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Dr. Caplan is a prominent medical ethicist and scientist who specializes in identifying ways to improve the research process. Dr. Caplan holds various positions at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, including the Emmanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and the Director of the Center for Bioethics. He is the author or editor of 25 books and over 500 papers in journals of medicine, science, philosophy, bioethics and health policy as well as a regular columnist for MSNBC.com.
Dr. Caplan has served on numerous international and national committees including the Chair of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations on Human Cloning and the Chair of the Advisory Committee to the Department of Health and Human Services on Blood Safety and Availability. Caplan received a Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science from Columbia University. | 