HOWARD UNIVERSITY
Ethical and Public Policy Issues in the Sciences  
Grant:    P116N060032
Start:    09/01/2006
End:    08/31/2010
Funding:    $ 203,021
North American Mobility in Higher Education Program
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Partners: Hope College (Michigan); University of Texas at El Paso (Texas); Concordia University (montréal) (Québec); Saint Paul University (Ontario); Université de Montréal (Québec); Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (Querétaro); Universidad Anáhuac (México); Universidad Popular Autónoma Del Estado de Puebla (Puebla).

This project addresses ethical and policy issues related to the rapid advance of science and technology in areas such as stem cell research, new medical therapies, nanotechnology, and privacy in the information society. Students are gaining the perspective on these issues from one of the other North American countries.

Students who participate in this exchange will have the opportunity, in addition to their regular field of study, to obtain a Graduate Certificate in Ethical and Policy Issues in the Sciences at Howard University. An e-journal for student and other authors, Young Scientists, has been published at the University of Texas - El Paso.

ONLINE REFERENCE: 

Home Page for "Ethics and Public Policy Issues in the Sciences"
   http://www.organizations.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=43365  

Orlando Taylor
Project Director
U.S. Lead

Howard University
Graduate School
4th and College Streets,
  N.W.
Washington, DC 20059
Tel: 202-806-6800
Fax: 202-806-5567

E-mail: otaylor@howard.edu


Christine Jamieson
Canadian Lead

Concordia University
Theology
SD 202
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W
Montréal, Québec H3G 1M8
Canada
Tel: 514-848-2424 x2477
Fax: 514-848-4549

E-mail: jamieson@alcor.concordia.ca


Robert Hall
Mexican Lead

Universidad Autonoma de
  Queretaro
Faculdad de Filosofia
Av de las Ciencias s/n
Juriquilla
Queretaro, CP 76230 76230
México
Tel: 442-214-0658

E-mail: bobwvsc@yahoo.com


Mark Pearson
U.S. Partner

Hope College
Mathematics Department
P.O. Box 9000
Holland, MI 49422-9000
Tel: 616-395-7522
Fax: 616-395-7123

E-mail: pearson@hope.edu


Jules Simon
U.S. Partner

University of Texas at El
  Paso
College of Liberal Arts
203 Worrell Hall
500 West University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968
Tel: 915-747-6617
Fax: 915-747-5403

E-mail: jsimon@utep.edu


Chantal Beauvais
Canadian Partner

Saint Paul University
Academic Affairs
223 Main Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 1C4
Canada
Tel: 613-236-1393
Fax: 613-782-3005

E-mail: cbeauvais@ustpaul.ca


Denise Couture
Canadian Partner

Université de Montréal
Faculté de Théologie et des
  sciences des religions
CP 6128, Succursale Centre-
  Ville
Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7
Canada
Tel: 514-343-7164

E-mail: denise.couture.2@umontreal.ca


José Enrique Gómez Álvarez
Mexican Partner

Universidad Anáhuac
Facultad de Bioéteca
Av. Lomas Anáhuac S/N Col.
  Lomas Anáhuac
Edo. de México 54760
México
Tel: 52-55-56270210 x7146

E-mail: jegomezalvarez@yahoo.com


Eugenio Urrutia Albisua
Mexican Partner

Universidad Popular
  Autónoma del Estado de
  Puebla
21 sur 1103 Colonia Santiago
Puebla 72160
México
Tel: 52-222-2299475

E-mail: eugenio.urrutia@upaep.mx


SUBJECTS: 
Highly Relevant Biology
Highly Relevant Computer Science and Information Technology
Highly Relevant Critical Thinking
Highly Relevant Environmental Sciences
Highly Relevant Ethics
Highly Relevant International Education
Highly Relevant Mentoring
Highly Relevant Natural Sciences
Highly Relevant Public Policy and Administration
Relevant Biotechnology
Relevant Health and Medicine
Relevant Philosophy

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