Professor of Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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Currently, the Emmanuel and Robert Hart Professor
of Bioethics, Chair of the Department of Medical
Ethics and the Director of the Center for Bioethics
at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Prior to coming to Penn in 1994, Caplan taught at
the University of Minnesota, the University of Pittsburgh,
and Columbia University. He was the Associate Director
of the Hastings Center from 1984-1987. Born in Boston,
Caplan did his undergraduate work at Brandeis University,
and did his graduate work at Columbia University
where he received a Ph.D in the history and philosophy
of science in 1979. Caplan is the author or editor
of twenty-five books and over 500 papers in refereed
journals of medicine, science, philosophy, bioethics
and health policy. He writes a regular column on
bioethics for MSNBC.com. He is a frequent guest
and commentator in various media outlets. He has
served on a number of national and international
committees including as the Chair of the Advisory
Committee to the United Nations on Human Cloning,
the Chair of the Advisory Committee to the Department
of Health and Human Services on Blood Safety and
Availability, a member of the Presidential Advisory
Committee on Gulf War Illnesses, the special advisory
committee to the International Olympic Committee
on genetics and gene therapy, the American Chemistry
Council and the special advisory panel to the National
Institutes of Mental Health on human experimentation
on vulnerable subjects. He is a member of Dupont’s
biotechnology advisory panel, and the board of directors
of the Keystone Center and has consulted with many
corporations and consumer organizations. |
