March 6-7, 2003
Meeting Agenda
Sheraton National Hotel
900 South Orme Street Arlington, VA 22204
THURSDAY, MARCH 6
9:00 am |
Session 1: Pediatric
Psychopharmacology
Steven E. Hyman, MD, Provost of Harvard University;
Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School;
and former Director, US National Institutes of Mental Health
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10:30 am |
Break
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10:45 am |
Session 2: Beyond
Therapy: Ageless Bodies?
Discussion of two Staff Working Papers:
(1) "Age-Retardation: Scientific Possibilities and Moral Challenges" and
(2) "Stronger, Longer-Lasting Skeletal Muscles through Biotech?"
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12:15 pm |
Lunch
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2:00 pm |
Session
3: Human Nature and Its Future
Steven Pinker, PhD, Peter de Florez Professor,
Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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3:30 pm |
Break
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3:45 pm |
Session 4: Beyond
Therapy: Better Memories?
Discussion of two papers: (1) "Why Remember?" by Gilbert Meilaender, and
(2) Staff Working Paper, "'Better' Memories?
The Promise and Perils of Pharmacological Interventions"
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5:15 pm |
Adjournment
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FRIDAY, MARCH 7
8:30 am |
Session 5: Biotechnology
and Public Policy: Professional Self-Regulation
Sandra A. Carson, MD,
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and
Chief, Baylor Assisted Reproductive Technology Program,
Baylor College of Medicine; and
President, American Society for Reproductive Medicine
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10:00 am |
Break
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10:15 am |
Session 6: Biotechnology
and Public Policy: Professional Self-Regulation
George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H.,
Edward R. Utley Professor & Chair,
Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights,
Boston University School of Public Health; and
Professor, Boston University School of Medicine and School of Law
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Noon |
Public Comments
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1:00 pm |
Adjournment
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