Biography:

Professor of Medicine, and of Medical and Molecular Genetics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and Professor of Philosophy at the School of Liberal Arts.

Professor Eric Meslin has held many academic positions and has been a consultant for the WHO and the US Observer Mission to UNESCO. In addition, he is a member of a number of advisory boards.

Dr Meslin has a B.A. in Philosophy from York University (Toronto), and has earned both his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Bioethics Program in Philosophy at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

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

His lectures and presentations include more than 250 invited lectures in Europe, Canada, and the United States since 1989.

He is the author or co-author of 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).

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