Contributors

A s i a n B i o e t h i c s R e v i e w S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 9 Vo l u m e 1 , I s s u e 3 312 Akira AKABAYASHI is a Professor at the Department of Biomedical Ethics at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine and Director of UT-CBEL (University of Tokyo Center of Biomedical Ethics and Law). His research interests span cross-cultural bioethics, informed consent, end-of-life issues, research ethics, bioethics policy and clinical ethics. Professor Akabayashi serves as Chair of the Ethics Committee at the University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine. He is also a member of several government bioethics policy committees in Japan. He is an associate editor for BMC Medical Ethics, on the editorial boards of the Journal of Medical Ethics and Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Japan Association for Bioethics. Dr Akabayashi is also a fellow of The Hastings Center. Allen Andrew A. ALVAREZ is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Philippines in Diliman and Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Bergen. His doctoral dissertation deals with the issue of ethics of healthcare rationing in extreme scarcity. He has written an encyclopaedia entry on rationing and has published articles on empirical ethics, Filipino concepts of disease and illness, and research ethics. Natasha Nabi ANWAR is a Consultant molecular biologist heading the Molecular Pathology Lab at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre. Lahore. Pakistan. She is involved in developing and establishing molecular diagnostics assays for clinical use, viral diagnostics and also conducting several research studies. John D. ARRAS is Porterfield Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. He recently served as a member of the Ethics Committee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Gemma N. BALEIN, a dentist, is a Professor of Bioethics and a member of the Ethics Review Board at the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Philippines. After completing her M.A. in Teaching Medical Related Subjects, she became the first graduate of the M.S. Bioethics program from the University of the Philippines in 2008. Her primary interests are on beginning and end of life issues using an anthropological vision of the human person. Anant BHAN is an independent researcher in bioethics and public health based in India. He is trained as a physician and has a master’s degree in bioethics. Dr. Bhan has worked with NGOs, and a government public health training institution in the past. Presently his work involves training in bioethics, as well as research on ethical, social and cultural issues in health biotechnology for the developing world (with colleagues at the University of Toronto). His main area of interest is global/public health ethics and research ethics. FAN Chien Te is Professor of Law, Institute of Law for Science & Technology, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan and Director of the Bioethics & Law Center, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. C O N T R I B U T O R S 312–314 Asian Bioethics Review September 2009 Volume 1, Issue 3 313 C o n t r i b u t o r s Elizabeth M. FENTON is a postdoctoral Fellow in the Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health. Her current research focuses on ethical issues in health resource allocation, human rights, and human genetic enhancement. Soraj HONGLADAROM is Director of the Centre for Ethics of Science and Technology and Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University. His research interests include epistemology, philosophy of language, logic, as well as problems arising from the relationship between philosophy and literature. Dr. Hongladarom is currently researching the problems arising from the interplay between modern science and Thai culture. LIAO Chia Cheng is an Attorney-at-Law, Taiwan and Adjunct Researcher of Bioethics & Law Center at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. LIN Jui Chu is Professor of Law, College of Arts & Humanities at National Taiwan University of Science & Technology, Taiwan and Director of the Center for General...