Biology in Society

Dakota Fisher-Vance
13 December 2010
Biology in Society Senior Seminar

        With the age of information technology upon us, the methods people use to search for information is drastically changing. One of the most influential causes of this change has been the Internet. Information that has historically been difficult to access, or was only accessible to certain individuals, is now available to the general public in a matter of seconds. While the benefits and consequences of the Internet have been widespread, one sector that has been significantly impacted is health care, thanks to newly available medical information. 

 Moira Hodges

December 2010

Senior Paper

Redefining Mental Health

Ethical Use of Human Subjects

1. Globalization of Clinical Trials

2. Case Study

3. Placebos

Globalization of Clinical Trials

“When we know the sequence of the molecule that makes up all our genes, we will know what it is to be human. When we know what our DNA looks like, we will know why some of us are rich and some poor, some healthy and some sick, some powerful and some weak” (Richard Lewontin)

History of the IWC

“During the first decade of the twentieth century, a number of experts warned of the environmental consequences of [internal combustion engine]-powered vehicles, including the issues of oil depletion and toxic exhaust,” (Heitmann, 2009).

Questions:

·         Why do Americans still drive cars even though they know about the effects of vehicle exhaust on the environment and human health?

Biology in Society Senior Seminar

Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010

Session 8

Issues Surrounding the Human Genome Project

“One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.” – Socrates

Questions:

Biology in Society Senior Seminar

Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010

Session 7

Psychiatry and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)

Kwarlizzie, Collette

Questions