Nadine will be leading a session at the “Social Issues in Biology” course at Harvard University titled “Engaging Diverse Publics on Issues in Genetics.” This is a discussion-based course focusing on controversial issues in biology and the social responsibility of scientists. Students in this class are drawn from PhD programs across biology-related disciplines as well […]
Dana will be teaching in Professor Alison Riley Miller's class, "Science Education", talking about designing curriculum that can address complex ethical issues in the science classroom.
Dr. Leslie Pick has invited Marnie to visit the University of Maryland to discuss pgEd's work and her career path with undergraduate students studying genetics. Students are part of an Honors program that fosters academic pursuits as well as a strong service component.
Public engagement requires us to interrogate our language and the thinking behind it. What ideas are embedded in our language about genetics? What messages are we sending? How are people being impacted? In approaching these questions with humility, we have an opportunity to dismantle barriers that are excluding people from engaging with genetics, learn about […]
Marnie will give a 1-hour presentation followed by discussion with future rabbis on "A basic understanding of genetics". She was invited to this conversation by Geoff Mitelman of Sinai & Synpases, as part of a series on scientific literacy (supported by AAAS DoSER Science for Seminaries program).
pgEd has been invited back to the Annual K-12 Summer Institute, organized by Dr. Robin Fuchs-Young and her colleagues at the MENTORS Project at the Texas A&M College of Medicine. We will present a one-day workshop with Texas teachers as a part of this virtual event.
Nadine will be giving a presentation about pgEd's work at the 2022 SciComm Virtual Conference "Sharing Science in a Polarized World".
Marnie will be speaking on a virtual panel as part of this conference geared towards journalists, science writers, scientists, and freelancers. The Interfaith panel, organized by our colleagues at BioLogos, will focus on science communication with faith communities.
The Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics (APHMG) are hosting pgEd for a webinar on Language Matters: Practical tools and tips for learner engagement on the personal and social impacts of genetics. We will be sharing pgEd’s work with genetics educators who are training the next generation of healthcare professionals. In this session, […]
pgEd has been invited to present our work at the New England Regional Genetics Group’s 45th annual educational conference. NERGG was formed in order to serve as a consortium of genetics service providers, public health planners, consumer groups, and general and state maternal and child health personnel in New England.