Linda MacDonald Glenn, J.D., LL.M. 96 Birch Court Burlington, Vermont Tel #: (802) Personal

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1 Linda MacDonald Glenn, J.D., LL.M. 96 Birch Court Burlington, Vermont Tel #: (802) Personal Clinical ethicist and professional educator in graduate medical education, counselor-at-law, and consultant with emphasis in Biomedical Ethics, Medical Jurisprudence, Health Law, Veterinary Law, Privacy, Bioethical and Biotechnical issues. Other research interests include Nanotechnology, Neurotechnology, Women s Issues, Evolving Notions of Legal Personhood, Reproductive Issues, Genetics, Artificial Intelligence. Strong in research, lecture/presentation and cross-cultural skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, conversant in basic Slovak, French, Spanish. Computer literate. Professional Experience Private international consulting business, working with patients, families, and institutions to empower, educate, and resolve difficult medical ethics dilemmas; specializing in training modules and intercultural facilitation. (2000 present) Traveled and consulted in United States, Canada, Antigua, Australia, Austria, India, Kenya, Uganda, China, Indonesia, Singapore, East Timor, and Peru. Assistant Professor at Alden March Bioethics Institute, Department of Medical Education, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York. (2007 present) Participating in clinical ethics case conferences; helped arrange Schwartz Rounds Teaching core courses, including professionalism, medical jurisprudence, and law and bioethics to medical and graduate students; Service on admissions, IRB, drafting and submitting curriculum for approval, coordinating presentations and networking with local higher education institutions (SUNY Albany, RPI, etc.) Assistant Professor at University of Vermont, College of Medicine, and College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, and Fletcher Allen Health Care. ( ) Teaching: Instructing undergraduate, graduate and medical students in introduction to bioethics, case-based problem solving, research ethics, and professionalism. Clinical: Attending and participating in clinical ethics consultations and conferences at Fletcher Allen Medical Center; duties include volunteer Patient- Family-Staff Liaison. Visiting Professor, University of Health Sciences Antigua, School of Medicine (June August )

2 2 Linda MacDonald Glenn Page 2 Teaching medical jurisprudence and basic principles of clinical and research ethics to medical students; grand rounds with faculty and staff; Observing and conducting clinical ethics consultations at Adelin Clinic and Holberton Hospital in St. John s. Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Health Sciences Philadelphia ( ) Teaching: Ethical and Legal Issues in Biomedical Research and Writing, including writing up ethics consultations. Lecturer, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine ( ) Teaching Bioethics and the Law; Legal and Ethical Implications of Genetic Testing and Genetic Engineering Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine and Law; University of Chicago (Spring 2003) Teaching: Legal and Ethical Issues in genetics, biotechnology, assisted reproductive technologies. Clinical: Attended and participated in clinical ethics case conferences at the University of Chicago Senior Fellow in Ethics, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois ( ) Research and writing in clinical case studies, palliative care, medical school education, biotechnology and the AMA code of ethics. Organizing conferences, obtaining funding, grant money, participating in clinical case consultations and conferences. Ethicist-in-Training, Montreal Children s Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ( ) Clinical practicum, worked with healthcare providers, participated in case studies, ethics consults, and IRB deliberations Legal Work Experience Managing Partner/Litigator - Law Offices of MacDonald Glenn & Associates ( ) General Private Practice of Law. Emphasis on Patient Advocacy, Bio-ethical and Bio-technical issues including end of life decision-making, reproductive issues, AIDS, Animal Rights and Genetic Engineering. Counseling clients; patient advocacy; media management; lecturing at local schools, colleges, and other public arenas; court appearances/litigation. Accomplishments: Winning Attorney in Gray v. Romeo-A national precedent setting case on the "Right to Die" issue. Chief Legal Counsel, State Of Rhode Island, House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare ( )

