Curriculum Vitae ROBERT S. WACHBROIT, Ph.D. Date: April 4, 2012 Contact Information Email: rswa@umd.edu Foreign Languages (working knowledge of Italian) Education 1970
BS
1979
PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physics (Awarded with sufficient credits for a M.S. in Physics) University of California-Berkeley, Philosophy
Employment History Academic Appointments 1971-1973
Lecturer, University of San Francisco, Physics Department
1979-1986
Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philosophy Department
1984-1985
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
1986-2011
Research Scholar, University of Maryland, College Park, School of Public Policy, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy
1987-1991
Assistant Research Scientist, Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Center for Public Issues in Biotechnology
1988-1989
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Maryland Law School
1991
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Philosophy Department
1994-2004
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1994-present Affiliate Faculty, University of Maryland, College Park, Philosophy Department 1997-2001
Senior Research Fellow, Georgetown University, Kennedy Institute of Ethics (when Fellows program ended)
2005-2011
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
2011-present Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
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Visiting and Non-Academic Appointments 1979
Research Associate, Computer Science Corporation, Goddard Space Flight Center (Designed computer programs for the Satellite-Tracking Network)
10/83
Visiting Professor, University of Mannheim, Lehrstuhl f端r Soziologie und Wissenschaftslehre
11/83-12/83
Visiting Professor, University of Munich, Institut f端r Statistik und Wissenschaftstheorie
6/88-8/88
Faculty, American Academy of Judicial Education
Professional Society Memberships American Philosophical Association Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Philosophy of Science Association. International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Association for Politics and the Life Sciences Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Honors, Awards, and Fellowships 1967- 69 1968 1974-75 1980 1983 1984 1985
Clare Morton Prince Hanks Student at MIT Atomic Energy Commission Fellow Ralph Church Traveling Fellow (Taken at Oxford) Penn Faculty Summer Research Fellow, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Lecturer to the European Forum (Delivered in Austria) American Council of Learned Societies Travel Grant (Vienna)
Administrative Service Institutional Service University of Pennsylvania: 1981-5 Founder and Chair of the Faculty Seminar on Applied Ethics 1982-5 Member of the Institutional Review Board, 1982-85. 1984 Coordinator of the Ethics course sponsored by the Penn Faculty Council on Undergraduate Education, 1984. 1984-5 Member of the Graduate Group in the School of Nursing, 1984-85 (Secondary appointment as Assistant Professor of Philosophy). 1985-6 Member of an Exxon-funded project to redesign some of the Wharton School core courses, incorporating materials on ethics, 1985-86. University of Maryland: As a Research Scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy (IPPP), I was not expected to serve on any University committees. Committee duties within the IPPP were ad hoc and included search committees and development committees.
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Local Service 1982
Consultant, Philadelphia Channeling Project -- a study of the viability of community-based care for impaired older persons needing long term care.
1986
Consultant, Urinary Incontinence Project -- a pilot study by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing of the viability of clinical intervention in the treatment of incontinence in the elderly.
1996-8
Member, Steering Committee, Washington area Genetics Ethics Consortium.
National Service 1987
Member, U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment Workshop on Science and the Constitution.
1989
Lecturer and Co-Director, Workshop on Environmental Safety and Release of Microorganisms (in cooperation with EPA and USDA).
1991
Member, Ad Hoc Expert Panel of the US Department of Agriculture's division: Biotechnology, Biologics and Environmental Protection. (Advise on permitting the experimental release of genetic engineered organisms.)
1992-3
Member, DOE panel to review grant proposals for the Human Genome Initiative.
1998
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science Working Group on Genetic Information and Insurance.
1998-2000 Member, Writing Group for the American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society on Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Screening and Detection Policy. 1999
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science Working Group on Stem Cell Research.
2001-5
Member, Committee on Ethics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
2008
Member of NIH study section (NIBIB Special Emphasis Panel) to review grant proposals for the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.
2010
Member of NIH study section (NHGRI, ELSI program) to review grant proposals to the National Human Genome Research Institute.
