We will be hosting a one-day professional development workshop in Boston. Stay tuned for more details! Contact Florcy Romero at fromero@pged.med.harvard.edu for more information.
Johnny will be speaking at the Regulatory Issues and Education session of this year's Genome Writers Guild annual conference, titled "The Next Revolution: Genome Engineering 2018".
Dana is thrilled to be traveling to Kerrville, TX this summer to join the K-12 Summer Institute. Dana will teach two workshops: "Personal Genetics: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Reproduction, Crime and Athletics" and "Genetics in the Past, Present and Future: From the American Eugenics Movement to CRISPR". The K-12 Summer Institute, supported by the […]
This summer, pgEd is excited to hold a three-day professional development workshop at Sanford Research Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This interdisciplinary workshop will explore the ethical and social issues of genetics that affect individuals, families and society. Topics will include: Introduction to personal genetics; American eugenics movement; ethics and gene editing; athletics and […]
The pgEd team will be presenting our third and final summer session at the Mattapan Teen Center, an affiliate of the Boys and Girls Club of Boston. We will be presenting on DNA , Crime and Law, as well as a mini-workshop on Sex and Gender, as voted on by the students.
Johnny will be giving a keynote presentation at the 6th International Conference on Preventing Overdiagnosis. His talk, "Engaging diverse communities on the benefits and implications of of genetic diagnosis," is scheduled during the session "Overdiagnosis 2.0 (Technolnogy)" on Aug. 21st, from 4-5:30 pm.
Join the pgEd team at this immersive New England, multicultural celebration, bringing thousands of people from all over to Boston Common. You won't want to miss this sensorial display of art, music, dance, conversation and pgEd staff live on stage!!! We will also have a pgEd booth with free T-shirts for conversation participants. The African […]
Join pgEd at the 2018 STEAM Expo at Newton Free Library! This is an all-ages event with interactive booths related to science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.
Join the pgEd team at this workshop hosted by the Afrimerican Culture Initiative (ACI) , which aims to use DNA testing as a way for people of African descent to tangibly connect with their African ancestry and foster community building. pgEd will be guest panelist at this event, providing information about DNA ancestry testing and […]
pgEd and the Harvard Medical School Department of Genetics are hosting the first private advanced screening of the upcoming feature film ANYA, which is a love story and genetics mystery that takes place in Queens, NY. Over three years ago, the Science and Entertainment Exchange of the National Academy of Sciences contacted pgEd director, Ting […]