Reidar K. Lie
	- Director of the Center for Medical Ethics (University of Oslo) Phone: +47 952 31 985 Fax: +47 955 50 392 Email: reidar.lie@fil.uib.no

Reidar K. Lie, MD, PhD., has a medical degree from the University of Bergen and PH. D. in Philosophy from the University of Minnesota. He was the Director of the Center for Medical Ethics, University of Oslo, before moving to the University of Bergen, where he is professor of Bioethics. He is now a senior investigator in the Department of Clinical Bioethics, where he is responsible for the Unit on Multinational Research. He is also adjunct professor of research ethics at Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Dr. Lie is directing a major collaborative project on ethics and health policy in Thailand and Sri Lanka, and coordinates and participates in several bioethics projects funded by the European Commission

Dr. Lie has been a consultant to WHO and UNAIDS on international research ethics, and has organized training workshop on ethical issues in research and health care in Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa on behalf of WHO.

Principal Research Interests

His current research interests include ethical issues of international collaborative research and ethical issues in health sector reform in developing contries

Principal Teaching Activities

At University of Oslo
Center of Medical Ethics

At University of Bergen
Professor of Bioethics

At Thammasat University of Bankok
Adjunct Professor of Research Ethics

Selected University & Public Service

University Service
Bioethics
Ethical issues in health and in international collaborative research sector

Public Service
Who
Unaids

Selected Publications

Reidar Lie has co-edited five books or special issues of journals, and published in the areas of basic cardiology, history and philosophy of medicine, decision theory, research ethics and ethics and health policy.