Editorial Tasks Reviewer, Reviewer, Reviewer, Reviewer, Reviewer,
Oxford University Press Cambridge University Press Temple University Press Johns Hopkins University Press The Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
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Science Politics and the Life Sciences American Journal of Bioethics Law, Probability, and Risk
Teaching Service 1971-1973 San Francisco University Introductory Physics 1979-1986 University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Introduction to Philosophy Biomedical Ethics Free Will and Determinism Metaphysics Philosophy of Mind Graduate Pro-seminar Philosophy of Science Epistemology Faculty Seminar on Applied Ethics 1986-2011 University of Maryland, College Park Undergraduate — Philosophy Department Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Social Science Bioethics Graduate — School of Public Policy Seminar on Ethical Issues in Information Technology Moral Dimensions of Public Policy 1988-1989 University of Maryland Law School Biotechnology and the Law 1991 University of Maryland Baltimore County Seminar on Causation (undergraduate) 2005-2011 University of Maryland School of Medicine Lectures on research ethics for the Certificate Program of the Middle East Research Ethics Training Initiative (MERETI) Grant Support Completed Grants 1992-1996
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Human Genome Research, "Reassessing Health, Normality, and Confidentiality" (R01 HG00419). $479,053 (PI).
1996-1998
National Science Foundation and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, "Racial and Ethnic Classification in Demography and the Census." $140,637 (co-PI; PI Judith Lichtenberg).
1998-2000
National Science Foundation, “Implementing Consumer Right-To-Know Provisions: A Normative and Conceptual Analysis.” $133,050 (PI).
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1999-2001
National Institutes of Health, Human Genome Research Institute, “Genetic Testing, Disabilities, and the Quality of Life.” $215,997 (co-PI; PI - David Wasserman).
2001-2002
Alpha One Foundation, “Alpha1-Antitryscin Deficiency and the Burden of Disease. Total direct costs $25,000 (PI).
2002
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Workshop on Developing Summary Health Measures.” Total direct costs $30,000 (co-PI; PI - David Wasserman).
2001-2003
National Institutes of Health, Human Genome Research Institute, “Concepts of Nature, Biotechnology, and the Human Genome” (R01HGO2363) Total direct costs $150,000 (co-PI; PI - Mark Sagoff).
2004-2008
National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center, “International Research Bioethics Training Program: Egypt” subcontract from University of Maryland School of Medicine. Total direct costs $81,000 (PI on subcontract).
2004-2006
National Institutes of Health, Human Genome Research Institute, “GermLine Engineering and Three Concepts of Human Nature” (R03HG003299) Total direct costs $100,000 (co-PI; PI - Mark Sagoff)
2005-2007
National Institute of Mental Health, “Identifying Neurogenetic Mechanisms: Social Implications” (R03MH073685) Total direct costs $100,000 (PI)
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Publications Peer-reviewed journal articles 1. Wachbroit, R.S. "Relativism and Virtue." The Yale Law Journal 94 (1985): 1561-67. 2. Wachbroit, R.S. "Progress: Metaphysical and Otherwise." Philosophy Of Science 53 (1986): 354-371. 3. Wachbroit, R.S. "Logical Compulsion and Necessity." Erkenntnis 26 (1987): 45-56. 4. Wachbroit, R.S. "Theories of Rationality and Principles of Charity." The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 38 (1987): 35-47. 5. Wachbroit, R.S. "Making the Grade: Testing for Human Genetic Disorders." Hofstra Law Review 16 (1988): 583-99. 6. Wachbroit, R.S. "Il Realismo ed il suo Problema Gnoseologico" (Realism and Its Epistomological Problem). Il Cannocchiale 1 (1989): 119-134. 7. Wachbroit, R.S. "Rethinking Confidentiality: The Impact of Genetics." The Suffolk University Law Review 27 (1993): 1392-1410. 8. Wachbroit, R.S. "Distinguishing Genetic Disease and Genetic Susceptibility." American Journal of Medical Genetics 53 (1994): 236-240.
