Archive for the “Policy” Category

The Biotechnology Policy Forum would like to announce our upcoming seminar on Monday, June 15th at 11:00am:

“Water and Sanitation in International Development”

Who: Brooks Keene and Shadi Saboori of CARE International
When: Monday, June 15th at 11:00am
Where: Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience (IBB) Suddath Seminar Room 1128
Directions: http://www.ibb.gatech.edu/visitors/

Food and refreshments will be provided!
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Shadi Saboori:  Shadi is a Senior Research Project Coordinator working with the Center for Global Safe Water in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory.  She has coordinated data collection projects on school water, sanitation and hygiene in Kenya and community water and sanitation in Ethiopia.  She has also worked with CARE USA and Golder Associates, an environmental engineering firm based in Atlanta.  She has a degree in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from Georgia Tech.

Brooks Keene:  Brooks is a Policy Advisor for the Water Team at CARE USA and was formerly a Policy Analyst with CARE.  Among other things, he has researched water and sanitation policy in Kenyan primary schools, climate change adaptation in Niger, sexual violence in the Congo and the U.S. military’s development work in Sub-Saharan Africa. Brooks previously worked for CNN International.  Brooks has a masters degree in International Affairs from Georgia Tech.

We hope to see you there!
–The BBUGS Public Policy Committee

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The Biotechnology Policy Forum would like to announce our upcoming seminar on Tuesday, April 14th at 4:00pm:

“Future Ethics and Policy in Biotechnology Education and Practices”

Who: Prof. Roberta Berry
When: Tuesday, April 14th at 4:00pm
Where: Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience (IBB) Suddath Seminar Room 1128
Directions: http://www.ibb.gatech.edu/visitors/

How are we changing graduate and undergraduate education to fit the ways in which engineering is evolving?
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Roberta M. Berry is Associate Professor and Director, Law, Science & Technology Program. Her research focuses on the legal, ethical, and policy implications of life sciences research and biotechnologies. In 2001, Prof. Berry was named Outstanding Faculty Member by the Georgia Tech Student Government Association. In 2004, she received the Ivan Allen Jr. Faculty Legacy Award and in 2005 she received the Class of 1940 W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher Award.

She has published a co-edited interdisciplinary book on health care law, ethics and policy, and a number of articles focusing primarily on the implications of genetic knowledge and technologies. She has also delivered a number of papers on the legal, ethical, and policy issues posed by life sciences research and biotechnologies, and, in 2000, she served as Executive Director of the transatlantic workshop Shaping Biotechnology Policy in the 21st Century: A Joint European and American Workshop on Policy, Legal, and Ethical Issues

We hope to see you there!
–The BBUGS Public Policy Committee

The Biotechnology Policy Forum would like to announce our upcoming seminar on Wednesday, February 11th at 4:00pm:

“Nanotech and Biotech: Social Impacts of Emerging Technologies”

Who: Dr. Jan Youtie
When: Wednesday, February 11th at 4:00pm
Where: Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience (IBB) Suddath Seminar Room 1128
Directions: http://www.ibb.gatech.edu/visitors/

Due in part to the Human Genome Project, the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act was passed in 2003 to integrate social concerns into nanotechnology R&D and to encourage citizen input.  As a result, the National Science Foundation has created the Center for Nanotechnology in Society to examine the effects of nanotechnology on ethical, legal, and social issues. This presentation will discuss our approach and lead an open discussion on the implications of this approach for other emerging technologies including biotechnology.
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Dr. Jan Youtie is a principal research associate at Georgia Tech’s Economic Development Institute and adjunct associate professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy. She specializes in applied research in economic development, manufacturing modernization, and telecommunications policy areas. Dr. Youtie has been a principal investigator in studies sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Aspen Institute, the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technologies, and the Georgia Office of Planning and Budget.

We hope to see you there!
–The BBUGS Public Policy Committee