James Arthur Marcum
Department of Philosophy
Medical Humanities Program
Institute of Biomedical Studies
One Bear Place #97273
Baylor University
Waco, TX 76798
Academic Specializations
Philosophy and History of Medicine, Bioethics
Philosophy and History of Science
Thomas Kuhn’s Philosophy
Science and Religion
Academic Appointments
2006-present Professor
Department of Philosophy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor University,
Waco, TX
2001-2006
Associate Professor (tenured 2005)
Department of Philosophy, Baylor University, Waco, TX
1998-2001
Associate Professor (promoted to Professor 2001)
Department of Biology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
1995-1998
Professor
Department of Biology, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
1985-1993
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1984-1985
Instructor
Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Hospital Appointment
1989-1993
Research Associate
Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
Referee and Editorial Activities
Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis; Blackwell; Blood, The Journal of the American Society
of Hematology; The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science; Cambridge University
Press; Christian Scholar’s Review; Integrative Medicine Insights; International Journal of
Health, Wellness and Society, International Journal of Science in Society; International
Studies in the Philosophy of Science; Journal of Science in Society; Journal of the
History of the Neurosciences; Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy; Oxford University
Press; National Science Foundation–Science and Technology Studies; Pearson Longman;
Perspectives on Science; PLoS ONE; Prentice Hall; Routledge; Theoretical Medicine and
Bioethics (book editor), Thrombosis Research
Teaching Experience
2001-present Department of Philosophy, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Critical Thinking, History of Medicine, Literary and Philosophical
Perspectives of Medicine, Living Issues in Philosophy, Philosophy and
Medicine, Philosophy of Science, Symbolic Logic
1998-2001
Department of Biology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
Developmental Biology, Genetics, Human Sexuality: From Biology to
Spirituality, Introduction to Life Sciences, Molecular Biology,
Physiology
1995-1998
Department of Biology, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
Bioethics, Cell Biology, Circulation Biology, Developmental Biology,
Fundamentals of Biology, Human Anatomy and Physiology
1990-1991
Department of Philosophy, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Introduction to Philosophy
1976-1977
Department of Physiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Medical Physiology review section
1972-1973
Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Human Physiology laboratory
Academic Service
2001-present Baylor University, Waco, TX
Faculty Advisor, Baylor Agape Connection (2010-present)
Committee, Pre-Health Sciences (2008-present)
Committee, Pruitt Memorial Symposium (2007 to present)
Committee, W. Dial Black Family Lecture Series in Medical Research (2007present)
Committee, Medical Ethics Conference (2006-present)
Director, Medical Humanities Program (2004-present)
Committee, Beall-Russell Lecture (2002-present)
Committee, Medical Humanities Curriculum (2002-present)
Committee, Christian Voice in Biomedical Ethics (2002-present)
Graduate Faculty (2001-present)
Committee, Center for Religious Inquiry and Critique of Culture (2001- present)
Committee, Herbert H Reynolds Lecture in History and Philosophy of Science (20012007)
Director, Undergraduate Studies, Philosophy Department (2001-2004)
1999-2001
Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
Athletic Committee (2000-2001)
Lilly Fellow (2000-2001)
Faculty Council (2001)
1995-1998
Houghton College, Houghton, NY
Director, Houghton Institute for Integrative Studies (1995-1998)
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Education
1987-1995
1993-1994
1982-1987
1978-1982
1974-1978
1972-1974
1969-1972
Ph.D., Philosophy; Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Passed Final Comprehensive Examination with Distinction
Awarded Dissertation Fellowship and Tuition Scholarship
Awarded Graduate Assistantship and Tuition Scholarship
Dissertation: Tampering with Nature: Experimentation and Scientific
Practice
Director: Ron Anderson
J.D. Candidate, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA
Named to Dean’s List
Awarded Distinguished Memorandum
M.A., Philosophy; Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
M.A.T.S., Theology; Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Hamilton, MA
Graduated magna cum laude
Elected to Phi Alpha Chi Honorary Society
Named to National Dean’s List
Thesis: Man as Priest of Creation: an Analysis and a Critique of
Thomas F. Torrance’s New Synthesis Between Science and Theology
Director: David Wells
Ph.D., Physiology; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH
Awarded Predoctoral Fellowship and Tuition Scholarship
Dissertation: Purification and Characterization of Horse Plasminogen
and its Activation by Streptokinase, and Studies on a Protease in
Human Plasma
Director: Daniel Kline
M.S., Zoology; Miami University, Oxford, OH
Awarded Graduate Assistantship and Tuition Scholarship
Elected to Chi Sigma Honorary Society
Thesis: The Role of Microtubules and Neurostenin in Neuromuscular
Transmission
Director: David Wilson
B.S.Ed., Biology; Miami University, Oxford, OH
Named to Dean’s List (all but one semester)
Certified to Teach Secondary Biology
Research Training
1982-1984
Research Associate
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1980-1982
Postdoctoral Fellow
Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA
1974-1978
Predoctoral Fellow
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
1973-1974
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH
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Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
2009
Spring Sabbatical, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2007
Summer Sabbatical, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2007
URC Grant, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2006
Summer Sabbatical, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2006
URC Grant, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2004
Fall Sabbatical, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2004
URC Grant, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2003
Summer Sabbatical, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2002
Summer Sabbatical, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2002
URC Grant, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2001
Professional Development Award, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
1999
Professional Development Award, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
1998
Faculty Development Award, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
1997
Faculty Development Award, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
1996
Kay Lindley Award, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
1996
Faculty Development Award, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
1995
Faculty Development Award, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
1994-1995
Dissertation Fellowship, Department of Philosophy, Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
1990-1993
Grant-in-Aid, American Heart Association, Dallas, TX
1990-1991
Teaching Assistantship, Department of Philosophy, Boston College,
Chestnut Hill, MA
1989-1993
Research Grant, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston,
MA
1987
Summer Fellowship, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
1985-1988
Young Investigator Award, Heart and Lung Division, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, MD
1985
Frederik B. Bang Fellowship, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole,
MA
1983-1985
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Heart and Lung Division, National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, MD
1981-1982
Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association, Boston, MA
1974-1978
Predoctoral Fellowship, Department of Physiology and Biophysics,
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
1973-1974
Research Assistantship, Department of Zoology, Miami University,
Oxford, OH
1972-1973
Teaching Assistantship, Department of Zoology, Miami University,
Oxford, OH
1968
Secondary Science Training Program Grant, National Science Foundation,
Washington, DC
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Honors Theses (supervisor)
Ashley, Denise (2011) Hypocritical Healers: From Human Experimentation to Patient
Autonomy. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Brenstein, Ashley (2011) The Need for Narrative Medicine as Demonstrated through
Adhesion Complications. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
McClure, Madeline (2011) Narrative and Poetry as Means of Healing in the AIDS
Epidemic. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Odaro, Orhue (2011) Integrating Traditional and Western Medicine: The Future of Health
Care in Nigeria. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Paynter, Stewart (2011) The Evolution of Health Maintenance Organizations. Baylor
University, Waco, TX.
