emeslin

Dept. Address: Department of Philosophy, IUPUI, 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202-5140, USA.

Primary Address:      Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D,
                                1481 West 10th Street, Suite CB-112
                                Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
                                Tel: (317) 554-0148
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                                E-mail: emeslin@iupui.edu
                                Web: www.bioethics.iu.edu

Research interests: Ethics, Bioethics (including research ethics, clinical ethics, and health policy).

Graduate education: M.A., Georgetown University/Kennedy Institute of Ethics, 1985; Ph.D., Georgetown University/Kennedy Institute of Ethics, 1989.

Lectures and presentations: More than 250 invited lectures in Europe, Canada, and the United States since 1989.

Publications: Author or co-author more than 75 articles and book chapters, most of which focus on topics in research ethics, clinical ethics, and health policy. (Some recent articles are listed below.)

Selected awards and honors: U.S. National Institutes of Health Merit Award, 1984. U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities Writing Fellowship, 1984-85. Georgetown University Graduate Scholarship, 1987. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship, 1987-88. Georgetown University Thesis Research Scholarship, 1988. Hoescht Lecturer, 21st Annual Professional Practice Conference, Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Toronto, Ontario, 1990. Mortimer Memorial Lecture, York County Hospital, Newmarket, Ontario, 1992. Distinguished Visiting Speaker, University of Miami Forum on Medical Ethics and Philosophy, October 15, 1993. U.S. National Institutes of Health Merit Award, 1997. Member, Green College Society (University of Oxford), 1998-. Distinguished Speaker, 1998 Congress on In Vitro Biology, Society of In Vitro Biology, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1998.

Selected grants and contracts: Contract Co-Recipient, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 1990. Principal Investigator, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant, 1991-94. Co-Investigator, Hospital Incentive Fund Grant, Ontario Ministry of Health, 1991-93. Co-Investigator, Primary Care Research Fund Contract, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, 1992. Metropolitan Toronto District Health Council Contract, 1992-93. Ontario Ministry of Health Contract, 1992-93. Co-Investigator, Health Systems-Linked Research Unit Grant, Ontario Ministry of Health, 1992-95. Co-investigator, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grants, 1992-95, & 1995-96. Participant researcher, Health Evidence and Application Linkage Network (HEAL Net), Networks of Centres for Excellence Program of Canada, 1995-96.

Recent articles and book chapters:

Etchells EE, Sharpe G, Dyeman MJ, Meslin EM, Singer PA. Bioethics for clinicians V: voluntariness. Canadian Medical Association Journal (1996); 155: 1083-86. Reprinted in: Singer PA. Editor. Bioethics and the Bedside: A Clinician's Guide. 1999, Ottawa: Canadian Medical Association, pp. 25-32.

Weijer C, Dickens BM, Meslin EM. Bioethics for Clinicians VII: Research ethics. Canadian Medical Association Journal (1997); 16: 1153-7. Reprinted in: Singer PA. Editor. Bioethics and the Bedside: A Clinician's Guide. 1999, Ottawa: Canadian Medical Association, pp. 89-98.

McKneally M, Dickens, BM, Meslin EM, Singer PA. Bioethics for Clinicians 13: Resource allocation. Canadian Medical Association Journal (1997); 157: 163-7. Reprinted in: Singer PA. Editor. Bioethics and the Bedside: A Clinician's Guide. 1999, Ottawa: Canadian Medical Association, pp. 125-134.

Meslin, EM. Engaging the Public in Policy Development: The National Bioethics Advisory Commission Report on Research Involving Persons with Mental Disorders that May Affect Decisionmaking Capacity. Accountability in Research 1999; 7: 227-240.

Meslin, EM. Coming to Resolution on Gene Patenting: Assessing the Success of the AAAS Dialogue Group on Science and Religion. In Chapman AR. ed. Perspectives on Genetic Patenting: Religion, Science and Industry in Dialogue. Washington DC: AAAS, 1999, pp. 205-219.

Meslin, EM. Of Clones, Stem Cells, and Children: Issues and Challenges in Human Research Ethics. Journal of Women's Health & Gender Based Medicine 2000; 9: 831-841.

Shapiro HT and Meslin, EM. Ethical Issues in the Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials in Developing Countries. New England Journal of Medicine 2001; 345: 139-141.

Meslin EM. A Perspective from the USA and Canada. In: Len Doyal and Jeffrey Tobias, eds. Informed Consent: Respecting Patients' Rights in Research, Teaching and Practice. London: BMJ Publishing Group 2001, pp. 148-155.

Meslin, EM. Conscientious Science. Indiana University Medicine (Fall 2001): 2-5,16.

Meslin EM. The recruitment of research participants and the role of the treating physician [editorial]. Med Care 2001 Dec;39 (12):1270-2.