HGEN 510 - Bioethics and Research Ethics

Of all areas of biomedicine, genomics research and practice arguably involve the most ethical dilemmas. With the rise of genetic ancestry and disease testing, as well as gene editing, a great number of bioethical issues remain to be solved. In this course, such ethical dilemmas will be discussed. Additionally, students will become familiar with research ethics by obtaining Biomedical Basic research ethics certification from the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program).

Lecture Hours: 30
Lab Hours: 0
Total Hours: 30

Credits: 2
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Repeatable (# of times)
0
Grade Type
Letter