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Predictive Health Ethics Research (PredictER)

Now that the human genome has been sequenced, large predictive health projects are being undertaken that combine health data from medical records with genomic data from biological tissue samples. These studies seek to identify genetic and environmental factors associated with health and disease to predict the risks associated with disease onset, and in so doing to better prevent and treat disease. A 3-year $750,000 grant from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation to the Indiana University Center for Bioethics (IUCB) has established a new multidisciplinary research, policy development and public education program that will examine the ethical, legal and social issues arising from predictive health research studies. The initial goal of the Program in Predictive Health Ethics Research, called PredictER, is to build strategic bioethics research capacity to support ongoing studies in Indianapolis and Central Indiana.

Featured: Australian Expert in Pediatric Epidemiology and Bioethics

Fionna Stanley

Dr. Fiona Stanley, Director of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth, Western Australia, was the first Audrey Pratt Visiting Lecturer in Pediatric Bioethics. She visited the Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Center for Bioethics June 13-15th.

During her visit, Dr. Stanley gave a Pediatric Grand Rounds presentation, "Population Data, Ethics and Paediatrc Care: How we can use population data to guide ethical decision making", as well as a Center for Bioethics, Predictive Health Ethics Research (PredictER) program lecture, "Data for a Civil Society: How we can harmonise privacy and use population data for public good".

Dr. Stanley's presentations and Telethon Institute website can be accessed here:

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March 17, 2008 - PredictER Meeting: Neuropsychiatry (INBRAIN)
March 24, 2008 - PredictER Meeting: Update on IPOCC initiative
April 7, 2008 - PredictER Meeting: Mary Ellen Tissue Bank
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