CACE: Events

March 16-18, 2005

Free audio downloads of Spring Conference "The Future of Humanity: Technology, Medicine and Genetics".

"Bioethics and the Character of Human Life" by Dr. Gilbert Meilaender

"Neuroethics in Perspective" by Dr. E. David Cook

Biomedical science is rapidly expanding our ability to alter human behavior, cognition, and performance, and perhaps even human nature itself. Such power requires careful moral analysis and the placing of appropriate limits.

This conference provided an opportunity for Wheaton students, faculty and community visitors to broaden their awareness and knowledge of bioethics from an interdisciplinary perspective—from physiology to law—from theology to neurology. It proved to be informative and thought-provoking.

Thank you to all who participated and attended our Spring Trialogue Workshops.

Conference Follow-up

Schedule of Events

Speaker Bios

Lori B. Andrews, J.D., is a distinguished professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law and Director of IIT’s Institute for Science, Law, and Technology (Chicago). Professor Andrews has been involved in setting policies for genetic technologies. She also has been an advisor on genetic and reproductive technology to Congress, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control, the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science, and several foreign nations.

E. David Cook, Ph.D., is a Fellow and Chaplain of Green College, University of Oxford, the first Holmes Professor of Faith and Learning (Department of Philosophy) at Wheaton College, and Professor of Christian Ethics at Southern Seminary. His scholarship focuses on the medical ethical issues at the beginning and end of life, genetics, resource allocation, gerontology, research ethics, consent, and confidentiality.

Robert Cranston, M.D., is an Attending Physician and Head of the Division of Neurology at Carle Clinic and Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois, and is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Illinois. He is currently a MacLean Center Ethics Fellow at the University of Chicago and a Fellow of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, Deerfield, Illinois.

Susan Chandra Daniels, Ph.D . ’93, is a Health Scientist Administrator at the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Daniels completed her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at Brandeis University where her research focused on behavioral genetics and nervous system response to environmental chemicals.

Sharon A. (“Shari”) Falkenheimer, M.D., M.P.H., is President of Bioethics & Medicine, Inc., in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Falkenheimer is a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association, an Academician in the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine, a Fellow of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, and a founding member of the Christian Aeromedical Fellowship.

Robert Johnson, M.D., is a Thoracic Surgeon at the Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, New York. He has advocated throughout his career for patient’s rights and quality of health care. In 2004, Dr. Johnson ran for Congress in New York’s 23rd Congressional District.

Thomas Kennedy, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy and editor of The Cresset: a Review of Literature, the Arts, and Public Affairs at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana. Co-editor of From Christ to the World: Introductory Readings in Christian Ethics, he has written widely on issues in biomedical and political ethics.

Richard Kreider, Ph.D., FACSM, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Health, Human Performance & Recreation, Baylor University, Waco, Texas. He also is Director of the Exercise & Sport Nutrition Laboratory and the Center for Exercise, Nutrition & Preventive Health Research at the university. Dr. Kreider writes extensively regarding sports nutrition and exercise.

Gilbert C. Meilaender, Ph.D., is the Richard and Phyllis Duesenberg Professor of Christian Ethics in the Department of Theology at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana. He is the author of Body, Soul and Bioethics; Bioethics: A Primer for Christians; and The Taste for the Other: The Social and Ethical Thought of C. S. Lewis. His book, Love Taking Shape: Sermons on the Christian Life (Eerdmans, 2002), is a collection of sermons that reflect on love as a way of life. Dr. Meilaender was appointed to the President’s Council on Bioethics in 2002.

C. Ben Mitchell, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Bioethics and Contemporary Culture at Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois. Dr. Mitchell serves as a Senior Fellow with the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, Bannockburn, Illinois). He is editor of the journal Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics.

