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Jan
25
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Responsible
Conduct of Research
Introduction
to NeuroEthics
Cultural
Perspectives & Health Disparities
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1)
Complete online SURVEYS posted at link sent in email to class
2) Browse the following websites
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NeuroEthics Hot topics http://www.discoverychannel.ca/Article.aspx?aid=15516
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NIH RCR Education http://ori.dhhs.gov/education/
3) Read BB Ch 1 & 2
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In
class
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Feb
8
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Human
Subjects/Participants in Research
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1) Browse the following websites
NIH RCR Education / Humans
http://ori.dhhs.gov/education/products/rcr_humans.shtml
2) Excerpts from Racial
Hygiene (Proctor)
3) Read BB Ch 1 & 2
Online resources:
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PBS: The
Living Weapon
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Cold Spring
Harbor: Genes to Cognition
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Lynchburg Colony
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Human
Weeds
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Virginia,
Eugenics and Buck vs Bell
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Tuskegee Syphilis
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The Experiment
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Bad
Blood
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Timeline
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Feldshuh: Ms
Ever’s boys
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Deadly Medicine, Creating
the master race
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Biological weapons Timeline
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Unit 731 human
experimentation
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WRITE brief
answers and submit a copy of your work at the beginning of class
1) Submit a copy of your NIH
certificate for Protecting Human
Research Participants
http://phrp.nihtraining.com/users/login.php
2) Answer the following and cite your
sources
- What
is the NIH Office of Research Integrity and what are the 9
areas of Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR) training?
- What was
unit 731? What ethical issues
regarding humans in research are raised by Unit 731?
- What was
Operation Whitecoat? What ethical issues regarding humans in research
are raised by Operation Whitecoat?
- Who was Josef
Mengele and what did he do?
- What was
the Tuskegee
experiment? What ethical issues regarding humans in research are
raised by the Tuskegee
experiment?
- What was
the Lynchburg
colony? What ethical issues regarding humans in research are raised by
the Lynchburg
colony?
- Is there
evidence for organ trafficking? What ethical concerns are raised by
this practice?
- What is the Declaration of Helsinki? Who does it affect and
what are its basic principles? How many times has it been revised?
- Is there an accepted global standard for human rights? If so,
what is it? If not, should there be one and if so, how should it be
enforced?
3) analyze the case studies disseminated by
email to the class.
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Feb 15
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Animals
in Research:
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1)
Browse the following websites
- NIH
RCR Education / Animals
http://ori.dhhs.gov/education/products/rcr_animals.shtml
2) Read
3) Watch and listen to Peter Singer on You Tube (Part 1; Part
2) then read TWO articles that argue against the use of animals
in research.
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1)
Print the NMSU IACUC protocol and bring it to class:
http://research.nmsu.edu/compliance/IACUC/iacuc.html
2) Be ready to discuss Singer's views. List key
arguments against the use of animals in research.
3) Write a brief statement (125-250 words) stating
your view on each of the following:
1.
Does animal research provide
results that are applicable to humans? What are the alternatives?
2.
Are there relevant differences between animal species,
such as turtles, mice, rabbits, cats, dogs,
humans, frogs, rats, worms and monkeys? If so, what is the nature of
these differences?
3.
What can cause pain, distress,
and harm in an animal during an experiment?
4.
Do animals and humans have a common experience
of pain and distress? Explain.
5.
Do you have concerns about genetically modified
animals? If so, what are they, if not, why not?
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Mar
1
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NeuroGenetics
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Read
You must login from the NMSU net to access the articles.
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Does it make sense to speak of
neuroethics? Three problems with keying ethics to hot new science and
technology. Erik Parens
& Josephine Johnston
http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v8/n1s/full/7400992.html
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Behavioral Genetics DOE
summary
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DRWBS/ Ch 17: My Brain Made Me Do It
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Neurogenetics:
The Complexity of Personality
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For each
of the assigned readings write brief answers to the following:
1.
succinctly summarize the core
concepts and ethical and controversial
issues presented in the assigned reading
2.
did the assigned reading
present new information about which you were previously unaware? explain
3.
did you agree or disagree with
any positions presented in the assigned reading? summarize the
author(s)’ views and your position.
4.
what information in the assigned
reading do you believe is most important to convey to the general public?
5. comment on the accessibility of the reading for a non-scientist
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Mar 8
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NeuroImaging
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Read
Chapter in textbooks:
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BB/ Chapter 3: NeuroImaging
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DRWBS/ Chapter 9: NeuroEthics in a New Era of NeuroImaging
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DRWBS/ Chapter 13: Imaging or Imagining
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DRWBS/ Chapter 14: Brains, Genes and the Making of the Self)
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For each
of the assigned readings write brief answers to the following:
1. succinctly summarize the core concepts and ethical and
controversial issues presented in
the assigned reading
2.
did the assigned reading
present new information about which you were previously unaware? explain
3.
did you agree or disagree with
any positions presented in the assigned reading? summarize the
author(s)’ views and your position
4. what information in the assigned reading do you believe is most
important to convey to the general public?
5. comment on the accessibility of the reading for a non-scientist
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