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Robert Hood

Robert Hood PhD

Healthcare Management, Research and Clinical Research
Washington, Dist of Col, United States of America

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Robert Hood, Ph.D. is a bioethicist with expertise in research ethics law, regulation, and guidelines, both in the US and internationally. His experience includes research, public policy, and professional education. Highlights of his work in bioethics include obtaining accreditation for the Florida Department of Health, the first public health agency to obtain AAHRPP accreditation; implementing a public health ethics program in a state public health agency, the first of its kind and creating an innovative program to mentor new researchers on research ethics and human participant protections at a public health agency; and chairing a public health ethics advisory committee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has served as an IRB chair, and as IRB member at several different organizations, and an AAHRPP site visitor, team leader, and member of the Council on Accreditation. Previously, he served as Associate Professor of Philosophy at Middle Tennessee State University, where his teaching and research focused on bioethics and applied ethics.
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