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==Martial arts career== |
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Hyun received his first degree black belt in Kenpo Karate from Glen Hastie and Genie Yakaoma at age 16, and earned his second degree black belt from the same club. In 1991, while a student at Stanford University, Dr. Hyun became the California State Champion in the discipline. In 1994, while living in Providence, RI during his time at Brown University, he earned his third degree black belt under the direction of [[ |
Hyun received his first degree black belt in Kenpo Karate from Glen Hastie and Genie Yakaoma at age 16, and earned his second degree black belt from the same club. In 1991, while a student at Stanford University, Dr. Hyun became the California State Champion in the discipline. In 1994, while living in Providence, RI during his time at Brown University, he earned his third degree black belt under the direction of [[George Pesare]]. |
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Revision as of 19:50, 2 October 2012
Insoo Hyun is an Associate Professor of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio He is known for his international collaboration and work in the area of stem cell ethics.
Early life and education
Insoo Hyun grew up in Hollister, California and graduated from San Benito High School in 1988. He earned his BA and MA in Philosophy at Stanford University in 1992 and 1993, respectively. He earned his PhD from Brown University in 1998, under the advisement of Dr. Dan Brock.
He was awarded a Fulbright Award to study the ethical, legal and cultural implications of human cloning in South Korea in 2005. A year later, he chaired the Human Biological Materials Procurement subcommittee of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. He is also the chair of ISSCR's Ethics and Public Policy Committee, and co-chair for the organization's Task Force on Guidelines for the Clinical Translation of stem cells.[1]
Publications
Hyun has been published in Nature,[2] Science,[3] The Hastings Center Report,[4][5] The Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal,[6] among others. He has written about the ethics of travel for medical treatment, the procurement of human materials for stem cell research, and the appropriateness of the use of chimeras.
Harvard Stem Cell Course
In June 2009, Hyun and other faculty at Case Western Reserve University teamed up with Dr Kevin Eggan of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and offered a course entitled "At the Cutting Edge of Stem Cell Science: Ethical and Policy Issues." The course will be offered again in June 2010 in Cambridge, MA.[7]
Martial arts career
Hyun received his first degree black belt in Kenpo Karate from Glen Hastie and Genie Yakaoma at age 16, and earned his second degree black belt from the same club. In 1991, while a student at Stanford University, Dr. Hyun became the California State Champion in the discipline. In 1994, while living in Providence, RI during his time at Brown University, he earned his third degree black belt under the direction of George Pesare.
References
- ^ http://www.isscr.org/clinical_trans/pdfs/ISSCRGLClinicalTrans.pdf
- ^ http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v442/n7103/abs/442629a.html
- ^ http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/324/5935/1664
- ^ http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/hastings_center_report/v038/38.1hyun.pdf
- ^ http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/hastings_center_report/v036/36.2hyun.pdf
- ^ http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/kennedy_institute_of_ethics_journal/v010/10.2hyun.pdf
- ^ http://academicventures.com/stemcell/