Bioethical Issues in Regeneration

Eric M. Meslin, PhD

Positions

• Director, Indiana University Center for Bioethics
• Assistant Dean for Bioethics, IU School of Medicine
• Professor of Medicine, Medical and Molecular Genetics, and Philosophy

Address
410 West 10th St., Suite 3100
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Phone: (317) 278-4034
Fax: (317) 278-4050
Email: emeslin@iupui.edu

Research Interests

Dr. Meslin’s research interests include the ethics of research involving human subjects; the conduct of research and treatment in economically developing countries; the use of federal advisory committees as mechanisms for constructing public policy; the collection, storage, and use of human tissues for genetics research; stem cell research; and ethical and policy issues arising from the human genome project. He is also Co-Editor of the “Bioethics and the Humanities Series” published by Indiana University Press.

Recent Publications

• Eckles RE, Meslin EM, Gaffney M, Helft PR Medical Ethics Education: Where are we? Where are we going?" Academic Medicine 2005; 80: 1143-1152.
• Shaffer DN, Greene JY, Kimaiyo S, Sidle J, Ballidawa J, Meslin EM, Yebei V, Tierney WM. Equitable treatment for HIV/AIDS clinical trial participants: A focus group study of patients, researchers, and health administrators in western Kenya. Journal of Medical Ethics 2006; 32: 55-60
• Evans BJ and Meslin EM., Encouraging Translational Research Through Harmonization of FDA and Common-Rule Informed Consent Requirements for Research with Banked Specimens. Journal of Legal Medicine 2006; 27: 119-166
• Sidle JE, Were E, Wools-Kaloustian K, Chuani C, Salmon K, Tierney WM, Meslin EM. A Needs Assessment to Build International Research Ethics Capacity. Journal of Empirical Research in Human Research Ethics 2006. 1(2): 23-38.
• Meslin EM, Salmon KR, Eberl JT. Eligibility for Organ Transplantation by Foreign Nationals: The Relationship between Citizenship, Justice, and Philanthropy as Policy Criteria. In Eds. K. Wailoo, J. Livingston, P. Guarnaccia. A Death Retold: Jesica Santillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship. University of North Carolina Press. 2006, pp. 255-275