Biosketch

In addition to his Clinical Center position, Dr. Reidar Lie is adjunct professor of research ethics at Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand, and professor of philosophy at University of Bergen in Norway.

He has published in the fields of basic cardiology, history and philosophy of medicine, decision theory, research ethics, and ethics and health policy. His current research interests include ethical issues of international collaborative research and ethical issues in health-sector reform in developing countries. He is directing a major collaborative project on ethics and health policy in Thailand and Sri Lanka. Dr. Lie also coordinates and participates in several bioethics projects funded by the European Commission.

Dr. Lie graduated from University of Bergen with a M.D. degree and from University of Minnesota with a Ph.D. degree in Philosophy. He has been director of the Center for Medical Ethics at University of Oslo.

Dr. Lie has co-edited several books with the most recent ones being Ethics and Evidence-Based Medicine and Healthy Thoughts: European Perspectives on Health Care Ethics. He has been a consultant to the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on international research ethics and has organized training workshops on ethical issues in research and health care in Latin America, Asia, Europe, and Africa on behalf of WHO and NIH.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

Kasturiaratchi, N. Lie, Reidar K., Seeberg J. Health Ethics in six SEAR countries. WHO-SEARO, New Delhi, 1999

Lie RK, Schotsmans P, eds Healthy Thoughts: European Perspectives on Health Care Ethics. Peeters Verlag, Leuven, 2002.

Meulen, R.T.; Biller-Andorno, N.; Lenk, C.; Lie, R. (Eds.) Evidence-based Practice in Medicine and Health Care. A Discussion of the Ethical Issues, Springer, Berlin Verlag , 2005

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Jayasinghe S, Mendis N, Lie R. Use of disability adjusted life years in health planning - a plea for caution. Ceylon Medical Journal 2002: 47: 61

Participants in the 2001 Conference on Ethical Aspects of Research in Developing Countries. Fair benefits for research in developing countries. Science 2002:298; 2133-2134

Lie RK. Research ethics and evidence based medicine, Journal of Medical Ethics 2004: 30: 122-125

Lie RK, Emanuel E, Grady C, Wendler D. The standard of care debate: The international consensus opinion versus the Declaration of Helsinki Journal of Medical Ethics 2004: 30: 190-193

Belsky L, Lie R, Mattoo A, Emanuel E, Srenivasan G. The General Agreement on Trade in Services. Implications for policymakers Health Affairs 2004:23(3) 137-145

Wendler D, Lie RK, Emanuel E. The standard of care debate: Can researchers be ethical and helpful. American Journal of Public Health 2004:94; 923-927

Lie RK. Health, human rights and mobilization of resources for health. International Health and Human Rights Journal 2004; 4: 4 (8 October)

Astor A, Akhtar T, Matallana MA, Muthuswamy V, Olawu FA, Tallo V, Lie RK. Physician migration: Views from professionals in Colombia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan and the Philippines Social Science and Medicine 2005; 61: 2492-2500

Lie RK, Grady C, Emanuel EJ. Circumcision and HIV prevention research. An ethical analysis. Lancet 2006; 368: 522-525

Dickert N, DeRiemer KL, Duffy P, Garcia-Garcia L, Sina B, Tindana P, Lie RK. Ancillary care responsibilities in observational research: Two cases, two problems. Lancet 2007; 369: 874-7