Insoo Hyun, PhD, has held several appointments at Harvard Medical School, where he was Director of Research Ethics, a faculty member in the Center for Bioethics, and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. Previously, Dr. Hyun was Professor of Bioethics and Philosophy at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, where he taught undergraduate, graduate, and medical students for over 18 years. He is a Hastings Center Fellow.

Dr. Hyun’s research interests include stem cell ethics and policy, the clinical translation and implementation of emerging technologies such as medical AI and bioengineering, and new strategies for community and stakeholder engagement. Since 2005, Dr. Hyun has been heavily involved with the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), helping to draft every version of the ISSCR’s international research guidelines and serving twice as Chair of the ISSCR Ethics Committee. 

Dr. Hyun received his BA and MA in Philosophy with Honors in Ethics in Society from Stanford University and his PhD in Philosophy from Brown University. He has been interviewed frequently on National Public Radio and has served on national commissions for the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington D.C. He is a regular contributor to Nature, Science, Cell Stem Cell and an editorial board member of the Journal of Medical Artificial Intelligence. He is the author and editor of several books, including Bioethics and the Future of Stem Cell Research, published by Cambridge University Press.