Recognitions
pgEd’s Director Ting Wu was awarded the 2022 Lowell Thomas Award by The Explorers Club for her contributions to science communication in genetics (October, 2022)
Grant awarded for our partnership with The Jackson Laboratory on Teaching the Genome Generation: Cultivating High School Genomics through Teacher Education (National Institutes of Health, Science Education Partnership Award, 2021-2026)
pgEd’s Director Ting Wu was awarded the George W. Beadle Award for outstanding contributions to the community of genetics researchers by the Genetics Society of America (January 2021)
Grant awarded for our partnership with Stanford and Columbia on ELSI.hub: National Center for ELSI Resources and Analysis (National Institutes of Health, Center for ELSI Resources and Analysis, 2019-2024)
Professors Jennifer Doudna and Jamie Cate matched their previous support of pgEd from 2016, when Dr. Doudna graciously donated the entirety of her Gairdner Award to pgEd to expand our efforts (October, 2017)
Professor Jennifer Doudna donated her Gairdner Award for her pioneering work on CRISPR genome editing to pgEd because of her commitment to the importance of public engagement on genetics and ensuring that diverse values and voices are heard in these conversations. (October, 2016)
Grant awarded for our partnership with The Jackson Laboratory on Teaching the Genome Generation: Professional Development for Genomics Instruction in Rural and Urban High Schools (National Institutes of Health, Science Education Partnership Award, 2016-2021)
Grant awarded to pgEd on Building Awareness, Respect, and Confidence through Genetics, in collaboration with Sanford Research (National Institutes of Health, Science Education Partnership Award, 2016-2021)
pgEd’s Director of Education, Dana Waring, was recognized with the 2014 Phillip Marcoux Awarded for her successes in informal science education in the state of Maine by the Maine Science Teachers’ Association (November, 2014)
pgEd received seed funding from the Department of Genetics in 2011, which enabled our transition from a volunteer effort (launched in the laboratory of our Director, Ting Wu, in 2006) to a program with dedicated staff. The Department’s support has continued as a recognition of the responsibility and commitment we hold to engage with all communities on genetics, particularly the potential benefits and implications for people’s lives (2011 – on-going)
Publications
Finding our Common Thread through Conversation, blogpost written by Rob O’Malley to accompany pgEd workshop at the SCIENCE TALK 2023 conference (March 11, 2023)
SciCommCon 2022 Coverage Part I, by Kay McCallum at SciCommBites (November 17, 2022)
Engaging with faith communities as a science writer, by Hosen Arman, coverage of a panel of scientists from various religious traditions at ScienceWriters2022 (November 10, 2022)
Profiles in Science Engagement with Faith Communities of Ting Wu and Nadine Vincenten, by Rachel Kline and Rob O’Malley at DoSER (November 4, 2022)
SNAPSHOTs: Expanding ELSI Education, by Marnie Gelbart, Dana Waring, Caroline B. Moore, and Deanne Dunbar Dolan, ELSIhub Spotlight (May 2, 2022)
The collective effort – how coronavirus is affecting ‘to serve better’ projects, Harvard Gazette (April 3, 2020)
Interview with Nadine Vincenten and Marnie Gelbart: Media and Education: what does pgEd have to tell us?, by Fabíola Simões Rodrigues da Fonseca, Revista Eletrônica de Educação (January, 2020)
To Serve Better – South Dakota, Harvard Gazette (October, 2019)
Genetic Modification, Genome Editing, and CRISPR, by pgEd (freely available here), published in Biotech & Bioethics (volume 352) and available for purchase from Independence Educational Publishers (UK) – (June, 2019)
Consumer Genetics: To Test or Not to Test? by Nadine Vincenten and Marnie Gelbart, Bill of Health, Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School (June 4, 2019)
When Does Genetic Engineering Go Too Far? Ting Wu guested on Radio Health Journal (February 17, 2019)
Festival of Genomics 2019 – Raising Genomics Awareness: An Interview with pgEd by Joshua Neil, Front Line Genomics (January 28, 2019)
5 ethical issues in science for Catholics to consider by Wyatt Massey, U.S. Catholic (January 8, 2019)
Engaging with science and society at pgEd by Johnny Kung, Addgene blog (September 20, 2018)
How a Harvard Genetics Professor Inspired a Pastor’s CT Article by Morgan Lee, Christianity Today (September 3, 2018)
Medicine: more precise, more effective, but more overdiagnosis by Carl Heneghan, BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine Spotlight blog (August 21, 2018)
Scientists Confront the Ghost of Eugenics by Amy Marcus, The Wall Street Journal (August 17, 2018)
The Complicated Ethics of Gene Editing by Jack Crosbie, Healthcare Analytics News (July 20, 2018)
For Some African-Americans, Genetic Testing Reopens Past Wounds by Amy Marcus, The Wall Street Journal (July 14, 2018)
CRISPR Fans Fight for Egalitarian Access to Gene Editing by Megan Molteni, WIRED (June 6, 2018)
