The Hinxton Group: Members

Steering Committee

Sarah CHAN, BSc(Hons), LLB, MA (Health Care Ethics & Law) Research Fellow, Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, University of Manchester School of Law, University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL, UK sarah.chan@manchester.ac.uk	Peter J. DONOVAN, Ph.D. Professor, Biological Chemistry, Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California - Irvine 2054 Hewitt Hall Irvine, CA 92697 pdonovan@uci.edu
Ruth FADEN, Ph.D., M.P.H. Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, The Johns Hopkins University Deering Hall 1809 Ashland Ave Baltimore MD 21205 rfaden@jhsph.edu	John HARRIS, F.,Med.Sci., B.A., D.Phil. Sir David Alliance Professor of Bioethics, Institute of Medicine Law and Bioethics, School of Law, University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL, UK Email: john.harris@manchester.ac.uk
Robin LOVELL-BADGE, Ph.D., F.Med.Sci., F.R.S. Head, Division of Developmental Genetics, MRC National Institute for Medical Research The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK rlovell@nimr.mrc.ac.uk	Debra J.H. MATHEWS, Ph.D., M.A. Assistant Director for Science Programs, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, The Johns Hopkins University Deering Hall 1809 Ashland Ave Baltimore MD 21205 dmathews@jhmi.edu
Alan REGENBERG, MBe Bioethics Research Manager, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, The Johns Hopkins University Deering Hall 1809 Ashland Ave Baltimore MD 21205 alanr@jhu.edu	Julian SAVULESCU, B.Med.Sci., M.B. Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, Director, Program on the Ethics of the New Biosciences, 21st Century School, University of Oxford, Littlegate House, St. Ebbes Oxford OX1 1P, UK julian.savulescu@philosophy.ox.ac.uk

