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Furrer R.A., (June, 2026). Beyond Determinism: A Psychological Framework for Communicating Polygenic Risk Scores. ELSIcon. Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

 

Furrer R.A., (June, 2026). Contrasting Stakeholder Perspectives on Polygenic Embryo Screening (PES/PGT P). ELSIcon. Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Furrer R.A., (May, 2026). Behavioral Insights for Genomic Medicine: The Psychology of Genetic Risk. Genomics Implementation Collective at Massachusetts General Brigham and Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA. 

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Furrer, R. A., Gandhi, A., Barlevy, D., Pereira, S., Carmi, S., Lencz, T., & Lázaro-Muñoz, G. (2026, April). Clinician perspectives on polygenic embryo screening for cognitive traits and psychiatric disorders [Poster presentation]. International Neuroethics Society, Stanford, CA. 

 

Furrer, R.A, (2026, February) Polygenic Embryo Screening (PGT-P): Public Attitudes, Clinician Perspectives, and Societal Considerations. Broad Institute (Harvard/MIT). Medical and Population Genetics Primer.

 

Furrer, R.A, (2026, February) Polygenic Embryo Screening: Attitudes of the American Public and Reproductive Medicine Specialists. European Society of Human Reproduction. Speaker and panelist. webinar.

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Furrer, R.A, (2025, December) Genetic Counselors’ Attitudes and Decision-Making Toward Polygenic Embryo Screening. American Society of Reproductive Medicine Genetic Counseling Professional Group Case Conference Speaker.

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Furrer, R.A, Gandhi, A., Barlevy, D., Pereira, S., Lázaro-Muñoz, G. (2025, October) Clinical Skepticism in a Landscape of Public Approval: A Survey of Reproductive Medicine Physicians on Polygenic Embryo Screening. Poster presentation. American Society for Human Genetics, Boston, MA.

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Gandhi, A., Furrer, R.A, Barlevy, D., Pereira, S., Lázaro-Muñoz, G. (2025, May) US Clinician Attitudes on Polygenic Embryo Screening. Poster presentation. Stanford University Pre-Medical Association Spring Symposium, Stanford, CA.

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Merner,A., Furrer, R.A, Oshotse, C., Stevens, I., Shen, F., Williamson, T., Lazaro-Munoz, G. (2025, April) A Network Model Analysis of the Public Perceptions of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Neurotechnology. Poster. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Boston.

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Furrer, R.A, (2025, April) When Fairness Feels Unfair:  What Coin Flips Teach Us About Control, Moral Responsibility, and Justice. Keynote Speaker. Providence College Psi Chi honor society, Rhode Island.

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Furrer, R.A, (2024, July) Public attitudes towards Polygenic Embryo Screening. Talk. Shady Grove Fertility Clinic, REI journal club, virtual.

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Furrer, R.A, Barlevy, D., Pereira, S., Carmi., S., Lencz, T., Lázaro-Muńoz G.(2024, June) When More Genetic Information Biases Decision-Making in Embryo Selection. Poster presentation. International Neuroethics Society, Munich. 

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McFarland, C. W., Rodríguez, E., Furrer, R. A., Versalovic, E., Duffy, J., Mensah, E., Merner, A. R., Lázaro-Muñoz, G., Shen, F. X., & Williamson, T. (2025). Defining and advancing neurotech justice. Poster presentation]. International Neuroethics Society.

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Furrer, R.A, Barlevy, D., Pereira, S., Carmi., S., Lencz, T., Lázaro-Muńoz G.(2024, June) When More Genetic Information Biases Decision-Making in Embryo Selection. [Poster presentation] Behavioral Genetics Association, London.

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Furrer, R.A, Barlevy, D., Pereira, S., Carmi., S., Lencz, T., Lázaro-Muńoz G.(2024, June) Polygenic Embryo Screening: High Approval Despite Substantial Concerns from the U.S. Public. Talk Presented at ELSIcon, New York City.

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Furrer, R.A, Barlevy, D., Pereira, S., Carmi., S., Lencz, T., Lázaro-Muńoz G. Lázaro-Muńoz G.(2024, June) The Nurtured Genetics Hypothesis and its Psychosocial Implications. Poster presented at ELSIcon, New York City.

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Furrer, R. A, Merner, A.R., Stevens, I., Zuk, P., Williamson, T., Shen, F. X., & Lázaro-Muńoz G. (2024).  Public attitudes toward using polygenic embryo screening for cognitive disorders and traits. Presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the International Neuroethics Society, Baltimore.

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Furrer, R.A, Barlevy, D., Pereira, S., Carmi., S., Lencz, T., Lázaro-Muńoz G.(2024, April) Public attitudes towards Polygenic Embryo Screening of cognitive and psychiatric traits. Poster presented at the International Neuroethics Society, Baltimore.

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Barlevy Dorit, Furrer, R.A, (2023, September) Clinician and Patient perspectives on Polygenic Embryo Screening. American Society of Reproductive Medicine.

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Furrer, R.A, (2023, September) Public attitudes towards Polygenic Embryo Screening. PEER Conference, Boston.

Furrer, R.A, (2023, June) Lay perceptions of polygenic scores for educational attainment. Behavioral Genetics Association, Murcia.

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Carmi, S., Barlevy, D., Klausner, L., Furrer, R.A, Kostick-Quenet, K. M., Mukherjee, M., Cenolli, I., Lencz, T., Lázaro-Muñoz, G., & Pereira, S. (2024). Screening IVF embryos with polygenic risk scores: Risk reduction estimates, population impact, and attitudes of patients and clinicians. Human Reproduction. Presented at ESHRE.

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Furrer, R.A, (2022, October) Bioethical Analysis of polygenic embryo screening. Beth Israel Hospital, Clinical Ethics Group, Boston.

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Furrer, R.A, (2022, October) Bioethical Analysis of polygenic embryo screening. Harvard Medical School, Center for Bioethics, Boston.

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Furrer, R.A, (2022, October) Bioethical Analysis of polygenic embryo screening. American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, Portland.

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Pereira S, Furrer R.A, Mukherjee M, Barlevy D, Lázaro-Muñoz G. Polygenic Embryo Screening: Ethical Challenges, Potential Benefits, and Stakeholder Perspectives. Panel presentation at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, October 2022, Portland.

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Furrer, R.A, Wilson, T.D. & Gilbert D.T. (2022, February) The illusion of unfairness. Flash Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Justice & Morality Preconference. Virtual. 

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Furrer, R.A, Shloss, K., Lyupan, G., Niedenthal, P., Wood., A, (2021, Februay) Red State, Blue State: The polarizing influence of color on political maps. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Political Psychology Preconference), Virtual.

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Furrer, R.A. & Clore, G. (2020, February). Hedonistic Emotion Regulation vs. Congruent Emotion Validation: Using Song Choice to Pursue Desired Emotional States. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Emotion Preconference), New Orleans, LA.

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Furrer, R.A. (2019, May). The Illusion of Unfairness. Social Psychology Lunch Series, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA.

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Lym, J. & Furrer, R.A. (2019, April). The Illusion of Unfairness. Poster presented at the Double Hoo Conference, Charlottesville, VA.

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Furrer, R.A., Clore, G.L., Wilson, TD (2019, February). Mood Repair and Excuse Making Following Failure. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Emotion Preconference), Portland, OR.