News Archive

2022

• January 26, 2022: Michael Kalichman named AAAS Fellow Six UC San Diego Experts Elected Fellow for the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2021.

2021

• September 10, 2021Michael Kalichman and the Research Ethics Program collaborate on epilepsy grants  UC San Diego Leads a $12.25 Million Grant to Improve Epilepsy Treatment. 

• June 9, 2021: Lifetime Integrity Achievement Award   Michael Kalichman Receives Lifetime Integrity Achievement Award 

2020

• December 17, 2020: UCSD Research Ethics Program Director, Michael Kalichman, was interviewed by Maureen Cavanaugh and Megan Burke at KPBS in an article titled, "Is It Ethical For A Healthy Person To Choose Not To Get A COVID-19 Vaccine?"
• July 3, 2020: UCSD Research Ethics Program Director, Michael Kalichman, was interviewed by Gary Robbins of The San Diego Union Tribune about COVID-19 vaccine trial volunteers.  
• May 11, 2020: UCSD Research Ethics Program Instructor, Camille Nebeker was interviewed by Kim Doleatto at the Herald-Tribune in an article titled, "Grandparents maintain communication during pandemic"
• April 7, 2020: UCSD Research Ethics Program Instructor, Dr. Wael Al-Delaimy, was interviewed by Financial Writer, Adam McCann at WalletHub about the most aggressive states against Coronavirus. 
• March 2, 2020: UCSD Research Ethics Program Instructor, Dr. Mana Parast was interviewed by The Scientist about U.S. restrictions on fetal tissue research.   
• January 17, 2020: UCSD Research Ethics Program Instructor, Camille Nebeker was interviewed by Todd Feathers at Vice in an article titled, "Ubiquitous Surveillance Cameras Are Changing Our Understanding of Human Behavior"
• January 8, 2020: UCSD Research Ethics Program Instructor, Camille Nebeker was interviewed by Jeannie Baumann at Bloomberg Law in an article titled, "Google Has the Data, but Health AI Researchers Need Your Consent"

2019

• August 28, 2019: Ethics Center & UCSD Research Ethics Program Director, Michael Kalichman, was interviewed by UCTV to discuss Dr. Alysson Muotri's research on complex network signaling developing in human cortical organoids, in a video program titled, "Beginnings in the Brain: Complex Oscillatory Waves Emerging from Cortical Organoids Model Early Human Brain Network Development"
• March 7, 2019: Ethics Center & UCSD Research Ethics Program Director, Michael Kalichman, joined KPBS Good morning San Diego to discuss the method called CRISPR on news segment titled "Gene editing of Chinese twins with CRISPR."

2018

• November 28, 2018: Matt Hoffman with KPBS spoke with Ethics Center & UCSD Research Ethics Program Director, Michael Kalichman, and UCSD Assistant Director of the Research Ethics Program, Mary Devereaux, on the ethical concerns of the recent news story regarding genetically modified babies in an article title,"San Diego Researchers Question Ethics Of Chinese Scientist Who Claims To Have Genetically Modified Babies." 
• August 3, 2018: Gamma Ray spoke with the Research Ethics Program Director, Dr. Michael Kalichman, for the Bioethics Panel for the Science Entertainment Exchange of the National Academy of Sciences at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con. View the Bioethics panel titled, "Killer Conundrums, Deadly Dilemmas - Where Do You Stand Morally?"

2017

• August 2, 2017: Research Ethics Program Director, Dr. Michael Kalichman, was interviewed by David Wagner about the use of genetically modified human embryos to avoid the passing of genetic diseases in an article titled, "Salk Scientists Contribute to First Gene Editing of Human Embryos in US" on KPBS.
• July 27, 2017: Program Director, Dr. Michael Kalichman, was interviewed by Bradley J. Fikes about the ethical implications of genetically modifying human embryos in an article titled, "Controversial milestone: Scientists genetically modify human embryos for the first time" in the San Diego Union-Tribune. 
• July 6, 2017: Program Director, Dr. Michael Kalichman, was interviewed by Kristen V. Brown about financial conflicts of interests in an article titled, "Gene Editing Controversy Reminds Us Just How Much Money Influences Science" on Gizmodo.com.
• May 2017: Program Director, Dr. Michael Kalichman, and UC San Diego Professor of Psychiatry and Scientific Ethics Course Instructor, Dr. Lisa Eyler, participated on the Science and Ethics Panel for the play, Margin of Error by Will Cooper and Director Rosina Reynolds at the Roustabouts Theater Company. 
• January 2017: Program Director, Dr. Michael Kalichman defines and explores the many questions surrounding ethics in scientific research. Overview of Ethics in Scientific Research course provided by AAAS Career Development Center analyzes specific cases of research misconduct to illustrate how things can go wrong.(AAAS Career Development Center) 

