Genomic science can predict disease, guide treatment, and reshape medicine. It also raises questions we are still learning how to answer:
Who can see your genetic data?
Who decides how it gets used?
What happens when the promises of genomic medicine arrive late, or not at all?
These are the questions behind BHH 6396: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genomics. Join the Department of Bioethics & Health Humanities for a free one-hour mini seminar previewing this Fall 2026 graduate course, which follows genomics from the early days of the Human Genome Project to the debates shaping medicine, research, policy, and public life today.
No science or humanities background is required. Bring your curiosity and an hour of your time.
Event details
Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM
SHP/SON 1.104 (Quad Room 79)
Free and open to all UTMB students, faculty, and staff
About the course
BHH 6396: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genomics · Fall 2026 · Wednesdays, 1–4 p.m. · Aug. 31–Dec. 18, 2026. Registration opens August 1.
The Department of Bioethics & Health Humanities at UTMB studies the big questions that run through medicine and science: how knowledge gets made, who it serves, and what we owe one another in health care.
Genomic science can predict disease, guide treatment, and reshape medicine. It also raises questions we are still learning how to answer:
Who can see your genetic data?
Who decides how it gets used?
What happens when the promises of genomic medicine arrive late, or not at all?
These are the questions behind BHH 6396: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genomics. Join the Department of Bioethics & Health Humanities for a free one-hour mini seminar previewing this Fall 2026 graduate course, which follows genomics from the early days of the Human Genome Project to the debates shaping medicine, research, policy, and public life today.
No science or humanities background is required. Bring your curiosity and an hour of your time.
Event details
Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM
SHP/SON 1.104 (Quad Room 79)
Free and open to all UTMB students, faculty, and staff
About the course
BHH 6396: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genomics · Fall 2026 · Wednesdays, 1–4 p.m. · Aug. 31–Dec. 18, 2026. Registration opens August 1.
The Department of Bioethics & Health Humanities at UTMB studies the big questions that run through medicine and science: how knowledge gets made, who it serves, and what we owe one another in health care.