Genetic Privacy Concerns Emerge After Police Search Public DNA Site To Find The Golden State Killer, Greater Boston, WGBH-TV (May 1, 2018)
Genomics Gets Personal: Decreasing Cost Ushers in the Age of Personalized Whole-Genome Sequencing by Helen Albert, Clinical OMICS (April 5, 2018)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Genetics by Maureen Salamon, Genome Magazine (April 3, 2018)
A Scientist’s Mission: Talking Genetics With Everybody by Amy Marcus, The Wall Street Journal (February 23, 2018)
Marnie Gelbart on the importance of engaging both scientists and our communities in spreading awareness of personalized genetic technologies, an interview for Genes to Genomes, a blog from the Genetics Society of America (February 7, 2018)
Gene Editing Lecture Garners a Big Crowd by Cole Stevens, ZU News (October 9, 2017)
Interview of Johnny Kung (pgEd) with News Talk 770, CHQR Calgary (August 24, 2017)
Interview of Dana Waring (pgEd) with the Patrick Lalley Show, KSOO Sioux Falls (August 22, 2017)
Designer babies not the most urgent concern of genetic medicine by Johnny Kung (pgEd), The Toronto Star (August 21, 2017)
Harder, Better, Faster, CRISPR by Christopher Lydon, Radio Open Source (August 10, 2017)
Sequencing the Genome: Examining Modern Medicine, AtlanticLIVE, The Atlantic (April 26, 2017)
DIY Gene Editing: Fast, Cheap—and Worrisome by Amy Marcus, The Wall Street Journal (February 26, 2017)
The Painful Questions about Genetics and Race by Nathan Barczi, Christianity Today (February 17, 2017)
In the Image of Our Choosing by Nathan Barczi, Christianity Today (February 17, 2017)
The Rockefeller University Hosts Panel On Human Genome Editing by Julianna LeMieux, American Council on Science and Health (February 14, 2017)
Geneticist on a mission to bring geneticists and religious leaders together by Derek Welch, World Religion News (December 26, 2016)
God and genome, Radio Health Journal (December 11, 2016)
On personal genetics & building bridges of trust, Science Soapbox podcast (November 17, 2016)
Five Questions: A profile of Johnny Kung, a genetics educator by Susan Karcz, Harvard Medicine Magazine (November 7, 2016)
God and the genome: A geneticist seeks allies among the faithful by Andrew Joseph, STAT News (October 13, 2016)
Leveling the Playing Field: Closing the Gap in Public Awareness of Genetics between the Well Served and Underserved by Johnny Kung (pgEd) and Ting Wu (pgEd), The Hastings Center Report, 46(5): 17–20, DOI: 10.1002/hast.613 (September 21, 2016)
Bridging the Trust Gap: Unlikely partners aim to reduce disparities in genetics education by Stephanie Dutchen, Harvard Medical School News (June 1, 2016)
pgEd Briefings: Increasing policymakers’ interest in genetics by Johnny Kung (pgEd), Genes to Genomes: a blog from the Genetics Society of America (December 1, 2015)
On the Frontier of Genetic Technologies: Members of the Personal Genetics Education Project brief Congress on gene editing advances by Elizabeth Cooney, Harvard Medical School News (November 19, 2015)
Captivating imagination, inspiring discussion, and empowering patients, Front Line Genomics (October 27, 2015)
No Longer Rocket Science: Helping Consumers Understand Genetic Info by Meredith Salisbury, Techonomy (August 3, 2015)
Personal Genetics and the Law: pgEd briefs Congress on uses of DNA in the criminal justice system by Elizabeth Cooney, Harvard Medical School News (March 20, 2015)
Philip Marcoux Award from the Maine Science Teacher Association, honoring pgEd’s Dana Waring (October 10, 2014)
Rep. Slaughter, Doctors, Scientists, and Academics Come Together to Educate Public on Genetic Non-Discrimination, press release from the Office of Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (October 3, 2014)
Up Close and Personal: Genetics and you, presentation by pgEd Director, Ting Wu, Longwood Seminars, Harvard Medical School (March 20, 2014)
The Science Behind Grey’s Anatomy by Melissa Malamut, Boston Magazine (October 3, 2013)
Science on Set by Rachel Bernstein, Cell 154: 949-950, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.08.011 (August 29, 2013)
Conference Scene: Accelerating public awareness in the age of personal genetics by Marnie Gelbart (pgEd) and Chris Gunter, Personalized Medicine, 10(6): 535-538, DOI: 10.2217/pme.13.58 (August, 2013)
The Scientist Comes to the Classroom by Megan Gambino, Smithsonian.com (June 25, 2013)
It’s Personal: Modern Genetics Shapes Medicine, Public Education by Chelsey Coombs, AAAS Meeting Coverage, National Association of Science Writers (February 21, 2013)
The Genome Generation, MDIBL Connections, Magazine of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (Fall, 2012)
Getting a head start: The importance of personal genetics education in high schools by Johnny Kung (pgEd) and Marnie Gelbart (pgEd), The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 85 (1): 87–92, PMCID: PMC3313542 (March, 2012)
Catching Education Up with Technology: Preparing the Public to Make Informed Choices about Personal Genetics by Marnie Gelbart (pgEd), CBE Life Sciences Education, 11 (1): 1–2, DOI: 10.1187/cbe.11-10-0092 (March, 2012)