Dr. Chapman began her professional career as a faculty member in the Political Science Department at Barnard College. She then spent several years teaching and conducting applied social science research on development issues at institutions in Ghana, Lebanon, and Kenya. When she returned to the U.S., she assumed a position directing peace, justice, and human rights programs for the United Church Board for World Ministries, the international agency of the United Church of Christ, attended seminary, and was ordained as a minister in the denomination. Prior to her appointment at the UConn Health Center, she spent 15 years on the staff of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as the Director of the Science and Human Rights Program; the founding Director and then Senior Associate for Ethics of the AAAS Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion; and for several years, the Co-Director of the AAAS initiative on Science and Intellectual Property in the Public Interest. She has been on the faculty of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine since July 2006 when she assumed her current appointment as a Professor of Community Medicine and Healthcare and the Healey Chair in Medical Humanities and Medical Ethics. Dr. Chapman is the author, coauthor, or editor of 18 books and more than 70 articles and reports dealing with ethical, human rights, theological, and intellectual property issues related to health, stem cells, genetic developments, and pharmaceuticals. She also has published works on economic, social and cultural rights; stem cell developments; health care reform; transitional justice; reconciliation; and development issues. As a Professor in the Division of Public Health Law and Bioethics and the first Healey Endowed Chair, she is responsible for developing medical humanities and health ethics programs at UConn Health.

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
AB	Wellesley College	Political Science
MA	Columbia University	Political Science
PhD	Columbia University	Public Law & Government
Other	New York Theological Seminary	Ethics
Other	Union Theological Seminary	Ethics

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Fellowship	University of Nairobi	Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Development Studies,

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
2019 Joan Segal Award for Outstanding Faculty	Dept of Public Health Sciences
Delta Omega (Public Health)	UConn Health Center
Phi Beta Kappa	Wellesley College

Dr. Chapman currently offers courses dealing with the ethical and regulatory dimensions of innovative health therapies, public health ethics, comparative health systems, reproductive health ethics, and health and human rights. She also has been involved in team taught courses on health and human development, the ethical dimensions of genetic developments, and research ethics in the Medical School and the M.P.H. Program. While at the University of Connecticut she has also taught medical school courses on reproductive ethics, spirituality and health and end of life care.

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
Public Affairs Committee	Advisory Committee	member	UConn Health	Local	2023
U21 HSG Public Health Group	Advisory Committee	member	External	International	2021
Curriculum Committee	Advisory Committee	chair	UConn Health	Local	2021	2024
Dept of Public Health Sciences Curriculum Advisory Committee	Education Committee	member	UConn Health	University	2020
Curriculum Committee, Department of Public Health Sciences	Advisory Committee	member	UConn Health	Local	2020
Merit Appeals Committee	Education Committee	member	UConn Health	Local	2019
Merit Appeals Committee	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	Local	2018
Graduate Faculties Council	Education Committee	Member	UConn-Storrs	State	2017	2019
University of Connecticut Humanities Institute Board	Education Committee	Member	UConn-Storrs	University	2016	2018
Health and Human Rights Editorial Board	Editorial Board	Editorial Board member	External	International	2012
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee	Research Committee	Chair	UConn Health	University	2010
State of Maryland Stem Cell Program Review Committee	Other	Member	External	State	2010
Journal of Human Rights	Editorial Board	Board member	UConn-Storrs	International	2008
Dempsey Hospital Ethics Committee	Other	Member	UConn Health	University	2006
Gladstein Human Rights Committee, Human Rights Institute	Other	Member	UConn-Storrs	University	2006
Expert Genomics Advisory Panel, Connecticut Department of Public Health	Advisory Committee	Member	External	State
Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Genomics Subcommittee, Connecticut Department of Public Health	Professional/Scientific Organization	Co Chair	External	Regional
State of Connecticut Stem Cell Ethics and Law Working Group	Workshop/Conference	Member	External	State
UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights: Expert Working Group on the Right to the Benefits of Science	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	International
Institute for Systems Genomics	Professional/Scientific Organization	member		University
Global Health and Human Rights Working Group	Research Committee	member	UConn-Storrs	University
Economic and Social Rights Working Group	Research Committee	member	UConn-Storrs	University

