Aaron D. Levine
Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Public Policy
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Aaron D. Levine is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. His research focuses on the interface between bioethics and public policy. Specifically, he studies the impact of ethical controversy on scientific research, with a particular emphasis on emerging biomedical technologies. His recent work has focused on both stem cell policy and the fertility industry. Aaron is the author of Cloning: A Beginner's Guide, an introduction to the science of cloning and embryonic stem cells and the ethical and policy debates this science inspires.

Aaron completed his Ph.D. in Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. He also holds a M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge where, as a Churchill Scholar, he developed computer algorithms to help analyze the human genome sequence and a B.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where, as a Morehead Scholar, he studied biology and computer science.

Featured Publication
    "Self-regulation, compensation, and the ethical recruitment of oocyte donors" in The Hastings Center Report , March/April 2010

Analyzes a novel dataset of egg donor recruitment advertisements to evaluate the effectiveness of self-regulation in the U.S. fertility industry. Identifies high level of non-compliance with self-regulatory guidelines.

You can download the article, read about it in the New York Times, or browse other media coverage

Aaron Levine

Mailing Address

School of Public Policy
685 Cherry Street
Atlanta, GA 30332-0345

Phone/Email

(404) 385-3329
aaron.levine [at]
pubpolicy.gatech.edu

Links

SPP Faculty Profile
Cloning: A Beginner's Guide
State Stem Cell Grant Database
Last modified: 5-February-2011