New Faculty Joins IU Center for Bioethics
INDIANAPOLIS - Three members of the Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis academic community have been appointed core faculty of the
Indiana University Center for Bioethics.
The center was established in July 2001 with the mandate to conduct research,
engage in education and provide a full range of services to the university
and public communities in Indiana. Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D., is director
of the center and also is assistant dean for bioethics and professor of
medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Joining Dr. Meslin at the IU Center for Bioethics:
Kimberly A. Quaid, Ph.D., associate professor of clinical medical and
molecular genetics and psychiatry at the IU School of Medicine, is the
director of school's Predictive Testing Program and also is on the clinical
staff of the Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center.
After earning her doctorate in psychology at the Johns Hopkins University,
she went on to become the coordinator of genetic predictive testing of
Huntington disease at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, one of the first
of its kind in the nation. Dr. Quaid chairs the IUPUI Committee on Ethics
and Research, is an active member of the Indiana Genetics Advisory Group
and is co-chair of the Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues subcommittee of
the advisory group.
David Orentlicher, M.D., J.D., Samuel R. Rosen Professor at the IU School
of Law-Indianapolis, has practiced both medicine and law. He also is an
adjunct associate professor at the IU School of Medicine and member of
the American Law Institute.
Before coming to the IU School of Law in 1995, Dr. Orentlicher served
as director of the Division of Medical Ethics at the American Medical
Association and held various appointments at the University of Chicago
Law School and Northwestern University Medical School. He is a founding
board member of the American Association of Bioethics.
William H. Schneider, Ph.D., is professor of history and associate dean
in the IUPUI School of Liberal Arts. He directs that school's Medical
Humanities program and holds an adjunct appointment with the IU School
of Medicine. He's past president of the IUPUI Faculty Council and co-president
of the IU Faculty Council
Dr. Schneider has written two books and many articles on the history
of science in medicine, including a book on the history of eugenics in
France. His most recent research work centered on the discovery of human
blood groups and their use as the first genetic markers.
The IU Center for Bioethics plays a critical role in the Indiana Genomics Initiative, a comprehensive IU biomedical endeavor established in December 2000 with a $105 million grant from the Lilly Endowment. The center received $5 million in funding from the grant.
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