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John D Loike

John D Loike

Director of Special Programs in Columbia University
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
USA

Biography

John D. Loike, PhD serves as Director for Special Programs for the Center for Bioethics and is the Co-Director for Graduate Studies in the Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is also an Advisory Board member of the Columbia University Center for the Study of Science and Religion, creator and faculty editor of the Columbia University Journal of Bioethics, and course instructor for Crossroads in Bioethics, a course for undergraduates offered each spring at Columbia College. He has co-organized several national and international conferences on genetics and Bioethics, and he is the founding co-director of BIOCEP (BIOethical Cross-cultural Education Program), a two-week intensive summer internship program designed to promote educational and cultural exchange in medical ethics (medical tourism, emerging infections, stem cell research, reproductive medicine, etc.) with students from Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand.

Research Interest

Dr. Loike’s areas of interest in bioethics include stem cells, cloning, neuroethics, bioterrorism, and the interface of science and religion.