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9. Wachbroit, R.S. "Normality as a Biological Concept." Philosophy of Science 61 (1994): 579-591. 10. Wachbroit, R.S. and Wasserman, D. "Patient Autonomy and Value-Neutrality in Nondirective Genetic Counseling." Stanford Law & Policy Review 6 (1995) 103-112. 11. Schaffner, K.F. and Wachbroit, R.S. "Il Cancro come Malattia Genetica: Problemi Sociali ed Etici" (Cancer as a Genetic Disease: Social and Ethical Problems) L'Arco di Giano: Rivista di Medical Humanities 6 (1995) 13-29. 12. Wachbroit, R.S. "The Question Not Asked: The Challenge of Pleiotropic Genetic Tests" Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 8 (1998): 131-144. 13. Vedder, A. and Wachbroit, R.S., “Reliability of Information on the Internet: Some Distinctions,” Ethics and Information Technology 5 (2003): 211-215. 14. Wachbroit, R.S. and Wasserman, D., “Research Participation: Are We Subject to a Duty,” American Journal of Bioethics 5 (2005): 48-9. 15. Wasserman, D., Hellman, D., and Wachbroit, R.S., "Physicians as Researchers: Difficulties with the 'Similarity Position'" American Journal of Bioethics 6 (July/August 2006), 57-9. 16. Wachbroit, R.S., “The Prospects for Neuro-Exceptionalism: Transparent Lies, Naked Minds,” American Journal of Bioethics – Neuroscience 8 (January 2008), 3-8. 17. Wachbroit, R.S., “Assessing Phase I Clinical Trials,” Law, Probability, and Risk 9 (September-December 2010), 179-86. 18. Wachbroit, R.S., “On Wendler’s New Justification of Pediatric Research,” American Journal of Bioethics 12 (January 2012), 40-2. Guest Editor 19. Wachbroit, R.S. and Wasserman, D., Guest Editors for special issue of Law, Probability, and Risk on risk and probability in bioethics, 9 (September-December 2010). Non-peer-reviewed journal articles 1. Wachbroit, R.S. "Who is the Patient? A Moral Problem." Maryland Medical Journal 38 (November 1989): 957-59. 2. Levin, M. and Wachbroit, R.S. "Safety, Biotechnology, and the Problem of International Trade-offs," Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Monitor (a publication of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization) 28 (April 1990): 50-54. Book Reviews
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3. Wachbroit, R.S. "Platts, Reference, Truth and Reality." The Philosophical Review 92 (1983): 473-80. 4. Wachbroit, R.S. "A Genealogy of Virtues: MacIntyre's After Virtue." The Yale Law Journal 92 (1983): 564-76. 5. Wachbroit, R.S. "Review Essay: Kevles and Hood, The Code of Codes." Bioethics 9 (1995): 170-175. Articles in Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly (formerly Report from the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy) 6. Wachbroit, R.S. "What's Wrong with Eugenics?" vol. 7, no. 2/3 (Spring/Summer 1987), 6-8. Reprinted in Ethical Issues in Scientific Research, ed. E. Erwin, S. Gendin, and L. Kleiman (Garland Publishing, Inc., 1994) 329-336. 7. Wachbroit, R.S. "Eight Worries About Patenting Animals," vol. 8, no. 3 (Summer 1988), 6-8. 8. Wachbroit, R.S. "Who is the Patient?" vol. 9, no. 4 (Fall 1989), 9-11. 9. Wachbroit, R.S. "The Abortion Dilemma: Technology's Mixed Blessings," vol. 10, no. 2 (Spring 1990), 6-7. 10. Wachbroit, R.S. "Ethical Issues for the Twenty-First Century: Biotechnology and the Idea of Human Nature," vol 11, no. 3 (Summer 1991), 2-4. Reprinted in Philosophical Dimensions of Public Policy, ed. V. Gehring and W. Galston (Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, 2002) 223-229 11. Wachbroit, R.S. "What's in a Risk?" vol. 11, no. 1 (Winter 1991), 6-9. Reprinted in The Delphian: The Journal of Risk Management for Higher Education 2 (August-September 1991): 3-7. 12. Wasserman, D. and Wachbroit, R.S. "Defining Families: The Impact of Reproductive Technology," vol. 13, no. 3 (Summer 1993), 1-7. 13. Wachbroit, R.S. and Wasserman, D. "Clarifying the Goals of Nondirective Genetic Counseling," vol. 15 no. 2/3 (Spring/Summer 1995), 1-5. 14. Wachbroit, R.S. "Disowning Knowledge: Issues in Genetic Testing," vol. 16, no. 3/4 (Summer/Fall 1996), 14-18. Reprinted in Genetic Testing,� in Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Medical Ethics, 6th Edition, ed. R. Munson (Wadsworth Publishing Co, 1999). Reprinted in Philosophical Dimensions of Public Policy, ed. V. Gehring and W. Galston (Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, 2002) 239-246. Reprinted in Human Genetics, 7th Enhanced Content Edition, ed. M. Cummings (Thomson Higher Education, 2006).
