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Speaker: Jackie Scully, Newcastle University This event is part of the Columbia Precision Medicine Initiative’s series, Precision Medicine: Ethics, Politics, and Culture. As a form of genomic science, precision medicine holds out the promise of new classifications of bodily anomaly (including disease and disability) and new possibilities for intervention and normalization. Its advocates argue that it will lead to improvements in the efficacy, efficiency and economy of healthcare services provision. Beyond its practical impact, however, the transition to precision medicine is…

Drawing on her latest book, Dr. Nancy Tomes will put the current debates over the value of “medical Googlers” in historical perspective.

To ensure authorized access to genomic data, access review by data access committees (DACs) has been utilized as one potential solution. Based on the findings of interview studies with members of DACs based in North America, Europe and Australia, I discuss the core elements to be integrated into the fabric of access review by both established and emerging DACs, in order to foster fair, efficient, and responsible access to genomic datasets.

Experience the liberal arts in action with “From the Faculty Lounge”—a series of interdisciplinary conversations featuring Barnard faculty who share intersecting interests. Our series continues with a thought-provoking dialogue between Alexandra Horowitz, professor of psychology and author of The New York Times bestseller, Being a Dog: Following the Dog Into and World of Smell, and John Glendinning, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Biology whose current research focuses on taste in animals. Join us to discover new ways to think about taste, smell, and the other senses in animals and to understand their impact across a surprisingly large array of behaviors and processes.

Filmmaker Ivy Meeropol had unprecedented access to the plant at the center of the most contentious relicensing process in the history of the industry. In the brewing fight for clean energy, INDIAN POINT presents a nuanced argument about the issues surrounding nuclear energy and offers a startling reality check for our uncertain nuclear future. This film premiered in Spring of 2015 at The Tribeca Film Festival and in 2017 it was announced that a pending deal between NY State and Entergy Corp. could see Indian Point Energy Center close by 2021. Following the screening of Indian Point, join Director/Producer Ivy Meeropol and film subjects, activist Marilyn Elie and environmental journalist Roger Witherspoon, for a Q& A and discussion of Indian Point's future. With comments from Professor Diana Hernandez, Sociomedical Sciences.