On July 8, Division Chief Dr. Sandra Soo-Jin Lee will present at the 18th World Congress of Bioethics in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Lee will present her paper, "Data Capitalization, Genomic Research Translation, and the Paradox of Benefit". #Bioethics #Genomics #ResearchEthics #WCB2026

Please join us in welcoming Daria (Dasha) Franklin, PhD, to the Division of Ethics as Project Coordinator for the Greenwall Foundation funded Future of Bioethics Study team. Learn more about Dasha: www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/new-sta...

The Division of Ethics is proud to be represented at the #ELSIcon2026 If you're attending, be sure to catch sessions featuring Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Maya Sabatello, Elise Li Zheng, and Alexis Walker.

Check out the Division of Ethics June 2026 newsletter featuring upcoming events, faculty highlights, publications, ELSI opportunities, and updates from across our community. 🔗 Read here: mailchi.mp/cumc/may-202...

Congratulations to Division faculty member Margaret “Meg” Menzel, MS, CGC, HEC-C, on her appointment as Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. #MedicalEthics #Bioethics

📖 New publication from Division faculty Alexis Walker, PhD in Frontiers in Genetics: “When genomics companies act as biobanks: governance challenges in an era of genomic assetization.” Read here: doi.org/10.3389/fgen...

📢 Open Position: Assistant Professor of Genetic Counseling (Medical Humanities & Ethics) We're seeking a clinical ethicist to support ethics education, mentorship, program development, and interdisciplinary collaboration across the institution. Learn more and apply: apply.interfolio.com/185167

Join our next free online ELSI Journal Club discussing: 📄 “What do we mean by actionability? Examining a key criterion in genomic prenatal and newborn screening” The article has been made Open Access for this session. 🗓 May 29 | 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT Register: evt.to/edguoggdw #ELSI #Bioethics

Check out the Division of Ethics May 2026 newsletter, featuring upcoming events, faculty highlights, publications, ELSI opportunities, and updates from across our community. Read here: mailchi.mp/cumc/may-202... #Bioethics #Healthcare #Genomics #PublicHealth #HealthEquity #MedicalEthics

Join us for Talk Rx is an evening of live storytelling featuring personal narratives from medical professionals + students, reflecting the humor, heartbreak, humanity, and vulnerability at the heart of medicine. 📅 May 7 @ 6PM ET 📍 Vagelos Education Center, Room 201 Register: evt.to/edosihosw

New publication from Paul Appelbaum + Alejandra N. Aguirre in Journal of Clinical and Translational Science Key insight: Return of results (RoR),especially individual results, matters for trust & engagement, particularly among underserved communities. Read more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Join us for Talk Rx: True-Life Stories in Medicine! An evening of live storytelling that brings the human side of medicine to life. 📍 Vagelos Education Center, Room 201 📅 May 7 | 6PM ET (5PM reception) Register here: www.addevent.com/event/rh2wrk... #HealthcareStories #MedicalHumanities #NYCEvents

Our faculty affiliate, Paul Appelbaum, MD, spoke at a festschrift honoring Christine Grady (former Chief of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health), joining a panel on informed consent and its central role in ethical research and care. Read more: mcusercontent.com/f6780a68d5ba...

New York has enacted the Medical Aid in Dying Act. What does this mean for clinicians and care? David Hoffman, JD (Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Columbia University), and Division faculty member Meg B. Menzel, MS, CGC, HEC-C, break it down. Read more: www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/medical...

We are sharing an event co-hosted by our friend, The Trust Collaboratory. A one day symposium featuring sociologists, anthropologists, historians, patient advocates, clinicians and scientists discussing the societal implications of Long Covid. Learn more: longcov.id/society

In New York City, there is an expansion of involuntary hospitalization, assisted outpatient treatment, and intensive outreach to individuals with serious mental illness and homelessness. How to balance care, safety, and dignity in moments of crisis? Join us: www.addevent.com/event/z6l568...

