Medical Ethics

Howard Mann, M.D.

Program Associate
Division of Medical Ethics
LDS Hospital & Department of Medicine and Humanities, University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah  

 Howard Mann

Correspondence:
Department of Radiology
1A71 University Hospital
50 North Medical Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84132-1140
E-mail address: Howard.Mann@hsc.utah.edu.

Education / Training

  • MB. BCh. University of Witwatersrand, 1973 - 1978
  • Internal Medicine and General Surgery Internship - South Rand Hospital, 1979 - 1980
  • Diagnostic Radiology Residency - Wilmington Medical Center, 1980 - 1983
  • Diagnostic Radiology Residency - Yale New Haven Hospital, 1983 - 1984
  • Thoracic Imaging Fellowship - Yale New Haven Hospital, 1984 - 1985
  • Certification - American Board of Radiology

Present Positions / Appointments

  • Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine
  • Adjunct Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine
  • Institutional Review Board, University of Utah School of Medicine
  • Member, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Data and safety Monitoring Board, Specialized Centers for Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) in Vascular Injury, Repair and Remodeling

Recent Publications since 2004

  • Mann H, Shamoo AE. (2006). A call for a centralized national human research protections system. Accountability in Research, 13(1), 1-9.

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  • Mann H. (2006). Extensions and refinements of the equipoise concept in international clinical research: Would Benjamin Freedman approve? American Journal of Bioethics, 6(4), 67-69.

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  • Mann H. (2006). How confidential trial negotiations and agreements between the Food and Drug Administration and Sponsors marginalize local IRBs, and what to do about it. American Journal of Bioethics, 6(3), 22-23.
  • Mann H. (2005). Controversial choice of a control intervention in a trial of ventilator therapy in ARDS: standard of

    care arguments in a randomized controlled trial. J Med Ethics, 31, 548-553.

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  • Mann H, London AJ, Mann J. (2005). Equipoise in the Enhanced Suppression of the Platelet IIb/IIa Receptor with Integrilin Trial: a critical appraisal. Clinical Trials, 2, 233-243.

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Recent National/ International Presentations since 2004

  • Mann H, Reyes M. 2006. Cluster randomized controlled trials: the Common Rule and identification of the human research subject. Poster session presented at Human Research Protections Program, Conference, Washington, D.C.
  • Mann, H. 2006. Preparing a radiology case series for publication: ethical and regulatory issues (Certificate of Merit Award). Poster session presented at Radiological Society of North America, Chicago.
  • The Meaning of Professionalism, Radiological Society of North America.

    2006

  • Collaborative IRB Training Initiative. Seattle meeting of Developers Group. Invited lecture on "International Clinical Research: The fair benefits and justice debate", 2006
  • Equipoise in randomized controlled trials: Concepts, contentions and clarifications. Human

    Research Protection Programs (formerly PRIM&ARENA) Conference. Boston, 2005

  • Institutional Review Boards and conflicts of interest in biomedical research: the case for a

    centralized and independent system whereby clinical trials are reviewed, conducted, monitored, and reported, The Ethics of Bioethics Conference, Albany Medical College and the Graduate College of Union University, 2006

  • Equipoise in randomized controlled trials : Concepts, contentions and clarifications; Sham surgery : challenges in review. ARENA/PRIM&R meeting , San Diego, 2004
  • Choosing a control intervention for a randomized trial: lessons and imperatives for investigators and IRBs. Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. For IRB members and clinical investigators, 2005