| Office: | 1300 University Ave. Room 1430 Madison, WI 53706-1532 |
| Phone: | (608) 263-8562 (MHB) |
| Fax: | (608) 263-6210 (Peds) |
| Email: | ncfost@pediatrics.wisc.edu |
Norman Fost
Education
M.P.H. HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 1973
M.D. YALE UNIVERSITY, 1964
A.B PRINCETON UNIVERISTY, 1960
Professional Experience
Professor, Pediatrics, and Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin (1982-present)Associate Professor, Pediatrics, and Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin (1977-1982)
Health Sciences Institutional Review Board, UW Center for Health Sciences (1973-2008, Chair 1977-2008)
Director, Child Protection Team, UW Children's Hospital (1975-2006)
Chair, UW Hospital Ethics Committee (1984-present)
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital (1971-1973)
Honors and Awards
Patricia Price Browne Award in Bioethics (Oklahoma University) (First Recipient), 2007Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Human Research Protection (Office of Human Research Protection, US Dept of Health and Human Services, and Health Improvement Institute), 2006
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Bioethics: William G. Bartholome Award for Excellence in Ethics, 2003
Princeton University, Board of Trustees (Elected), 1994-1998
Nellie Westermann Prize for Research Ethics (With Dr Richard Love), 1997
Nellie Westermann Prize for Research Ethics (Runner-up, with Dr Philip Farrell), 1989
Nellie Westermann Prize for Research Ethics (Runner-Up, with Dr Steven Cohen), 1976
Publications
Selected Articles Published in the Last 10 Years
Varness T, Allen DB, Carrel A, Fost N. "Childhood obesity and medical neglect." Pediatrics 123(1):399-406, Jan 2009.Fost, N.,"Anti-Doping: 'doping' is pejorative and misleading" British Medical Journal 337(7663):189, 2008.
Fost, N., Levine R. "The Dysregulation of Human Subjects Research." JAMA 298(18):2196-2198, 2007.
Fost, N., "The great stem cell debate: Where are we now? Cloning, chimeras, and cash." Wisc Med J 105(4):16-17, 2006.
Fost, N., "Reconsidering the dead donor rule: is it important that organ donors be dead?" Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 14(3):249-60, 2004.
Fost, N., "America's Gulag Archipelago." New England Journal of Medicine 351(23):2369-2370, 2004.
Fost, N., "Ethical issues in research and innovative therapy in children with mood disorders." Biological Psychiatry 49(12):1015-1022, 2001.
Current Research Projects/Interests
Ethical and legal issues in research and genetic screening; use of performance enhancing drugs; access to growth hormone; definition of death.
Recent Courses Taught
- 545: Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Clinical Investigation: This course will explore and examine the ethical issues central to clinical research, regulations governing clinical investigation, and the role of good clinical practice for clinical trials.
- 558: Ethical Problems Raised by Biomedical Technology: Ethical issues apparently created by new biomedical technologies, such as genetic screening, prenatal diagnosis, prolongation of life, treatment of severe birth defects, /I/in vitro /M/fertilization, behavior modification, psychosurgery, and transplantation.
- 530: Ethical Issues in Medicine:Seminar-discussions. Problems: abortion, prenatal diagnosis, genetic screening, euthanasia, definition of death, experimentation, and patients' rights.