Christopher Scott, Ph.D., M.A.
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Christopher Scott, Ph.D., M.A.
Dalton Tomlin Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Positions
- Dalton Tomlin Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
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Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
- Member
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Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Addresses
- Baylor College of Medicine (Office)
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One Baylor Plaza
Room: BCMD-310DL
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (415) 533-1954
christopher.scott@bcm.edu
Education
- BA from University of Colorado
- 05/1978 - Boulder, Colorado United States
- MA from Stanford University
- 05/2005 - Stanford, California United States
- Ethics and Policy
- PhD from University of British Columbia
- 09/2013 - Vancouver, Canada
- Policy and Ethics
Professional Interests
- Empirical ethics
- First-in-human clinical trials
- Genomics and gene editing
- Stem cells and regenerative medicine
- Ethics of entrepreneurship
- Medical tourism
- Public Outreach
Professional Statement
Dr. Scott is the Dalton Tomlin Chair in Medical Ethics and Health Policy. He received his BA in biology and biopsychology from the University of Colorado (Boulder), his MLA in ethics and policy from Stanford University, and his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. His research uses qualitative and quantitative approaches to study the ethical, legal, social, and policy implications of emerging biotechnologies and clinical medicine. Dr. Scott is an emeritus faculty and senior research scholar at the Stanford University Center for Bioethics and past Director of the Stanford Program on Stem Cells in Society.Websites
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Selected Publications
- Senatore V, Scott CT, Sebastiano V "Patenting Parthenotes in the US and Europe." Nat Biotechnol. 2015 December 9; 33 (12): 1232-1243. Pubmed PMID: 26650007
- Senatore V and Scott CT "Europe's Landmark Decisions on Stem Cell Patents: Hope or Mere Illusion." AIPLA Quarterly. 2015 June ; 43 (3): 241-288.
- Scott CT "Backwards by Design: Building ELSI into a Science Curriculum." Hastings Cent. Rep.. 2015 May ; 45 (3): 26-32. Pubmed PMID: 25944206
- Sharma A and Scott CT "The Ethics of Publishing Human Germline Research." Nat Biotechnol. 2015 June ; 33 (6): 590-2. Pubmed PMID: 26252145
- Jacob KJ, Longstaff H, Scott CT, Illes J "Focus on the People and the Science Will Follow." Stem Cell Rev. 2015 August 11; 4 : 533-9. Pubmed PMID: 26022505
- Scott CT and DeFrancesco L "Selling Long Life." Nat Biotechnol. 2015 January ; 33 (1): 31-40. Pubmed PMID: 25574633
- Scott CT and Magnus D "Wrongful Termination: Lessons From the Geron Clinical Trial." Stem Cells Transl Med. 2014 December ; 3 (12): 1398-401. Pubmed PMID: 25298371
- Liu EY and Scott CT "Great Expectations: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technologies." Stem Cell Rev. 2014 April ; 10 (2): 145-50. Pubmed PMID: 24488263
- Chang W, Bank TC, Scott CT "Fit to Print: Media Accounts of Unproven Medical Treatments Across Time." AJOB Primary Research. 2014 January ; 5 (1): 33-43.
- Scott CT, McCormick JB, DeRouen MC, Owen-Smith J "Democracy Derived? New Trajectories in Pluripotent Stem Cell Research." Cell. 2011 June 10; 145 (6): 820-826. Pubmed PMID: 21663787
- Scott CT, DeFrancesco L. "Gene therapy’s out-of-body experience.." Nat Biotechnol.. 2016 June 9; 34 (6): 600-607. Pubmed PMID: 27281416
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