Learn More2025-05-13 12:00:002025-05-13 13:00:00America/New_YorkHybrid-Research Ethics and Policy Series (REPS): "Intertwined for Societal Benefit: Ethical Consideration of Research and Testing with Humans and Other Animals"
Intertwined for Societal Benefit: Ethical Consideration of Research and Testing with Humans and Other Animals
Allyson J. Bennett, PhD
Chair, Psychology Department
Mark and Ilene Laufman Family Professor of Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Bennett will discuss how scientific research with humans and other animals is intertwined yet plays fundamentally different roles in producing new knowledge with broad-ranging benefits. Humans, other animals, and society more broadly can be affected by choices about what research and testing are conducted, how, where, and when they occur (or do not). This presentation focuses on why understanding the relationship between human and nonhuman animal research and testing is key to informing decisions about scientific studies, ethical consideration, and policy.
Professor Allyson J. Bennett is a developmental biopsychologist and Chair of the Psychology Department at UW-Madison. Professor Bennett’s research expertise is in comparative studies of behavioral and neural development, with the overarching objective of advancing scientific insight into factors that result in individual differences in lifespan health.
Dr. Bennett has served as Principal Investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health and has broad experience that includes a range of species-- rats, prosimian primates, monkeys, and chimpanzees— as well as behavioral, physiological, and neuroimaging techniques employed widely in animal research.
Dr. Bennett's visit is co-sponsored by Penn University Laboratory Animal Resources.
Lunch provided. Streaming available via Zoom.
Hybrid: RCH B102AB, Richards Bldg., 3700 Hamilton Walk (and virtual via Zoom)Penn Medical Ethics