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Medical Humanities Report
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Linking Community Engagement Research to Public Health Biobank Practice
 Ann Mongoven, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences has been awarded a 5-year R01 grant from the the National Institutes of Health. Her project "Linking Community Engagement Research to Public Health Biobank Practice" is part of a larger research project led by Sharon Kardia at the University of Michigan. Joining Ann's team is Jeff Proulx, a Health and Risk Communication graduate student. The Michigan State University study will help drive public policy decisions and develop an improved consent process for the state's bio-bank, known as the Michigan BioTrust. Read more.
Ethics and Public Attitudes Toward the Research Uses of Archived Biological Samples
 Tom Tomlinson, Ph.D., director of the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, and Stan Kaplowitz, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Sociology, have been awarded a $250,000 R21 pilot grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute, an institute within the National Institutes of Health. Joining their team is Meghan Cormier, a Health and Risk Communication graduate student. Biobanks - repositories of human biological specimens — have a strategic importance for genetic research, clinical care, and future treatments. This pilot study will survey Michigan residents about their attitudes toward the research uses of archived biological samples.
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Bioethics in the News Forum
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