Race and the New Genomics:
A Multidisciplinary Symposium on Science and Society's Impact on Racialized Identities
University of Illinois at Chicago
Presented by the Center on Biocultures at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Co-sponsored by the Colleges of the Applied Health Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Medicine; the Departments of African-American Studies, Disability and Human Development, English, Gender and Women's Studies, History, and Medical Education; the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research; the African-American Cultural Center; and The Public Square
EAST CAMPUS—CCC Room 605
9:00 Welcome—Stanley Fish
David Mitchell, Ph.D. , Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Disability Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
Sharon Snyder , Ph.D. , Assistant Professor, Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago
10:00
Rick Kittles, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Howard University; Co-Director, National Human Genome Center, Howard University
Commentator: Shobita Parthasarathy, Ph.D., Science in Human Culture Post doctoral fellow, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University
11:00
Priscilla Wald, Ph.D. , Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies, Duke University
Commentator: Sharon Holland, Ph.D. , Associate Professor, Departments of African American Studies and English, University of Illinois at Chicago
12:00 Lunch Break
1:00
Commentator: Charles Mills, Ph.D. , Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago
2:00
Lennard Davis, Ph.D. , Professor, Departments of English and Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago
“Race, Identity, and the New Genomics”
Commentator: Adolph Reed, Ph.D. , Professor, Department of Political Science, New School University
3:30-5:00 Reception, Dean's Room, BSB
WEST CAMPUS- College of Medicine West- Room 119A
10:00
Intro— Jack Kaplan, Ph.D., F.R.S. , Benjamin Goldberg Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago
Timothy F. Murphy, Ph.D. , Professor of Philosophy in Biomedical Science, Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago
11:00
Phil Alcabes Ph.D. , Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Department of Urban Public Health, Hunter College, City University of New York
“The Risky Gene: Epidemiology and the Evolution of Race”
Commentator: Dr. Christopher Crenner, Ph.D., Interim Chairman and Assistant Professor, History and Philosophy of Medicine Department, University of Kansas Medical Center
12:00 Lunch
1:00
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee Ph.D. , Senior Research Scholar, Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University
2:00
Morris Foster Ph.D. , Director, Special Populations Unit, General Clinical Research Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
“Are Population Identities Necessary in Genetic Research?”
3:00
Jonathan Kahn Ph.D. , Research Scholar, Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota
“Getting the Numbers Right: Statistical Mischief and Racial Profiling in Heart Failure Research.”
4:00
Roundtable discussion and attempt to define guidelines.
5:00
Closing remarks followed by reception
5:00-6:30 Reception in Faculty Alumni Center Lounge
College of Medicine West Building, Room 119
1819 W. Polk Street