3 3 Linda MacDonald Glenn Page 3 Drafted legislation, advisor to committees on implications, constitutionality of legislation Accomplishments: First woman appointed to this position. Author of Model Legislation on the Cloning Moratorium and other legislation in genetic/privacy issues Appointed to serve as Counsel to the Regional Commission on Organ Donation Assistant City Solicitor, City Of Warwick, Warwick, Rhode Island ( ) Position included prosecution of District, Municipal and Superior Court cases, Federal court trials. Researched and issued legal counsel to department heads, Acting Administrative Law Judge in hearing cases pertaining to municipal ordinances. Accomplishments: First woman appointed to this position. Successfully prosecuted over 200 cases, including felonies and misdemeanors Assistant Attorney General, Department of the Attorney General, Providence, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ( ) Civil Division-Senior Trial Attorney: duties included trying State and Federal cases; training Junior Attorneys; serving as Hearing Officer and Legal Counsel to State Agencies in claims of negligence, breach of contract, employment discrimination, civil rights violation, medical malpractice and general labor law. Criminal Division-Trial Attorney: Duties included prosecuting a broad variety of misdemeanor and felony cases at the District, Superior, and Supreme Court level, including white-collar crimes. Education Baylor College of Medicine, Neuroscience and the Law (2009) University of Vermont, Certificate in Clinical and Translational Research, including Biostatistics, Designing Clinical Research, Ethics in Public Health Research and Drafting Winning Grant Proposals. ( ) Medical College of Wisconsin, Course in Physician Ethics and Professionalism. (2003) McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, LL.M. in BioMedical Ethics (2002) Georgetown University, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Washington, D.C., USA Intensive minicourse in biomedical ethics (1997) Western New England College School of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts, Juris Doctor (1981) Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Bachelor Of Arts/Human

4 Communication and Women s Studies (1977) Linda MacDonald Glenn Page 4 Certifications: PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) Emergency First Responder and Rescue SCUBA Diver (08/2010) Honors and Awards American Bar Foundation Life Fellow (An honorary organization of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars who have been elected by their peers to become members) Fellow, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, 2007 Present Women s Bioethics Project Scholar, PRIMO (Program for Research in Medical Outcomes) Fellowship, Program for Research in Medical Outcomes, Dept. of General Internal Medicine, University of Vermont ( ) University of Vermont Honors Colloquium ( ) National Institute of Health, Council on Public Relations (COPR) Associate ( ) Who's Who in Health Care Education (2004- present) Who s Who in Practicing Attorneys ( ) Who s Who of American Women (1986-present) Woman of the Year Award, Warwick Business and Professional Women's Association (1988) City of Warwick Proclamation, in recognition of professional accomplishments and service to the city (1988) Outstanding Woman of the Year Rhode Island YWCA (1983) Journal/Peer Review Activity Editorial Board: The Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare and Ethics and the International Journal of Technoethics. Peer Reviewer: The American Journal of Bioethics The Hastings Center Report American Bar Association Journal ActionBioScience Journal of Evolution and Technology Healing Ministry Women s Bioethics Blogspot, Editor-in-Chief Advisor and Fact Checker: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4

5 Publications/Writings (selected): Book(s) and Book Chapters: 5 Linda MacDonald Glenn Page 5 (Forthcoming, 2012) Sentient Souls: Emerging Challenges and Evolving Notions of Personhood Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine: Methods and Protocols, Chapter on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues, SpringerLink, Humana, scheduled for publication in July 2011 Stem Cell Research, (co-edited with Lillian Forman), Edina, MN: ABDO Publishing Company, September 2007 Criminal Liabilities, Chapter 7 in Sciarra, Jana (ed.), Nursing Malpractice: Sidestepping Legal Minefields, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins Publishers, 1 st edition, October Articles and Reviews: Suffering in Silence: A Medico-legal Perspective on Palliative Sedation (Under Review) Case Studies: Ethical and Legal Issues in Human-Machine Mergers (or the Cyborgs Cometh), American Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics (forthcoming Fall 2011) The Moveable Feast: Legal, Ethical and Social Implications of Converging Technologies On Our Dinner Tables, Northeastern University Law Journal (forthcoming Fall 2011) Is It Ethical to Do Dialysis But Not Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation? (co-authored with Marcia DeWolf Bosek and Lorene Reynolds) Journal of Nursing Administration s Healthcare Law, Ethics, & Regulation, April/June 2011, Volume 13, Issue 2, Dignity and Agential Realism: Human, Posthuman, and Nonhuman (co-authored with George Dvorsky) American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 10, Number 7, June 2010, A Review of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 9, Number 3, March 2009, 50-51(2) Nanotechnology: Considering the Complex Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues with the Parameters of Human Performance, (co-authored with Jeanann S. Boyce), Nanoethics 2: , 2008 A biofriendly future: a review of Freeman Dyson s A Many Colored Glass: Reflections on Life in the Universe, Nature Biotechnology, 26, 391, April 2008 From Buzz Lightyear to Darth Vader: The Light Side and Dark Side of Converging Technologies: Report to the National Science Foundation on Nanotechnology and Human Enhancement. The Tao of Conscience: Conflict and Resolution (co-authored with Jeanann S. Boyce), American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 7, Issue 12 December 2007, At the Nexus: Augmented Cognition, Healthcare and the Law (co-authored with Jeanann

