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Michelle L. McGowan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of
Bioethics
Reproductive Ethics
Feminist Bioethics
Empirical Bioethics
Reproductive Technologies
Genetic Testing
Women's Health
Gender in Medicine and Biomedical Research
e-mail: michelle.mcgowan@case.edu
NIH Biosketch
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Bio
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Michelle L. McGowan is an Assistant Professor of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She received her B.A. in Sociology from Boston College in 2000, and her Ph.D. in Women Studies from the University of Washington in 2007. Dr. McGowan completed a predoctoral fellowship in ethical, legal, and social aspects of human genetics and biotechnology at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society in Graz, Austria, and postdoctoral training in bioethics at the Center for Genetic Research Ethics and Law at Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. McGowan’s research is focused on the social and ethical implications of reproductive and genetic technologies in the United States. She is particularly interested in the motivations of users of reproductive and genetic technologies and how they conceptualize the risks and benefits of their use. She is also interested in how the perspectives of users of novel technologies can contribute to bioethical discourse and the development of social policy. Her recent scholarship has focused specifically on participation in egg donation, embryo donation, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, fertility preservation techniques, and direct-to-consumer personal genome scanning. Within the Department of Bioethics, Dr. McGowan teaches courses on reproductive ethics and international women's health issues.
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Recent Publications
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McGowan, Michelle L., Chris Burant, Rocio Moran, and Ruth Morgan Farrell. (In Press, 2009). “Patient Education and Informed Consent for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Health Literacy for Genetics and Assisted Reproductive Technology.” Genetics in Medicine, 11(9).
Kenney, Nancy J. & Michelle L. McGowan. (In Press, available online 2008).Looking Back: Egg Donors’ Retrospective Evaluations of Their Motivations, Expectations and Experiences during Their First Donation Cycle. Fertility and Sterility.
McGowan, Michelle L. and Marcie A. Lambrix. (2009). “Are Social Networkers and Genome Testers One in the Same?: The Limitations of Public Opinion Research for Guiding Clinical Practice.” The American Journal of Bioethics, 9(6-7), 21-23.
McGowan, Michelle L. & Jennifer R. Fishman. (2008). Using Lessons Learned from BRCA Testing and Marketing: What Lies Ahead for Whole Genome Scanning Services. The American Journal of Bioethics, 8(6), 18-20.
McGowan, Michelle L. (2008). Producing Users of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Dominant and Marginalized Discourses in the US Context. In A. Bammé, G. Getzinger & B. Wieser (Eds.), Yearbook 2007 of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society (pp. 95-110). Munich and Vienna: Profil.
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Recent Activities
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Ethical Issues in Procuring Embryos for Research, Presenter on Biobank Boundaries: Emerging Issues for Translational Genomic Research Panel, Genetics & Ethics in the 21st Century 13th Annual Conference, Breckenridge, CO, 2009.
Motivations and Moral Imperatives of Early Adopters of Personal Genome Services (with Marcie A. Lambrix and Jennifer R. Fishman), Organizer of Ethical and Social Implications of Direct-to-Consumer Personal Genome Services for Genomic Research and Medicine Panel, Genetics & Ethics in the 21st Century 13th Annual Conference, Breckenridge, CO, 2009
Ethical Issues in the Procurement of Oocytes and Ovarian Tissue for Fertility Preservation Research, 2nd Annual Oncofertility Summit: Reflections from the Humanities and Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2009.
Egg Donation Agreements, Dispositional Authority, and Donors' Attitudes: Emergent Issues in Third Party Reproduction, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2008.
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Contact Information
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Michelle L. McGowan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Bioethics
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland OH 44106-4976
Office: 216-368-0735
FAX: 216-368-8713
email:michelle.mcgowan@case.edu
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