separate World of Ecology (2000) — Speaker: Mark Sagoff, PhD. Commentator: Jim Chen, JD.
Science and Politics: Controversies in Regulation and National Security (2006-07)
- Dual Use Research in the Life Sciences and National Security (2007) — Speaker: David Relman, MD.
- Science and Politics in Environmental Policymaking: Can This Marriage Be Saved? (2006) — Speaker: Holly Doremus, JD, PhD.
- Science and Politics: Problems and Solutions (2006) — Speaker: Kurt Gottfried, PhD.
Energy and the Environment: Science, Ethics & Policy (2005-06)
- The Convergence of Environmental and Capital Markets (2006) — Speaker: Richard Sandor, PhD.
- Climate Change and Intergenerational Fairness: Reconciling Ethics and Economics (2006) — Speaker: Richard B. Howarth, PhD.
- An Ethical Framework for Analyzing Global Warming (2005) — Speaker: Donald A. Brown, JD.
- Changing Energy Policy to Benefit the Environment and Human Health (2005) — Speaker: Daniel M. Kammen, PhD.
Frontier Issues in Biomedical Research (2004-05)
- The Ethics of Innovative Surgery (2005) — Speaker: Jonathan Moreno, PhD.
- Risk, Reason and Regulation of Medical Devices (2004) — Speaker: Michael J. Lysaght, PhD.
Food, Animal Protection, and the Land (2003-04)
- The Ironic Politics of Obesity (2004) — Speaker: Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH.
- Ecology, Ethics, and Private Land (2004) — Speaker: Eric T. Freyfogle, JD.
- Globalization and Biodiversity (2003) — Speaker: David Ehrenfeld, MD, PhD.
- Science, Ethics, and the Animal Protection Movement (2003) — Speaker: Dale Jamieson, PhD.
Ethics in Genetics and Public Health (2002-03)
- Poverty, Pollution & Public Health: Strategies for Building Just and Sustainable Communities (2003) — Speaker: Robert D. Bullard, PhD.
- Shifting Visions of Disability: Public Health, Law & Ethics (2003) — Speaker: Wendy E. Parmet, JD.
- Toxicogenethics: Ethical Issues at the Intersection of Genetics and the Toxicological Sciences (2002) — Speaker: Richard R. Sharp, PhD.
- The Meaning of Human Gene Testing for Disability Rights: The Rise of a New Eugenics? (2002) — Speaker: Edward J. Larson, PhD.
Reproductive Technology: Genetic Testing, Stem Cells, & Cloning (2001-02)
- Human Molecular Genetics and the Subject of Race: Contrasting Theory and Rhetoric with Practical Applications in Law and Medicine (2002) — Speaker: Troy Duster, PhD.
- From Laboratory to Clinic: Issues in the Oversight of Innovative Reproductive Technologies (2002) — Speaker: Andrea Bonnicksen, PhD.
- Stem Cells, Cloning, and Genetic Choice in Reproduction (2001) — Speaker: John A. Robertson, JD.
- Is There a Genetic Test in Your Future? Would You Want One? (2001) — Speaker: Neil Holtzman, MD, MPH.
Deinard Memorial Lecture on Law & Medicine
- How Patients Are Creating Medicine’s Future: From Citizen Science to Precision Medicine (2016) — Speakers: Ernesto Ramirez, PhD; Barbara Evans, PhD, JD, LLM; Kingshuk Sinha, PhD; Jason Bobe, MSc.
- Lessons from Ferguson and Beyond: Bias, Health & Justice (2016) — Speaker: Sidney D. Watson, JD. Commentator: Kola Okuyemi, MD, MPH.
- Slouching Toward Health Reform: The Future of the Affordable Care Act (2013) — Speaker: Sara Rosenbaum, JD. Commentator: Lynn Blewett, PhD.
- The Emergent Logic of Health Reform (2009) — Speaker: M. Gregg Bloche, MD, JD. Commentators: Larry Jacobs, PhD; Steve Parente, PhD.
- The Legacy of the Nazi Doctors' Trial for American Bioethics and International Human Rights Law (2008) — Speaker: George Annas, JD, MPH. Commentators: Steven Miles, MD; Kathryn Sikkink, PhD.
- The Crisis in Patient Safety and Malpractice: Fixing Medicine and Law (2004) — Speaker: Troyen A. Brennan, MPH, MD, JD. Commentator: Carol Ley, MD.
Visiting Consortium Professorship
- Science in the Supreme Court: Hypotheses & Hypocrisy in Constitutional Decision Making (2009) — Speaker: David L. Faigman, MA, JD. Commentators: Eugene Borgida, PhD; Susanna Blumenthal, PhD, JD.
- Equitable Solutions to Greenhouse Warming: On the Distribution of Wealth, Emissions, and Responsibility Within and Between Nations (2008) — Speaker: Stephen W. Pacala, PhD. Panelists: Stephen Polasky, PhD; Elizabeth Wilson, PhD.
- Medicare "Modernization": Nation Building or Insurgency? (2006) — Speaker: Thomas L. Greaney, JD.