Philip, Melissa (2011) Averting the Crisis: Late-term Cancer Detection in India. Baylor
University, Waco, TX.
Schnabel, Stephanie (2011) Malaria, Medicine, and Imperialism: Relationships in
Nineteenth Century Africa. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Seto, Eddie (2011) From the Classroom to the Clinic: Establishing Consistency in
Medical Professionalism Practices. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Baradaran, Sarah (2010) Telemedicine: Past, Present, & Future. Baylor University,
Waco, TX.
Harp, Michele (2010) Breast Cancer: The Human Story. Baylor University,
Waco, TX.
Foster, Jessica (2010) The Social, Political, and Public Health Implications
Surrounding Gardasil. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Kim, Jonathan (2010) Gardener vs. Mechanic: Comparing & Contrasting Eastern
& Western Medicine. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Patterson, Nathan (2010) Urgent Care and its Role in Healthcare. Baylor University,
Waco, TX.
Pina, Gabrielle (2010) National Healthcare Debate. Baylor University, Waco,
TX.
Sherhart, Rachel (2010) Deadly Mistakes: Understanding Medical Error and Possible
Solutions. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Bridges, John (2009) Chronic Pain and Phenomenology: A Case Study. Baylor
University, Waco, TX.
Cyril, Elizmary (2009) Gene Therapy: An Overview of Recent Successes and Failures
and the Present Ethical Concerns of All Clinical Trials. Baylor University, Waco,
TX.
Geshay, Dannee (2009) Aromatase Inhibitors in the Treatment of Breast Cancer. Baylor
University, Waco, TX.
Stecker, Gregory (2009) Euthanasia and Lung Cancer: Ethical Issues. Baylor University,
Waco, TX.
Aderinto, Abimbola (2008) HIV/AIDS Epidemic and the People of South Africa.
Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Hawbaker, Stefani (2008) The Role of Women in Modern American Medicine, Baylor
University, Waco, TX.
Mohiuddin, Sameena (2008) Impact of Abraham Flexner on Medical Education. Baylor
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University, Waco, TX.
Patel, Huma (2008) Humanizing Medicine: The Effectiveness of Narrative Medicine.
Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Shelton, Richard (2008) The Growth of Grassroots. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Mathias, Melissa (2007) The Expanded Role of a Physician as a Political Advocate
as Demonstrated by Médecins sans Frontières. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Suter, Rachel (2007) The Reductionistic and Organicistic Views of Carcinogenesis.
Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Published in part as: Suter, R. and Marcum, J.A. 2007. The molecular genetics of
breast cancer and targeted therapy. Biologics: Targets and Therapy 1, 243-257.
Babaei, Pegah (2006) Can You Clone the Human Soul? Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Mitchell, Tyler (2006) Phenomenological Interpretation of Illness Related Russian
Literature. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Schindler, Adam (2006) Galen, Harvey and Descartes: Perspectives in Cardiology.
Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Lewis, Scott (2005) The Contribution of the Works of Eric J. Cassell to the PatientPhysician Relationship. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Backus, Allison (2004) What Children Never Tell You: Child Phenomenology in
Pediatric Terminal Care. Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Kidd, David (2004) What is Disease? Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Honors Theses (reader)
Shen, Harry (2011) Exploratory Synthesis of Azulene Diol derivatives for potential use
as chiral stationary phase. Charles Garner (supervisor). Baylor University, Waco,
TX.
Waggoner, Valori (2011) Optometry, Ophthalmology, and Lasik. Richard Sanker
(supervisor). Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Waller, Andrew (2011) A Cross-Sectional Study of C-Reactive Protein as a Marker of
Inflammation in Patients with Untreated Malaria in Rural Western Kenya. Lisa
Baker (supervisor). Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Nordin, Andrew (2009) Purification of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 slr 1562 GeneProduct
for Electrochemical Studies. Sung-Kun Kim (supervisor). Baylor University,
Waco, TX.
Perry, William (2009) Presidential Failure: A Historiographical Analysis of
Eisenhower’s Response to Sputnik. James Sorrell (supervisor). Baylor University,
Waco, TX.
Wendorf, Gregg (2009) Characterization of ETS domain transcription factor encoding
gene lin-1 and its affect on fertility in Caenorhabditis elegans. Myeongwoo Lee
(supervisor). Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Leverenz, David (2008) The Effect of Serotonin on Cultured Rat Adrenal Tissue.
William Hillis (supervisor). Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Masters Theses (reader)
Anderson, Nathaniel (2009) Psychophysiological Evidence of Psychopathy as a Normal
Range Personality Construct in a University Sample of Females. Matthew Stanford
(supervisor). Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University,
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Waco, TX.
Roberts, Nathan (2008) “Two-Way” Obliviousness in General Aspect-Oriented
Modeling. Eunjee Song (supervisor). College of Engineering, Baylor University,
Waco, TX.
Holmes, Amanda (2007) Assessing the Phenomenological Quality of Eyewitness
Memory for Product Identification. Charles Weaver III (supervisor). Department of
Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Doctoral Dissertations (reader)
Anderson, Nathaniel (2011) Emotion and Attention in the Psychopath: An Investigation
of Affective Response and Facilitated Attention Using Event-Related Potentials.
Matthew Stanford (supervisor). Department of Psychology and Neuroscience,
Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Guo, Haisu (2010) Respiratory Syncytial Virus Triggers Immune Tolerance through
Induction of Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells and Expansion of Regulatory T Cells.
