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prof. daniel i. wikler , phd lexington , kentucky , usa 200px united states global philosophy , ethics health , population health , health ethics , world , harvard university health organization , harvard school of public health 1946 daniel_wikler_head . jpg dan wikler
 daniel i. wikler , phd
dan wikler

daniel i. wikler -lrb- born 1946 -rrb- is an american public health educator , philosopher , and medical ethicist .
he is currently mary b. saltonstall professor of population ethics and professor of ethics and population health in the department of global health and population of the harvard school of public health in boston .
he is director and a core faculty member in the harvard program in ethics and health -lrb- peh -rrb- , which organizes a two-day medical ethics conference each spring .
his current research interests are ethical issues in population and international health , including the allocation of health resources , health research involving human subjects , organ transplant ethics , and ethical dilemmas arising in public health practice , and he teaches several courses each year .
he is a fellow of the hastings center , an independent bioethics research institution .
