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The Division of Ethics at Columbia University is a multidisciplinary unit that focuses on conceptual, empirical, and policy-related bioethics research https://linktr.ee/columbiaethics
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Ethics Grand Rounds returns!
"School Vaccination Programs in Crisis: Consent, Coercion, and Justice"
Speaker: James Colgrove, PhD, MPH
Moderator: Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD
⌚2/17, 2026 1-2 PM ET
🔗Online: www.addevent.com/event/b51f52...
🔗In person: www.addevent.com/event/w20hjr...
more info 👇
"School Vaccination Programs in Crisis: Consent, Coercion, and Justice"
Speaker: James Colgrove, PhD, MPH
Moderator: Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD
⌚2/17, 2026 1-2 PM ET
🔗Online: www.addevent.com/event/b51f52...
🔗In person: www.addevent.com/event/w20hjr...
more info 👇
NEXT TUESDAY! Join us in a timely discussion of vaccination in schools - registration link see below 👇
Ethics Grand Rounds returns!
"School Vaccination Programs in Crisis: Consent, Coercion, and Justice"
Speaker: James Colgrove, PhD, MPH
Moderator: Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD
⌚2/17, 2026 1-2 PM ET
🔗Online: www.addevent.com/event/b51f52...
🔗In person: www.addevent.com/event/w20hjr...
more info 👇
"School Vaccination Programs in Crisis: Consent, Coercion, and Justice"
Speaker: James Colgrove, PhD, MPH
Moderator: Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD
⌚2/17, 2026 1-2 PM ET
🔗Online: www.addevent.com/event/b51f52...
🔗In person: www.addevent.com/event/w20hjr...
more info 👇
February 11, 2026 at 2:57 PM
NEXT TUESDAY! Join us in a timely discussion of vaccination in schools - registration link see below 👇
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This Friday! Learn about the ELSI of scaling CRISPR to treat rare disease ->
Rare diseases can’t be evaluated in traditional clinical trials - while new pathways to approval for broader populations are underway, new ethical issues must be considered.
Join us on February 13th for the #ELSIFridayForum , “JustCRISPR”
Register: www.addevent.com/event/8lglq4...
Join us on February 13th for the #ELSIFridayForum , “JustCRISPR”
Register: www.addevent.com/event/8lglq4...
February 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
This Friday! Learn about the ELSI of scaling CRISPR to treat rare disease ->
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New Publication by faculty affiliate Matthew Lebowitz and
@appelbap.bsky.social
How do people decide when genes matter for behaviors?
The authors find a consistent asymmetry and the psychological mechanisms behind it 👇
@appelbap.bsky.social
How do people decide when genes matter for behaviors?
The authors find a consistent asymmetry and the psychological mechanisms behind it 👇
January 21, 2026 at 2:12 PM
New Publication by faculty affiliate Matthew Lebowitz and
@appelbap.bsky.social
How do people decide when genes matter for behaviors?
The authors find a consistent asymmetry and the psychological mechanisms behind it 👇
@appelbap.bsky.social
How do people decide when genes matter for behaviors?
The authors find a consistent asymmetry and the psychological mechanisms behind it 👇
Recent pub from our Research Associate Dr. Caitlin McMahon, and our Division Chief, Dr. Sandra Soo-Jin Lee.
The team developed a Diversity Decision Map (DDM)—to help study teams and stakeholders identify inclusive decisions.
The team developed a Diversity Decision Map (DDM)—to help study teams and stakeholders identify inclusive decisions.
February 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Recent pub from our Research Associate Dr. Caitlin McMahon, and our Division Chief, Dr. Sandra Soo-Jin Lee.
The team developed a Diversity Decision Map (DDM)—to help study teams and stakeholders identify inclusive decisions.
The team developed a Diversity Decision Map (DDM)—to help study teams and stakeholders identify inclusive decisions.
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🤖⚖️ How should human–AI dissonance be addressed ethically?
📢 HC Senior Research Scholar Nancy Berlinger will participate in a conference on 2/9 presented by @columbiaethics.bsky.social to explore the clinical, legal, and ethical stakes.
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4rz6RAR
📢 HC Senior Research Scholar Nancy Berlinger will participate in a conference on 2/9 presented by @columbiaethics.bsky.social to explore the clinical, legal, and ethical stakes.
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4rz6RAR
February 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
🤖⚖️ How should human–AI dissonance be addressed ethically?
📢 HC Senior Research Scholar Nancy Berlinger will participate in a conference on 2/9 presented by @columbiaethics.bsky.social to explore the clinical, legal, and ethical stakes.
