In Cambridge, big data is a hot topic with tickets sold out for the PHG Foundation’s last two Life Sciences & Society Seminars to focus on this topic.
Places have filled in record time for the next seminar on 10 March at Hughes Hall, Cambridge, when Dr Jeff Skopek, Lecturer in Medical Law, Ethics and Policy at the University of Cambridge, will talk on ‘Personal data and personalised medicine’. Delegates will explore the challenges for law and ethics posed by developments in personal data and personalised medicine.
The series is run in partnership with Cambridge University Health Partners and Hughes Hall. Seminars continue throughout 2015. Moving away from big data the next seminar on 21 April is on - ‘Regulating the use of mitochondrial transfer’. All meetings take place at Hughes Hall from 17:30 followed by drinks and the opportunity for further informal discussion.
Join the reserve list for the free event on 10 March by emailing rebecca.burbidge@phgfoundation.org.
Booking for 21 April event will open from 11 March. For more information on the 2015 programme and booking details,please visit the PHG Foundation website at www.phgfoundation.org/LSSS
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The PHG Foundation is a registered charity. If you can support us by sponsoring a seminar in 2015, please contact carol.lyon@phgfoundation.org
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