Linda F. Hogle

Biography

Linda F. Hogle is an Associate Professor in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine's Department of Medical History and Bioethics and a member of the Regenerative Medicine Faculty cluster. An anthropologist of science, technology and medicine, her work focuses on cultural, social and legal-regulatory issues in emerging biomedical engineering technologies and regenerative medicine. She holds an affiliate appointment in the Department of Anthropology.

Research interests in regenerative medicine include analysis of emerging regulatory pathways for novel biological and combination products, concepts of risk, and the nature of evidence used to evaluate unproven technologies. An ethnography of tissue engineering researchers in academic and industrial settings examined how collaborations in multi-disciplinary teams of life scientists, engineers, materials scientists, biophysicists and others affect the nature of research work, and how such collaborations may produce novel concepts and problem definitions in engineering and the life sciences. A related project analyzed political debates, emerging ethical concerns and policy issues in regenerative medicine.

She also conducts research on social, legal and ethical issues related to the use of human biological materials, with particular attention to the recovery, use and distribution of human organs and tissues for transplantation and research. Her book, Recovering the Nation's Body: Cultural Memory, Medicine and the Politics of Redemption , was based on extensive ethnographic research in Germany. The study was the first to analyze actual organ recovery practices within the political and cultural contexts of the U.S. and European Union.

She currently serves on the executive committee for the UW Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center and the Stem Cell Oversight & Review Committee. Additionally, she serves as an international advisor to the Regenerative Medicine in Europe Program, a network of social scientists examining transnational matters related to stem cell research and medical technology innovation. She is a former director of the Robert and Jean Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies and directed the Working Group Transdisciplinary Studies of Health and Society (TSHS) sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program. . Her work as a social scientist has been enhanced by applying her clinical knowledge as a medical technologist and her years of administrative and strategic planning experience in health care organizations.

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University

Ph.D. Medical Anthropology, University of California San Francisco and Berkeley

M.B.A. University of Texas

B.S. Medical Technology, Texas Christian University

Courses taught

526: Culture and Ethics of Body Modification [description]

559: Human Experimentation [description]

610: Regenerative Medicine, Ethics and Society (Spring 2007) [description]

734: Neuroethics and Enhancement Technologies (Spring 2006) [description]

728: Biomedical Ethics and Society [description]