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15. Lichtenberg, J., Bianchi, S., David Wasserman, D., and Wachbroit, R.S. "Counting Race and Ethnicity: Options for the 2000 Census," vol. 17 no. 3 (Summer 1997), 18-22. Reprinted in Philosophical Dimensions of Public Policy, ed. V. Gehring and W. Galston (Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, 2002) 133-141. 16. Wachbroit, R.S. "Genetic Encores: The Ethics of Human Cloning," vol. 17, no. 4 (Fall 1997), 1-7. Reprinted in Society, Ethics, & Technology, ed. M. Winston and R. Edelbach (Wadsworth, 1999) 210-215. Reprinted in The Little, Brown Reader, 8th Edition, ed. M. Stubbs and S. Barnet (Addison-Wesley Longman, 2000) 793-801. Reprinted in Cloning, ed. L. Yount, 144-152 (Greenhaven Press, 2000) 144-152. Reprinted in Biomedical Ethics, ed. T. Mappes and D. DeGrazia (McGraw-Hill, 2001) 571-577. Reprinted in Philosophical Dimensions of Public Policy, ed. V. Gehring and W. Galston (Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, 2002) 247-255. Reprinted in Ethical Issues in Biotechnology, ed. R. Sherlock and J. Morrey (Rowman and Littlefield, 2002) 573-581. Reprinted in Twenty Questions: An Introduction To Philosophy, ed. G.L. Bowie et al (Wadsworth, 2004) 357-363. 17. Wachbroit, R.S. " Public Deliberation and Scientific Expertise," vol. 18, no. 4 (Fall 1998), 17-23. 18. Wachbroit, R.S. “Reliance and Reliability: The Problem of Information on the Internet,” vol. 20, no. 4 (Fall 2000), 9-15. 19. Wachbroit, R.S. “Understanding the Consumer’s Right to Know,” vol. 21, no. 4 (Fall 2001), 25-31. 20. Wachbroit, R.S. “Medical Information, Judgment, and the Internet,” vol. 25, no. 1/2 (Winter/Spring 2005), 11-17. 21. Wachbroit, R.S. “Research as a Profession,” vol. 26, no. 1/2 (Winter/Spring, 2006), 1820. Books 1. Wasserman, D. and Wachbroit, R.S. (eds) Genetics and Criminal Behavior (Cambridge University Press, 2001). 2. Wasserman, D., Bickenbach, J., and Wachbroit, R.S., Quality of Life and Human Differences: Genetic Testing, Health Care, and Disability (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005) Book Chapters 1. Wachbroit, R.S. "Ethics and Professionalism." In The Applied Turn in Contemporary Philosophy, eds. M. Bradie, T.W. Attig, and N. Rescher, (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University, 1983) 59-72.
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2. Wachbroit, R.S. "Describing Risk" In Risk Assessment in Genetic Engineering, eds. M. Levin and H. Strauss (McGraw-Hill, 1990) 368-377.
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3. Wasserman, D. and Wachbroit, R.S. "The Technology, Law and Ethics of In Vitro Fertilization, Gamete Donation, and Surrogate Parentage" in Reproductive Medicine and the Clinical Laboratory, ed. R.E. Wenk Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, vol. 12. (W.B. Saunders & Co., 1992) 429-448. 4. Wachbroit, R.S. "Human Genetic Engineering and the Ethics of Knowledge" in Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility, ed. D. Wueste (Rowman and Littlefield, 1994) 205-218. 5. Wachbroit, R.S. “The Changing Role of Expertise in Public Deliberation,” in Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal, ed. R.K. Fullinwider (Rowman and Littlefield, 1999) 355-374. 6. Wachbroit, R.S. "Understanding the Genetics of Violence Controversy," in Genetics and Criminal Behavior, ed. D. Wasserman and R.S. Wachbroit (Cambridge University Press, 2001) 23-46. 7. Wachbroit, R.S., “Reliance and Reliability: The Problem of Information on the Internet” in Ethics and the Internet, ed. Anton Vedders (Intersentia, Antwerp, 2001) 133-142. Reprinted in iMP (May, 2001): http://www.cisp.org/imp/may_2001/05_01wachbroit.htm 8. Wachbroit, R.S., “Normal Human, Human Nature, and Genetic Lessons,” in Genetic Prospects, ed. V. Gerhing (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003) 51-60. 9. Wachbroit, R.S., “Stem Cell Research and the Legacy of Abortion” in Genetic Prospects, ed. V. Gerhing (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003) 75-84. 10. Wachbroit, R.S. and Wasserman, D., “Ethical Issues in Reproductive Technology,” in Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics, ed. Hugh LaFollette (Oxford University Press, 2003) 136-160. 11. Wachbroit, R.S., “Assessing Quality of Life: Clinical Versus Health Policy Uses,” in Quality of Life and Human Differences (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005) 27-42. 12. Wachbroit, R.S., “Normality and Human Difference” in Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics: Implications for Understanding Selves and Society, ed. Erik Parens, Audrey Chapman, and Nancy Press (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006) 235-253. Encyclopedia Articles (Invited and Peer-reviewed) 1. Wachbroit, R.S. "Human Genetic Engineering" in The Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 936940 (Macmillan, 1995). 2. Wachbroit, R.S. "Concepts of Health and Disease" in The Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, (Academic Press, 1998). Reprinted in The Encyclopedia of Ethical Assessment of New Technologies (Academic Press, 2000).
