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The Ethics of Becoming an Adult in a Health Research Setting in Africa
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Rose Mwangi It is three years since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reversed course to recommend that 11- to 12-year-old girls receive two doses of … Continue reading →
Posted in Bioethics in the News, International, Uncategorized
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Tagged abortion, Africa, AIDS, bioethics, Bioethics in the News, cervical cancer, contraception, global health, health research, HIV, HPV, informed consent, reproductive rights, research ethics, Rose Mwangi, Tanzania
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Bioethics for Breakfast: Biobanking Tissue: Trash or Treasure?
Jennifer Carter-Johnson, PhD, JD, and Tom Tomlinson, PhD, presented at the Bioethics for Breakfast event on December 6, 2018, offering their perspectives and insight on the topic “Biobanking Tissue: Trash or Treasure?” “Big data”—repositories of biological, medical and demographic information about … Continue reading →
Posted in Bioethics Events, Friends of the Center, Outreach, Uncategorized
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Tagged biobank, bioethics, bioethics for breakfast, biological samples, genomic sequencing, human subjects research, informed consent, Jennifer Carter-Johnson, law, medical research, Tom Tomlinson
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Worried about your privacy? Your genome isn’t the biggest threat.
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Tom Tomlinson, PhD It was good news to learn last month that the “Golden State Killer” had at last been identified and apprehended. A very evil man gets … Continue reading →
Posted in Bioethics in the News, Uncategorized
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Tagged big data, bioethics, Bioethics in the News, consent, DNA, genealogy, genome, informed consent, panopticon, privacy, research ethics, Tom Tomlinson
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Informed Consent in Africa for Adolescents’ Participation in Health Research
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Rose Mwangi I am writing to respond to a recent statement from the Co-chair of the International Vaccine Task Force (IVTF) who, in a World Bank press release, … Continue reading →
Posted in Bioethics in the News, International, Uncategorized
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Tagged abortion, Africa, bioethics, Bioethics in the News, health research, informed consent, research ethics, Rose Mwangi, Tanzania
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Dr. Tomlinson and co-authors published in ‘European Journal of Human Genetics’
Center Director and Professor Dr. Tom Tomlinson is first author of the article “Effect of deliberation on the public’s attitudes toward consent policies for biobank research,” published in the February 2018 issue of the European Journal of Human Genetics. The … Continue reading →
Posted in Articles, Center News, Publications, Uncategorized
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Tagged biobank, biobanks, bioethics, consent, democratic deliberation, informed consent, NIH, public health, research project, Tom Tomlinson
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Dr. Tomlinson presents at 3rd Annual Great Lakes Biorepository Network Scientific Meeting
The 3rd Annual Great Lakes Biorepository Network (GLBRN) Scientific Meeting was held on October 28, 2016 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Center Director and Professor Dr. Tom Tomlinson spoke on “Preferences for Biobank Consent Policy are Sensitive … Continue reading →
Posted in Bioethics Events, Center News, Research, Uncategorized
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Tagged biobank, bioethics, biospecimen, conference, consent, GLBRN, Great Lakes Biorepository Network, informed consent, policy, research findings
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Understanding the Public’s Reservations about Broad Consent and Study-By-Study Consent for Donations to a Biobank: Results of a National Survey
A new research article from Dr. Tomlinson and his research team was published on July 14, 2016 in the open-access peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE. The article, “Understanding the Public’s Reservations about Broad Consent and Study-By-Study Consent for Donations to a … Continue reading →
Posted in Articles, Publications, Research, Uncategorized
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Tagged biobank, biobanks, biospecimen, informed consent, research, research findings, Tom Tomlinson
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Would you donate to a biobank?
Center Director Dr. Tom Tomlinson and Raymond G. De Vries, Co-Director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine at University of Michigan, have co-authored the article “Americans want a say in what happens to their donated blood and tissue … Continue reading →
Posted in Friends of the Center, Publications, Uncategorized
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Tagged biobank, biobanks, bioethics, CBSSM, genetics, informed consent, precision medicine, privacy, research, Tom Tomlinson
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Signed Off: Unconsented-To Cesarean Section, A Quarter Century After A.C.
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series. Visit this page for more information. By Deborah Fisch, JD The Texas case awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court heralds a new understanding of abortion rights in the … Continue reading →
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Tagged bioethics, cesarean section, childbirth, Deborah Fisch, informed consent, law, reproductive rights
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A Non-Standard Practice of Medicine
A Non-Standard Practice of Medicine Event Flyer In the mid-1950s, physician James Burt began modifying episiotomy repair; two decades later, he offered ‘love surgery’ as an elective. In early 1989, shortly after several women accused him on national television of … Continue reading →
Posted in Bioethics Events, Brownbag & Webinar Series, Outreach, Public Seminar Series
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Tagged informed consent, James Burt, love surgery, medical innovation, Sarah Rodriguez, webinar
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