Other Members

Reiko AOKI, PhD Professor, Institute of Economic Research Hitotsubashi University	Philip AVNER, PhD Senior Scientist - Institut Pasteur Unit Director, Mouse Molecular Genetics Unit Unite Genetique Moleculaire Murine Institut Pasteur
Jayapaul AZARIAH, MA, MSc, PhD Professor and Head (Retired), Department of Zoology, Director, School of Life Sciences (Retired), University of Madras, Founder & President, All India Bioethics Association	Elona BAUM, JD (Observer) General Counsel, California Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Nissim BENVENISTY, MD, PhD Professor of Genetics, The Herbert Cohn Chair in Cancer Research, Director, Stem Cell Unit, Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Katy BERRY, PhD Department of Health Wellington House 133-155 Wellington House Waterloo Road
Laura BIRON, PhD Greenwall Fellow, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics	Hilary BOK, PhD Henry R. Luce Professor of Bioethics and Moral & Political Theory, The Johns Hopkins University School of Arts & Sciences
Hannah BOURNE Student, Monash University Melbourne Oxford University	Peter BRAUDE MA, PhD, FRCOG, FMedSci Head of the Department of Women’s Health St Thomas’ Hospital
Silvia BRUNELLI, PhD Senior Researcher, Stem Cell Research Institute, DIBIT-HSR Assistant Professor of Genetics and Biology, Department of Experimental, Environmental Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Milano-Bicocca	Tania BUBELA, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Canada
Liuhong CAI, MD, PhD Director, Reproductive and Andrology Laboratory Lecturer and Attending Physician Department of Infertility & Andrology Medicine The 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Zhongshan University	Philip CAMPBELL, PhD Editor-in-Chief, Nature
Francesca CESARI, PhD (Observer) Senior Editor, Nature	Alta CHARO, JD Warren P Knowles Professor of Law & Bioethics University of Wisconsin Law School
Haidan CHEN, PhD Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Center for STS, Zhejiang University	Linzhao CHENG, PhD Associate Professor, Stem Cell Program, Institute for Cell Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Amander CLARK, PhD Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research	Jorge CONTERAS, JD Director, Intellectual Property Program, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Robert COOK-DEEGAN, MD Director, IGSP Center for Genome Ethics, Law & Policy	Ishan DASGUPTA Research Program Coordinator, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Matthew DECAMP, MD, PhD Greenwall Fellow, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics	Katrien DEVOLDER, PhD Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Philosophy and Bioethics, Ghent University
Natalie DEWITT, PhD Editor at Large, Nature Reports Stem Cells Senior Editor, Nature	Ina DOBRINSKI, DrMedVet, MVSc, PhD Associate Professor of Large Animal Reproduction Marion Dilly and David George Jones Chair in Animal Reproduction Director, Center for Animal Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research Department of Animal Biology
Thomas DOUGLAS, BMedSc, MB ChB, DPhil (Philosophy) Candidate Senior Scholar and DPhil Candidate (Philosophy) Oxford University	John EPPIG, PhD Senior Staff Scientist The Jackson Laboratory
Lixin FENG, PhD Professor, Shanghai Stem Cell Institute Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine	Julia FINKEL, BA Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, The Johns Hopkins University
Minou FRIELE, PhD Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf	Loïc GARÇON, MSc, MBA Technical Officer Strategy and Networks, World Health Organization
Niels GEIJSEN, PhD Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School, Harvard University Center for Regenerative Medicine and Technology Massachusetts General Hospital	Richard GOLD, SJD Associate Professor, McGill University Faculty of Law President, The Innovation Partnership
Gregory GRAFF, PhD Associate Professor, Economics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, in the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University	David HEYD, PhD, BSc Chaim Perelman Chair in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, The Hebrew University
Søren HOLM, PhD Chair, Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, University of Manchester Professor of Medical Ethics, University of Oslo	Rev. Colin HONEY, MA Director, Lonsdale Centre for Applied Ethics
Jim HOULIHAN, PhD (Observer) Head of Innovation Policy, UK Intellectual Property Office	Christer HÖÖG, PhD Professor, Chairman, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet
Qingli HU, MD Member of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee Senior Adviser and Emeritus Professor, Ruijin Hospital—the Affiliated Teaching Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine;; Director of the Bioethics Committee, Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau; Panel Member, of Intl Health, Ministry of Health Beijing	Insoo HYUN, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Ryuichi IDA, LLB, LLM Professor of International Law, Kyoto University Graduate School of Law and School of Government, Japan Member, Science Council of Japan	Mariella IMMACOLATO, MD Director, Unit of Legal Medicine, Hospital of Massa and Carrara U.O.c di Medicina Legale
Rosario M. ISASI, JD, MPH Postdoctoral Fellow, Genetics & Society Project, Centre de recherche en droit public, Université de Montréal	Kyu Won, JUNG, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Law, Hanyang University
Kazuto KATO, PhD Associate Professor, Kyoto University	Shin KAWAMATA, MD, PhD Senior Scientist and Manager of cell processing centers, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation
Robert KNELLER, JD, MD, MPH Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo	Annabelle LEVER, PhD Research Fellow in Interdisciplinary Bioethics, University of Manchester
Jacob LEVERIDGE (Observer) Wellcome Trust	S Matthew LIAO, DPhil Deputy Director and James Martin Senior Research Fellow Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University
Akifumi MATSUYAMA, MD, PhD Director, Department of Somatic Stem Cell Therapy and Health Policy, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation Professor, The Center for Advanced Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University	Anne MCLAREN, DBE, FRS Distinguished Group Leader, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK, Gurdon Institute (Deceased)
Reinhard MERKEL, Prof, Dr Institut für Kriminalwissenschaften Universität Hamburg	Maurizio MORI, MA, PhD Professor, Department of Philosophy, 38 University of Turin
Christian MUNTHE, PhD Professor of Practical Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Göteborg University	Alison MURDOCH, BSc, MD, FRCOG Head, Newcastle Fertility Centre BioScience Centre, International Centre for Life
Norio NAKATSUJI, DSc Director and Professor, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University	Dianne NICOL, PhD, LLM Professor, University of Tasmania Australia

