Museum Lectures

The Human Genome and Human Health

Will the Promise Be Fulfilled?

Credit: AMNH

Kaufmann Theater, first floor
Enter at 77th Street

Ticket Info

$15
$13.50 for Members, students, seniors

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the completion of The Human Genome Project, an achievement that promised to revolutionize the way we understand and treat human disease. But has that promise been fulfilled? How much has the genome added to our knowledge of the human condition and helped us address issues in public health? In this exciting presentation experts in genetics will discuss the triumphs and disappointments, the ethical concerns, and controversies that have arisen over the past 10 years in an accessible way. Panelists include geneticists Dr. Robert C. Green and Dr. Paul R. Billings, ethicist and professor Sheldon Krimsky, and legal scholar and professor Dorothy E. Roberts. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Emily Senay, who has appeared as a medical correspondent for CBS News’s "The Early Show" and is currently an assistant professor of medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Comments from the audience will be encouraged.

Café on One will offer refreshments for purchase before the event from 5 to 6:45 pm.

Presented in collaboration with the Council for Responsible Genetics