While at AAAS, she directed or co-directed a series of projects related to the right to health, the ethics of stem cell research, inheritable genetic modifications, and behavioral genetics. She also worked on a wide range of issues related to economic, social and cultural rights, some in close cooperation with the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and in collaboration with the UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to the Highest Attainable Level of Health. She continues to be involved with several UN related initiatives to develop indicators, to conceptualize the content of selected rights, and to improve the monitoring of economic, social and cultural rights. At the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Professor Chapman has conducted research on ethical issues related to human embryonic stem cell and induced pluripotent stem cell research. She continues to work on stem cell issues and a variety of health and human rights issues. She completed a pilot project on barriers to equitable access to genetic testing and services in Connecticut. In addition, she worked on projects dealing with ethical issues related to the introduction of noninvasive prenatal pregnancy diagnosis, ethical norms for early stage clinical trials with pluripotent stem cell derivatives, and the development of core benefit packages in developing countries consistent with human rights norms. Her two most recent books are Genetic Research on Addiction: Ethics, the Law, and Public Health (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Global Health, Human Rights and the Challenges of Neoliberalism (Cambridge University Press 2016). She is currently writing a book tentatively titled Translating Stem Cells into Therapies: Ethical and Justice Issues.

Journal Articles

Books

Book Chapters

Editorials

Letters

Notes

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Ethical Concerns Related to Sex Selection	Talk	Center for Advanced Reproduction	2023	Farmington, CT
The Price of Life	Plenary Lecture	Student Organization, UConn Storrs	2023
Children's Right to Health	Lecture	UCLA Dept of Pediatrics	2023	Los Angeles
Children's Right to Health	Other	Mott Pediatric Hospital	2023	Michigan
Children's Right to Health	Other	Dept Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Utah	2023	Salt Lake City, Utah
Does Developing Gametes from Pluripotent Stem Cells Offer a New Path of Reproduction, American Journal of Law and Medicine symposium	Panel Discussion	American Journal of Law and Medicine Symposium	2022	Boston/MA and virtual
Disparate Impacts of Covid Pandemic Policies on Communities of Color, San Francisco Bar Association Panel	Panel Discussion	San Francisco Bar Association	2022	San Francisco and Virtual
The Benefits of Pediatricians Adopting a Human Rights Approach, Pediatric Academic Society panel	Panel Discussion	Pediatric Academic Society	2022	Denver, Colorado
Children's Right to Health, Mott Pediatric Hospital Grand Rounds	Lecture	Mott Pediatric Hospital	2022	Michigan and via Zoom
The Unequal Pandemic, Plenary Keynote, UConn Law School	Plenary Lecture	UConn Law School	2022	Hartford
The Ethical and Human Rights Implications of Using Digital Contact Tools to Respond to the Covid-19 Pandemic, presentation made at the Conference on Research on Covid 19: Collaborations at the Nexus of Engineering Human Rights and Interdisciplinary Scholarship	Talk	University of Connecticut	2020	remote
The Human Rights Contribution to Pro-Poor Universal Coverage	Plenary Lecture	Harvard Medical School	2019	Cambridge, MA
The Contributions of Oral Health to Primary Care	Panel Discussion	United for Sight	2019	New Haven, CT
Climate Change and Human Rights: The Case of Pakistan	Plenary Lecture	Economic and Social Rights Group, UConn Storrs	2019	Storrs, CT
The Contributions of the Social Determinants of Health to Primary Care	Lecture	St Francis Dept Primary Care	2019	Hartford, CT
“Missed Opportunities: Human Rights Gap in the CSDH Report”	Lecture	American Public Health Association	2012
“Obligations of States to Fulfill the Right to the Benefits of Science and Its Applications”	Talk	United Nations Human Rights Seminar	2011	Geneva, Switzerland
“Ethical Issues Related to Non-Invasive Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis”	Talk	New England Regional Genetics Group Annual Meeting	2011	Portsmouth, New Hampshire
“Ethical Issues in the Development of Gametes from iPSCs”	Talk	Maryland Stem Cell Symposium	2011	Towson, Maryland
