Distinguished Speaker Arthur Caplan to Discuss Prenatal Genetic Testing, March 31

Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D.

The Farquhar Honors College will welcome to Nova Southeastern University Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D., a renowned expert on the intersection of medicine, science, philosophy, bioethics, and health policy. Caplan will be speaking on campus and meeting with students as part of the college’s Distinguished Speakers Series.

Thursday, March 31, 2016
7:00 p.m.
Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center

Arthur Caplan is the founder and head of the Division of Medical Ethics at the New York University Langone Medical Center, co-founder and Dean of Research of the NYU Sports and Society Program, head of the ethics program in the Global Institute for Public Health at NYU, and the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor at the Langone Medical Center. Prior to joining NYU, he was the Sidney D. Caplan Professor of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, where he created the Center for Bioethics and the Department of Medical Ethics. Caplan has also taught at the University of Minnesota, where he founded the Center for Biomedical Ethics; the University of Pittsburgh; and Columbia University.

The author/editor of 32 books and over 600 papers in peer-reviewed journals, Caplan’s most recent book is Replacement Parts: The Ethics of Procuring and Replacing Organs in Humans (2015). His 2008 book Smart Mice, Not So Smart People is the focus of an NSU Honors seminar. Caplan is currently the ethics advisor to DOD/DARPA on synthetic biology, a member of the National Council on Youth Sports Safety, and a member of the Ethics and Ebola Working Group of the World Health Organization. He serves as chair of the Compassionate Use Advisory Committee, an independent group of internationally recognized medical experts, bioethicists, and patient representatives that advises Janssen/J&J about requests for compassionate use of some of its investigational medicines. Caplan is also a commentator for WebMD/Medscape, WGBH radio in Boston, and WMNF public radio in Tampa. He also writes a column on bioethics for NBC.com.

Caplan is the recipient of many awards and honors. He has been recognized as one of 2008’s 10 Most Influential People in Science by Discover magazine, one of the 50 Most Influential People in American Health Care by Modern Health Care magazine, one of the 10 Most Influential People in America in Biotechnology by the National Journal, one of the 10 Most Influential People in the Ethics of Biotechnology by Nature Biotechnology, and one of the 100 Most Influential People in Biotechnology by Scientific American magazine.

A fellow of the Hastings Center, the NY Academy of Medicine, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the American College of Legal Medicine, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Caplan holds seven honorary degrees from colleges and medical schools and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Ticket Information

This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required for attendance.

Monday, March 7: Tickets become available for NSU students, faculty, and staff. An NSU ID is required to obtain these tickets.

Monday, March 14: Tickets become available for members of the public.

To pick up your tickets, please stop by the Farquhar Honors College Office of the Dean in the Mailman-Hollywood Building (second floor), Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Limit two tickets per person.

For more information, call (954) 262-8236 or email dss@nova.edu.