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3. Wachbroit, R.S. "Human Enhancement Uses of Biotechnology, Overview" in Encyclopedia of Biotechnology: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues (John Wiley & Sons, 2000). 4. Wachbroit, R.S. "Genetic Determinism, Genetic Reductionism, and Genetic Essentialism" in Encyclopedia of Biotechnology: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues (John Wiley & Sons, 2000). 5. Wachbroit, R.S. "Concepts of Health and Disease" in The Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, Second Edition (Academic Press, 2012). Rewritten article for second edition. (First edition article is 2, above). 6. Wachbroit, R.S., “Human Subjects, Research Use of",” International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. Hugh LaFollette (Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming). Abstracts and/or Proceedings 1. Wachbroit, R.S. "Logical Compulsion and Necessity" (Abstract), Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Section 5, pp.211-214, 1983. 2. Wachbroit, R.S. "Die Griechische Idee der Wissenschaft - Erkenntnis durch Methodische Forschung" (The Greek Idea of Science - Knowledge through Methodical Research). In Der Beitrag Europas: Erbe und Auftrag (Europäisches Forum Alpbach 1984) hrsg., O. Molden, pp. 558-564, 1985. 3. Wachbroit, R.S. "Rules and Reasoning in Science." In The Tasks of Contemporary Philosophy (Proceedings of the Tenth International Wittgenstein Symposium), pp.170-173, 1986. 4. Wachbroit, R.S. "Ethical Issues Related to Crossing Species Barriers" in Proceedings of the Transgenic Animal Research Workshop, eds. J. Hopper, M. Kaplan, D.M. Warren, and F. Yates, 23-33. Studies in Technology and Social Change, no. 10. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Research Foundation, 1989. Other Brief communications (Op. Ed.) Wachbroit, R.S. “Should We Cut This Out? Human Cloning Isn’t As Scary As It Sounds,” The Washington Post, C1, March 2, 1997. Reprinted in Physician's Weekly (1997). Reprinted as "Fears of Cloning are Misplaced," in Cloning, ed. P. Winters (Greenhaven Press, 1998) 66-69. Reprinted as "Human Cloning Isn't As Scary As It Sounds," in The Individual and Community (Tapestry Press, 1997) 184-186. Reprinted in Crossfire: From Argument to Consensus, 3rd Edition, ed. Goshgarian, Krueger, and Minc (Addison-Wesley Longman, 2002). Reprinted in ITT Technical Institute, Dialogues: An Argument Rhetoric and Reader (Pearson Publishing).
