William Hurlbut: The Ethics of Gene Editing
26mar5:30 pm5:30 pmWilliam Hurlbut: The Ethics of Gene Editing
Location
Trent Semans Center, Great Hall
Duke University Medical Center Greenspace, Durham, NC 27710
Time
March 26, 2019 5:30 pm - 5:30 pm(GMT+00:00)
Event Details
Lecture by Dr. William Hurlbut of Stanford University, followed by Q&A with Dr. Hurlbut and Dr. Charlie Gersbach. William B. Hurlbut, MD, is Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Scholar in Neurobiology
Event Details
Lecture by Dr. William Hurlbut of Stanford University, followed by Q&A with Dr. Hurlbut and Dr. Charlie Gersbach.
William B. Hurlbut, MD, is Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Scholar in Neurobiology at the Stanford Medical School. After receiving his undergraduate and medical training at Stanford University, he completed postdoctoral studies in theology and medical ethics, studying with Robert Hamerton-Kelly, the Dean of the Chapel at Stanford, and subsequently with the Rev. Louis Bouyer of the Institut Catholique de Paris. His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedical technology, the biological basis of moral awareness, and studies in the integration of theology with the philosophy of biology. He is the author of numerous publications on science and ethics including the co-edited volume Altruism and Altruistic Love: Science, Philosophy, and Religion in Dialogue (2002, Oxford University Press), and “Science, Religion and the Human Spirit” in the Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science (2008). He was also co-chair of two interdisciplinary faculty projects at Stanford University, “Becoming Human: The Evolutionary Origins of Spiritual, Religious, and Moral Awareness” and “Brain, Mind, and Emergence.”
In addition to teaching at Stanford, he has also worked with NASA on projects in astrobiology and was a member of the Chemical and Biological Warfare Working group at the Center for International Security and Cooperation. From 2002-2009 Dr. Hurlbut served on the President’s Council on Bioethics. He is the author of “Altered Nuclear Transfer” (2005, Stem Cell Reviews) a proposed technological solution to the moral controversy over embryonic stem cell research. Dr. Hurlbut serves as a Steering Committee Member of the Templeton Religion Trust.
Charles Gersbach is a Rooney Family Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Gersbach received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2006. He is also a member of the Duke Cancer Institute and an affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science and Society.
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