John E. Connolly (supervisor). Institute of Biomedical Studies, Baylor University,
Dallas, TX.
Holmes, Amanda (2010) Interview and Test Procedures that Affect the
Confidence/Accuracy Relation in Eyewitness Memory for Product Identification.
Charles Weaver (supervisor). Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor
University, Waco, TX.
Terrell, Trent (2008) Eyewitness Testimony in Civil Litigation: Retention, Suggestion,
and Misinformation in Product Identification. Charles A. Weaver III (supervisor).
Baylor University, Dallas, TX
Zalud, André (2008) To Giveth and Taketh Away: Determination of Taurine’s Protective
Role During Ethanol Withdrawal Through Supplementation and Depletion
Paradigms. Jaime L. Diaz-Granados (supervisor). Baylor University, Dallas, TX.
Lyng, Eric (2006) Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB): Mechanisms of Central Nervous
System Toxicity. Teodoro Bottiglieri (supervisor). Institute of Biomedical Studies,
Baylor University, Dallas, TX.
Wehbe, Hania (2005) Towards Enhanced Cancer Chemotherapy: Studies on Drug
Design, Synergy, and Target Expression and Resistance with the Combretastatins
and Other Chemotherapeutics. Kevin Pinney and Christopher Kearney
(supervisors). Institute of Biomedical Studies, and Department of Psychology and
Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX.
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Papers, Lectures, Conferences, Workshops, etc.
Paper: “Whither Kuhn’s Historical Philosophy of Science?”, 7th International Conference
on Philosophy, Athens, Greece, May 28-31, 2012.
Paper: “Sebelius and the Morning After: The Role Values Play between Science and
Government Policy”, Conference on Science-Policy Interactions and Social
Values, Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology, University of
Texas at Dallas, April 13-14th, 2012.
Invited plenary lecture: “Medical uncertainty and paradox, the quality-of-care crisis, and
compassionate wisdom”, Second International Conference on Health, Wellness and
Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, March 10-11, 2012.
Lecture: “Uncertainty, Paradox, and Healthcare Quality”, AED, Baylor University,
Waco, TX, February 29, 2012.
Lecture: “Pride, Pity and Healing”, 13th Annual Medical Humanities Retreat, Baylor
University, Waco, TX, February 10-11, 2012.
Lecture: “What price success?”, BU MEDS, Baylor University, Waco, TX, November 1,
2011.
Paper: “The Role of Compassionate Wisdom in Medical Pedagogy”, Baylor Symposium
on Faith and Culture: Educating for Wisdom in the 21st Century University,
Baylor University, Waco, TX, October 27-29, 2011.
Paper: “Uncertainty, the Paradox of the Clinical Encounter”, Language of Illness and
Pain Conference, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, July 2-3, 2011.
Lecture: “Care & Competence in Medical Practice”, 12th Annual Medical Humanities
Retreat, Baylor University, Waco, TX, March 5-6, 2011.
Paper: “‘Do No Harm’: Uncaring and Incompetent Healthcare”, The International
Conference on Health, Wellness and Society, University of California, Berkeley,
CA, January 20-22, 2011.
Paper: “Progress in Medicine: Curing Disease?”, Progress in Medicine Conference,
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, April 13-15, 2010.
Paper: “Care and Competence in Medical Practice: Francis Peabody Confronts Jason
Posner”, Institute for Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, TX, March 31, 2010.
Lecture: “Care and Competence in Medicine”, Medical Service Organization, Baylor
University, Waco, TX, March 17, 2010.
Paper: “The Role of Virtues in the Practice of Clinical Medicine”, Science in Society
International Conference, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, UK,
August 5-7, 2009.
Paper: “Biblical Adam/Eve and Scientific Y-Chromosomal Adam/Mitochondrial Eve:
Historical Reconstruction of Religion-Science Intersection”, Evolution and
Religion: Towards a History of an Evolving Relationship Conference, Clemson
University, Clemson, SC, February 13-15, 2009.
Invited paper: “Human Origins and Human Nature: Mitochondrial Eve and YChromosomal Adam”, An International Symposium on Science and Human Nature:
Russian and Western Perspectives, Baylor University, Waco, TX, November 6-8,
2008.
Invited paper: “Systems Biology: A Kuhnian Scientific Revolution?”, Conference on the
Structure of Scientific Revolutions: Impact, Relevance and Open Issues, University
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of Athens, Greece, August 21-23, 2008.
Discussion leader: “Genetic Interventions”, Medical Ethics Conference, Baylor
University, Waco, TX, June 13-14, 2008.
Lecture: “Humanizing Modern Medicine”, Medical Service Organization, Baylor
University, Waco, TX, April 9, 2008.
Invited paper: “Cancer: Causation, Complexity, and Systems Biology”, Causation in
Biomedical Sciences II, Philosophical and Historical Aspects Symposium, Institute
for the History of Medicine and Health, Geneva University, Switzerland, March 31April 2, 2008.
Paper: “Undergraduate Medical Humanities: Relationship to Medical School Education
and Graduate Medical Humanities”, Graduate Education in Medical Humanities:
Models and Methods Conference, The Institute for the Medical Humanities,
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, March 6-9, 2008.
Paper: “The Nature of Light and Color: Goethe’s “Der Versuch als Vermittler” versus
Newton’s Experimentum Crucis”, First Conference in Integrated History and
Philosophy of Science, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA, October 11-14, 2007.
Invited paper: “Humanizing Modern Medicine?”, Frontiers in the Philosophy of
Medicine Colloquium, Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science, Boston
University, Boston, MA, September 24-25, 2007.
Paper: “Horizons for Scientific Practice: Scientific Discovery and Progress”,
International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology
Biannual Conference, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, July 25-29, 2007.
Paper: “Complementarity between Science and Religion: Metaphysical Foundations”,
Science and Religion: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (An international
and interdisciplinary conference in honour of Professor John Hedley Brooke),
Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, July 23-26, 2007.
Discussion leader: “Eating Disorders: Resources in the Spiritual Tradition of Gluttony”
and Medical Treatment for Immigrant Families”, Medical Ethics Conference,
Baylor University, Waco, TX, June 8-9, 2007.
