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Bioethics

Clearly, scientific investigation has extended and enhanced the quality of life and increased our understanding of ourselves, our relationships with others, and the natural world. It is one of the foundations of our society's material, intellectual, and social progress. For many citizens, scientific discoveries have alleviated the suffering caused by disease or disability. Nonetheless, the prospect of gaining such valuable scientific knowledge need not and should not be pursued at the expense of human rights or human dignity.

National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 2001

Bioethics Projects and Interests

Research into human subject protections

Research that involves vulnerable persons is our special concern and the focus of several past and planned activities. With support from the National Insitutes of Health, we developed and now provide related resources. More about human subject protection and our resources . . .

Ethical, legal and social implications of genetic research

Underway and in development are studies of ethical, legal and social issues raised by genetic research, including research into substance use disorders. These interests align with those of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, as well as the National Human Genome Research Institute and its vision for genomic research’s future. More about our NIH funded Law & Ethics of Drug Addiction Genetics Research (LEDGER) study . . .

Training and continuing education in research ethics

Our Cardiovascular Disease Research Ethics ("CADRE") program provides ethics training across the U.S. for researchers involved in heart disease research, and is funded through 2010 by the National Institutes of Health and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. More about CADRE . . .

Rural mental health and drug use disorders

We are interested in how stigma and discrimination may affect rural residents’ access to mental health and drug treatment. Read the President’s New Freedom Commission report on changing the approach to mental health care.

Public Health

Law and ethics play a crucial role in protecting and promoting the public’s health. We are concerned about how laws and ethics further or constrain public health and judicial responses to public health matters, and providing public health professionals and judicial officials with relevant resources. More on public health law and ethics . . .

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CSS: This specification defines Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 (CSS2). CSS2 is a style sheet language that allows authors and users to attach style (e.g., fonts, spacing, and aural cues) to structured documents (e.g., HTML documents and XML applications). By separating the presentation style of documents from the content of documents, CSS2 simplifies Web authoring and site maintenance.
XHTML 1.1: This Recommendation defines a new XHTML document type that is based upon the module framework and modules defined in Modularization of XHTML [XHTMLMOD]. The purpose of this document type is to serve as the basis for future extended XHTML 'family' document types, and to provide a consistent, forward-looking document type cleanly separated from the deprecated, legacy functionality of HTML 4 [HTML4] that was brought forward into the XHTML 1.0 [XHTML1] document types. This document type is essentially a reformulation of XHTML 1.0 Strict using XHTML Modules. This means that many facilities available in other XHTML Family document types (e.g., XHTML Frames) are not available in this document type. These other facilities are available through modules defined in Modularization of XHTML, and document authors are free to define document types based upon XHTML 1.1 that use these facilities (see [XHTMLMOD] for information on creating new document types).
WAI-AAA: These guidelines explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities. The guidelines are intended for all Web content developers (page authors and site designers) and for developers of authoring tools. The primary goal of these guidelines is to promote accessibility. However, following them will also make Web content more available to all users, whatever user agent they are using (e.g., desktop browser, voice browser, mobile phone, automobile-based personal computer, etc.) or constraints they may be operating under (e.g., noisy surroundings, under- or over-illuminated rooms, in a hands-free environment, etc.). Following these guidelines will also help people find information on the Web more quickly. These guidelines do not discourage content developers from using images, video, etc., but rather explain how to make multimedia content more accessible to a wide audience.

University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler

Bioethics

Bioethics Projects and Interests