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Ethical aspects of human genetics

Ethical aspects of human genetics

KU Leuven , 1 semester

The project will be supervised by Pascal Borry, who is an associate professor of bioethics at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law (University of Leuven, Belgium). His research is focused on fundamental and applied research in bioethics.

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His main research activities are concentrated on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic and genomics.

Students are invited to consider aspects related to the following topics as potential projects:

the ethical and legal aspects of genetic testing in minors;
the ethical, legal and social aspects of genetic tests sold directly to consumers;
the ethical, legal and social aspects of research on human biological material;
the ethical, legal and social aspects of expanded carrier screening;
the role of empirical contributions in bioethics.

The projects are available in the Fall and Spring semester.
Number of places available: 2 per semester.

Prerequisites

High level undergraduate student.
Minimum GPA 3.4

We attach great importance in training the next generation of students and are strong supporters of projects as Euroscholars that allow international exchange. We believe this provides important added value for the Euroscholars students, but also for our own team of PhD candidates, Post-docs etc.

Read more about my experience in the program on this page.

Prof. Pascal Borry

KU Leuven

Faculty Department

Faculty of Medicine / Public Health and Primary Care Dept.

The Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law (CBMER) is an interdisciplinary centre within the department of Public Health and Primary Care. Its expertise spans a wide variety of disciplines including ethics, law, philosophy and theology and maintains close links with various medical and care disciplines.
The CBMER team consists of professors, postdoctoral researchers and PhD candidates across the different disciplines. Staff members have extensive teaching obligations and are mentors of numerous master and PhD projects (for students in bioethics, theological ethics, pharmaceutical ethics, nursing ethics, medical law, management of healthcare, etc.)
The research conducted within CBMER is organized along 5 streams: ethical, legal and social aspects of genetics and genomics; ethical and legal approaches of elderly care and end-of-life care; ethical and legal issues in organ donation and transplantation; research ethics and ethics of research; and the legal regulation of the healthcare professions, both in European and comparative law.

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