Hastings Center News
- Q & A with Vardit Ravitsky
Posted on September 7, 2023
Welcome to The Hastings Center! You join the Center from the University of Montreal, where you were a professor in the bioethics program in the School of Public Health. You’re... - Kickoff Meeting: Toward a Code of Conduct for Artificial Intelligence
Posted on August 24, 2023
The first meeting of the National Academy of Medicine’s AI initiative framed the issues highlighting the benefits and risks that AI presents for health, health care, and biomedical science and... - It’s Time to See Clinician Burnout for What It Is
Posted on July 24, 2023
“Clinician burnout is one of the most tenacious problems facing the contemporary health system. Recent years have seen a plethora of guidance on reducing burnout and improving health care workers’ well-being following the pandemic, but... - Remembering the Reverend Frank Geer
Posted on July 21, 2023
The Hastings Center is saddened by the passing of the Rev. Francis (Frank) Hartley Geer, who served on the Hastings board from 2010 to 2020. He died on July 19... - The Genomics of Social Traits is Contentious. And an Opportunity.
Posted on July 13, 2023
“For anyone familiar with the history of eugenics, the mention of research into the genomics of an outcome like educational attainment can inspire dread. And for anyone who knows that the... - Eliminating Racial Health Inequities: An IRB’s Antiracist Intervention
Posted on July 11, 2023
The use of racial categories in biomedical research often misattributes the cause of health inequities to genetic and inherent biological differences rather than to racism. Improving research practices around race...