Invited paper: “A Complement Model for Natural Sciences and Christian Theology
Interactions”, 4th Annual Science, Faith and Theology Symposium, First
Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX, May 9, 2007.
Lecture: “The Future of Medicine”, Alpha Epsilon Delta Premed Honorary Society,
Baylor University, Waco, TX, April 18, 2007.
Paper: “Genomic Medicine and Redefining Disease, Health, and Medicine”, 4th
CESAGen & CSG International Conference, “Genomics and Society: Retrospects
and Prospects”, The Royal Society, London, UK, March 26-28, 2007.
Lecture: “Healing Stories of the Bible”, 9th Annual Medical Humanities Retreat, Stories
of Healing…Moments of Grace, Baylor University, Eastland Lakes Retreat
Center, Waco, TX, January 26-27, 2007.
Paper: “What is Medicine? A Philosophical Analysis of the Biomedical and Humanistic
Models”, 20th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care,
Medicine, Philosophy and the Humanities, Helsinki, Finland, August 23-26,
2006.
Paper: “Humanizing the Biomedical Model and the Quality-of-Care Crisis”, 8th annual
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meeting of the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science, The
Center for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Health Science
Center, San Antonio, February 24-25, 2006.
Lecture: “Can Medicine be Humanized?”, 8th Annual Medical Humanities Retreat,
Baylor University, Waco, TX, February 3-5, 2006.
Lectures: “Can Science Save Us?”, Adult Sunday School, Calvary Baptist Church,
Waco, TX, November 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2005.
Chaired session, “Justice, Medicine, and the Market”, Medical Ethics Conference, Baylor
University, Waco, TX, October 13-15, 2005.
Paper: ““Soup” or “Sparks”: Alexander Forbes and the Synaptic Transmission
Controversy”, 10th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the History of
the Neurosciences, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, July 5-9, 2005.
Invited paper: “The Humanities and the Natural Sciences, Wisdom, and Christian Liberal
Education”, Baylor Scholars Retreat, “What is a Christian Liberal Education?”,
Eastland Lakes Retreat Center, Waco, TX, April 1-2, 2005.
Paper and Chaired session: “Claude Bernard, John Call Dalton, Jr., and the Experimental
Method in American Medicine”, 39th International Congress of the History of
Medicine, International Society for the History of Medicine, University of Bari,
Italy, September 5-10, 2004.
Paper: “Reproductive and Therapeutic Cloning and Reductionism”, Genetics and Health
Care, 18th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care,
Reykjavik, Iceland, August 25-28, 2004.
Paper: “The Natural Sciences and Christian Theology: A Complement Model”,
International Christian Studies Association, 6th World Congress, “Science and
Religion: The Missing Link”, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, July 30-August
1, 2004.
Participant: Summer Faculty Institute, Baylor University, Waco, TX, June 1–July 2,
2004.
Paper: “Instituting Science: Discovery or Construction of Knowledge in the Natural
Sciences?”, 55th Annual Meeting New Mexico/West Texas Philosophical Society,
San Antonio, TX, March 26-28, 2004.
Paper: “Experimental Series and Theory Choice”, Scholar’s Day, Baylor University,
Waco, TX, March 8, 2004.
Lectures: “Healing Miracles”, Adult Sunday School, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church,
Waco, TX, January 11, 18 and 25, 2004.
Chaired session: “The Schooled Heart: Moral Formation in American Higher Education”,
Pruit Memorial Symposium, Baylor University, Waco, TX, October 30-November
1, 2003.
Lecture: “Healing Miracles of the Bible: Congruence or Dissonance for Contemporary
Medicine”, 5th Annual Medical Humanities Fall Retreat, Baylor University,
Waco, TX, October 3-5, 2003.
Lecture: “The Metaphysics of Cancer”, Department of Biology Seminar Series,
Baylor University, Waco, TX, October 1, 2003.
Paper and Chaired session: “Mechanized Bodies or Embodied Persons? Alternative
Models of the Patient’s Body in Modern Medicine”, Inter-Disciplinary Net’s 2nd
Global Conference, “Making Sense Of: Health, Illness and Disease”, St. Hilda’s
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College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, July 14-17, 2003.
Lectures: “Is All Science Truth?” and “Is There a Monkey in Your Family Tree?”, Adult
Sunday School, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Waco, TX, May 11 and 18, 2003.
Participant: “Technology: Perils, Promises, and Prospects”, Faculty Development
Summer Seminar, Baylor University, Waco, TX, May 26-June 6, 2003.
Paper: “Contemporary Philosophy of Science and Neoclassical Economics: An
Opportunity for Christian Economists?”, Department of Economics Colloquium
Series, Baylor University, Waco, TX, April 25, 2003.
Invited paper: “Metaphysical Commitments and Scientific Practice: Reductionism and
Holism in Cancer Research”, 43rd Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science,
“From Practice to Engagement: Science Studies Addresses Heterogeneous
Complexity”, Boston University, Boston, MA, March 24, 2003.
Paper: “Metaphysical Commitments and Scientific Practice: Reductionism and Holism in
Cancer Research”, Scholar’s Day, Baylor University, Waco, TX, February 12,
2003.
Invited paper: “Cloning and Reductionism”, Following Christ Conference, Intervarsity
Christian Fellowship, Atlanta, GA, December 28, 2002–January 2, 2003.
Paper: “Economics, the Physics of the Social Sciences? A Philosophy of Science and
Christian Theology Critique”, Pruit Memorial Symposium and The Lilly Fellows
Program Second National Research Conference, Baylor University, Waco, TX,
November 7-9, 2002.
Paper: “Goethe’s Notion of Experimental Series as Mediator and Howard Temin’s DNA
Provirus Hypothesis”, Northwest Philosophy Conference, Lewis and Clark College,
Portland, OR, October 25-26, 2002.
Respondent to K.W. Staley’s “Robust Evidence: A Re-examination”, Northwest
Philosophy Conference, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, October 25-26,
2002.
Lecture: “Three Models of the Healer”, 4th Annual Medical Humanities Fall Retreat,
Baylor University, Waco, TX, October 4-6, 2002.
Chaired session, “Dirac Centenary Conference”, Baylor University, Waco, TX,
September 30-October 2, 2002.
