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Jeffrey R. Botkin, MD, MPH Speaker Topic: Genetic Determinism and Genetic Exceptionalism Dr. Botkin is the Associate Vice President for Research Integrity at the University of Utah. He was an undergraduate at Princeton University and received his M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Botkin was also a fellow in Law, Ethics, and Health at Johns Hopkins in affiliation with the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown. He has over 20 years' experience in the clinical care of pediatric patients. His research is focused on the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic technology, with a particular emphasis on research ethics, genetic testing for cancer susceptibility, newborn screening, and prenatal diagnosis. Dr. Botkin currently is Chair of the Committee on Bioethics for the American Academy of Pediatrics and co-Chair of the Ethics Working Group of the National Children's Study. He is a fellow of the Hastings Center and serves on a number of federal, local, and national advisory boards. His publications include: Genetics and Criminality: The Potential Misuse of Scientific Information in Court and Access to the Genome: The Challenge to Equality.
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