This one-day international conference brings together scholars with an interest in the practical implications of new forms of regulation and audit in health care and biomedical research.

10.00 - 10.30

Registration

10.30 – 10.45    

Introduction

Prof. Anne Kerr, School of Sociology and Social Policy, Univ. of Leeds

10.45-11.30

Co-optation, commodification and the medical model

Prof. Stephen Harrison, National Primary Care R&D Centre, Univ. of Manchester

11.30 – 12.15

Bodies of knowledge, knowledge of bodies: Doctors’ reflections on changing practice

Dr. Sarah Nettleton, Department of Social Policy, Univ. of York

12.15 - 1.15 Lunch
1.15 – 2.00 

Regulating biotherapeutics

Prof. Janice Graham Department of Bioethics, Univ. of Dalhousie, Canada

2.00 – 2.45

Egg Procurement for stem cell research: old obstacles and new alliances in the campaign for global regulation

Prof. Diane Beeson, Department of Sociology and Social Services, California State Univ. 

3.00 – 3.45

Assisted conception in the audit society

Prof. Anne Kerr, School of Sociology and Social Policy, Univ. of Leeds

3.45 – 4.30

Ethics in practice: family and staff views on tumour banking for childhood cancer research

Dr. Mary Dixon-Woods, Dept Health Sciences, Univ. of Leicester

4.30 - 5.00 Conclusions
Registration is free and travel bursaries are available for a limited number of postgraduate students. To register please send the following details to Marie Ross M.B.Ross@leeds.ac.uk by MONDAY 10th JULY: name, title, institutional address. If you would like to apply for a bursary towards travel costs please outline the reason for your application and your expected costs.