Archive: 2011

October 26, 2011 -

September 21, 2011 - The Republican presidential debates have highlighted an interesting public health issue that is relevant to our current discussion of the role of politics in science.  Texas Governor Rick Perry has been criticized by his rivals for mandating that Texas girls entering the 6th grade receive the vaccine for the HPV virus, which causes cervical cancer.  […]

September 14, 2011 - From Tom Boyett, an auditor to the class who practice as an OB-GYN for 40+ years. One thing that we did not have time for in class last week was Douglas’ 3-4 page illustration of errors in methodology using diethylstilbestrol (DES) as an example. Interestingly, although her points were excellently made, some of the facts […]

September 14, 2011 - This semester the Center is pleased to have student bloggers from the Arts & Humanities graduate course on “Science, Values, and Democracy” (HUHI 6305). They will be posting on topics related to this year’s series on science and politics, as well as on other topics related to the mission of investigating values in medicine, science, […]

August 20, 2011 - Mission | Staff | Affiliate Faculty | Advisors and Supporters Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology More info coming soon!  

August 20, 2011 - I am happy to announce a new year of exciting activities and lectures from the Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology! The theme of this year’s events is “Funded and Forbidden Knowledge.” Our events will explore the role of science in our democratic society. They will provide insight into how our values help determine […]

August 15, 2011 - Mission | Staff | Affiliate Faculty | Advisors and Supporters   Matthew Brown Director Fields: Philosophy, Science Studies, Cognitive Science Research Focus: Philosophy of science, science & values, American philosophy, distributed cognition Read more about Dr. Brown.   Magdalena Grohman Associate Director Fields: Cognitive psychology, social psychology Research Focus: Psychology of creativity, creative thinking techniques, problem solving […]

May 17, 2011 - One of the more interesting lectures at the Human Enhancement Symposium was given by Dr. Mehlman. The topic of the lecture was biomedically enhanced warfighters. In 2003, DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) announced the “Enhanced Human Performance Program” of its Bio-Revolution program. DARPA continues to fund dozens of human augmentation projects to ensure […]

May 17, 2011 - To live forever for fear of death.  To live forever for selfish reasons.  To live forever just because we can. There are many options to consider when thinking about immortality.  Is it simply being impervious to death?  Is it living continuously through multiple lives that are reincarnated?  Is it spending eternity in heaven or hell […]

May 17, 2011 - Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks centers on the concept of informed consent. In the book, George Gey, a doctor from Johns Hopkins, took Henrietta Lacks’ cells without her knowledge and scientists used the so-called HeLa cells – the first immortal human cells grown in culture – in laboratories around the world to […]