Double-Edged Helix Social Implications of Genetics in a Diverse Society

Joseph S. Alper, Ph.D., is a professor of chemistry at the University of Massachusetts -- Boston Catherine Ard, M.H.H.S., is a Ph.D. candidate at Brandeis University specializing in the diffusion of emerging genetic technologies. She has been a member of the Genetic Screening Study Group since 1992 Adrienne Asch, Ph.D., M.S., is Henry R. Luce Professor in Biology, Ethics, and the Politics of Human Reproduction at Wellesley College. She has written many articles and books on genetics and assisted reproduction and has been a member of the Genetic Screening Study Group since 1995. Carol I. Barash, Ph.D., a trained philosopher, is founder and principal consultant at Genetics, Ethics and Policy Consulting, which optimizes the integration of genomics into twenty-first-century health care. Jon Beckwith, Ph.D., is American Cancer Society Research Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School. He is one of the original members of the Genetic Screening Study Group. Diane Beeson, Ph.D., is a professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology and Social Services at California State University, Hayward. She was one of the first social scientists to study prenatal genetic testing Paul R. Billings, M.D., Ph.D., is cofounder and chief medical/scientific officer of GeneSage, Inc., in San Francisco William Byne, M.D., Ph.D., is director of the Laboratory of Neuroanatomy and Morphometrics in the Department of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and has examined the human brain for anatomical correlates of sexual orientation Peter Conrad, Ph.D., is Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences at Brandeis University and studies the public discourse of genetics and behavior and the meanings of biomedical enhancement. He has been a member of the Genetic Screening Study Group since 1993 Jack Drescher, M.D., is a training and supervising analyst at the William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Institute and author of Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man Troy Duster, Ph.D., is a professor of Sociology at New York University and served as a member of the National Advisory Council of the National Center for Human Genome Research Lisa N. Geller, Ph.D., J.D., is a technology specialist at Fish & Richardson. She is one of the original members of the Genetic Screening Study Group Mitchell Lasco, Ph.D., teaches at Lehman College, Bronx, New York. His research interests include the role of the hypothalamus in sexuality and brain reward systems C. Phoebe Lostroh, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Iowa. She has been a member of the Genetic Screening Study Group Susan Markens, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of sociology at Temple University. Her current research concerns the rise of new genetic and reproductive technologies, with a particular focus on the medicalization of pregnancy and the impact of prenatal genetic screening of women's reproductive autonomy Udo Schuklenk, Ph.D., is associate professor of bioethics and human rights in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and head of the division of bioethics Alan Stockdale, Ph.D., is a senior research and development associate at the Center for Applied Ethics and Professional Practice at Education Development Center in Newton, Massachusetts Sharon F. Terry is the founding executive director of PXE International and Vice President of Consumers for the Genetic Alliance Amanda Udis-Kessler, Ph.D., is assistant professor of sociology at Ripon College and has written extensively about sexuality, feminism, and social justice Deborah R. Zucker, Ph.D., M.D., an internist and molecular geneticist, is currently a faculty clinician and health services researcher at New England Medical Center and Tufts University School of MedicineAlper, Joseph S. is the author of 'Double-Edged Helix Social Implications of Genetics in a Diverse Society' with ISBN 9780801869648 and ISBN 0801869641.