McDonald Merrill Ketcham Lecture
"Grappling with Financial Conflicts of Interest
in Biomedical Research, Education and Practice"
Symposium Overview:
The Annual McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Lecture/Indiana Health Law Review Symposium features Dr. David Korn, Vice Provost of Research at Harvard University speaking on conflicts of interest in medical research. The keynote address will be followed by a panel discussion of experts in the health care field. November 5, Noon - 2:30 p.m.
Date of Event:
Thursday, November 5, 2009, 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
2.5 hours of CLE credit, CME credit (pending approval)
Topic:
"Grappling with Financial Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research, Education and Practice"
Location:
Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis
530 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, IN
Cost: Free!
Agenda:
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Registration (Conour Atrium) |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Lunch (Conour Atrium) |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | McDonald Merrill Ketcham Lecture (Wynne Courtroom) Topic: Grappling with Financial Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research, Education, and Practice Keynote Speaker: Dr. David Korn, MD Vice-Provost for Research, Harvard University, and Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School |
| 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Break |
| 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm | Panel Discussion (Wynne Courtroom) Moderator: Professor David Orentlicher, MD, JD Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law Co-director, Hall Center for Law and Health, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (Panelists listed below) |
Registration for this event has ended.
About the Keynote Speaker:
Dr. David Korn, MD is the Vice Provost for Research at Harvard University and Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. From 1997 to 2008 he served as Senior Vice President for Biomedical and Health Sciences Research, and in 2008 as Chief Scientific Officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in Washington, D.C.
Prior to his time at the AAMC, he served as Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Professor and Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine from October 1984 to April 1995, and as Vice President of Stanford University from January 1986 to April 1995. Before that he had served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pathology at Stanford, and Chief of the Pathology Service at the Stanford University Hospital, since June 1968.
Dr. Korn received his BA from Harvard College and medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been Chairman of the Stanford University Committee on Research; President of the American Association of Pathologists (now the American Society for Investigative Pathology), from which he received the Gold-Headed Cane Award for lifetime achievement in 2004; President of the Association of Pathology Chairman; a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology; and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Academic Health Centers. Dr. Korn was a founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the California Transplant Donor Network, one of the nation's largest Organ Procurement Organizations.
More recently, he was a founder of the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, a nonprofit corporation created to enhance and standardize the protection of human participants in medical research. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and has served on numerous National Academies committees. In the past decade his writings and lectures have focused on issues of academic values and health and science policy.
Meet the Panelists:
Dr. Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D.
Director, Indiana University Center for Bioethics
Associate Dean for Bioethics, Indiana University School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Medical & Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
Professor of Philosophy, IUPUI School of Liberal Arts
Co-Director, IUPUI Consortium for Health Policy, Law, and Bioethics
Dr. David S. Wilkes, M.D.
August M. Watanabe Professor of Medical Research
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
Executive Associate Dean for Research Affairs
Indiana University School of Medicine
Dr. Rose S. Fife, MD, MPH
Associate Dean for Research
Barbara F. Kampen Professor of Women's Health
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director, Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Indiana University School of Medicine
Dr. Mervin C. Yoder, MD
Richard and Pauline Klingler Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and
Professor of Cellular and Integrative Physiology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Director, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research
Attending Physician, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children
Associate Chair for Pediatric Research
For More Information:
Please contact Carsandra Knight (317) 274-1912
