Insoo Hyun , Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Bioethics
Stem Cell Research Ethics and Public Policy
Medical Decision Making
Allocation of Scarce Health Resources
Office Phone: 216-368-8658
e-mail: ixh14@case.edu
Bio
Insoo Hyun received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Brown University and his B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy from Stanford.
In 2005, Dr. Hyun was awarded a Fulbright Research Award by the U.S. Department of State to study the ethical, legal, and cultural dynamics of human research cloning in South Korea. In 2006 he chaired the Subcommittee on Human Biological Materials Procurement for the International Embryonic Stem Cell Guidelines Task Force, a multinational, multidisciplinary working group for the ISSCR (International Society for Stem Cell Research).
Currently, Dr. Hyun is Chair of the ISSCR’s Ethics and Public Policy Committee and Co-Chair of the ISSCR’s Task Force on Guidelines for the Clinical Translation of Stem Cells.
Dr. Hyun’s bioethics articles have appeared in Science, Nature, Cell Stem Cell, The Hastings Center Report, and The Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal , among others.
Recent Publications
Insoo Hyun, “Stem Cells From Skin Cells: The Ethical Questions,” HastingsCenterReport 38, no. 1, 2008.
Insoo Hyun, Konrad Hochedlinger, Rudolf Jaenisch, Shinya Yamanaka, “New Advances in iPS Cell Research Do Not Obviate the Need for Human Embryonic Stem Cells,” Cell Stem Cell 1, October 2007.
Insoo Hyun, “Fair Payment or Undue Inducement?” Nature 442, August 10, 2006.
Olle Lindvall and Insoo Hyun, 'Medical Innovation Versus Stem Cell Tourism,' Science 324, 2009: 1664-1665.
Insoo Hyun, et al., 'New ISSCR Guidelines Underscore Major Principles for Responsible Translational Stem Cell Research,' Cell Stem Cell 3, 2008: 607-609.
Recent Activities
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, November 20, 2008, “Ethical Issues in the Clinical Translation of Stem Cells.”
New York Stem Cell Foundation, 3rd Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference. Rockefeller University, New York, NY, October 14, 2008, “The Road to the Clinic.”
Contact Information
Insoo Hyun , Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioethics
Department of Bioethics
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-4976
Office: 216-368-8658
FAX: 216-368-8713
email:ixh14@case.edu