Alexander Morgan Capron holds the rank of University Professor at the University of Southern California, where he occupies the Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy and Ethics and is Co-Director of the Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics.  He was formerly the Director of Ethics, Trade, Human Rights, and Health Law at the World Health Organization.  His scholarship focuses on public health law, the determination of death, and the legal and ethical issues in research with human beings and in organ trafficking.  He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group.