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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · 1d

❓While this approach could address the severe shortage of donor organs, it also raises profound ethical and policy challenges.
We look forward to a thought-provoking discussion on the ethical, social, and policy implications of moving xenotransplantation from research into clinical practice.

Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · 1d

🐷Xenotransplantation—the transplantation of animal organs, such as genetically edited pig hearts or kidneys, into human patients—has moved from experimental procedures to the first approved clinical trial.

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · 1d

📢 Join us for our next Ethics Grand Rounds: Preparing for Clinical Xenotransplantation: Ethical Considerations for Post-research Pig Organs
🗓 October 21 | 🕐 1–2 PM ET
📍 VEC 902/903 & Online
Featuring @Brendan Parent, PhD (NYU Medicine)

🔗https://cumc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3jUET89oGsGTpSC

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ELSIhub | CERA @elsihub.bsky.social · 9d

📅Join us on October 10th, 12pm ET/ 9am PT for the next #ELSIFridayForum: Knowing or Not Knowing: The Ethics of Returning Genetic Risk Information for Alzheimer’s Disease

Speakers: Ottman, PhD; Jessica Mozersky, PhD
Moderator: Emily Largent, JD, RN, PhD.

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Sep 5

🧬 New from Assistant Prof. Alexis Walker in Voices in Bioethics:
“The Ethical Startup? Lessons from DNA Marketplaces” explores how platforms like LunaDNA balance user control, profit-sharing, and complex ethical challenges in the genetic data economy.

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢 Ethics Grand Rounds is back for a new season!
Join us for thought-provoking discussions on pressing issues at the intersection of ethics, medicine, and society.
📍 Every 3rd Tuesday | 1–2 PM | VP&S Amphitheater 1 & Zoom
🔗 Details: www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/ethics/event...

Ethics Grand Rounds

The Division of Ethics is organizing the next Ethics Grand Rounds series for 2025/2026.

www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu

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ELSIhub | CERA @elsihub.bsky.social · Aug 20

When companies holding genetic data go bankrupt (such as 23andMe), what happens to that data?
Join #ELSIFridayForum on Sep 12th 12pm/9am to explore the ethical & legal stakes—privacy, discrimination & regulatory gaps.

Register🔗https://cumc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Hm1ZkPmyKElAma

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Aug 7

🧬 What happens when a genetic therapy is made for just one patient? How do we support and regulate development?
@sandrasoojinlee.bsky.social and @appelbap.bsky.social from our Division discuss the ethical implication of “research-treatment hybrids”.
🔗https://jme.bmj.com/content/51/5/jme-2023-109729

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ELSIhub | CERA @elsihub.bsky.social · Jul 22

📢 New ELSI Collections!
🧬 Stewardship Obligations for Biobankers
Biobank stewardship goes beyond sample management—it's also about sustainable access, ethical responsibility, and trust.
Explore key resources in this collection ➡️ elsihub.org/collection/s...

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Jul 21

🆕 New from affiliated faculty Prof. Paul Appelbaum in Psychiatric Services, discussing a major shift in malpractice standards may move away from customary care toward reasonable care

"Medical Malpractice: Coming Changes and Their Impact on Psychiatry"

🔗 psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...

Medical Malpractice: Coming Changes and Their Impact on Psychiatry | Psychiatric Services

In 2024, the American Law Institute revised its influential Restatement of the Law for medical malpractice. The most important change is an updated standard for determining when a clinician is neglige...

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Jul 15

📢 Now open: The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics is accepting Letters of Intent through Sept. 15, 2025 (11:59pm ET).
This career development award supports early-career faculty pursuing innovative research in bioethics.
🔗 details: greenwall.org/faculty-scho...

Faculty Scholars Program

Making bioethics integral to decisions in health care, policy, and research.

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ELSIhub | CERA @elsihub.bsky.social · Jul 14

🆕 A new addition to ELSI in Review is live on ELSIhub !

This July update features recent reviews on key #ELSI topics—including ethical implications of using genetic predictions of aggressive behavior in the criminal justice system.

🔗 elsihub.org/news/elsi-re...

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ELSIhub | CERA @elsihub.bsky.social · Jul 11

Today!

Join us at 12pm ET
ELSI Friday Forum with Drs. Gigi Gronvall, Jassi Pannu & Stephanie Guerra
Biosecurity in the Age of AI & Genomics
Explore dual-use risks & governance as AI reshapes biotech.

🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Jul 8

🗞 NY lawmakers have passed the Medical Aid in Dying Act (MAiD), w/o waiting period and no residency requirement for MAiD.
💊 MAiD allows terminally ill, mentally capable adults to request medication to end life peacefully.

Explore the ethical dimensions
🔗 www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/ethics-...

Ethics Grand Rounds | Navigating the Ethical Landscape of Medical Aid in Dying: Emerging Challenges and Future

Ethics Grand Rounds | Landscape of Medical Aid in Dying: Emerging Challenges and Future took place on February 11, 2025 in person and online

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Jul 2

🧬Join us Fri, July 11 @ 12pm ET for the ELSI Friday Forum with Drs. Gigi Gronvall @jassipannu.bsky.social and Stephanie Guerra
Biosecurity in the Age of AI & Genomics
Explore dual-use risks & governance as AI reshapes biotech.

🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Jun 25

Division of Ethics Chief, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee @sandrasoojinlee.bsky.social , joins the advisory board of a new study examining challenges and opportunities for the responsible and equitable use of AI in Virginia’s health sector. #Bioethics #HealthEquity #ResponsibleAI

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Jun 9

Join Columbia Medicine on June 11 at 12 p.m. ET for the next Medicine Grand Rounds with Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD, who will present on Data Sharing in Genomic Research: Ethical Challenges and Responsibilities, both online via Zoom and in person.

Register: columbiacuimc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Jun 3

📑 Now Published: Read "Towards trustworthiness of precision medicine research for people with disabilities" in Nature Genetics, from Division of Ethics Chief Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, and Assoc. Prof. Maya Sabatello: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Towards trustworthiness of precision medicine research for people with disabilities - Nature Genetics

People with disabilities are under-represented in general (non-disability-specific) precision medicine research (PMR), limiting access to its benefits. We examine key reasons for this, focusing on the...

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · May 23

Join us June 3 at 12–1:30pm ET on Zoom for Columbia’s Research Team Management Series: Effective Feedback and Constructive Conflict with Hashim M. Al-Hashimi, PhD, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD, & Catherine S. Spina, MD, PhD. Register: columbiacuimc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Research Team Management Series: "Effective Feedback and Constructive Conflict" . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining th...

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · May 19

🚨 The @greenwallfdn.bsky.social's Making a Difference grant program is now accepting LOIs for Fall 2025!

Support for impactful bioethics research in clinical, biomedical & public health settings. LOIs due June 23.

greenwall.org/making-a-dif...

Making a Difference Grants

Making bioethics integral to decisions in health care, policy, and research.

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Apr 23

Join us for the next Ethics Grand Rounds on 5/13 at 12 p.m. ET exploring the history of federal funding of university-based research in the US, featuring Jonathan Engel, PhD, and Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD.

Register here: ow.ly/Sas550VGBL0

Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Apr 18

Watch the recording of our April Ethics Grand Rounds: The Geneticization of Education and Its Bioethical Implications with Lucas J. Matthews, PhD, and Paul Appelbaum, MD.

▶️ Watch here: mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/ethics-...

Ethics Grand Rounds | The Geneticization of Education and Its Bioethical Implications

Ethics Grand Rounds | The Geneticization of Education and Its Bioethical Implications took place on April 8, 2025 and online.

mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Apr 7

TOMORROW: Join us online at 12pm ET for Ethics Grand Rounds: The Geneticization of Education and Its Bioethical Implications with Lucas J. Matthews, PhD and Paul Appelbaum, MD.

Register here: ow.ly/NV5q50VmjF8

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Columbia Ethics @columbiaethics.bsky.social · Mar 27

Congratulations to Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD on being awarded tenure in the Departments of Medicine, and Medical Humanities and Ethics.
www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/assoc-p...

Assoc. Prof. Maya Sabatello Awarded Tenure

Join us in congratulating Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD

www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu

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ELSIhub | CERA @elsihub.bsky.social · Mar 13

📢 TOMORROW: ELSI Friday Forum at 12pm ET. Enhancing Genetic Screening Access through Community Partnerships in the Cleveland African American Prostate Cancer Project, with Sydney N. Evans, MSW, C-CHW, Erika S. Trapl, PhD, and Marsha Michie, PhD.

🗓️ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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