Research ethics topic of lunch workshop

Sean Philpott

The Rapaport Ethics Across the Curriculum Initiative is sponsoring a workshop luncheon on research ethics with noted ethicist Sean Philpott, Friday, Oct. 10, 12:50-1:50 p.m., in Everest Lounge in Hale House.

Philpottis a science and ethics officer at PATH, an international nonprofit that works in global health. He guides the organization’s work related to ethics, access and policy advocacy to help prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

He is also an active member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Human Studies Review Board, which reviews the scientific and ethical aspects of proposals and research for regulatory purposes.

Before joining PATH, Philpott was associate professor of medicine at Albany Medical College and adjunct professor at the University at Albany School of Public Health. He also served as the associate director of the Alden March Bioethics Institute and executive editor of the American Journal of Bioethics. He has worked with the New York State Department of Health and its Institutional Review Board, and he has consulted with various governmental and non-governmental bodies.

The Rapaport Ethics Across the Curriculum Initiative incorporates ethics into lesson plans to help empower students to exercise moral leadership. The initiative also offers grants to professors who explore ethics in their courses.