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Appendix C: Workshop Agenda and Speaker Biographies
Pages 137-154

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From page 137...
... Introduction and Mandate of the Committee on Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Richard Hynes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Co-Chair, Committee on Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research 137
From page 138...
... Stem Cells and Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Moderator: H Robert Horvitz, MIT and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Panel: Rudolf Jaenisch, Whitehead Institute Davor Solter, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology Discussant: Kevin Eggan, Harvard University
From page 139...
... Q&A 3:55 p.m. Current Legal and Regulatory Requirements That May Affect Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Panel: Alta Charo, University of Wisconsin School of Law Michael Malinowski, Louisiana State University School of Law 4:35 p.m.
From page 140...
... Q&A 11:45 a.m. Patenting, Licensing, and Material Transfer Agreements in Relation to Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Moderator: Elizabeth Price Foley, Florida International University College of Law Presentation: Carl Gulbrandsen, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 12:15 p.m.
From page 141...
... Q&A 2:30 p.m. Serving the Public Interest: Conducting Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in a Democratic Society Moderator: Cheryl Mwaria, Hofstra University • Panel: Dan Hausman, University of Wisconsin Robert Goldstein, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Bruce Jennings, The Hastings Institute 3:30 p.m.
From page 142...
... She serves on the expert advisory boards of several organizations with an interest in stem cell research, including the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, WiCell, and the Wisconsin Stem Cell Research Program. She is also a consultant to the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
From page 143...
... Eggan is establishing an independent research group to study the molecular and genetic control of mouse preimplantation development, investigate epigenetic reprogramming after somatic cell nuclear transfer, and derive disease-specific human embryonic stem cell lines from diabetic and Parkinson's disease patients by nuclear transfer.
From page 144...
... Such research activities include research cloning, stem cell research, and preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Before joining Johns Hopkins, he was a member of the faculty of George Mason University's School of Public Policy.
From page 145...
... He received his undergraduate degree from Brandeis University, his MD from Jefferson Medical College, his PhD in microbiology and immunology from George Washington University, and an MBA from the Stern School of Business, New York University. He recently testified before Congress on stem cell research.
From page 146...
... Her laboratory developed methods for deriving mouse pluripotent embryonic germ cell lines. She was co-chair for science of the 1994 National Institutes of Health Human Embryo Research Panel and a member of the National Academies Panel on Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Cloning.
From page 147...
... He has directed several research projects on the care of the dying, health policy, chronic illness and long-term care, and ethical issues in human genetics. He served as associate director of a project that produced the widely cited and influential Guidelines on the Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatment and the Care of the Dying.
From page 148...
... His widely reprinted essays on biomedical ethics have dealt with issues raised by in vitro fertilization, cloning, genetic screening and genetic technology, organ transplantation, aging research, euthanasia and assisted suicide, and the moral nature of the medical profession.
From page 149...
... Dr. McLaren was a member of the UK government's Warnock Committee on Human Fertilisation and Embryology and until the end of 2001 was a member of the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, which regulates in vitro fertilization and human embryo research in the UK.
From page 150...
... Murdoch is the chair of the British Fertility Society, an inspector for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, and a member of a panel that gave evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research. Catherine Racowsky, PhD, is the director of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART)
From page 151...
... Walters has had an active interest in human embryonic stem cell research. He served as a consultant to the National Bioethics Advisory Committee in 1999 and discussed ethical issues in human embryonic stem cell research at a National Academy of Sciences workshop in June 2001.
From page 152...
... Laurie Zoloth, PhD, is professor of medical ethics and humanities and of religion at the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University. Her research projects include work on emerging issues in medical and research genetics, ethical issues in stem cell research, and distributive justice in health care.
From page 153...
... In 1999, she was invited to give testimony to the National Bioethics Advisory Board on Jewish philosophy and stem cell research. In 2001, she was named principal investigator for the International Project on Judaism and Genetics, cosponsored by the AAAS and supported by the Haas Foundation and the Greenwall Foundation.


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