Contact Us
Mailing Address:
Life Sciences & Society
University of Michigan
1415 Washington Heights
4605 Crossroads
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
Telephone: (734) 647-4571
Fax: (734) 764-1357
Associate Director
Susan B. King
sbking@umich.edu
- Bridging Science and Religion
- Community Outreach
- Dialogue Facilitation
- Relational Ethics
Assistant Director
Jody Platt
jeplatt@umich.edu
- Research
- Grant administration
- Programs & Activities
Steering Committee
Rolf Bouma
John Carson
Jacquelynne Eccles
Sandra Gregerman
Marcia Inhorn
Daryl Kipke
Sherrie Kossoudji
Bettye McDonald
Kelly Maxwell
Anne Mondro
Michelle O’Grady
Christopher O’Neal
Shobita Parthasarathy
Jennifer Robertson
Noah Rosenberg
Alexandra Stern
Jacquelyn Taylor
Nicholas Valentino
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Message from the Directors
The Life Sciences & Society Program strives to build bridges between and among disciplines through education, research, and community engagement activities. By facilitating and promoting projects, events, and programs, we hope to make connections between the logic and languages of science and the humanities. We feel that the Life Sciences & Society Program can be instrumental in changing the means by which life sciences research is translated into technology and then into practice. Our ultimate goal is to assure responsible application of advances in the life sciences to benefit the public’s health and well being.
LSS continues its service to the University of Michigan through maintaining the Curriculum Guide designed to facilitate interdisciplinary study and teaching. We are actively involved in the campus-wide Difficult Dialogues program and have drawn national attention through our leadership in the APHA Genomics Forum and Genetics Equity Network.
In the upcoming year, we will work to expand and refine our existing programs, continue working on our interdisciplinary Research Community, and initiate stimulating new projects designed to fulfill our mission and achieve our goals. We hope you will visit this site regularly for news, events, and announcements.
Directors
Sharon Kardia
Sharon Kardia is Professor and Chair of the University of Michigan's Department of Epidemiology. Dr. Kardia's main research interests are in the genetic epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors carried out at the Kardia Lab. She is particularly interested in gene-environment and gene-gene interactions and in developing novel analytical strategies to understand the complex relationship between genetic variation, environmental variation, and risk of common chronic diseases. Dr. Kardia serves with Toby Citrin as the co-director of the Michigan Center for Public Health and Community Genomics. Dr. Kardia also is the director of the Public Health Genetics Program in the School of Public Health. Toby Citrin
Co-Director, Life Sciences & Society Program
tcitrin@umich.edu
Toby Citrin is Adjunct Professor of Health Management and Policy and Director of the Michigan Center for Public Health and Community Genomics. Professor Citrin pursued a dual career as attorney/business executive and public health activist after receiving his J.D. degree from Harvard University. He has held numerous positions on state and local public health planning, policy, and advisory bodies, and chaired the Governor's Commission which developed Michigan's first Public Health Code. He specializes in the ethical, legal and social issues arising from the incorporation of genetics in public health policy and practice.
Life Sciences & Society - A Brief History: 1999-2008
The Life Sciences & Society Program was founded in May 2000 as the Life Sciences, Values and Society Program (LSVSP) to serve as the bridge between laboratories making life-changing discoveries and the larger University and Ann Arbor communities. Its mission was to encourage scholars, students, and the general public to identify and ask profound questions related to medicine, public health, the privacy of genetic data, and the meaning of human life. In July of 2004, LSVSP was reorganized, relocated to the School of Public Health and, under the new direction of Sharon Kardia and Toby Citrin, renamed Life Sciences & Society (LSS). The new mission of the Life Sciences & Society Program is to promote education, research, and community engagement on the issues that arise from the ethical and social ramifications of the life sciences. The goal of LSS is to assure that responsible applications of advances in the life sciences will benefit the public’s health and well being.
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