Center for Bioethics / Links of Interest
Links of Interest
ACADEMIC LINKS
Bioethics Programmes at the University of Montreal
www.bioethique.umontreal.ca
The Bioethics Programmes at the University of Montreal offer four types of training that allow students to discuss and reflect on issues that affect health policy, clinical ethics and research ethics.
High School Bioethics
www.highschoolbioethics.org
Since 2001, the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics High School Bioethics Project has endeavored to improve secondary education through bioethics.
Penn Comprehensive Neuroscience Center
www.uphs.upenn.edu/penncnc/about
The Penn Comprehensive Neuroscience Center is dedicated to the advancement of the understanding of the brain, spine and peripheral nervous system.
ScattergoodEthics
www.scattergoodethics.org
The Scattergood Program for the Applied Ethics of Behavioral Health is dedicated to applied research, policy, and scholarship in all areas of behavioral health.
University of California - Berkeley's "Nature of Science"
evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/nature/index.shtml
Understanding how science works allows one to easily distinguish science from non-science. Thus, to understand biological evolution, or any other science, it is essential to begin with the nature of science.
Vaccine Ethics
www.vaccineethics.org
The Vaccine Ethics website provides news, perspectives, and resources on all aspects of vaccine policy and practice, with special attention to related ethical considerations.
NON-ACADEMIC LINKS
The Dana Foundation's "Brain Awareness Week"
www.dana.org/brainweek
Brain Awareness Week is an international effort organized by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives to advance public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research. The Dana Alliance is joined in the campaign by partners in the United States and around the world, including medical and research organizations; patient advocacy groups; the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies; service groups; hospitals and universities; K-12 schools; and professional organizations.
The Dana Foundation private philanthropy with principal interests in brain science, immunology, and arts education. Charles A. Dana, a New York State legislator, industrialist and philanthropist, was president of the Dana Foundation from 1950 to 1966 and actively shaped its programs and principles until his death in 1975.
IALES - The International Association of Law, Ethics, Bioethics and Science
www.iales.org/accueil.phtml
IALES was founded in 1989 and acts as an international network for exchanging information and ideas on the relationships between science, ethics and society. It is not a purely academic body but sets out rather to influence policies and policy making in this area. It offers decision makers, international organizations and the public a range of multidisciplinary and multicultural views and experience so that the questions raised can be understood in all their social complexity. The aim is to place the debate on bioethics in its geo-political and geo-cultural context.
International Center for Scientific Research
cirs-tm.org
The CIRS-TM.ORG is one of the world's reference portal for Science, high ranked in the major search engines. It offers a wide range of relevant scientific resources : latest research news, science organizations in the world, directory of researchers, reference books, journals and magazines, libraries and bookshops, prizes and awards.
MINDS on the EDGE: Facing Mental Illness
mindsontheedge.org
MINDS ON THE EDGE: Facing Mental Illness is a multi-platform media project that explores severe mental illness in America.
The television program MINDS ON THE EDGE: Facing Mental Illness effectively illuminates challenging ethical issues as well as systemic flaws in program and policy design, service coordination, and resource allocation. Watch the show here...
Public Health and Social Justice
www.phsj.org
The Public Health and Social Justice website contains articles and open-access slide shows, syllabi, and other documents relevant to topics in public health and social justice. The site is aimed at students, educators, and the general public.
Science Progress
www.scienceprogress.org
Science Progress proceeds from the propositions that scientific inquiry is among the finest expressions of human excellence, that it is a crucial source of human flourishing, a critical engine of economic growth, and must be dedicated to the common good. Scientific inquiry entails global responsibilities. It should lead to a more equitable, safer, and healthier future for all of humankind.
The objective of Science Progress is to improve the understanding of science among policymakers and other thought leaders and to develop exciting, progressive ideas about innovation in science and technology for the United States in the 21st Century. Science Progress is a project of the Center for American Progress, a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)3 educational and research organization. Views and opinions expressed in content published on scienceprogress.org are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the Center for American Progress.
Jonathan Moreno is Editor-in-Chief and Arthur Caplan is a member of the editorial board.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
www.ushmm.org/museum/publicprograms/programs/insights/2006
Online discussions about the medical ethics and perspectives on antisemitism. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America’s national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country’s memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust.
Wellsphere
www.wellsphere.com/home.s
Wellsphere is a top 10 health website with more than 2 million visitors per month and growing. This month, Wellsphere launched a significant expansion with more than 100 new health communities. Our network of health bloggers includes more than 1,000 of the leading medical writers and healthy living professionals on the Internet, including expert contributors from Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and Johns Hopkins medical schools. Wellsphere awarded the Center for Bioethics a Health Impact Award for outstanding contributions to health in September 2008.