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Risk Assessment Forum
Chairperson
Jonathan Borak, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine; Founder, J. Borak & Associates
Advisory Group
Brooke Crockett, Program Coordinator, Bioethics Center
Carol Pollard, Associate Director, Bioethics Center
Risk assessment names a scientific activity devoted to evaluating the exposures and effects of chemicals and other agents with the goal of characterizing their magnitude and nature. The results yield seemingly objective statements about what shall be considered "adverse" or "unsafe." However, a system of subjective, societal valuations underlies its apparently scientific foundations. Such merging of objective scientific analyses and subjective social valuations raises important ethical and political concerns. The Risk Assessment Forum provides an opportunity to explore those concerns. A select group of outside speakers, each prominent for his or her work in areas related to risk assessment, will participate in our monthly luncheon Forum to discuss their perceptions and understanding of the interface of society and science in risk assessment and risk management.
For more information, contact brooke.crockett@yale.edu or carol.pollard@yale.edu