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The transmission of health information, both at individual and collective levels, is of great importance in biomedical sciences, yet it also concerns other academic fields as philosophy and law. From various examples gathered from the four fellows’ expertise in environmental chemical exposure, mental health, therapy with psychedelics, and biomedical decision making, the discussion focused on the role of scientists and scholars in striking a fair balance between individual freedom and common good.

Speakers:
- Amy Padula, fellow at the HIAS (Hamburg)
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco
- Noelia Martínez-Doallo, fellow at the Zukunftskolleg (Konstanz)
PhD in Law with research expertise in bioethics, health law and ethics, philosophy of law, and jurisprudence
- Cristina Nombela, fellow at the MIAS (Madrid)
Psychologist working on the cognitive disturbances in neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Parkinson’s disease
- Michael Koslowski, fellow at the IMeRA (Marseilles)
Psychiatrist, researcher at CHU Charité Berlin, his current research topic is the renaissance of psychedelics for the treatment of mental diseases

"The event served to facilitate the communication between a range of academic disciplines involved in questions related to scientific research on humans at various levels", states Noelia Martínez-Doallo. "Although the aforementioned balance between individual interests and collective aims must be determined on a case-by-case basis, considering the particular interests at stake, any democracy worth its name must provide the adequate means for long-lasting discussions about the goals of science and its limits, given that both science and society as a whole are under continuous development. It was precisely on this point that the debate was especially fruitful."