6 6 Linda MacDonald Glenn Page 6 S. Boyce), Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, Volume 1, Number 3, Fall 2007, (11) Quality of life: An approach integrating opportunities, human needs, and subjective wellbeing (co-authored with Robert Costanza, et al.) Ecological Economics, Volume 61, Issues 2-3, 1 March 2007, Is Ethics for Sale? Juggling Law and Ethics in Managed Care, (co-authored with June McKoy, Matt Wynia, and Kari Karsjens, DePaul Journal of Health Care Law, 2005; 8 (3), Lessons from Other Codes: Is it the Journey or the Destination? American Journal of Bioethics: Open Peer Commentary September/October 2005, 5(5):59 Keeping an Open Mind: What Legal Safeguards Are Needed? American Journal of Bioethics Open Peer Commentary, March/April 2005, 5(2):60 Actionbioscience.org: Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering and Transgenics, June 2004 The Physiologist: When Pigs Fly? Legal and Ethical Issues in Transgenics and the Creation of Chimeras, October 2003, Vol. 46, No. 5 A Legal Perspective on Humanity, Personhood and Species Boundaries, American Journal of Bioethics, Open Peer Commentary, October 2003, Vol. 3, Number 3 Biotechnology at the Margins of Personhood: An Evolving Legal Paradigm, Journal of Evolution and Technology: Vol. 13, March 2003 Three Lives, Three Deaths, Three Journeys: Explorations on Dying Well, Healing Ministry, Sept/Oct 2001, Volume 8, No. 5 Good News/Bad News: The Supreme Court in Cruzan, June/July, 1991, Rhode Island Bar Journal, Volume xxxix, Number 9. Invited Presentations/Speaking Engagements Clinical Ethical and Legal Issues in Human-Machine Mergers: Three case studies (or the Cyborgs Cometh), American Society for Law, Medicine, and Ethics, Chicago, June Exoskeletons, Bioprinting and other Innovations in Nanotechnology and Neurotechnology for Improved Articulation and Human Enhancement. EPS Global International Biomedicine Forum, Yangzhou, China, April 2011 Legal and Ethical Issues in Regenerative Nanomedicine, Sixth International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering,, NYC, New York, New York, April 2011 The Moveable Feast: Legal, Ethical and Social Implications of Converging Technologies On Our Dinner Tables, Northeastern University Law Journal Symposium, From Seed to Stomach: Food and Agricultural Law, Boston, MA, January 2011 Human Genome Research + Converging Technologies = The Singularity (Explorations of

