Faculty of Medicine
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL
A1B 3V6
RM: HSC 2932

t: (709) 777-6220; f: (709) 777-7382

dpullman@mun.ca

• research ethics
• ethics and aging
• privacy
• issues related to genetic research and therapy
• human dignity and moral epistemology

Current Research Projects:

• Intellectual Property in Cultural Heritage
  Funded by : SSHRC
  Role:  Co-investigator
  Duration: 2008-2015
• Canadian Network for the Governance of Ethical Health Research Involving Humans
  Funded by: CIHR
  Role: Co-investigator
  Duration: 2008-2011
• Atlantic Medical Genetics and Genomics Initiative
  Funded by: Genome Canada
  Role: Co-investigator
  Duration: 2007-2011
• Sorry, You Can't Have That Information: Awareness, Perceptions, and Concerns Regarding the Disclosure and Use of Personal Health Information
  Funded by: CIHR
  Role: Principale Investigator
  Duration: 2005-2007
• Cultural Appropriation
  Funded by: SSHRC
  Role: Co-investigator
  Duration: 2005-2007

• MED6098 Contemporary Issues in Bioethics

• 2002-2007: Career Investigator Award - CIHR
• 2005: Memorial a key partner in gene discovery project (Article from MUNMED)

• Whose that sleeping in my bed?: Implementation quandries with a 'first available bed' policy.  In Complex Ethical Consultations: Cases that Haunt Us
• The Genetic Appropriation of Culture.  In Stolen Goods: The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation
• Genetic Knowledge and Moral Responsibility: Ambiguity at the interface of genetic research and clinical practice, Clinical Genetics, 69
• Ethics First Aid: Reframing the Role of 'principlism' in medical ethics education and practice, Journal of Clinical Ethics, 16(3)