2016

• December 21, 2016: Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Camille Nebeker joins Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross to talk about the CORE Project (thecore-platform.ucsd.edu) and challenges with wearable device research in "Camille Nebeker: CORE Project" (The Future Out Loud podcast: School for the Future of Innovation at Arizona State University)
• August 14, 2016: Program Director Mike Kalichman comments on ethical issues concerning a volunteer and the release of data on an endangered animal in "Jaguar video sparked controversy that rages six months later" (Tuscon.com)
• August 6, 2016: Assistant Director Mary Devereaux and Director Mike Kalichman were cited in an article titled "A path forward for gene drive technologies" for their participation in a workshop convened at the J. Craig Venter Institute earlier this year (The San Diego Union Tribune)
• July 14, 2016: Program Director Mike Kalichman was interviewed about the use of a robot to kill the sniper suspect in Dallas in an article titled "Menschen sind zu optimistisch, wenn es um tödliche Gewalt geht" (SüDeutsche Zeitung)
• July 9, 2016: Program Director Mike Kalichman responds to the use of a robot to kill the sniper suspect during the shootings in Dallas, "Using robots to kill: Ethics debated after Dallas" (USA Today)
• June 3, 2016: Program Director Mike Kalichman contributed to the academic discussion on the ethics of gene manipulation in "UCSD Gene Drive Technology Offers Life-Transforming Power" (The San Diego Union Tribune)
• April 22, 2016: Assistant Director Mary Devereaux addresses the status of human embryos in "Embryo adoption gives 2 families biological siblings" (The San Diego Union Tribune)
• March 31, 2016: Program Director Mike Kalichman commented on the ethical implications of using fetal tissue for research purposes in "Congress to Issue Subpoenas for Names of UCSD Fetal Tissue Researchers" (The Guardian, UC San Diego)
• February 23, 2016: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about "Results From San Diego Ebola Drug Trial Remain Inconclusive" (KPBS)
• January 8, 2016: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about "No Results Yet In San Diego Ebola Drug Trial" (KPBS)

2015

• December 7, 2015: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about "Mosquitoes made infertile to combat malaria" (The San Diego Union Tribune)
• November 23, 2015: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about "Scientists Spread Anti-Malaria Genes Through Mosquitoes" (KPBS)
• November 23, 2015: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about "Modified mosquitoes block malaria" (The San Diego Union Tribune)
• July 29, 2015: Assistant Director Mary Devereaux discusses ethical issues surrounding doctors and financial gains "Doctors got $84M From Drug Companies" (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
• June 26, 2015: Launch of new Research Ethics Program Website
• June 26, 2015: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about "Texas leading challenge to new smog standards" (The Texas Tribune)
• April 15, 2015: Research Ethics Program launches new Research Integrity Series as part of the Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series
• April 14, 2015: First Annual Research Integrity Awards
• February 16, 2015: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about "How drug trials should be conducted in the middle of an Ebola outbreak" (KPBS)
• February 10, 2015: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about "Personal belief exemptions for vaccines under fire" (KPBS)
• January 1, 2015: Assistant Director Mary Devereaux discusses global health inequity "Global Health Inequity in Ebola Treatment is Major Health Concern" (AHC Media)

2014

• October 30, 2014: Assistant Director Mary Devereaux discusses the ethics of quarantine in "State Outlines Ebola Quarantine Rules; 3 in San Diego County Being Monitored" (KPBS)
• August 21, 2014: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about "Judging an Ebola drug in the middle of a crisis" (KPBS)
• August 11, 2014: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about "San Diego company exhausts supply of Ebola drug" (KPBS)
• August 6, 2014: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about "Ebola treatment raises ethical issues" (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• July 3, 2014: Assistant Director Mary Devereaux interviewed in "Facebook users weigh in on ethics of experiment" (KPBS)
• June 24, 2014: Assistant Director Mary Devereaux is interviewed about "BIO Convention Puts Spotlight on San Diego Stem Cell Research" (KPBS)
• May 11, 2014: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about "Fighting cancer with modified 'killer' T cells" (KPBS)
• May 7, 2014: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about ""San Diego scientists add two letters to DNA alphabet" (KPBS)

2013

• October 14, 2013: Program Director Mike Kalichman interviewed about "Why is cheating in science research on the rise?" (NPR)
• July 1, 2013: Assistant Director Mary Devereaux interviewed in "Stem Cell Research is Ethical Balancing Act" (AHC Media)