Applied Ethics+ Projects
Students on this project will collaborate with select companies in the early stages of developing digital,hardware, and biotech mental health tools to develop an ethical framework for operating the companyover time. This work will require students to familiarize themselves with a range of new technologicalapplications, including virtual and extended reality,...
Students will coordinate with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Working Party on Bio-, Nano-, and Converging Technology to develop a governance framework to both encourage the development of and mitigate the potential harms of emerging technologies. Framework development will require creative and interdisciplinary research to identify different dimensions of risks posed...
Students will coordinate with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Working Party on Bio-, Nano-, and Converging Technology to support the development of impact assessment tools for the use of neurotechnologies. This project would constitute Phase I of developing a “neurotech” impact assessment tool that analyses the effects...
Students will coordinate with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Working Party on Bio-, Nano-, and Converging Technology to develop strategies to anticipate the development of emerging technologies and novel applications beginning with the field of Synthetic Biology (synbio). The development of these strategies will help the OECD...
Students on this project will assist Illumina with the development of good genomic data-sharing principles to help garner effective communication and trust among patients, physicians, and genomic researchers. Specifically, students will research and propose data-sharing principles to encourage the ethical collection, sharing, and communication of patient genomic data with their...
Students on this project will assist Illumina with the research and assessment of Community-Based Review Boards to enable greater transparency in the ethical collection and use of patient data. Students should expect to familiarize themselves with the context of different types of ethics review boards and their role in the...
Students will collaborate to develop a document that outlines the current policy, research, and practice landscape of Whole Genome Sequencing for New Born Screening. Students will have the opportunity to conduct a thorough review of the existing literature and consult with relevant stakeholders to synthesize a clear and concise report....
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