POSTPONED! Narrative Genetics Seminar: Thursday, January 21. POSTPONED!

GENES AND PLAYS

6-8pm, Room 801, International Affairs Building
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Genes and Plays: Using theatre to enhance understanding of the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetics.

Scenes from the recent play "Distracted" will be used to enhance discussion on the implications of ADHD on the child, parents and society.

KAREN H. ROTHENBERG

Karen H. Rothenberg, J.D., M.P.A., is the Marjorie Cook Professor of Law, founding Director of the Law & Health Care Program, and she served as Dean of the University of Maryland School of Law from 1999-2009. Professor Rothenberg is a leading national expert on legal issues in health care. She is spending her current sabbatical doing research as a Scholar-in-Residence at Columbia Law School and at Columbia’s Center for the Study of Law and Culture, as well as at the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University. www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty/profiles/faculty.html?facultynum=103

JEFF SELTZER
Jeff Seltzer, Ph.D., J.D., is a child psychologist and mental health coordinator for the Head Start and Pre-Kindergarten programs of the Montgomery County, Maryland public schools. He received his J.D. from Georgetown University and his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. He lectures widely on the delivery of mental health services and the legal rights of children with disabilities and he served as the Expert Mental Health Consultant at the University of Maryland, providing region-wide training and technical assistance to Head Start programs.

(Optional) readings for the seminar are available on the public Narrative Genetics Google Site,http://sites.google.com/site/narrativegenetics/Home

The Narrative Genetics seminar at Columbia is sponsored by ISERP http://iserp.columbia.edu/workshops/genetics. The seminar is open to faculty, students, and others in the Columbia University community and in the New York metropolitan area. Presenters discuss work in progress and welcome participation in the discussion.