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Policy Documents of Professional Societies (Member of a Task Force or Writing Team) “Genetic Testing for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: Genetics, Psychosocial, Ethics, and Economics Issues,” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 168 (2003): 874-899. (Official Statement of the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society). Committee on Ethics of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (20012005), Opinions, all published in ACOG Committee on Ethics Committee Opinion: “Nonmedical Use of Obstetric Ultrasonography,” 297 (August, 2004). “At-Risk Drinking and Illicit Drug Use: Ethical Issues in Obstetric and Gynecologic Practice,” 294 (May, 2004). Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Second Edition), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC (2004). (Collection of Committee Opinions prior to 2004 that are still in effect). Invited Talks, Lectures, and Presentations Local 1. 06/14/89
Maryland Biotechnology Institute, College Park (televised conference) "Biotechnology: Regulations, Patents, and Public Issues"
2. 05/02/89
Honors Program of the University of Maryland, College Park, Symposium on The New Reproductive Technologies
3. 03/31/93
Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, “Ethical Issues in Genetics”
4. 09/27/95
The Center for Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore, "Science & Ethics"
5. 05/20/97
GenEthics Consortium, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, "Ethical Issues Regarding the Cloning of Humans"
6. 10/13/97
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, "Privacy and Genetic Discrimination"
7. 10/15/97
Honors Program Lecture Series, University of Maryland, College Park, “Cloning: Opportunity or Threat or Both"
8. 06/19/02
DC Public Library Lecture Series, Washington, DC, “The Debate Over Stem Cell Research”
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Medical Humanities Seminar, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, “Abnormal Genes & Anti-Social Behavior”
05/01/03
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University of Maryland Law School, Baltimore, “Why Safety First: the Peculiarities of Phase I Trials Using Healthy Subjects”
National 1. 10/26/88
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, “Transgenic Animals”
2. 07/17/88
American Academy of Judicial Education, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, “Philosophical Ethics and Judicial Decision Making”
3. 03/06/89
The National Audubon Society's Workshop on Post-Release Controls of Genetically Engineered Organisms, Washington, DC, “Ethical Issues Regarding the Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms”
4. 09/12/91
University of Washington, Seattle, “Humane Use and Care of Laboratory Animals”
5. 11/21/91
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, “Human Genetic Engineering and the Ethics of Knowledge”
6. 04/07/93
Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, C.P. Snow Lecture, “Science and Ethics”
7. 10/21/93
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, "Rethinking Confidentiality: The Impact of Genetics"
8. 03/17/94
The American Medical Student Association, Washington, DC, "Ethical Issues in Genetics"
9. 06/25/97
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, “Ethical Issues Regarding Human Cloning”
10. 01/17/01
National Institutes of Health, ELSI Conference, Bethesda, Maryland, “Genetics and Criminal Behavior”
11. 02/16/02
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, “Is There Scientific Research That Ought Not Be Pursued?”
12. 06/12/02
Hastings Center, Garrison, New York, “The Significance of Difference”
13. 02/28/04
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Cincinnati, Author Meets the Critics: “Stem Cell Research and the Legacy of Abortion”
14. 03/06/06
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, Miami, “Ethical Issues in Genetic Testing”
15. 06/27/06
Research Society of Alcoholism, Baltimore, “Ethical Issues in Genetic Research on Addiction”
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International 1. 08/07/91
USDA International Symposium on Applications of Biotechnology to Tree Culture, Protection, and Utilization, Columbus, Ohio, “Describing Risk”
2. 05/06/96
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, “Issues Regarding the Human Genome Project"
3. 11/17/00
Tilberg University, Tilberg, Netherlands, “Relying on the Web: Information and Epistemic Responsibility”
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Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, “The Ethical Challenge of Biotechnology”
09/05/02
Other Talks, Lectures, and Presentations National 1. 07/24/98
National Research Council Seminar Series, Washington, DC, "Biomedical Ethics and Public Policy: Challenges and Opportunities for Scientific Policy-Makers"
2. 09/04/98
Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Boston, "Genetic Testing, The Quality of Life, and the ‘Burden of Disability’"
3. 11/20/98
American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, Houston, "The Question Not Asked: The Challenge of Pleiotropic Genetic Tests,"
4. 09/05/99
Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Atlanta, “DALYs and the ‘Burden of Disability’”
5. 10/30/99
American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, Philadelphia, “Prenatal Testing for Genetic Disability”
6. 02/26/00
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Washington, DC, “Ethical Problems in Molecular Epidemiological Research”
7. 08/31/00
Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Washington, DC, “Understanding the Consumer’s Right to Know”
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10/26/02
American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities, Baltimore, “The Concept of Human Nature”
9. 08/29/03
Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Philadelphia, “Concepts of Nature, Biotechnology, and the Human Genome”
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Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Cincinnati, “Why Safety First: the Peculiarities of Phase I Trials Using Healthy Subjects”
11. 10/17/09
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Washington, DC, “Do We Have a Duty to Participate in Research?”
International 1. 11/24/96
International Congress of Bioethics, San Francisco, "Genetic Susceptibilities and the Goals of Medicine"