Join us on May 5th for a panel discussion on jobs in the field of bioethics.
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MODERATOR
Alison Bateman-House, PhD, MPH, MA is an assistant professor in the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She is co-chair, with Arthur Caplan PhD, of the Working Group on Compassionate Use and Preapproval Access (CUPA), an academic group that studies ethical issues concerning access to investigational medical products and which is composed of patient advocates, clinicians, members of industry, former FDA staffers, lawyers, and academics. She also co-chairs, with Lesha Shah MD, the Pediatric Gene Therapy and Medical Ethics (PGTME) working group, which includes academics, patient advocates, industry representatives, and a wide array of clinical and research professionals. Bateman-House serves as the non-voting, non-paid chair of the NYU/Janssen Pharmaceutical Compassionate Use Advisory Committees (CompACs) for Infectious Diseases and Neurology/Psychology. CompAC won the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA’s 2019 Innovation Award. Bateman-House has published and spoken extensively on how to best handle requests for non-trial access to investigational drugs and on related ethical issues. She has also written and spoken frequently on the history and ethics of using humans as research subjects and on clinical trial accessibility.
SPEAKERS
Heidi Forster Gertner, JD, works at the forefront of the drug regulatory industry. She provides insight to large and small pharmaceutical companies and research institutions in dealing with government regulators to maximize business potential.
With her wealth of drug regulatory knowledge and creative thinking skills, Heidi finds solutions to client problems and is a tireless advocate. She helps clients resolve their enforcement differences with the FDA and facilitates positive relationships with the agency. Heidi anticipates and helps clients dealing with cutting-edge issues, both by assessing policy initiatives and finding new business opportunities.
Heidi began her professional career with a focus on bioethics and law, completing two post-doctoral bioethics fellowships, one at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and another at the National Institutes of Health. At the National Institutes of Health, Heidi’s work focused primarily on human subject protection and research ethics issues.
Cara Hunt is a research associate in the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone’s Department of Population Health. She earned her undergraduate degree in science, technology, and society at Vassar College, after which she taught robotics and engineering to K-5 students. She then worked in the Education Department at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, during which time she earned a master’s in bioethics at New York University.
Steven P. Field, MD, is an attending physician as well as the former chair of the Ethics Committee at Tisch Hospital-NYU Langone Medical Center and current clinical ethics consultant at NYU-Langone Health. Dr. Field received his BA in history from Yale University and his MD from New York University School of Medicine. His specialty is gastroenterology. Dr. Field is also on the Board of Trustees of The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous.
Rachel Yarmolinsky, a longtime Director of Media Relations and Marketing at Columbia University Department of Psychiatry and a Regulatory Specialist at the Columbia University Human Research Protection Office, completed an MS in Bioethics at Columbia University in 2014. Her interests include clinical and research ethics, particularly in neuroethics and ELSI research. Ms. Yarmolinsky is experienced in event and meeting planning, science writing, graphic design, and media relations. She is on the steering committee of the Columbia University Center for Research on the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Psychiatric, Neurologic and Behavioral Genetics, a member of the Pediatrics and Adult Medical Ethics Committees at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/CUIMC, a member of the Social Services Committee of New York City’s Community Board 2, and a member of the board of Science Writers in New York.
