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| Prof. Alexander Capron, LLB, is a globally-recognized expert in health policy and medical ethics. He teaches Torts; and Law, Science, and Medicine. He also teaches at the USC School of Medicine and is co-director of the Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics, a campus- wide interdisciplinary research and education center. He returned to USC Law in fall 2006 after four years on leave as director of Ethics, Trade, Human Rights and Health Law at the World Health Organization in Geneva. Professor Capron received a BA from Swarthmore College and an LLB from Yale University, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, where he served for five years; is a trustee of The Century Foundation and president of the International Association of Bioethics; and is a member of the Institute of Medicine.
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Cutting-Edge Issues in the Structure & Governance of U.S. and International Settings
Prof. Alexander Capron, LLB
Professor and Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law; Policy and Ethics; President of the Faculty; Professor of Law and Medicine, Keck School of Medicine; and Co-Director, Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics, University of Southern California
Thursday, February 18, 2010
11:30AM - 1:00PM
Location:
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Prof. Capron will discuss how biobanks — repositories of human biological samples and associated information about the lives and health of the samples' sources — have been established to assist in studies of particular diseases and, more broadly, of the effects of genes and the environment on human health and disease. Many involve collaboration across boundaries, including the gathering of samples in developing countries (sometimes from culturally isolated populations) by researchers from developed countries. He suggests that biobanks, therefore, raise many difficult normative issues:
- From whom must permission be obtained to collect, store, and use samples?
- Who should control the biobanks and the samples they hold?
- On what terms should samples be made available for research?
- How should the benefits of research be shared?
Although numerous ethical codes and guidelines have been promulgated about these issues, many remain controverted. Prof. Capron will also analyze the methodology and results of an international study of expert opinion on such issues and will offer his reflections on how we might think about these controversies.
Commentators:
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Brian Van Ness, PhD
University of Minnesota
Department Head and Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Development
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Gloria Petersen, PhD
Mayo Clinic
Professor of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Purvis and Roberta Tabor Professorship
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Intended Audience: students, faculty, health care professionals, attorneys, patients, researchers, policymakers, and community members.
This event is free and open to the public.
Continuing legal education credit (CLE) for attorneys (1.5 hours) has been requested. Advance registration is required to receive continuing education credits.
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