Paper and Chaired session: “Shifting Boundaries in Medical Knowledge and Practice:
Philosophical Explorations”, The European Association for the Study of Science
and Technology, University of York, UK, July 31-August 3, 2002.
Paper: “Tempering Nature: Exploring General Features of Experimental Practices in the
Natural Sciences”, Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, May 26-28, 2002.
Participant: “Rational Choice Seminar”, Faculty Development Summer Seminar, Baylor
University, Waco, TX, May 20-31, 2002.
Lecture: “Hemostasis, Heparin, and History”, Department of Biology Seminar Series,
Baylor University, Waco, TX, April 10, 2002.
Lectures: “Kuhn’s Revolutionary Philosophy of Science” and “The Fallout from the
Kuhnian Revolution”, Department of Neuroscience Colloquium, Baylor University,
Waco, TX, February 20 & 27, 2002.
Paper: “Tampering Nature: A Notion of a General Scientific Method”, Scholar’s Day,
Baylor University, Waco, TX, January 30, 2002.
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Paper: “Reconstructing Opposition in Science: The DNA Provirus Hypothesis, the
Central Dogma of Molecular Biology, and the Origins of Retroviology”, History of
Science Society Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November 8-11, 2001.
Invited paper: “From Scientia to Sapientia: The Foundations of the Natural Sciences and
Christian Theology”, Christian Scholarship...for What?, Calvin College, Grand
Rapids, MI, September 27-29, 2001.
Participant: “Natural Science and Christian Theology”, Baptists Association of
Philosopher Teachers Summer Seminar, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN,
May 21-25, 2001.
Paper: “The Transformation of Oncology in the Twentieth Century”, 37th International
Congress on the History of Medicine, International Society for the History of
Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, September 1015, 2000.
Paper: “The Science Wars: Discovery or Construction of Scientific Knowledge?”,
Inaugural Faculty Exchange, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, January 21,
2000.
Paper: “The Origin of the Dispute over the Discovery of Heparin”, West Coast History of
Science Society, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, April 23-25, 1999.
Chaired session, “Reworking the Bench–Research Notebooks in the History of
Science”, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany,
November 11-14, 1998.
Respondent: “‘Lovers in a Dangerous Time’: Rapprochement between the Doctrine of
Creation and the Theory of Evolution”, Integrative Studies Lectureship, Houghton
College, NY, March 26, 1998.
Participant, “Making Choices: Organisms in the History of Biology”, Dibner Institute
Seminar in the History of Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole,
MA, July 27-August 2, 1997.
Paper: “Peter Medawar, William Henry Howell, and the Fraudulent Scientific Paper”,
Joint Atlantic Seminar in History of Biology and Medicine, Yale University, New
Haven, CT, April 11-12, 1997.
Paper: “Defending the Priority of ‘Remarkable Researches’: Reconstructing a Scientific
Discovery”, History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 710, 1996.
Participant, “Competing Epistemologies in Biology”, Dibner Institute Seminar in the
History of Biology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, July 28August 3, 1996.
Paper: “Pursuing Heparin: Research in the ‘Best’ tradition”, Annual Meeting for the
American Association for the History of Medicine, Buffalo, NY, May 9-12, 1996.
Paper: “Howell and the Activity of Thrombin”, International Society for the History,
Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology Biannual Conference, Brandeis
University, MA, July 14-18, 1993.
Poster: “Biosynthesis of Biglycan In Vitro”, 32nd Annual Meeting of the American
Society for Cell Biology, Denver, CO, November 15-19, 1992.
Lecture: “Is Anybody Up There?”, Young Adult Ministry, Park Street Church, Boston,
MA, May 13, 1992.
Poster: “The Presence of Biglycan with an Alternate Amino-terminus in Vascular
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Tissue”, 31st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, Boston,
MA, December 8-12, 1991.
Lecture: “Integrating Faith and Reason”, Young Adult Ministry, Park Street Church,
Boston, MA, August 23, 1991.
Poster: “Characterization of Proteochondroitins from Rat and Bovine Smooth Muscle
Cells Grown In Vitro”, 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell
Biology, San Diego, CA, December 9-13, 1990.
Invited paper: “Heparan Sulphate Proteoglycans and Non-thrombogenetic Properties of
the Vascular Endothelium”, Gordon Research Conference on Proteoglycans,
Proctor Academy, Andover, NH, June 27-July 1, 1988.
Invited paper: “Anticoagulantly Active Proteoheparan Sulfate from Vascular
Endothelium”, Conference on Structure and Activities of Heparin and Related
Polysaccharides, New York Academy of Sciences, New York City, November 3-5,
1987.
Paper: “Inhibition by Heparin of Endotoxin-dependent Coagulation of Amebocyte Lysate
from Limulus polyphemus”, General Scientific Meetings of the Marine Biological
Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, August 17-19, 1987.
Participant, “Angiogenesis”, The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, June 3-4, 1987.
Paper: “Who Really Discovered Heparin?”, Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Zoologists, Nashville, TN, December 27-30,1986.
Paper: “Anticoagulant proteoheparan sulfate”, 59th Scientific Sessions of the American
Heart Association, Dallas, TX, November 17-20, 1986.
Poster: “Anticoagulantly Active Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan from Cloned Bovine
Aortic Endothelial Cells”, 70th Annual Meeting of the Federation of the American
Societies of Experimental Biology, St. Louis, MO, April 13-18, 1986.
Key-note speaker: “Clinical Use of Antithrombin III”, Kabivitrum, West Berlin, January
7-9, 1986.
Paper: “Biological Life according to Plato and Aristotle”, Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Zoologists, Baltimore, MD, December 27-30, 1985.
Paper: “A Non-trypsinlike Enzymatic Activity in the Coelomic Fluid of the Sea Urchin
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis”, General Scientific Meetings of the Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, August 20-22, 1985.
Invited paper: “Heparin-like Molecules and the Non-thrombogenic Properties of the
Vascular Endothelium”, Gordon Research Conference on Hemostasis, Proctor
Academy, Andover, NH, June 17-21, 1985.
Poster: “Anticoagulantly Active Heparin-like Molecules from Cultured Endothelial Cells
and Microvasculature of Mast Cell Deficient Mice”, 69th Annual Meeting of the
Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology, Anaheim, CA, April
21-26, 1985.