Schedule of Events
WEDNESDAY , March 16
9:15– Creatine Supplementation: Hype or Help?
10:20 AM Student Recreation Complex, Room 9

Richard Kreider, Ph.D., Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Co-sponsored by the Kinesiology Department

10:35– Designing our Descendents
11:15AM Chapel Address - Edman Chapel

Gilbert Meilaender, Ph.D.
Valparaiso University, Indiana
Co-sponsored by the Kinesiology Department

3:15 – Enhancing Sports’ Performance
4:20PM Through Dietary Supplementation
Armerding Lecture Hall

Richard Kreider, Ph.D., Baylor University
Co-sponsored by the Kinesiology Department

6:00– Ethics of Ergogenic Aids in Human Performance
7:00PM North Party Room (Trays)

Richard Kreider, Ph.D., Baylor University
Co-sponsored by the Kinesiology Department

7:30– K E Y N O T E P L E N A R Y S E S S I O N
9:15PM Begetting Children, Designing Descendents
Barrows Auditorium, Billy Graham Center

Gilbert Meilaender, Ph.D.
Valaparaiso University,Indiana

THURSDAY , March 17
11:15AM – Teach us to Number our Days: Anti Aging Technology and the Virtues
1:05PM Blanchard Hall, Room 440

Thomas Kennedy, Ph.D.
Valparaiso University, Indiana
Co-sponsored by the Philosophy Department

11:15AM – Science Careers: In the Ivory Tower and Beyond
1:05PM Armerding Hall, Room 223

Susan Chandra Daniels, Ph.D.,
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Co-sponsored by the Biology Department

1:15 – Remaking Humans: The New Utopians
3:05PM Versus a Truly Human Future
Billy Graham Center, Room 136

C. Ben Mitchell, Ph.D., Trinity International University
Deerfield,Illinois

Co-sponsored by the Bible, Theology, Archeology, and World Religion Department

7:30– K E Y N O T E P L E N A R Y S E S S I O N
9:15PM People as Products: Gene Patents, Tissue Markets, and
the Ethics of Biotech
Barrows Auditorium, Billy Graham Center

Lori Andrews, J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law
IIT,Chicago

FRIDAY , March 18
8:15– Science Policy: Working at the Interface
9:05AM Between Science and Society
Armerding Hall, Room 322

Susan Chandra Daniels, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Co-sponsored by the Biology Department

9:15– Neuroethics in Perspective
10:20AM Breyer, Room 207

E. David Cook, Ph.D.
Wheaton College & Oxford University
Co-sponsored by the Philosophy Department

9:15- Medical Ethics and Legislation
10:20AM Room TBA

Robert Johnson,M.D., Samaritan Medical Center
Watertown, New York
Co-sponsored by the Biology Department

11:30AM- The session above will be repeated in the Armerding Lecture Hall
12:35PM

11:30AM – Ethical Considerations in the Technological
12:35PM Enhancement of Humans
Breyer Laboratory, Room 8

Shari Falkenheimer, M.D., Mph, Bioethics & Medicine,Inc.
San Antonio, Texas
Co-sponsored by the Chemistry Department

11:30AM – Neuromarketing
12:35PM Blanchard Hall, Room 139

Richard Cranston, Ph.D. .
Carle Clinic and Carle Foundation Hospital
Urbana, Illinois
Co-sponsored by the Philosophy Department

2:00– Politics of Healthcare: Why a Christian Doctor is Running for Congress 3:05PM Blanchard Hall, Room 323

Robert Johnson, M.D. .,Samaritan Medical Center
Watertown, New York
Co-sponsored by the Political Science Program

Most of our sessions were recorded and will be available to order through the CACE office. For immediate access to more information, follow the links below for presentations by our conference speakers in other venues.

“Bioethics in the New Millennium: Ethical Challenges Ahead” C. Ben Mitchell
http://www.cbhd.org/resources/bioethics/mitchell_2001-spring.htm

“Brain-monitoring: An Ethical Assessment” Sharon Falkenheimer
http://www.cbhd.org/resources/biotech/falkenheimer_2003-06-20.htm

“Cloning and Beyond: Making Laws for Making Babies” Lori Andrews
http://www.meta-library.net/iftm/landr-frame.html

“Creatine – The Ergogenic / Anabolic Supplement” Richard Kreider
http://www.mesomorphosis.com/articles/kreider/creatine.htm

“Have a Heart…Even a Pig’s” David Cook
http://www.cbhd.org/resources/biotech/cook_2000-fall.htm

“In Search of Wisdom: Bioethics and the Character of Human Life” Gilbert Meilaender
http://www.bioethics.gov/background/meilaenderpaper.html