Toshiaki NOCE, PhD Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences (MITILS)	Amanda ODELL-WEST, PhD Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Manchester Member, Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation (iSEI) and the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy
Ken OKADA, Ph.D. Research Associate, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University	Atsushi ONODERA Deputy Head of Legal Affairs & IP, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Japan
Chris O'TOOLE, PhD Head of Research Regulation, Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority	Mitradas M. PANICKER, PhD Associate Professor, National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR)
Mark PATTERSON, PhD Director of Publishing, Public Library of Science	Roger A. PEDERSEN, PhD Professor of Regenerative Medicine, University of Cambridge
Martin Frederick PERA, BA, PhD, MA Research Professor, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Director of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Australian Stem Cell Centre, Monash Institute of Medical Research	Helen PICTON, PhD Head, Reproduction and Early Development Research Group, University of Leeds
Aurora PLOMER BA, MA, LLB, PhD Chair in Law and Bioethics, Director of SIBLE, School of Law, University of Sheffield Director, Sheffield Institute of Biotechnology Law and Ethics, University of Sheffield	Beverly A. PURNELL, PhD Senior Editor, Science Magazine American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Mahendra RAO, MD, PhD Vice President, Stem Cells at Invitrogen Adjunct Professor, Buck Institute of Age Research Vice President, Medicine at Life Technologies	Brock REEVE, MPhil, MBA Executive Director, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Ren-Zong QIU, PhD Emeritus Professor of Bioethics, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Professor and Director, Center for Bioethics, Central China University of Science and Technology, Professor, Research Center for Bioethics, Peking Union Medical College	Renee REIJO PERA, PhD Director of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Stanford University
Mark ROHRBAUGH, PhD, JD (Observer) Director, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health	Carlos M. ROMEO-CASABONA, Dr iur Dr med Dr hc mult, Professor in Criminal Law, Director, Inter-University Chair, BBVA Foundation - Provincial Government of Biscay in Law and the Human Genome, University of Deusto/ University of the Basque Country
Alex ROSS Director of World Health Organization Centre for Health Development	Kris SAHA, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT Science Technology and Society Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Akira SAKAI, PhD Vice President, Research and Technology iPS Academia Japan, Inc. Adjunct Lecturer, Kyoto University	Brian SALTER, BA, MA, PhD Professor of Biopolitics, Global Biopolitics Research Group,
Josep SANTALO, PhD Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Departament de Biologia Cellular, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	Rhodri SAUNDERS (MBioch Candidate) Hertford College
Hans R SCHÖLER, PhD Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine	Christopher SCOTT Director, Program on Stem Cells in Society, Stanford University President/CEO, The Stem Cell Advisors, Inc
Shintaro SENGOKU, PhD Associate Professor & leader of Innovation Management Group of iCeMS, Kyoto University Visiting Senior Lecturer, The University of Tokyo	Douglas SIPP Leader of research unit, Science Policy and Ethics Studies; Manager, Office of Research Communication RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology
Mark SHEENAN, PhD Oxford BRC Ethics Fellow at the Ethox Centre and a James Martin Research Fellow in the Program on the Ethics of the New Biosciences	Hui Z. SHENG, MD, PhD Professor and Head, Center for Developmental Biology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Loane SKENE, LLB (Hons) (Melb), LLM (Mon) Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences University of Melbourne	Davor SOLTER, MD, PhD Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore
Glyn STACEY, PhD Head of Division of Cell Biology and Imaging, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Director, The UK Stem Cell Bank	William C. STUBING President, The Greenwall Foundation
Jeremy SUGARMAN, MD, MPH, MA Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine, Deputy Director for Medicine, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, The Johns Hopkins University	Andrew M. SUGDEN, PhD International Managing Editor, Science International American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
John SULSTON, PhD Chair, Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, University of Manchester	Koichi SUMIKURA, PhD Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Azim SURANI, PhD, FRS, FMedSci Mary Marshall and Arthur Walton Professor of Physiology and Reproduction, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, The Henry Wellcome Building of Cancer and Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge	Giuseppe TESTA, MD, PhD, MA Assistant Professor, European School of Molecular Medicine, Laboratory of Stem Cell Epigenetics, European Institute of Oncology
Patrick TAYLOR, JD Fellow, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, Harvard Law School Assistant Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School Staff Scientist, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA	Dieter TREICHEL, PhD Patent and Start-up Manager, Max Planck Innovation
James TURNER, MD, PhD Division of Developmental Genetics and Stem Cell Research MRC National Institute for Medical Research	André VAN STEIRTEGHEM, MD, PhD Scientific and Laboratory Director, Clinical Centre for Reproductive Medicine and the Research Centre for Reproduction and Genetics of the Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University, Past-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Past-Chairman and Executive Director of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Deputy Editor, Human Reproduction
Susan E. WALLACE, PhD, MA Policy Officer (Humanities), Public Health Genetics Unit, Cambridge Genetics Knowledge Park	Leroy B. WALTERS, PhD Professor, Philosophy Department, Georgetown University
David WINICKOFF, JD Co-Director, Science, Technology, and Society Center, University of California Berkeley Associate Professor of Bioethics and Society, University of California Berkeley	Teresa K WOODRUFF, PhD Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Northwestern University
Masayuki YAMATO, Ph.D. Professor, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science Tokyo Women’s Medical University	Yoshimi YASHIRO, PhD Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science Tokyo Women’s Medical University
Elias T. ZAMBIDIS MD, PhD Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University	Fanyi ZENG, PhD Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology & Medical and Health Sciences Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xiaomei ZHAI, MD, PhD Executive Director, Center for Bioethics Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Professor & Director, Department of Social Sciences & Humanities Peking Union Medical College