Paper: “Kant’s Philosophy of Science and Modern Biology”, Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Zoologists, Denver, Co, December 27-30, 1984.
Paper: “Non-thrombogenic Properties of Vascular Endothelium and Heparin-like
Molecules”, National Institutes of Health, Bone Research Seminar Series,
Bethesda, MD, April 11, 1984.
Invited paper: “Heparin-like Molecules and Vascular Endothelium’s Non-thrombogenic
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Properties”, Gordon Research Conferences, Hemostasis, Proctor Academy,
Andover, NH, June 20-24, 1983.
Invited paper: “Heparin-like Molecules”, Department of Physiology, University of
Cincinnati Medical Center, “Distinguished Lecture Series”, Cincinnati, OH,
November 20, 1982.
Paper: “Heparin-like Molecules and Vascular Endothelium”, 55th Scientific Sessions of
the American Heart Association, Dallas, TX, November 15-18, 1982.
Paper: “Heparin-like Components and Endothelial Cell Function”, The Pathogenic Role
of Cationic Proteins Interaction with Biological Membranes, The Queen Elizabeth
Medical Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, October 14-16, 1982.
Poster: “Anticoagulant Activity of Heparan Sulfate from Cerebral Microvascular Tissue”,
VIIIth Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Toronto, Canada, July 3-7, 1981.
Paper: “A Non-Hageman Factor Dependent Activatible Protease in Human Plasma”,
62nd Annual Meeting of the Federation of American Societies of Experimental
Biology, Atlantic City, NJ, April 9-14, 1978.
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Publications
Books
4. Marcum, J.A. 2012. The virtuous physician: The role of virtue in medicine. Philosophy
and Medicine Series, volume 114. xiv + 241 pp. New York: Springer.
3. Marcum, J.A. 2009. The conceptual foundations of systems biology: An introduction.
Systems Biology—Theory, Techniques and Application Series. x + 155 pp.
Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
2. Marcum, J.A. 2008 (cloth), 2010 (paper). An introductory philosophy of medicine:
Humanizing modern medicine. Philosophy and Medicine Series, volume 99. xv +
369 pp. New York: Springer.
1. Marcum, J.A. 2005 (cloth), 2008 (paper). Thomas Kuhn’s revolution: An historical
philosophy of science. Studies in American Philosophy Series. ix + 182 pp. London:
Continuum.
Peer-reviewed articles
64. Marcum, J.A. The role of empathic wisdom in medical practice and pedagogy:
confronting the hidden curriculum. Submitted for publication.
63. Marcum, J.A. Whither Kuhn’s historical philosophy of science? An evolutionary turn.
Submitted for publication.
62. Marcum, J.A. Medical uncertainty, paradox, and quality of care. Forthcoming in
International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society.
61. Marcum, J.A. An integrated model of clinical reasoning: dual-process theory of
cognition and metacognition. Forthcoming in Journal of Evaluation in Clinical
Practice.
60. Marcum, J.A. Schola Medica Salernitana and medieval medical philosophy.
Forthcoming in Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities.
59. Marcum, J.A. 2012. Evolving models of medical knowledge and practice. Journal
of Medicine and the Person 10: 15-20.
58. Marcum, J.A. 2011. The role of prudent love in the practice of clinical medicine.
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 17: 877-882.
57. Marcum, J.A. 2011. “First, do no harm”: uncaring and incompetent healthcare.
International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society 1: 1-11.
56. Marcum, J.A. 2011. Medical cure and progress: the case of type-1 diabetes.
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 54: 176-188.
55. Marcum, J.A. 2011. Care and competence in medical practice: Francis Peabody
confronts Jason Posner. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 14: 143-153.
54. Marcum, J.A. 2010. Horizon for scientific practice: scientific discovery and progress.
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 24: 187-215.
53. Marcum, J.A. 2009. Cancer: complexity, causation, and systems biology. Medicina &
Storia 9: 267-287.
52. Marcum, J.A. 2009. Human origins and human nature: mitochondrial Eve and Ychromosomal Adam. Faith & Philosophy 26: 566-570.
51. Marcum, J.A. 2009. The role of virtues in the practice of clinical medicine.
International Journal of Science in Society 1:91-97.
50. Marcum, J.A. 2009. The nature of light and color: Goethe’s “Der Versuch als
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Vermittler” versus Newton’s Experimentum Crucis. Perspectives on Science 17:
457-481.
49. Marcum, J.A. 2009. The epistemically virtuous clinician. Theoretical Medicine and
Bioethics 30: 249-265.
48. Marcum, J.A. 2008. Instituting science: discovery or construction of scientific
knowledge? International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 22: 185-210.
47. Marcum, J.A. 2008. Does systems biology represent a Kuhnian paradigm shift?
New Phytologist 179: 587-589.
46. Marcum, J.A. 2008. Reflections on humanizing biomedicine. Perspectives in Biology
and Medicine 51: 392-405.
45. Marcum, J.A. 2007. Experimental series and the justification of Temin’s DNA
provirus hypothesis. Synthese 154: 259-292.
44. Marcum, J.A. 2007. Holistic rationality and a complement model for natural sciences
and Christian theology interaction. Rever—Journal for the Study of Religion 1: 5982.
43. Suter, R. and Marcum, J.A. 2007. The molecular genetics of breast cancer and
targeted therapy. Biologics: Targets & Therapy 1: 243-257.
42. Marcum, J.A. 2006. ‘Soup’ or ‘sparks’: Alexander Forbes and the synaptic
transmission controversy. Annals of Science 63: 139-156.
41. Marcum, J.A. 2005. Metaphysical presuppositions and scientific practices:
reductionism and organicism in cancer research. International Studies in the
Philosophy of Science 19: 31-45.
40. Marcum, J.A. 2005. From the molecular genetics revolution to gene therapy:
translating basic research into medicine. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical
Medicine 146: 312-316.
39. Marcum, J.A. 2005. Metaphysical foundations and the complementation of science
and theology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 17: 45-64.
38. Marcum, J.A. 2004. Biomechanical and phenomenological models of the body, the
meaning of illness and quality of care. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
7: 311-320.
