For immediate release: November 19, 2003
For more information, contact Jeff Bendix at 216-368-6070 or jeff.bendix@case.edu

CLEVELAND—Thomas H. Murray, president of The Hastings Center and former director of Case Western Reserve University's Center for Biomedical Ethics, will deliver the keynote address at Case's Research ShowCASE 2004.

Thomas H. Murray

"I was delighted to receive the invitation to speak at Research ShowCASE," Murray said. "It's great to see that the distinguished institutions which have marked Cleveland's contributions to biomedical research are coming together in this fashion to display their research. I think it will be very helpful to the region."

Although Murray has not chosen a title for his speech, he said it will be on moral challenges and moral significance in biomedical research.

Eric Cottington, associate vice president for research, said that Murray is "a terrific choice" as a keynote speaker for Research ShowCASE 2004. "With his previous ties to Case and his national prominence in biomedical ethics, Tom will be a welcome addition to the event and help to bring it more prominence."

Murray joined the faculty of Case's School of Medicine in 1987 as director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics. In 1997 he was named Susan E. Watson Professor of Bioethics. He left the University in 1999 to become president of The Hastings Center, an independent, nonprofit bioethics research institute founded in 1969 to explore emerging questions in health care, biotechnology, and the environment.

From 1996-2001 Murray served as a presidential appointee to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, where he chaired the subcommittee on genetics. From 1999-2000 he served as president of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities.

Research ShowCASE 2004 will be held Friday, April 2 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Veale Convocation Center. It is an opportunity for faculty, researchers, undergraduate and professional/graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from Case and its affiliated research institutions to display their latest research. Affiliated research institutions include the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the Louis Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the MetroHealth Medical System and University Hospitals of Cleveland.

Also included in the day's events will be several active research displays, judging of graduate student posters, and hour-long panel discussions on biodefense; bioethics; bioinformatics; technology; science and society; nanotechnology; and global issues. More than 600 researchers took part in Research ShowCASE 2003 and attendance was more than 1,200.

The deadline for submitting abstracts to Research ShowCASE's poster committee for work to be displayed at Research ShowCASE 2004 is January 9 at 5 p.m., although participants are urged to submit their abstracts before the deadline. For information on submitting abstracts, visit the Research ShowCASE website at http://ora.ra.cwru.edu/showcase/index.htm.

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