Katie Hasson
Katie Hasson, PhD, writes, speaks, researches, and teaches about the social and political aspects of human genetic and reproductive technologies. Katie earned her PhD in Sociology with a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality from the University of California, Berkeley, and was previously Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California.
Publications
The announcement by the Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui in November 2018 that he had created the world’s first gene-edited babies...
Heritable Human Genome Editing: Nearing a Critical Juncture
The impending decision about whether to develop and use heritable human genome...
As genetic technologies merge with forensics, medicine, and human reproduction, renewed eugenic temptations are arising. The prospect of heritable genetic...
In the News
A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...
The sight of a room full of human cadavers can be off-putting for some, but not for Haley Omeasoo.
In...
Biopolitical Times
This week in London, some 400 people from around the world – including scientists, bioethicists, patients, journalists, civil society groups...
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James Wilson, director of the Gene Therapy Program at Penn’s...