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The Science, Ethics and Politics of Stem Cell Research
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Government, Community
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The pace of scientific and medical advancement has accelerated rapidly in recent years, paving the way for exciting breakthroughs for human health. Stem cell research is an avenue that holds significant hope, but has been mired in controversy in the United States and abroad.

We have invited leading international experts to share the state of the science, as well as their view on the ethical and political debates surrounding stem cell research in a sophisticated overview of stem cell research today.

9 a.m.–2 p.m.

Fee: $125
Lincoln East and Monroe Rooms


Panel 1: Stem Cells and Stem Cell Alternatives

John Gearhart, Ph.D.
C. Michael Armstrong Professor in Medicine; Professor, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comparative Medicine, and Physiology; Co-Director, Stem Cell Program, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Howard Zucker, M.D., J.D., L.L.M.
Associate Professor, Clinical Pediatrics and Clinical Anesthesiology, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University

Moderator: Chi Dang, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Dean for Research; Johns Hopkins Family Professor in Oncology Research; Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology, Oncology, Pathology & Joint Appointment in Molecular Biology & Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Panel 2: Ethics of Stem Cell Research

Hilary Bok, Ph.D.
Henry R. Luce Professor, Bioethics and Moral and Political Theory, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University

Alfonso Gomez-Lobo, Dr. phil.
Ryan Family Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy, Georgetown University; member, President’s Council on Bioethics

Moderator: Ruth Faden, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics; Director, Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins University

Lunch
Keynote Address: The Legislative Landscape

Representative Mike Castle, Delaware

Panel 3: Politics of Stem Cell Research

William B. Neaves, Ph.D.
President & CEO, Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Zach Hall, Ph.D.
President, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine; Professor Emeritus, Department of Neuroscience, University of California at San Francisco

Ruth Faden, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Kathy Hudson, Ph.D.
Director, Genetics and Public Policy Center, Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins University

Moderator: Julie Rovner
Health Policy Correspondent, National Public Radio

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