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4rz6RAR
📢 HC Senior Research Scholar Nancy Berlinger will participate in a conference on 2/9 presented by @columbiaethics.bsky.social to explore the clinical, legal, and ethical stakes.
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4rz6RAR
In Freedom, Rights, and Vaccine Refusal: The History of an Idea, James Colgrove and Sara J. Samuel trace how antivaccination movements—from the late 19th century to the present—have framed vaccine opposition as a matter of liberty, parental authority, and freedom from state and medical coercion.
February 2, 2026 at 3:27 PM
In Freedom, Rights, and Vaccine Refusal: The History of an Idea, James Colgrove and Sara J. Samuel trace how antivaccination movements—from the late 19th century to the present—have framed vaccine opposition as a matter of liberty, parental authority, and freedom from state and medical coercion.
For scholars focusing on the intersection of science and society and looking for collaboration: Columbia Center for Science and Society is hosting a "Speed Networking" event:
🔗https://scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/events/science-and-society-speed-networking
🔗https://scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/events/science-and-society-speed-networking
January 26, 2026 at 2:54 PM
For scholars focusing on the intersection of science and society and looking for collaboration: Columbia Center for Science and Society is hosting a "Speed Networking" event:
🔗https://scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/events/science-and-society-speed-networking
🔗https://scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/events/science-and-society-speed-networking
Ethics Grand Rounds returns!
"School Vaccination Programs in Crisis: Consent, Coercion, and Justice"
Speaker: James Colgrove, PhD, MPH
Moderator: Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD
⌚2/17, 2026 1-2 PM ET
🔗Online: www.addevent.com/event/b51f52...
🔗In person: www.addevent.com/event/w20hjr...
more info 👇
"School Vaccination Programs in Crisis: Consent, Coercion, and Justice"
Speaker: James Colgrove, PhD, MPH
Moderator: Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD
⌚2/17, 2026 1-2 PM ET
🔗Online: www.addevent.com/event/b51f52...
🔗In person: www.addevent.com/event/w20hjr...
more info 👇
January 22, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Ethics Grand Rounds returns!
"School Vaccination Programs in Crisis: Consent, Coercion, and Justice"
Speaker: James Colgrove, PhD, MPH
Moderator: Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD
⌚2/17, 2026 1-2 PM ET
🔗Online: www.addevent.com/event/b51f52...
🔗In person: www.addevent.com/event/w20hjr...
more info 👇
"School Vaccination Programs in Crisis: Consent, Coercion, and Justice"
Speaker: James Colgrove, PhD, MPH
Moderator: Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD
⌚2/17, 2026 1-2 PM ET
🔗Online: www.addevent.com/event/b51f52...
🔗In person: www.addevent.com/event/w20hjr...
more info 👇
New Publication by faculty affiliate Matthew Lebowitz and
@appelbap.bsky.social
How do people decide when genes matter for behaviors?
The authors find a consistent asymmetry and the psychological mechanisms behind it 👇
@appelbap.bsky.social
How do people decide when genes matter for behaviors?
The authors find a consistent asymmetry and the psychological mechanisms behind it 👇
January 21, 2026 at 2:12 PM
New Publication by faculty affiliate Matthew Lebowitz and
@appelbap.bsky.social
How do people decide when genes matter for behaviors?
The authors find a consistent asymmetry and the psychological mechanisms behind it 👇
@appelbap.bsky.social
How do people decide when genes matter for behaviors?
The authors find a consistent asymmetry and the psychological mechanisms behind it 👇
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#ELSIFridayForum RECAP -
There is genetic test to "optimize" your future baby throught PTG-P.
On our January #EFF, we examined how renewed concerns about declining birthrates are converging with tech advances in private sector to reshape contemporary ideas of reproductive choice.
There is genetic test to "optimize" your future baby throught PTG-P.
On our January #EFF, we examined how renewed concerns about declining birthrates are converging with tech advances in private sector to reshape contemporary ideas of reproductive choice.
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
#ELSIFridayForum RECAP -
There is genetic test to "optimize" your future baby throught PTG-P.
On our January #EFF, we examined how renewed concerns about declining birthrates are converging with tech advances in private sector to reshape contemporary ideas of reproductive choice.
There is genetic test to "optimize" your future baby throught PTG-P.
On our January #EFF, we examined how renewed concerns about declining birthrates are converging with tech advances in private sector to reshape contemporary ideas of reproductive choice.
Celebrate a year of convening of Justice Dialogues!
