Networking - Genetics Education Center

A list of teacher education programs on human genetics / the human genome project:

Human Genome Networking Project - University of Kansas Medical Center - project to update teachers on applications of new genetic technology including ethical, legal and social implications. Send e-mail to dcollins@kumc.edu or to: Genetics Education Center

Genetics Education Office - NHGRI (National Human Genome Research Institute), NIH - to help increase knowledge about human genetics among teachers, students, policy makers, news media and health care professionals. Send e-mail to edcore@nchgr.nih.gov or to: Genetics Education Office

Genome Education Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - workshop designed to update and inspire science educators by providing lectures combined with hands-on lab experiences. Send e-mail to bakerdl@umich.edu or to: Genome Education Program

Human Genome Education Program at Stanford - units on (1) Treating Genetic conditions, (2) DNA Profiling, and (3) Testing and Screening of Genetic Diseases. Send e-mail to cindy@shgc.stanford.edu or to: Human Genome Education Program

The Access Excellence forum on AOL. The Access Excellence Resource Center contains biology and biotechnology resources. Genentech, private corporations, research centers, and professional associations are partnering together to fill the Resource Center with pertinent and leading edge research and education resources.

Hendrix's Bioethics Habitat, JHendrix, Ball State GenEthics Program - a project designed for the secondary school general biology teacher who needs to be updated in the field of human genetics and wants to develop the ability to teach bioethical decision-making skills to his/her students. Send e-mail to 01JRHENDRIX@bsuvc.bsu.edu

High School Human Genome Program, the Departments of Molecular Biotechnology and Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington in Seattle, WA - an outreach program targeted at high school teachers and their students, includes both scientific and ethics components. Students o participate directly in sequencing the human genome, and consider the social and ethical implications of genetic research and genetic testing. For information, contact Dr. Maureen Munn, Department of Molecular Biotechnology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. phone: 206/685-7901, fax: 206/685-7344, email: mmunn@u.washington.edu Send e-mail to mmunn@u.washington.edu

Summer Faculty Institute, Ethics Institute, Dartmouth College, NH
NIH/NCHGR funded undergraduate multidisciplinary course on the ethical, legal, and social issues of the HGP. In conjunction with the course, we will run a 10-week for faculty (college level) interested in learning about these issues and teaching a similar course at their home institutions. Detailed information and application form available on home page.

Geneticists & Ethicists Mentor Network - teachers and students interested in Human Genetics and the Human Genome Project can send questions to professionals in genetics, law, public policy, and ethics.