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Dr. Robert Klitzman has conducted research and written about a variety of ethical issues in medicine and public health to promote public and professional education concerning these issues. He has written five books, drawing on qualitative as well as quantitative methodologies, and also has written for the New York Times and other publications to improve public understanding of ethical and policy issues concerning public health and medicine.

MD, Yale University, 1985

BA, Princeton University, 1980

University Affiliations:

• Masters of Bioethics Program
  

Additional Affiliations:

• Member, Empire State Stem Cell Board

• Picker-Commonwealth Scholar Award 1996-9
• Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar 1999-2000
• Individual Residency, Rockefeller Foundation Conference and Study Center, Bellagio, Italy, 2003
• Merck Company Foundation Fellow, Yaddo, 2001
• Aaron Diamond Foundation Fellow, 1993-6

Selected Editorial Boards

• Journal of Homosexuality

The Genetic Self: Privacy and Selfhood in the Genetic Age
Project URL: http://www.amazon.com/Am-My-Genes-Confronting-Secrets/dp/0199837163/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_4
Dr. Klitzman completed a series of in-depth interviews with individuals who have or are at risk of a variety of genetic diseases, to examine their views of privacy, decisions about genetic testing, participation in research, disclosures to family members and others, etc. Based on this material, Dr. Klitzman is completing a draft of a book and a series of peer-reviewed journal articles. The research has been funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute's Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Program.

Ethics of HIV Vaccine Trials: IRB Members' Views
Dr. Klitzman is conducting a study examining how Institutional Review Board (IRB) members in the United States and the developing world view and approach the complex ethical issues concerning the conduct of HIV vaccine trials. The study explores the role of social, cultural, and other factors that may shape decision-making processes on IRBs.

When Doctors Become Patients
Project URL: http://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Become-Patients-Robert-Klitzman/dp/B003GAN0QW/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1
Dr. Klitzman is completing a book, based on a series of in-depth interviews with 70 physicians who became patients due to a variety of serious illnesses. The book examines how these individuals change their views of risks and benefits, doctor-patient relationships and interactions, end of life care, spirituality, and other issues.

Ethics of HIV Vaccine Trials: IRB Members' Views
Dr. Klitzman is interviewing IRB members in the US, South Africa, Thailand, and elsewhere

Countries: South Africa; Thailand