37. Marcum, J.A. 2003. Contemporary philosophy of science and neoclassical
economics: an opportunity for Christian economists? Faith and Economics 42: 416.
36. Marcum, J.A. 2003. Exploring the rational boundaries between the natural sciences
and Christian theology. Theology and Science 1: 203-220.
Translated into Portuguese as “Explorando as fronteiras racionais entre as ciências
naturais e a teologia Cristã”. Rever—Revista de Estudos da Religião 1: 34-58, 2007.
35. Marcum, J.A. 2002. From heresy to dogma in accounts of opposition to Howard
Temin’s DNA provirus hypothesis. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 24:
165-192.
34. Marcum, J.A. 2001. Constructing a scientific paper: Howell’s prothrombin laboratory
notebook and paper. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 15: 293310.
33. Marcum, J.A. 2000. The origin of the dispute over the discovery of heparin. Journal
of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 55: 37-66.
32. Marcum, J.A. 1998. Defending the priority of “remarkable researches”: the
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discovery of fibrin ferment. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 20: 51-76.
31. Marcum, J.A. 1997. The development of heparin in Toronto. Journal of the History of
Medicine and Allied Sciences 52: 300-328.
30. Marcum, J.A. 1996. Experimentation and theory choice: is thrombin an enzyme?
Perspectives on Science 4: 434-462.
29. Marcum, J.A. 1996. The discovery of heparin revisited: the peptone connection.
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 39: 610-625.
28. Yeo, T.-K., Torok, M.A., Kraus, H.L., Evans, S.A.S., Zhou, Y., and Marcum, J.A.
1995. Distribution of biglycan and its propeptide form in rat and bovine aortic
tissue. Journal of Vascular Research 32: 175-182.
27. Torok, M.A., Evans, S.A.S., and Marcum, J.A. 1993. cDNA sequence for bovine
biglycan (PGI) protein core. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1173: 81-84.
26. Kojima, T., Leone, C.W., Marchildon, G.A., Marcum, J.A., and Rosenberg, R.D.
1992. Isolation and characterization of heparan sulfate proteoglycans produced by
cloned rat microvascular endothelial cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 267:
4859-4869.
25. Marcum, J.A., and Thompson, M.A. 1991. The amino-terminal region of a
proteochondroitin core protein, secreted by aortic smooth muscle cells, shares
sequence homology with the pre-propeptide region of the biglycan core protein
from human bone. Biochemistry and Biophysical Research Communications 175:
706-712.
24. Marcum, J.A. 1990. William Henry Howell and Jay McLean: the experimental
context for the discovery of heparin. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 33, 214230.
23. Marcum, J.A., and Levin, J. 1989. Heparin inhibition of endotoxin-dependent
Limulus amebocyte coagulation. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 61: 294-297.
22. Marcum, J.A. 1987. A trypsin inhibitor from the coelomic fluid of the sea star
Asterias forbesi. Biological Bulletin 172: 357-361.
21. Marcum, J.A., and Levin, J. 1987. Inhibition of a proteolytic activity from the
coelomic fluid of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis by antithrombin
III is potentiated by heparin. Thrombosis Research 46: 593-600.
20. Marcum, J.A., and Verschuuren, G.M.N. 1986. Hemostatic regulation and
Whitehead’s philosophy of organism. Acta Biotheoretica 35, 123-133.
19. Marcum, J.A., McKenney, J.B., Galli, S.J., Jackman, R.W., and Rosenberg, R.D.
1986. Anticoagulantly active heparin-like molecules from mast cell-deficient mice.
American Journal of Physiology 250: H879-H888.
18. Beeler, D.L., Marcum, J.A., Shiffman, S., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1986. The interaction
of Factor XIa and antithrombin in the presence and absence of heparin. Blood
67: 1488-1492.
17. Marcum, J.A., Atha, D.H., Fritze, L.M.S., Nawroth, P., Stern, D., and Rosenberg,
R.D. 1986. Cloned bovine aortic endothelial cells synthesize anticoagulantly active
heparan sulfate proteoglycan. Journal of Biological Chemistry 261: 7507-7517.
16. Jordan, R.E., and Marcum, J.A. 1986. Anticoagulantly active heparin from clam
(Mercenaria mercenaria). Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 248: 690-695.
15. Marcum, J.A., Conway, E.M., Youssoufian, H., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1986.
Anticoagulantly active heparin-like molecules from cultured fibroblasts.
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Experimental Cell Research 166: 253-258.
14. Marcum, J.A., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1985. Heparin-like molecules with anticoagulant
activity are synthesized by cultured endothelial cells. Biochemistry and Biophysical
Research Communications 126: 365-372.
13. Stern, D., Nawroth, P., Marcum, J., Handley, D., Kisiel, W., Rosenberg, R., and
Stern, K. 1985. Interaction of antithrombin III with bovine aortic segments: role of
heparin in binding and enhanced anticoagulant activity. Journal of Clinical
Investigations 75: 272-279.
12. Marcum, J.A., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1984. Anticoagulantly active heparin-like
molecules from vascular tissue. Biochemistry 23: 1730-1737.
11. Marcum, J.A., McKenney, J.B., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1984. The acceleration of
thrombin-antithrombin complex formation in rat hindquarters via heparin-like
molecules bound to the endothelium. Journal of Clinical Investigations 74: 341350.
10. Karp, G.I., Marcum, J.A., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1984. The role of tryptophan residues
in heparin-antithrombin interaction. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 233:
712-720.
9. Marcum, J.A., Levin, J., and Prendergast, R.A. 1984. Clotting enzyme activity derived
from the coelomocytes if the sea star Asterias forbesi. Thrombosis and Haemostasis
52: 1-3.
8. Marcum, J.A., Fritze, L., Galli, S.J., Karp, G., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1983.
Microvascular heparin-like species with anticoagulant activity. American Journal of
Physiology 245: H725-H733.
7. Dvorak, A.M., Galli, S.J., Marcum, J.A., Nabel, G., der Simonian, H., Goldin, J.,
Monahan, R.A., Pyne, K., Cantor, H., Rosenberg, R.D., and Dvorak, H.F. 1983.
Cloned mouse cells with natural killer function and cloned suppresser T cells
express ultra-structural and biochemical features not shared by cloned inducer T
cells. Journal of Experimental Medicine 157: 843-861.
