Genetics research awards
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Professor John Abraham |
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The ethical and public policy implications of the new genetics and transgenics in the carcinogenic risk assessment of pharmaceuticals |
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Dr Priscilla Alderson |
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Cross currents in genetics: a case study analysis 1999-2000 |
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Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, London and Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London |
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Professor Paul Atkinson |
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Practical kinship, practical ethics and the disclosure of genetic information |
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Cardiff School of Social Sciences, University of Cardiff, Wales |
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Ms Shirlene Badger |
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A genetic diagnosis for obesity: social and moral experiences of the body and responsibility in childhood |
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PhD Studentship |
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Mr Shamnad Basheer |
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Block me not: Genes as 'essential facilities'? |
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Mr Benjamin Capps |
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UK and European policy in stem cell research: proposals for the ethical grounding of future regulation |
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PhD Studentship |
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Dr Benjamin Capps |
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Stem cell therapy and ‘procedural ethics’: proposals for a harmonised policy within the European Union |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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Dr Elizabeth Chapman |
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A comparison of two genetic conditions (Huntington's disease and cystic fibrosis): their conceptualisation in the body and the implications of differences or similarities for education, counselling and ethical decisions |
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Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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Dr Angus Clarke |
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Living with a genetic disorder: a biography of ectodermal dysplasia |
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Research Leave Fellowship |
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Dr Angus Clarke, Professor Paul Atkinson, Dr Peter Collins, Dr Maggie Gregory |
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The trans-generational communication of genetic information |
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Research Leave Fellowship |
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Professor Angus Clarke, Professor Srikant Sarangi Professor Ruth Chadwick, Dr Jenny Kitzinger |
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Explanation in genetics: causality and accountability in complex disorders |
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Lancaster University and Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University |
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Ms Filippa Corneliussen |
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Regulation and the social and ethical accountability of new biotechnology firms |
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Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society, University of Nottingham |
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PhD Studentship |
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Ms Filippa Corneliussen |
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Social and ethical aspects of governing dual-use biomedical research and development |
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Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society, University of Nottingham |
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Dr Antonia Cronin |
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The global development and evolution of organ transplantation |
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PhD Studentship |
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Dr Claudia Downing |
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Parenting in the space between health and illness: a comparative study of ethical dilemmas arising from the certain knowledge of a gene positive status for Huntington's Disease (HD) and Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy (DM) |
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Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge |
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Research Fellowship |
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Dr George Ellison |
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Re-evaluating the use of 'racialised' categories in human genetics and biomedical research |
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Faculty of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge and Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, London |
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Research Leave Fellowship/Project |
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Dr Sahra Gibbon |
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New genetic knowledge and lay expertise in cancer research: citizenship and activism in comparative perspective |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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Mr John Gillott |
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The Human Rights Act and genetics |
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Genetic Interest Group and School of Law, University of Southampton |
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Ms Imogen Goold |
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Use of ethical and moral arguments in debate over regulatory structures for reproductive technologies in the United Kingdom 1978-1990 |
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PhD Studentship |
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Ms Karen Gui |
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Futuring the new genetics: visions of our possible worlds |
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PhD Studentship |
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Professor Erica Haimes |
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A comparative study of participation and non-participation in the North Cumbria Community Genetics Project |
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School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University |
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Professor Erica Haimes |
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A comparative study of embryo donors' and non-donors' views on embryo experimentation for preimplantation genetic diagnosis and stem cell therapies |
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Dr Michael Hauskeller |
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The integrity of living beings as a normative concept |
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Research Fellowship |
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Mr Jonathan Ives |
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Becoming a father/refusing fatherhood: how parental rights and responsibilities are generated |
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PhD Studentship |
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Mr Stephen John |
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The capabilities approach to biomedical ethics |
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Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge |
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PhD Studentship |
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Professor Desmond King |
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Ideas, experts and the politics of eugenics: a comparative and historical analysis |
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Dr Wing May Kong |
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The role of research in the medicalisation of obesity |
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Short-term Research Leave Fellowship for Clinicians |
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Ms Adèle Langlois |
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How are international declarations on human genetics being implemented in developing countries?Implications of and for international relations theory |
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PhD Studentship |
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Ms Kathleen Liddell |
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Biolaw and deliberative democracy: regulating human genetic technology in a democratic pluralist society |
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PhD Studentship |
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Professor Theresa Marteau, Professor Ann Louise Kinmonth, Professor Michael Parker, Dr Toby Prevost, Professor Steve Sutton |
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Didactic versus informed choice invitations to screening: balancing public health benefits and individual choice |
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Dr Paul Martin, Dr Richard Tutton, Dr Richard Ashcroft, Professor George Ellison, Dr Andrew Smart |
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The use of race/ethnicity in applied population genetics research: implications for scientific practice, public health and access to health care. |
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University of Nottingham, Imperial College London, London South Bank University and University of Oxford |
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Professor Sheila McLean, Dr Laura Williamson, Ms Ruth Paterson |
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Ethico-legal governance in healthcare |
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Dr David Melzer, Dr Ron Zimmern, Dr Simon Sanderson, Dr Kathy Liddell, Professor Tom Ling |
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Policy issues in the evaluation of clinical genetic testing |
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Mr Carlos Novas |
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Governing 'risky' genes: predictive genetics, counselling expertise and the care of the self |
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PhD Studentship |
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Dr Carlos Novas |
