TORONTO, January 10, 2002 -- York University is presenting its winter Brownbag Research Seminars, which will focus on timely and important issues in healthcare and medical ethics. Topics will include: long-term care, the regulation of natural health products, and intellectual property issues in biomedical research.
The annual seminars provide a public forum for scholars in a broad range of fields of study to share the latest results of their research. The seminar series, hosted by the School of Analytic Studies and Information Technology in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, and co-sponsored this year by York's Centre for Health Studies (YCHS), was established by Prof. Luigi M Bianchi, professor of Physics and Natural Science.
The seminars are held Tuesdays, 12 to 2 p.m., September through April, in the Harry Crowe Room in the Atkinson building. A sampling of winter seminars follows:
•Who Can See the Face of the Octopus? – January 15
Colin Campbell (PhD candidate, Social and Political Thought, York U.) – the octopus and its central role in the development of human neuroscience.
•Who Cares? A Hundred Years and Going Strong – January 29
Prof. Pat Armstrong (Sociology/Arts, York U.) – the complex social relationship of caregiving, especially informal caregiving by relatives.
•Research Ethics Under the Microscope: The Intellectual Property Dimensions of Biomedical Research – February 26
Prof. Alex Wellington (Philosophy, Ryerson U.) – ethical and political implications of increased commercialization of biomedical research including the Human Genome Project.
•'The Dotted Outline of the Future Autopsy': Contemplating 'Adam' as the Next Anatomical Frontier – March 12
Prof. Naomi Adelson (YCHS, Anthropology/Arts, York U.) – the implications of the ‘virtual’ corpse for the study of pathology, the practice of medicine, and the clinical patient.
•The Legal Regulation of Natural Health Products – April 2
Prof. Joan Gilmour (Osgoode Hall Law School, York U.) – a critical examination of the guiding principles and (soon to be implemented) regulatory framework developed by the federal Office of Natural Health Products/Standing Committee on Health
•Preventive Practices for Modern Technology: An Application of Technology-Society Studies – April 16
Prof. Bill Vanderburg (Technology & Social Development, UofT) – what is being done – and not done – by engineering, management and regulatory bodies to assure a more humane and sustainable future.
For a complete listing of the seminars, speakers, and abstracts, visit:
http://www.yorku.ca/sasit/brownbag/
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For further information, please contact:
| Prof. Luigi M Bianchi | Ken Turriff |
| Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies | Media Relations |
| York University | York University |
| lbianchi@yorku.ca | 416-736-2100, ext. 22086 |
| kturriff@yorku.ca | |
| YU/002/02 |