7 7 Linda MacDonald Glenn Page 7 the Evolution of Humanity) International Scholars Conference on HGR, National Institute for Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India, November, 2010 The Ethics of Expert Witness, American Society of Bioethics and Humanities: (Panel Organizer and Presenter) San Diego, California, October 2010 The Portrayal of Legal Persons in Popular Films, Bioethics Summer Camp, Key West, June 2010, Law and Order: BPU (BioPolitical Unit), BioPolitics and Popular Culture Seminar, Irvine, California December, 2009 The Hitchhikers Guide to Bioethics in ARTs, American Society for Reproductive Medicine: Oversight in ART, Washington, D.C, December, 2009 Molecules, Mind, and the Law: The Intersection of Free Will, Biologic Determinism, And Criminal Responsibility ASBH, Participant in Mock Trial, Washington, DC, October, 2009 The Interstice of nanotechnology and neurotechnology (poster presentation), Neuroethics Conference, Dalhousie, Nova Scotia, September 2009 Not Just a Pretty Face: Legal and Ethical Issues in Regenerative Nanomedicine, (with Dr. Jeanann S. Boyce) Nanotechnology and Human Enhancement Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 2009 Should the HPV Vaccine Be Mandated?, Vanderbilt Law School Panel, Nashville, Tennessee February, 2008 Evolving Notions of Personhood, The 3 rd and 5 th Annual Terasem Colloquium on the Law of Future Persons, Space Coast, Florida, December 2007 and 2009 Mock Trial Coordinator and Participant in Mock Appellate Court Re-enactment of the Abigail Alliance appeal, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities,. Washington, D.C., October 2007, Technological challenges to the ideas of human identity, Rights of the Person to Technological Self-Determination, Human Rights for the 21st Century, UN Plaza, May 2007 The Spotless Mind? Policy, Ethics & the Future of Human Intelligence, Washington Press Club, Washington, D.C., February 2007 Mock Trial Coordinator and Participant in Neuroethics: That s Using Your Brain, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Denver, Colorado, October 2006 Promises, Promises in Bioterrorism and Augmented Cognition: Will Synthetic Humans be Persons or Property, 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2005 BioNano Technology: Manpower And Modern Miracles: The Impact On You, Medical Association Of The State Of Alabama Destin, Florida, July 2005 A Paler Shade of Gray: Will Neurotechnologies Expand the Boundaries of Life and Death,

8 San Diego Mesa College, May Linda MacDonald Glenn Page 8 Teasing Out the Gray: Towards a Model Code for Bioethicists, ASBH Spring Meeting, The Ethics of Bioethics, Albany, New York April 2005 Chocolate and Other NeuroEnhancers: Criminal Responsibility and the Law, Philadelphia, University of Sciences in Philadelphia, March 2005 Brain in a Box: The Legal, Ethical, and Societal Implications of Advances in Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, and Neurotechnologies, American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 2004 The Search for Artificial Intelligence: Legal and Ethical Considerations in BioTerrorism and other Scenarios, American Association of Artificial Intelligence, Washington, D.C., July 2004 The Dilemma of Dr. Frankenstein: The Moral and Legal Status of Body Parts, Canadian Association of Pathologists, Montreal, Canada, October 2004 To Sail Beyond the Sunset: Navigating the Uncharted Territory of Bioethics and Converging Technologies, Plenary Speech at the Annual Meeting of the Council of Science Editors (CSE), Vancouver, British Columbia May 2004 Neuroethics: It s Not Brain Surgery (or is it?) University of Vermont School of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, April, 2004 The Vexation of Viability: Legal and Ethical Implications of ARTs, Boundaries in Question, Feminist Perspectives in Biotechnology and Bioethics, University of California at Berkeley, March 2004 Legal and Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Research and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Canada, January 2004 Should Medical Marijuana Be Legalized? Mock Trial Coordinator and Participant, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Montreal, Canada, October 2003 Bio-X: Legal and Ethical Issues in Bioengineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, September, 2003 Legal and Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering, Summer Lecture Series, American Medical Association, Institute for Ethics, August 2003 Behold Homohybridus - How The Emergence Of Chimeras And Cyborgs Will Challenge Our Understanding Of What It Means To Be Human, Remaking Humanity? Biotech Challenges for Healthcare, Science and the Church, Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, July 2003 The Future Boundaries of Personhood: Evolving Legal, Ethical, and Technological Definitions, The Adaptable Human Body: Transhumanism and Bioethics in the 21st Century, Yale University, New Haven June 2003 When Pigs Fly: Legal and Ethical Issues in Transgenics and the Creation of Chimeras, Walter C. Randall Lecturer in Biomedical Ethics, San Diego, Experimental