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The political economy of hope: private enterprise, patients' groups and the production of values in the contemporary life sciences |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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Dr Onora O'Neill |
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Informed consent and genetic data |
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Professor Michael Parker, Dr Jane Kaye and Dr Andrew Smart |
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Governing genetic databases |
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Dr Lindsay Prior, Professor Angus MacDonald, Professor Peter Harper, Dr Jonathon Gray |
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Genetic testing and insurance: the problem of adverse selection |
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Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Heriot Watt University, University of Wales College of Medicine |
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Professor Martin Richards, Dr Helen Statham, Ms Maggie Ponder, Dr Lucy Raymond and Dr Nina Hallowell |
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Psychosocial effects of molecular genetic diagnosis: the case of X-linked learning disability |
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Dr Srikant Sarangi |
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Communicative frames in counselling for predictive testing |
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Dr Tom Shakespeare |
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Ordinary ethics: moral evaluation of the new genetics by non-professionals |
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School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University |
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Dr Alison Shaw |
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A study of the impact of genetic risk information on families of Pakistani origin referred for genetic counselling |
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Dr Bob Simpson |
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New reproductive and genetic technologies in Sri Lanka: a case study in comparative bioethics |
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Research Leave Fellowship |
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Dr Sheila Simpson |
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To tell or not to tell: passing on genetic knowledge to family members |
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Ms Anna Smajdor |
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Regulation of conception with artificial gametes: ethical and socio-cultural perspectives |
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Imperial College London and London School of Economics and Political Science |
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PhD Studentship |
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Mr Daniel Sokol |
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Truth-telling and deception in contemporary medical practice - an empirical and philosophical analysis |
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PhD Studentship |
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Ms Helen Statham |
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Prenatal diagnosis of abnormality: how parents make decisions when faced with real ethical dilemmas |
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Ms Sivaramjani Thambisetty |
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Intellectual property protection of biomedical technology: how patenting behaviour affects innovation |
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PhD Studentship |
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Ms Katya Tugendsam |
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Bioethical tourism and preimplantation genetic diagnosis: European perspectives |
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PhD Studentship |
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Dr Tony Watling |
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The ethics of genetic manipulation: religion, moral discourse and biotechnology |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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Ms Melanie Watson |
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Barriers in clinical practice to achieving informed choice: the example of prenatal ultrasound screening |
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PhD Studentship |
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Ms Dana Wensley |
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Eugenics and genetic screening: the ethical, legal and public policy implications |
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PhD Studentship |
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Dr Stephen Wilkinson |
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Eugenics and Genetics - the role of the concept of‘eugenics’ in contemporary debates about the regulation of genetic and reproductive technologies |
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Research Leave Fellowship |
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Ms Myfanwy Williams |
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Genetics, ethics and uncertainty: how do the novel uncertainties brought to bear in the face of genetic knowledge affect the justification of medical intervention? |
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PhD Studentship |
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Dr Clare Williams |
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The ethical, social, clinical and policy implications of changing perceptions of the fetus for health practitioners and policy makers |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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Dr Clare Williams, Professor Jane Sandall, Dr Bobbie Farsides, Dr Rosamund Scott, Professor Peter Braude |
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Facilitating choice, framing choice: the experiences of staff working in pre-implantation genetic diagnosis |
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King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London |
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Mr Robin Williams, Mr Paul Johnson, Dr Paul Martin |
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Genetic information and crime investigation: social, ethical and public policy aspects of the establishment, expansion and police use of the National DNA Database (NDNAD) |
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University of Durham and Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society, University of Nottingham |
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Mr Robin Williams, Mr Paul Johnson |
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Forensic DNA Databasing: A European Perspective |
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Mr Duncan Wilson |
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The development of human tissue storage: issues of public perception and property in the body. A contemporary historical study based on Manchester |
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Pharmacogenetics | |
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Dr Oonagh Corrigan |
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The ethical and sociocultural implications of innovative genetics-based drug development. The application of pharmacogenetics in clinical drug trials: a case study |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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Dr Mariam Fraser, Professor Nikolas Rose, Dr David Healy |
Ethical factors in psychiatric drug development: an archival study of the ethical factors that influenced the development and production of Prozac in Eli Lilly and Company Ltd | |
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Goldsmiths College, University of London and University of Wales College of Medicine |
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Dr Adam Hedgecoe |
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Pharmacogenetics and the genetic reclassification of common disease |
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Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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Dr Paul Martin, Dr Andrew Smart, Dr Alison Pilnick, Professor Andrew Webster, Dr Graham Lewis |
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The clinical and commercial development of pharmacogenetics: Issues for patients, professionals and public policy |
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Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society, University of Nottingham and Science and Technology Studies Unit, University of York |
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Dr David Melzer |
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Information policy for pharmacogenetics |
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Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge |
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Human biological sample collections | |
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Ms Helen Busby |
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Exploring the meaning and ethics of tissue donation for genetic research |
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Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society, University of Nottingham |
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PhD Studentship |
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Professor Alastair Campbell, Dr Richard Ashcroft, Professor Jean Golding, Dr John Henderson, Mrs Elizabeth Mumford, and Dr Julie Kent |
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Ethical protection in epidemiological genetic research: participants' perspectives |
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University of Bristol, Imperial College London, University of the West of England and Institute of Child Health |
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Ms Jane Kaye |
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Whose genes? Tracing the use and control of human genetic information through the law |
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PhD Studentship |
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Dr Bronwyn Parry |
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From the corporeal to the informational: recent transformations in the constitution of collections of human biological materials and their implications for access and use |
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Professor Naomi Pfeffer, Professor Donna Dickenson, Professor Lesley Regan, Dr Richard Ashcroft |
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Ethical issues in the collection of pregnancy-related tissue samples |
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London Metropolitan University, Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham, Imperial College London |
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