Health Sciences Ethics Program, University of New Mexico
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Thank you for your interest in the Animal Ethics Conference planned for May 31-June 3, 1997 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Below are the details of the conference as it stands. If you have other questions please feel free to contact me at jgluck@unm.edu I sincerely hope that you will be able to attend.
John Gluck
Program Chair
This is a multi-disciplinary course and conference intended for those challenged by the profound ethical questions posed by animal use in biomedical and behavioral research. The meeting is intended for biological, biomedical, behavioral, and social scientists; clinicians, students, scholars of the humanities and philosophy, and members of the concerned public. The course is particularly important to those individuals concerned with the education of researchers and those involved in making decisions that directly impact the welfare of animals (e.g. researchers,veterinarians, members of animal care committees).
The conference will be organized around the central themes of the application of ethical theory, consideration of animal nature, and actual decision-making in the research context. The course is concerned with the process of how to weave ethical consideration into the ways animals are actually selected as subjects and treated in experiments. Three sub-themes will be emphasized: 1) The ethical and rhetorical barriers to deepened understanding of the various positions of participants in the debate; 2) The implications of the psychological characteristics of animals on the concept of moral standing, science, and welfare; 3) The implementation of ethically and scientifically rigorous consideration of alternatives and protocol review.
These themes will be discussed in a format of plenary sessions followed by small group discussion. Groups will be led by individuals knowledgeable in ethical theory and current animal use issues.
The course will begin with an informal reception on the evening of May 31 and conclude following lunch on June 3, 1997.
John P. Gluck Ph.D, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
F. Barbara Orlans Ph.D, Senior Research Fellow, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
David Morton Ph.D. MRCVS, Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Science and Ethics, Birmingham, UK.
Bernard Rollin, "Ethics, Animal Welfare, and ACUC's."
David Morton, "How Experimental Design Can Contribute Substantially to Refining Animal Experiments."
Marc Bekoff, "Do Dogs Ape? or Do Apes Dog? and Does it Matter: Broadening and Deepening Cognitive Ethology."
Raymond G. Frey, "An Overview of the Ethical Perspectives in Animal Research"
James Mahoney, "Chipanzees, Rights, and Research."
Anita Guerrini, "The Rhetorics of Animal Rights."
Donald Boisvert, "Duty and Judgement in Animal Utilization Protocol Review."
S. Bret Snyder, "Respecting the Wild in Animals."
Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Professor of Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder. Over the last 25 years Professor Bekoff has studied the social behavior and ecology of various animals including coyotes, penguins, and birds living on the front range of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. He has devoted a great deal of time to studying animal cognition and relationships between "matters of mind and matters of welfare." He has written or edited 10 books including the recently completed Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, 1997, published by Greenwood Publishing group, and numerous scientific papers. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society.
Donald Boisvert M.D., Ph.D. Executive Director, Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC), the primary agency setting guidelines for and assessing the quality of animal care in Canadian science. Prior to joining the CCAC, Dr Boisvert was Professor of Neurosurgical research at the University of Alberta. His current interests include xenotransplantation and the relationship of animal care and the quality of scientific results.
Raymond Frey Ph.D. Professor, Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green University. Professor Frey is an internationally renowned ethicist, teacher, and author. He is the author of many writings on ethics and animal ethics including the book The Case Against Animals, published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1980.
John P. Gluck Ph.D, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico. Professor Gluck over 25 years of experience in the use of animals in biomedical research. He has studied the effects of early experience on behavior and brain in nonhuman primates and has a general interest in the ethics of research and the notion of moral standing of animals. He is co-author with Barbara Orlans, Tom Beauchamp, Rebecca Dresser, and David Morton of the forthcoming book "Exploring the Boundries: Case Studies in Animal Ethics" published by Oxford University Press.
Anita Guerrini Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of History and Program in Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. Professor Guerrini is a historian of science and medicine who teaches a popular course in the history of animal experimentation. She is the author of a forthcoming book on the history of animal and human experimentation which will be published by Johns Hopkins University Press. She has been a member of the university IACUC since 1992.
James Mahoney BVMS, MSc, Ph.D. Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates, New York University. Dr. Mahoney is a Laboratory Animal Veterinarian with extensive experience in the treatment nonhuman primates from monkeys to apes. In the past he has been an outspoken critic of research practice and the animal rights movement.
David Morton Ph.D. MRCVS. Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Science and Ethics, Birmingham, UK., and the Director of the biomedical services Unit at the Universiy of Birmingham, UK. Professor Morton is a laboratory animal veterinarian and researches into the welfare of animals - particularly the recognition and assessment of animal pain, distress, and suffering.
F. Barbara Orlans Ph.D. Dr Orlans is a physiologist on the faculty of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. Dr. Orlans has a long history of involvement in animal research including work on heart disease at the National Institutes of Health. She is the founder of the Scientists Center for Animal Welfare and the author of the highly acclaimed book In the Name of Science: Issues in Responsible Animal Experimentation, published by Oxford University Press, 1993.
Bernard Rollin Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy, Physiology and Biophysics and Director of Bioethical Planning at Colorado State University. He developed the first course in veterinary medical ethics and was a principal architect of the 1985 U.S. legislation dealing with the welfare of experimental animals. He is the author of numerous papers and ten books, of which Animal Rights and Human Morality is the best known and which won the Outstanding Book of the Year Award from the American Association of University Libraries.
S. Bret Snyder DVM, MS. Chief Veterinarian, Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Snyder has nearly thirty-five years of clinical experience in military, private, laboratory animal (Stanford University and the University of New Mexico), and zoological practice. This experience has given him unique opportunities to study the effects of various forms of confinement and its impact on animal well-being, on which he is a national authority.
Posters displaying original research concerning the broad intersection of animal use and ethical consideration are invited. Topics having to do with issues such as regulation, alternatives, ethics education, refinements, and public understanding are particularly encouraged. Abstracts (1 original and two copies) of approximately 150 words, not including title, authors, and institutions, should be submitted to John P. Gluck Ph.D, Department of Psychology, Logan Hall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 no later than April 20, 1997 in order to receive proper consideration. The review committee will consider all poster abstracts received and invite submission of full posters. Poster size shall not exceed 95 x 135 cm.
Albuquerque, New Mexico is a metropolitan area of more than 500,000 people located on the west side of the Sandia mountains, less than one hour from the state capitol of Santa Fe. Albuquerque is one of the major cultural centers of the Southwest, offering museums, art galleries, and theater. New Mexico contains a wealth of historical and cultural material related to Native American, Hispanic, and Mexican peoples. Early June daytime temperatures are in the 80s followed by cool evenings.
The Headquarters Hotel for the course is the Albuquerque Marriott on 2100 Louisiana Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110, (505)881-6800, 1-800 228-9290. A special rate of $79 per night (single or double occupancy) has been negotiated and will be available until May 9, 1997, and on a space-available basis from that time forward. When making reservations identify your request with the Kennedy Institute Course.
The registration Fee is $350 if paid by May 10, and $375 thereafter. Students who present evidence of current university enrollment (letter from the department chair) will be charged a registration fee of $100. This fee covers tuition, course materials, a reception, and also continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshment breaks each day. The fee does not cover lodging. Registrants who withdraw in writing by May 30 will receive a $300 refund (Students $75). Please complete and e-mail the following information to process your application.
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