Ethics Grand Rounds: Care, Coercion, and Responsibility: Ethical Challenges in Mental Health Care @ashvasnyc.bsky.social will explore how clinicians and public systems navigate complex decisions around capacity, risk, and involuntary care. 🔗https://www.addevent.com/event/z6l568jqjkw0

New from @greenwallfdn.bsky.social : "Navigating AI in Health Care: Guidance and Scholarship from the Greenwall Faculty Scholars Community" We're glad to share the resource from the Greenwall Faculty Scholars community. greenwall.org/news/navigat...

Event in our circle - In this Distinguished Speaker Seminar from the HICCC, Melissa Davis will speak on the "The Grand Challenge of Breast Cancer Inequities from the Darc-side of Disparities." Mar 11 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Link: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...

New Pub! Our Postdoc @elise901.bsky.social and colleague investigated the Health Code Systems in China during COVID - how various actors were actively involved in the shaping and functioning of a large sociotechnical system. Read: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

An ELSI-related event hosted by @geneticssociety.bsky.social Authors Jessica Gold and Theodore Drivas will present their recent @ajhgnews.bsky.social paper, "Racial and socioeconomic disparities in genetic evaluation and testing in the adult patient population." elsihub.org/event/explor...

Ethics Grand Rounds: Perinatal ethical challenges in the post-Dobbs landscape Speaker Alaina Pyle, MD will describe the nexus of obstetrics, neonatology and perinatal palliative care, and the potential impacts of limited abortion access on families. 🔗https://www.addevent.com/event/rf9pg2cqfp50

Restrictive abortion laws have a cascading effects on clinical and ethical aspects of neonatal care, as well as perinatal palliative care. In a recent paper, Dr. Alaina Pyle et al. highlight difficult ethical dilemmas which clinicians may increasingly need to navigate.

Dr. Jallicia Jolly founded her Lab BREHA Collective to advance reproductive justice - connecting research to tailored community interventions that advance equity, systemic change & community-building. She will join #ELSIFridayForum on reproductive genomics. 🔗 www.addevent.com/event/nsczf1...

Ethics Grand Rounds: Perinatal ethical challenges in the post-Dobbs landscape Speaker Alaina Pyle, MD will describe the nexus of obstetrics, neonatology and perinatal palliative care, and the potential impacts of limited abortion access on families. 🔗https://www.addevent.com/event/rf9pg2cqfp50

On February 17, we hosted Ethics Grand Rounds with James Colgrove, PhD, MPH, professor at @cupublichealth.bsky.social School vaccination programs - the current controversies are rooted in a longer history of resistance framed around liberty and parental rights.

New publication from our affiliate faculty members, Dr. Paul S. Appelbaum and Dr. Lucas J. Matthews "Imputing Parental Genotypes Through Mendelian Imputation: Ethical and Legal Considerations"

We are happy to welcome Juana Becerra, MA who is joining us as a Research Associate in the Division of Ethics. Juana will support our work in AI ethics research and programming, including the AI Oversight and Governance Working Group. Q&A with Juana: consortium.umn.edu/event/resear...

NHGRI's funding Program: Building Partnerships and Broadening Perspectives to Advance Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (BBAER) is soliciting applications from underrepresented organizations. Learn more: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NEXT TUESDAY! Join us in a timely discussion of vaccination in schools - registration link see below 👇

This Friday! Learn about the ELSI of scaling CRISPR to treat rare disease ->

New Publication by faculty affiliate Matthew Lebowitz and @appelbap.bsky.social How do people decide when genes matter for behaviors? The authors find a consistent asymmetry and the psychological mechanisms behind it 👇

Recent pub from our Research Associate Dr. Caitlin McMahon, and our Division Chief, Dr. Sandra Soo-Jin Lee. The team developed a Diversity Decision Map (DDM)—to help study teams and stakeholders identify inclusive decisions.