Justice Dialogues aim to expand the field’s capacity for justice-centered approaches in the development and use of emerging biotechnologies, genomics, AI, and precision medicine.
Read more: mailchi.mp/cumc/may-141...
Justice Dialogues aim to expand the field’s capacity for justice-centered approaches in the development and use of emerging biotechnologies, genomics, AI, and precision medicine.
Read more: mailchi.mp/cumc/may-141...
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Celebrate a year of convening of Justice Dialogues!
Justice Dialogues aim to expand the field’s capacity for justice-centered approaches in the development and use of emerging biotechnologies, genomics, AI, and precision medicine.
Read more: mailchi.mp/cumc/may-141...
Justice Dialogues aim to expand the field’s capacity for justice-centered approaches in the development and use of emerging biotechnologies, genomics, AI, and precision medicine.
Read more: mailchi.mp/cumc/may-141...
New in the AJOB: our faculty Alexis Walker published a commentary to “The Genomic Data Market” -
on academic–industry partnerships in governing genetic data.
In a corporatized university system, durable governance will require joint standard-setting across academia and industry.
on academic–industry partnerships in governing genetic data.
In a corporatized university system, durable governance will require joint standard-setting across academia and industry.
January 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
New in the AJOB: our faculty Alexis Walker published a commentary to “The Genomic Data Market” -
on academic–industry partnerships in governing genetic data.
In a corporatized university system, durable governance will require joint standard-setting across academia and industry.
on academic–industry partnerships in governing genetic data.
In a corporatized university system, durable governance will require joint standard-setting across academia and industry.
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Join our January #ELSIFridayForum: how genetic embryo selection is being shaped by commercial incentives, regulatory gaps, and shifting cultural expectations of parenthood.
January 9th, 2026; 12pm ET/9am PT
Register: www.addevent.com/event/kct18q...
January 9th, 2026; 12pm ET/9am PT
Register: www.addevent.com/event/kct18q...
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Join our January #ELSIFridayForum: how genetic embryo selection is being shaped by commercial incentives, regulatory gaps, and shifting cultural expectations of parenthood.
January 9th, 2026; 12pm ET/9am PT
Register: www.addevent.com/event/kct18q...
January 9th, 2026; 12pm ET/9am PT
Register: www.addevent.com/event/kct18q...
Thank you for another successful semester of Ethics Grand Rounds filled with insighful discussions.
For those who've missed our sessions - please check our website for the recordings and resources: www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/ethics/event...
For those who've missed our sessions - please check our website for the recordings and resources: www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/ethics/event...
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Thank you for another successful semester of Ethics Grand Rounds filled with insighful discussions.
For those who've missed our sessions - please check our website for the recordings and resources: www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/ethics/event...
For those who've missed our sessions - please check our website for the recordings and resources: www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/ethics/event...
Join us in welcoming Matthew S. Lebowitz, PhD to our Ethics as an Affiliate Faculty member!
Matt is an Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia University and a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Read our Q&A: www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/new-fac...
Matt is an Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia University and a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Read our Q&A: www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/new-fac...
December 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Join us in welcoming Matthew S. Lebowitz, PhD to our Ethics as an Affiliate Faculty member!
Matt is an Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia University and a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Read our Q&A: www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/new-fac...
Matt is an Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia University and a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Read our Q&A: www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/new-fac...
Exciting news! Our Division Chief, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee and team (Shawneequa Callier and Janet Shim) have been awarded Making a Difference Grants by @greenwallfdn.bsky.social , to explore how shifting federal priorities are reshaping bioethics.
December 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Exciting news! Our Division Chief, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee and team (Shawneequa Callier and Janet Shim) have been awarded Making a Difference Grants by @greenwallfdn.bsky.social , to explore how shifting federal priorities are reshaping bioethics.
New publication in New Genetics and Society from our colleague Alexis Walker, ‘Forget the age of HIPAA and lean into the age of consumer privacy’: exploring ethics and responsibility among private sector genomics leaders using group interviews.
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
New publication in New Genetics and Society from our colleague Alexis Walker, ‘Forget the age of HIPAA and lean into the age of consumer privacy’: exploring ethics and responsibility among private sector genomics leaders using group interviews.
The Division of Ethics is hiring a Senior Communication Specialist to lead and support the communication activities at the Division and CERA/ELSIhub.
More info & Apply: opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/senior-...
More info & Apply: opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/senior-...
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Division of Ethics is hiring a Senior Communication Specialist to lead and support the communication activities at the Division and CERA/ELSIhub.
