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Eric T. Juengst, Ph.
D.
Professor of
Bioethics
Associate Professor of Oncology
Ethical Issues of Human Genetics
Concepts of Health and Disease
History and Philosophy of Biology
Office Phone: 216-368-6196
e-mail: etj2@po.cwru.edu
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Eric Juengst is an Associate Professor of Bioethics at the
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland,
Ohio.
He received his B.S. in Biology from the University of the
South in 1978, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Georgetown University
in 1985. He has taught bioethics and the philosophy of science
on the faculties of the medical schools of the University of
California, San Francisco and Penn State University.
His research interests and publications have focused on the
conceptual and ethical issues raised by new advances in human
genetics and biotechnology, and from 1990 to 1994, he was the
first Chief of the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Branch
of the National Center for Human Genome Research at the U.S.
National Institutes of Health.
He currently serves on the National Council for Human Genome
Research at the National Institutes of Health, the Bioethics
Advisory Committee for NASA, the National Ethics Committee of
the March of Dimes, the Ethics Committee of the American Society
for Human Gene Therapy, and the editorial boards of the Journal
of Medicine and Philosophy, Human Gene Therapy, IRB:Ethics and
Human Research, Medical Humanities Reviews, Community Genetics,
and the Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 3rd Edition. He has previously
served on the U.S. Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, the DNA
Advisory Board of the FBI, and the National Research Council's
Committee on Human Genetic Variation Research.
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Recent Publications
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Weisner, E. Juengst, Maryann O’Riordan, Anne Matthews,
Nathanial Robin,”Duty to warn at-risk relatives for genetic
disease: Genetic
counselors’ clinical experience.” American Journal
of Medical Genetics 119C(2003): 27-34.
E. Juengst, R. Binstock, M.Mehlman, Stephen Post, “Antiaging
research and the need for public dialogue” Science 299(2003):
1323.
R. Binstock, E Juengst, M. Mehlman, S. Post, “Anti-aging
medicine and science: An arena of conflict and profound societal
implications,”
Geriatrics and Aging 6(May, 2003): 61-63.
E. Juengst, “What next for human gene therapy?” British
Medical Journal 326(June 28,2003): 1410.
E. Juengst, R. Binstock, M. Mehlman, S.Post, P. Whitehouse.
Biogerontology,
‘Anti-aging medicine’ and the challenges of human
enhancement.” The Hastings Center Report 33;4(Aug/Sept.,
2003): 21-30.
E. Juengst and E. Parens, “Germ-line dancing: definitional
considerations for policymakers,” In A. Chapman, M.Frankel,
Eds., Designing Our Descendants: The Promises and Perils of
Genetic Modifications (Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins U. Press, 2003), pp. 20-39.
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Recent Activities
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Named as Lifetime Distinguished Fellow, UCLA Center for Society,
the
Individual and Genetics. Co-leader, with Martin Kohn, Guy Micco
and Carol
Donely, of the NEH Summer Seminar, “Dancing around the
Fountain of Youth: Literary Perspectives on Anti-Aging Science,”
Hiram College,
Hiram, OH, August 4-8.
Invited consultant, National Conference of Catholic Bishops,
Committee
on Science and Human Values, Sept. 5-6.
Speaker, Workshop on Ethical and Legal Issues in Genetic Testing,
Alpha-One Foundation, Coral Gables, FL Oct. 10.
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Contact Information
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Eric T. Juengst, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioethics
Department of Bioethics
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-4976
Office: 216-368-6207
FAX: 216-368-8713
email: etj2@cwru.edu
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