🤖⚖️ How should human–AI dissonance be addressed ethically? 📢 HC Senior Research Scholar Nancy Berlinger will participate in a conference on 2/9 presented by @columbiaethics.bsky.social to explore the clinical, legal, and ethical stakes. 🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4rz6RAR

In Freedom, Rights, and Vaccine Refusal: The History of an Idea, James Colgrove and Sara J. Samuel trace how antivaccination movements—from the late 19th century to the present—have framed vaccine opposition as a matter of liberty, parental authority, and freedom from state and medical coercion.

For scholars focusing on the intersection of science and society and looking for collaboration: Columbia Center for Science and Society is hosting a "Speed Networking" event: 🔗https://scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/events/science-and-society-speed-networking

Ethics Grand Rounds returns! "School Vaccination Programs in Crisis: Consent, Coercion, and Justice" Speaker: James Colgrove, PhD, MPH Moderator: Maya Sabatello, LLB, PhD ⌚2/17, 2026 1-2 PM ET 🔗Online: www.addevent.com/event/b51f52... 🔗In person: www.addevent.com/event/w20hjr... more info 👇

New Publication by faculty affiliate Matthew Lebowitz and @appelbap.bsky.social How do people decide when genes matter for behaviors? The authors find a consistent asymmetry and the psychological mechanisms behind it 👇

#ELSIFridayForum RECAP - There is genetic test to "optimize" your future baby throught PTG-P. On our January #EFF, we examined how renewed concerns about declining birthrates are converging with tech advances in private sector to reshape contemporary ideas of reproductive choice.

Celebrate a year of convening of Justice Dialogues! Justice Dialogues aim to expand the field’s capacity for justice-centered approaches in the development and use of emerging biotechnologies, genomics, AI, and precision medicine. Read more: mailchi.mp/cumc/may-141...

New in the AJOB: our faculty Alexis Walker published a commentary to “The Genomic Data Market” - on academic–industry partnerships in governing genetic data. In a corporatized university system, durable governance will require joint standard-setting across academia and industry.

Join our January #ELSIFridayForum: how genetic embryo selection is being shaped by commercial incentives, regulatory gaps, and shifting cultural expectations of parenthood. January 9th, 2026; 12pm ET/9am PT Register: www.addevent.com/event/kct18q...

Thank you for another successful semester of Ethics Grand Rounds filled with insighful discussions. For those who've missed our sessions - please check our website for the recordings and resources: www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/ethics/event...

Join us in welcoming Matthew S. Lebowitz, PhD to our Ethics as an Affiliate Faculty member! Matt is an Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia University and a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Read our Q&A: www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/new-fac...

Exciting news! Our Division Chief, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee and team (Shawneequa Callier and Janet Shim) have been awarded Making a Difference Grants by @greenwallfdn.bsky.social , to explore how shifting federal priorities are reshaping bioethics.

New publication in New Genetics and Society from our colleague Alexis Walker, ‘Forget the age of HIPAA and lean into the age of consumer privacy’: exploring ethics and responsibility among private sector genomics leaders using group interviews.

The Division of Ethics is hiring a Senior Communication Specialist to lead and support the communication activities at the Division and CERA/ELSIhub. More info & Apply: opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/senior-...

The discussion called for ethical responsibility, transparency, and research that focuses on challenges impacting quality of life rather than neutral traits that are part of Autistic identity. Here are some key takeaways from our speakers.

How should autism researchers re-think their studies to serve the needs of the autistic community? Our last #ELSIFridayForum session, we examined longstanding tensions between autism research—especially genetics—and the priorities and lived experiences of Autistic people.

The World Congress of Bioethics 2026 will convene the panel Justice and Pluriversality in Global Genomics Research. The panel was organized by our Chief Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, presenting on research and community partnerships in global genomics. Learn More: consultus.eventsair.com/wcb2026/