“Ethical Issues Related to Non-Invasive Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis”	Talk	American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology	2011	Washington, D.C.
“Evaluating Sustinet through a Human Rights Lens”	Talk	Connecticut Health and Human Rights Conference	2011	University of Connecticut School of Social Work
“The Right to Health in an Age of Privatization”	Talk	Economic and Social Rights Workshop	2011	University of Connecticut, Storrs campus
“Human Rights in the Global Marketplace: The Case of Health and its Prerequisites”	Talk	International Studies Association Meeting	2010	Montreal
“Conceptualizing the Right to the Benefits of Scientific Progress and Its Applications”	Talk	American Association for the Advancement of Science	2009
“Core Obligations of the Right to the Benefits of Scientific Progress and its Applications”	Talk	International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	2009	Venice
“Requirements of Research on Reconciliation in Divided Societies”	Talk	United States Institute of Peace Seminary	2009
“Human Rights Critique of WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health Report"	Talk	Symposium on Extreme Poverty, Human Rights, and Health	2009	University of Ottawa
“Human Rights and Social Determinants of Health"	Talk	Symposium on Extreme Poverty, Human Rights, and Health	2009	University of Toronto
“Theological Views of the Person and their Implications for Human Enhancement”	Talk		2008	Vanderbilt University
“Globalization, Health, and Human Rights”	Talk	University of Connecticut School of Law	2008	Connecticut
“Globalization, Human Rights, and Health, Symposium on Global Health Challenges in an Unequal World"	Talk	University of Toronto	2008	Toronto, Canada
“Ethical Complexities of Embryonic Stem Cell Research”	Talk	Convocation at College of the Holy Cross	2008
“Contributions and Limitations of a Human Rights Approach to Global Health Inequalities”	Talk	Workshop on Health in an Unequal World	2008	University of Toronto
“Religious Perspectives on Health Care Reform”	Talk	Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting	2008	Atlanta, Georgia
“Ethical Issues in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research”	Talk	Westport Library	2007	Westport, Connecticut
“Intersections of the Right to Health and the Right to the Benefits of Scientific Progress”	Talk	Expert Meeting	2007	UNESCO and University of Amsterdam Law Center
“Monitoring the Right to Health”	Lecture	Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes	2007	Mumbai, India
“Theological Views of the Person and their Implications for Human Enhancement”	Talk		2007	Vanderbilt University
“Can Human Dignity Serve as a Standard for Decisions about Using New Technologies”	Talk		2007	Vanderbilt University
“Enhancing the Human”	Other	Day in the Humanities	2007	University of Connecticut
“Ethical Oversight of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research”	Lecture	Celebrating Women Series	2007	University of Connecticut Health Center
“Monitoring the Right to Health”	Lecture	Tata Institute for Social Science Research	2006	Mumbai, India
“The Status of Efforts to Monitoring Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights”	Talk	Conference on Economic Rights: Concept, Measurement, and Policy issues	2005	University of Connecticut
“Measuring the Right to Health”	Talk	Conference on Lessons Learned from Rights-Based Approaches to Health	2005	Emory University
“Development of Indicators for Monitoring Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights"	Talk	UNESCO Meeting	2005	Addis Ababa
“Humanitarian Licensing to Increase Access to Medicines”	Talk	Institute for Intellectual Property Research	2005	Queen Mary College
“Religious Ethics at the Frontiers of Genetic Science"	Lecture	Tanner Lecture	2004	University of Southern Utah
“Development of Indicators for Monitoring the Right to Health"	Talk	Right to Water Workshop, Heinrich Boell Foundation	2004	Berlin
“Monitoring the Right to Health”	Talk	International Human Rights Academy, University of Utrecht	2004	Utrecht
“Intellectual Property and Access to Medicine: Issues and Potential Responses”	Talk	Meeting of the Chemical Heritage Foundation	2004	Philadelphia
“Should We Design Our Descendants?: Ethical and Theological Issues”	Talk	Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting	2003	Pittsburgh
“The Contributions and Limitations of a Human Rights Approach to Health”	Talk	National Institutes of Health	2003	Bethesda, MD