More info & Apply: opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/senior-...
More info & Apply: opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/senior-...
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The discussion called for ethical responsibility, transparency, and research that focuses on challenges impacting quality of life rather than neutral traits that are part of Autistic identity. Here are some key takeaways from our speakers.
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The discussion called for ethical responsibility, transparency, and research that focuses on challenges impacting quality of life rather than neutral traits that are part of Autistic identity. Here are some key takeaways from our speakers.
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How should autism researchers re-think their studies to serve the needs of the autistic community?
Our last #ELSIFridayForum session, we examined longstanding tensions between autism research—especially genetics—and the priorities and lived experiences of Autistic people.
Our last #ELSIFridayForum session, we examined longstanding tensions between autism research—especially genetics—and the priorities and lived experiences of Autistic people.
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
How should autism researchers re-think their studies to serve the needs of the autistic community?
Our last #ELSIFridayForum session, we examined longstanding tensions between autism research—especially genetics—and the priorities and lived experiences of Autistic people.
Our last #ELSIFridayForum session, we examined longstanding tensions between autism research—especially genetics—and the priorities and lived experiences of Autistic people.
The World Congress of Bioethics 2026 will convene the panel Justice and Pluriversality in Global Genomics Research.
The panel was organized by our Chief Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, presenting on research and community partnerships in global genomics.
Learn More: consultus.eventsair.com/wcb2026/
The panel was organized by our Chief Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, presenting on research and community partnerships in global genomics.
Learn More: consultus.eventsair.com/wcb2026/
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The World Congress of Bioethics 2026 will convene the panel Justice and Pluriversality in Global Genomics Research.
The panel was organized by our Chief Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, presenting on research and community partnerships in global genomics.
Learn More: consultus.eventsair.com/wcb2026/
The panel was organized by our Chief Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, presenting on research and community partnerships in global genomics.
Learn More: consultus.eventsair.com/wcb2026/
Tomorrow!
📢Ethics Grand Rounds | Nov 18
Join Gil Eyal, PhD, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, as he examines how political pressures and public mistrust are reshaping the relationship between science, medicine, and the university.
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Join Gil Eyal, PhD, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, as he examines how political pressures and public mistrust are reshaping the relationship between science, medicine, and the university.
cumc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Tomorrow!
We are hiring!
Columbia Division of Ethics is hiring a Research Associate to help with ethics in emerging biotechnology and AI. Please distribute to whomever could be a great candidate!
Columbia Division of Ethics is hiring a Research Associate to help with ethics in emerging biotechnology and AI. Please distribute to whomever could be a great candidate!
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We are hiring!
Columbia Division of Ethics is hiring a Research Associate to help with ethics in emerging biotechnology and AI. Please distribute to whomever could be a great candidate!
Columbia Division of Ethics is hiring a Research Associate to help with ethics in emerging biotechnology and AI. Please distribute to whomever could be a great candidate!
Our Division Chief Sandra Lee has been awarded a grant from the @datascicolumbia.bsky.social on the topic “Reprogramming Governance: Ethical AI in Science and Health”
🤖To catalyze innovation in multi-stakeholder oversight, accountability, and trustworthiness in AI.
More to come - Stay tuned!
🤖To catalyze innovation in multi-stakeholder oversight, accountability, and trustworthiness in AI.
More to come - Stay tuned!
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Our Division Chief Sandra Lee has been awarded a grant from the @datascicolumbia.bsky.social on the topic “Reprogramming Governance: Ethical AI in Science and Health”
🤖To catalyze innovation in multi-stakeholder oversight, accountability, and trustworthiness in AI.
More to come - Stay tuned!
🤖To catalyze innovation in multi-stakeholder oversight, accountability, and trustworthiness in AI.
More to come - Stay tuned!
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ELSI in Review is a listing of recently published reviews of the literature on key ELSI topics curated by CERA staff.
Our November 2025 set explores interventions to increase genetic testing for breast cancer and more.
Read: elsihub.org/news/elsi-re...
Our November 2025 set explores interventions to increase genetic testing for breast cancer and more.
Read: elsihub.org/news/elsi-re...
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
ELSI in Review is a listing of recently published reviews of the literature on key ELSI topics curated by CERA staff.
Our November 2025 set explores interventions to increase genetic testing for breast cancer and more.
Read: elsihub.org/news/elsi-re...
Our November 2025 set explores interventions to increase genetic testing for breast cancer and more.
Read: elsihub.org/news/elsi-re...