Stem Cell Advisory Board
Under the leadership of the senior vice president for health sciencs, the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center has established a Stem Cell Ethics Advisory Board, which provides ethics guidance to all University investigators engaged in basic or clinical research related to human stem cells--including those derived from adults, embryos, and fetal tissue.
Visit the Center for Bioethics Web site for more on this advisory board.
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Chair:
Jeffrey P. Kahn, PhD MPH
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U of Minnesota |
Director Center for Bioethics |
Bioethics, Ethics of Research, Ethics and Genetics, Ethics and Public Health |
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Sue Berry, MD
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U of Minnesota |
Dept. of Pediatrics |
Medical Genetics |
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Wyllie Burke, MD
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U of Washington |
Dept. of Medical History and Ethics |
Medical Genetics, Ethics and Genetics |
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Olle Lindvall, MD
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U of Lund |
Dept. of Neurology |
Stem Cell Research |
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Anna Mastroianni JD MPH
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U of Washington |
School of Law and Institute for Public Health Genetics |
Ethics and Health Policy, Research Ethics Law and Policy, Ethics and Public Health Genetics |
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Susan M. Wolf, JD
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U of Minnesota
Law School |
Director, Joint Degree Program in Law, Health & the Life Sciences
Chair, Consortium on Law & Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences |
Law and Ethics of Research, Law and Ethics in Reproductive Technologies, Law and Ethics of Stem Cell Research |
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Rabbi Barry D. Cytron
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U of St Thomas |
Rabbi,
Director, Jay Phillips Center for Jewish-Christian Learning |
Jewish ethics |
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Carol Tauer, PhD
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College of St. Catherine
Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics |
Emeritus Professor, Philosophy, St Kate's |
Bioethics, Ethics and Stem Cell Research, Ethics and Reproductive Technologies |
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Hubert H. Humphrey III
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U of Minnesota |
Senior Vice President
GCI Tunheim |
Research Law and Policy, Government Regulation |
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John Wagner,MD
U of Minnesota
Pediatrics/Bone Marrow Transplant
Expertise: Stem Cell Research, Clinical Appplications of Stem Cell Technologies
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Richard King, MD PhD
Division of Genetics
Institute of Human Genetics
Expertise: Medical Genetics
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Mark Rotenberg JD
U of Minnesota
General Counsel
Expertise: law and regulation of research, University research policies
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Role
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To advise the Academic Health Center on ethical matters related to:
- Stem cell research in general
- Research in the area of human embryonal stem cells
- Research related to "cloning" and nuclear reprogramming
- Studies related to genetic profiling of normal stem cells and stem cells or differentiated progeny from patients with certain diseases.
- Related issues
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Board
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Board meetings are held once per year.
Board:
Chair: Jeffrey Kahn, PhD.
Members to be appointed for 3-5 years to be chosen from
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Representatives from outside and inside Minnesota; representatives from U of Minnesota.
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Representatives from ethics, law, religion, biotech, patient representative.
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Need for racial, gender and age balance.
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