AAAS*97 Symposium Report & Archive: The Human Genome Project: What's the Public Got To Do With It?

This symposium was convened at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Seattle, Washington. Nine distinguished speakers (listed below) presented substantive approaches and strategies for stimulating structured public dialogue on the Human Genome Project. With partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Energy and the support of AAAS's Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law Program, a Web site has been created to provide electronic access to all of the presentations, which are available as audio files. In addition, the site includes the transcript of a lively and informative dialogue that was conducted through the Internet prior to the symposium, as well as links to other materials.

Symposium Presentations:

"Lay Audience Responses to Public Messages About Genetics"
Celeste Condit, University of Georgia

"Pastoral Genetics: Genetic Counseling and the Church"
Ronald Cole-Turner, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

"Genomic Science in the 21st Century"
Glen A. Evans, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

"Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of the HGP and Congress"
Mark S. Frankel, AAAS Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law Program

"The HGP as Public Health: Establishing Priorities"
Michael Garland, Oregon Health Sciences University

"African American Concerns About the HGP"
Fatimah Jackson, University of Maryland-College Park

"Beyond the Science: Ethics and the HGP"
Eric Juengst, Case Western Reserve University

"Educating Students for the Gene Age"
David Micklos, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

"Today's Biotech Industry: Confronting Public Concerns About Genetics"
Burke K. Zimmerman, Spectrum Medical Sciences