9 Biology Meeting, April 2003 Current and Past Grants Linda MacDonald Glenn Page 9 Women s Bioethics Project, Grant for the Development of the Women s Bioethics Blog Consultant, DOE and DOD grants on Legal and Ethical Issues in Converging Technologies and Augmented Cognition for DARPA and Military Applications Consultant, National Science Foundation Grant in Ethical Issues in Nanotechnology and Human Enhancement Television & Radio Appearances: History Channel, Interview on Ethical and Legal Issues in Genetic Engineering and Modification, Los Angeles, Fall 2011 Panel on the Ethics of Reproductive Interventions, NewsChannel 13, Albany, NY, 2010 What You Should Know About Reproductive Issues and Freedoms. Educational Showdown, WRUV, 2007 Stem Cells and Multiple Sclerosis: What s at Stake? HealthTalk MS, 2007 Interview about the Terri Schiavo case and the Marcia Gray family, WPRI, 2005 The Advent of the Artificial Womb: What does this means for the abortion debate? WorldTalk Radio, 2004 Glenn Medeiros Show (Local Cable Access, RI) - Various Topics, Constitutional Challenge to Physician Assisted Suicide ACLU Local Cable Access, Women in the 90's WARA Radio Talk Show,WLKW, 1991 WKRI Radio Talk Show 1989 Boston's "Good Day" Show-Channel 5 WPRO Right to Die/Life Panel 1988 WHJJ-Buddy Cianci Talk Show WNEV-"Our Times" Show WOR-Radio/Telephone Interview WBZ, WPRI - Interview WBEZ (National Public Radio Affiliate) - Right to Die Radio/Telephone Interview Professional & Community Activities American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, Co-Chair of the Law and Bioethics Affinity Group, American Public Health Association American Bar Association, Special Committee on Bioethics and the Law 9

10 American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Fellow Women s Bioethics Project, Scholar Society for Evolutionary Law Rhode Island Bar Association, Vermont Bar Association Converging Technologies Bar Association, VNA Pet Therapy Program, Board of Directors, Kent County Mental Health Linda MacDonald Glenn Page 10 Rhode Island Senate Committee on Health, Education & Welfare-Testimony/Committee on Bill Regarding Physician Assisted Suicide and Moratorium on Cloning Constitutional Challenge to Ban Physician Assisted Suicide, Rhode Island Medical Society and Rhode Island Bar Association, 1996 Life's Final Days: Rights, Responsibilities and Resources Newport Hospital Ethics Conference, 1994 The Legal Implications of Ending Life, Rhode Island Hospital Medical Rounds, 1993 End of Life Decisions, American Bar Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois Professional Exchange Program with Rotary International- Three month tour of India and Health Care Problems, 1990 Bristol Community College, Bristol, Rhode Island-Round table Discussion of Marcia Gray's Case with Judge Francis J. Boyle, 1991 Rhode Island Bar Association/Department of Elderly Affairs-Durable Health Care Power of Attorney, 1991 University of Rhode Island, School of Nursing-Honors Colloquium on Health and Decision Making-Gray vs. Romeo-The First Federal "Right to Die" Case Western New England College Law School-The Right to Die-A Lawyer's Perspective The Rhode Island Women's Network-The Decisions We Must Make American Bar Association Panel on Guardianship, Boston, Massachusetts East Greenwich, Rhode Island Business and Professional Women-Women in the Legal Profession American Bar Association Conference-Birth, Death and Dying, 1988 Mock Trial Coach-East Greenwich High School, Volunteer Services for Animals, Member Board of Directors, Rhode Island Women's Network, East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 1991, Vice President, 1992

11 Leadership Rhode Island-LAMBDA Class, 1991 Kent County - Pet Therapy Nursing Home Program, Girl Scouts, Troop 180-Program Committee Member, Linda MacDonald Glenn Page 11 American Bar Association: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Division-Vice Chairman of the Guardian & Living Wills Committee, Kent County YMCA Board of Management; Sustaining Fund Drive Chair Leukemia Society of Rhode Island-Co-Chair of Annual John A. MacDonald Climb-athon References to be provided upon request. 11