The timeline below offers some examples of how Dr. Rabino gained the trust of scientists and access to these important, but often removed, members of our society, and was able to garner their views on sensitive issues.

For the best understanding of the development of Dr. Rabino’s work, we recommend that you read the timeline chronologically, from the earliest period, at the bottom, to the latest, at the top.

Dr. Rabino sought the endorsement of the American Society for Human Genetics as a prelude to a study on very sensitive social and ethical issues surrounding human genetics. That eventually opened the doors for a survey in Europe with particular emphasis on Germany. The German Society for Human Genetics cooperated fully for the study.  (See Survey of European Scientists on Ethics of Scientific Advancements and earlier, 1994 study, German Genetic Engineering Scientists and the German Public)

Still another sensitive survey was conducted in Iceland. In that country, the proposal of industry was to keep medical data of all citizens at a databank. Issues of privacy and ownership of the data led to a bitter debate in that small society. After long negotiations, Dr. Rabino was permitted to proceed with a survey of scientists and physicians there. (See Iceland’s Health Sector Database: How Much Opposition Is There…?).

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