“Approaches to Studying Reconciliation”	Talk	Conference on Empirical Methodologies on Transitional Justice	2002	Stellenbosch, South Africa
“Religious Perspectives on Genetics”	Lecture	Collins Lecture, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon	2002	Portland, OR
“The Obligations of Poor Countries Related to the Right to Health”	Talk	American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics	2001	Philadelphia
"Approaches to Monitoring the Internationally Defined Right to Health”	Talk	American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics	2001	Philadelphia
"The Role of Indicators and Standards in Assessing Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights"	Talk	Second Global Forum on Human Development	2000	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"The Contributions and Limitations of Christian Ethics on the Genetics Revolution"	Lecture	God, Life and Cosmos: Theistic Perspectives	2000	Islamabad
"Christian Perspectives on Genetics"	Talk	American Society on Human Genetics	2000
"The Role of Science-Religion Dialogue in Bioethics"	Talk	Rathenau Instituut Forum on Human Cloning	1999	Amsterdam
“Truth Commissions as Instruments of Forgiveness and Reconciliation” Religious Contributions to Conflict Resolution	Talk	Symposium on Forgiveness and Reconciliation	1999	Kennedy School, Harvard University
"Reassessing the Truth Finding of Truth Commissions"	Talk	History Workshop on the Truth Commission, Wittswater and University	1999	Johannesburg, South Africa
“Coming to Terms with the Past: Truth, Justice, and/or Reconciliation”	Talk	Society of Christian Ethics Meeting	1999	San Francisco
“A Human Rights Perspective on Intellectual Property, Scientific Progress, and Access to the Benefits of Science”	Panel Discussion	World Intellectual Property Organization Panel	1998	Geneva
“Current Issues Affecting the Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”	Talk	Faculty of Law, the University of British Columbia	1998	Vancouver
“Developing an Integrated System for Monitoring Freedom of Religion or Belief”	Talk	Oslo Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief	1998	Oslo, Norway
“Theological Reflections on Genetics and Human Nature”	Plenary Lecture	American Theological Society	1998	New York
“Religious Perspectives on Genetic Patenting”	Talk	American Society of Bioethics and the Humanities	1997	Baltimore
“Violations of the Right to Health”	Other	Maastricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	1997	Maastricht, The Netherlands
“Human Genetic Patenting: Ethical and Theological Issues”	Talk	Society of Christian Ethics	1997
“Population, Consumption, and Environmental Sustainability: Toward a Closer Partnership between Religion and Science”	Plenary Lecture	Conference on Consumption, Population and the Environment	1995	Weston, Massachusetts
“Monitoring Women’s Right to Health”	Talk	Conference on the International Protection of Reproductive Rights	1994	The American University
“Religion and Genetics: The Future Agenda” ,	Plenary Lecture	Boston Theological Institute and the Directorate for Science and Policy	1994	Weston, Massachusetts
“Christian Ethics at the Frontiers of Science: Protestant Denominational and Ecumenical Statements on Genetic Engineering and the Human Genome”	Talk	Society of Christian Ethics	1994	Chicago
“Rights and Responsibilities”	Talk	World Future Society Assembly	1993	Washington, D.C.
“Scientific Methods for Monitoring Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights”	Talk	World Conference on Human Rights	1993	Vienna
“The Role of NGOs in Monitoring Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights” Public Hearing on the Effects of the Policies of the International Financial Institutions on Human Rights	Other	World Conference on Human Rights	1993	Vienna
“Exploring the Right to Health Care”	Talk	American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting	1993	Boston
“Religious and Theological Attitudes Toward Genetic Intervention and Alteration of Life Forms”	Talk	The Institute of Religion	1992	Texas Medical Center
“The Potential of Christianity for Political Transformation”	Talk	American Political Science Association Annual Meeting	1992	Chicago
“Toward a More Adequate Framework for Assessing Rights and Responsibilities”	Other	American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting	1992	Chicago
“Structural Problems: Policy Solutions” Presentation to God’s Justice in a New Century	Talk	Convocation of Interfaith Action for Economic Justice	1989	Washington, D.C.