BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20180710T230000Z DTEND:20180711T000000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:“Personal Genomics: The Promise and Peril of the Genomic Dream” with Dr. Jessica Miller DESCRIPTION:It is cheaper and easier than ever to analyze your genes and to obtain information about ancestry and to help diagnose\, manage and treat genetic disorders. But with new genomic technology comes new ethical issues for individuals and societies. Join Jessica Miller\, Ph.D.\, an ethics and philosophy professor at the University of Maine and staff clinical ethicist at Eastern Maine Medical Center\, for a talk about the ethics surrounding genetic testing at the Jesup Memorial Library on Tuesday\, July 10 at 7 p.m. This talk is part of "You: A Novel Gene Story" a series of talks about personal genomics which is part of the Primary Source series\, a partnership between the Jesup Memorial Library and The Jackson Laboratory. \n\n \n\nMiller specializes in ethics\, bioethics and feminist theory. She has published several articles on the theory of trust and distrust as it pertains to her main research fields. She is also an active health care ethics consultant and educator in the community at large. At the University of Maine\, she is the chair of the Department of Philosophy and the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Interdisciplinary Programs. \n\n \n\nFor a full list of programs in this series visit jesuplibrary.org/primarysource and for more information contact the Jesup at 207-288-4245 or mrice@jesuplibrary.org. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:It is cheaper and easier than ever to analyze your genes and to obtain information about ancestry and to help diagnose\, manage and treat genetic disorders. But with new genomic technology comes new ethical issues for individuals and societies. Join Jessica Miller\, Ph.D.\, an ethics and philosophy professor at the University of Maine and staff clinical ethicist at Eastern Maine Medical Center\, for a talk about the ethics surrounding genetic testing at the Jesup Memorial Library on Tuesday\, July 10 at 7 p.m. This talk is part of &ldquo\;You: A Novel Gene Story&rdquo\; a series of talks about personal genomics which is part of the Primary Source series\, a partnership between the Jesup Memorial Library and The Jackson Laboratory.
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\nMiller specializes in ethics\, bioethics and feminist theory. She has published several articles on the theory of trust and distrust as it pertains to her main research fields. She is also an active health care ethics consultant and educator in the community at large. At the University of Maine\, she is the chair of the Department of Philosophy and the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Interdisciplinary Programs.
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\nFor a full list of programs in this series visit jesuplibrary.org/primarysource and for more information contact the Jesup at 207-288-4245 or mrice@jesuplibrary.org. LOCATION:Jesup Memorial Library\, 34 Mt. Desert St.\, Bar Harbor\, ME 04609 UID:e.3061.3013 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260420T183404Z URL:https://www.visitbarharbor.com/events/details/personal-genomics-the-promise-and-peril-of-the-genomic-dream-with-dr-jessica-miller-3013 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR