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Insoo Hyun , Ph. D.
Assistant 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
International Society for Stem Cell Research
Harvard-Case Stem Cell Course, June 2009
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Bio
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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.
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Recent Publications
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George Q. Daley, Insoo Hyun, Olle Lindvall, “Mapping the Road to the Clinical Translation of Stem Cells,” Cell Stem Cell 2, February 2008.
Insoo Hyun, “Stem Cells From Skin Cells: The Ethical Questions,” Hastings Center Report 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.
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Recent Activities
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The Harvard Stem Cell Institute, December 5, 2007
“Pegasus, the Chimera, and the Golden Bridle: Ethical Confrontations on the Road to Translational Stem Cell Research.”
The Jackson Laboratory, Methods in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Bar Harbor, Maine, October 25, 2007
“Ethical Issues to the Use of Embryonic Stem Cells in Basic and ClinicalResearch.”
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Contact Information
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Insoo Hyun , Ph.D.
Assistant 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@cwru.edu
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