Co-Chair
Senior Research Scholar; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health, Yale Institute for Global Health; Director, Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC) research involves many ethical, legal, scientific, and policy issues that are of concern to the public. As such, it is essential to promote responsible practices in the conduct of hESC research. Various groups have developed guidelines for hESC research to advance the science in a responsible manner, including the National Academies of Sciences (NAS), and the International Society of Stem Cell Research (ISSCR). These organizations recommended that research institutions should create special review bodies to oversee this emerging field of research, with the intention of providing a critical level of review and scrutiny warranted by the complex issues raised by hESC research.
In order to ensure adherence to ethical and legal principles of hESC research, Yale University has established an Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight (ESCRO) Committee as recommended by the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies' 2005 Guidelines for hESC Research. ESCRO members are appointed by and serve as advisors to the Office of the Provost. The membership of the ESCRO reflects the scientific, medical, and ethical expertise necessary to perform the aforementioned responsibilities, and includes members of the Yale community (faculty, staff and/or students), as well as outside members, at the election of the Provost.
In addition, the University is committed to ensuring that the Federal government's current prohibitions against direct or indirect use of Federal funds for research on Non-Registry hESC Lines are fully observed. Link to Special Procedures for hESC Research Financial Tracking (in development).
You may find the Policy for the Review of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research at Yale on the Provost’s Web site.
The ESCRO Committee is scheduled to meet at 4:30 p.m. on the 4th Tuesday of the following months:
Ad hoc meetings may be scheduled. Meetings may be canceled due to a lack of agenda items.
Co-Chair
Senior Research Scholar; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health, Yale Institute for Global Health; Director, Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
Co-Chair
Anthony N. Brady Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Professor of Pathology; Vice Chair for Research Affairs, Laboratory Medicine; Assoc. Director, Yale Stem Cell Center; Assoc. Director, Transfusion Medicine Service; Medical Director, Clinical Cell Processing Laboratory; Medical Director, Advanced Cell Therapy Laboratory
Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology, and Professor of Genetics, of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, and of Dermatology; Director, Yale Stem Cell Center
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and of Cellular And Molecular Physiology
Harris Professor in the Child Study Center; Director, Program in Neurodevelopment and Regeneration, Child Study Center; Professor in the Department of Neuroscience
Manager, Human Research Protection Program
Yale Human Research Protection Program
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee
Phone: 203-785-4688
Senior IRB Regulatory Analyst
Yale Human Research Protection Program
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee
Phone: 203-785-4688
Assistant Director
Yale Human Research Protection Program
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee
Phone: 203-785-4688