6. Galli, S.J., Dvorak, A.M., Marcum, J.A., Nabel, G., Goldin J.M., Rosenberg, R.D.,
Cantor, H., and Dvorak, H.F. 1983. Mouse cell clones: Modulation of
differentiation and functional maturity in vitro. Monographs in Allergy 18: 166-170.
5. Marcum, J.A., and Kline, D.L. 1983. Species specificity of streptokinase. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology 75B: 389-394.
4. Marcum, J.A., Highsmith, R.F., and Kline, D.L. 1982. Streptokinase-dependent
delayed activation of horse plasminogen. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 709: 1927.
3. Galli, S.J., Dvorak, A.M., Marcum, J.A., Ishizaka, T., Nabel, G., der Simonian, H.,
Pyne, K., Goldin, J.M., Rosenberg, R.D., Cantor, H., and Dvorak, H.F. 1982. Mast
cell clones: a model for the analysis of cellular maturation. Journal of Cell Biology
95: 435-444.
2. Marcum, J.A., and Reddy, K.N.N. 1980. Activation of horse plasminogen by
streptokinase. IRCS Medical Science 8: 635.
1. Marcum, J.A., and Kline, D.L. 1979. Non-plasminogen dependent protease in human
plasma. Blood 54: 607-613.
Book chapters
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11. Marcum, J.A. 2012. From paradigm to disciplinary matrix and exemplar.
Forthcoming in Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Revisited.
10. Marcum, J.A., and Marcum, Z.A. 2012. Cell cycle checkpoints and cancer. In:
Encyclopedia of cell biology research. A.H. Foster (ed.), Hauppauge, NY: Nova
Science Publishers, 523-532.
9. Marcum, J.A., and Marcum, Z.A. 2010. Cell cycle checkpoints and cancer. In: Cell
division: theories, variants and degradation. Y.N. Golitsin and M.C. Krylov (eds.),
Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 107-116.
8. Marcum, J.A. 2009. Cancer biology: from molecular biology to systems biology.
In: New cancer research developments. T.D. Ford (ed.), Hauppauge, NY: Nova
Science Publishers, 397-407.
7. Marcum, J.A. 2008. Whitehead’s philosophy of organism and systems biology. In:
Chromatikon IV. Annuaire de la philosophie en process. M. Weber (ed.), Louvain:
Presses Universitaires de Louvain, 143-152.
6. Marcum, J.A. 2004. Mechanized bodies or embodied persons? Alternative models of
the patient’s body in modern medicine. In: Perspectives on health, illness and
disease. Peter L. Twohig and Vera Kalitzkus (eds.), Amsterdam: Rodopi, 35-50.
5. Marcum, J.A., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1989. The biochemistry, cell biology, and
pathophysiology of anticoagulantly active heparin-like molecules of the vessel wall.
In: Heparin. D.A. Lane and Ulf Lindahl (eds.), London: Edward Arnold, 275-294.
4. Marcum, J.A., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1988. The biochemistry and physiology of
anticoagulantly active heparin-like molecules. In: Endothelial cell biology in
health and disease. M. Simionescu and N. Simionescu (eds.), New York: Plenum,
207-228.
3. Marcum, J.A., Reilly, C.F., Rosenberg, R.D. 1987. Heparan sulfate species and blood
vessel wall function. In: Biology of proteoglycans. T. Wight and R. Mechem
(eds.), New York: Academic Press, 301-343.
2. Marcum, J.A., Rosenberg, J.S., Bauer, K.A., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1986. Heparin-like
molecules in hemostasis. In: Vascular endothelium in hemostasis and thrombosis.
Michael A. Gimbrone, Jr. (ed.), New York: Churchill Livingston, 70-98.
1. Marcum, J.A., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1983. Heparin-like components and endothelial
cell function. In: The pathogenicity of cationic proteins. P. Bergmann, R.
Beauwens, and P.P. Lambert (eds.), New York: Raven Press, 113-119.
Conference papers
4. Marcum, J.A. 2007. Newton’s experimentum crucis vs. Goethe’s series of
experiments: implications for the underdetermination thesis. In: &HPS1: Integrated
History and Philosophy of Science 1, 1-8.
3. Marcum, J.A. 2004. Claude Bernard, John Call Dalton, Jr., and the experimental
method in American medicine. In: A. Musajo-Somma (ed.), Proceedings of the 39th
International Congress on the History of Medicine, Bari: University of Bari, 139146.
2. Marcum, J.A. 2002. The transformation of oncology in the twentieth century: the
molecularization of cancer. In: C.R. Burns, Y.V. O’Neill, P. Albou, and J.G.
Rigau-Pérez (eds.), Proceedings of the 37th International Congress on the
History of Medicine, Galveston, TX: University of Texas Medical Branch, 41-49.
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1. Marcum, J.A., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1989. Anticoagulantly active proteoheparan
sulfate from vascular endothelium. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
556: 81-94.
Non peer-reviewed articles
9. Marcum, J.A. and Kruschwitz, R.B. 2007. Revisioning health as wholeness. In: R.B.
Kruschwitz (ed.), Health, Christian Reflection, Waco, TX: The Center for Christian
Ethics, Baylor University, 11-18.
8. Marcum, J.A. 2005. Human cloning: fact and fiction. In: R.B. Kruschwitz, ed.,
Cloning, Christian Reflection, Waco, TX: The Center for Christian Ethics, Baylor
University, 21-28.
7. Marcum, J.A. 1997. Science with wisdom. Natural Sciences Today 2: 2-3.
6. Marcum, J.A. 1992. The discovery of heparin: the contributions of William Henry
Howell and Jay McLean. News in Physiological Sciences 7: 237-242.
5. Marcum, J.A., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1991. Regulation of the blood coagulation
mechanism by anticoagulantly active heparan sulfate proteoglycans. Biology of
Carbohydrates 3: 47-73.
4. Marcum, J.A., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1987. Anticoagulantly active heparan sulfate
proteoglycan and the vascular endothelium. Seminars in Thrombosis and
Hemostasis 13: 464-472.
3. Marcum, J.A., Reilly, C.F., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1986. The role of specific forms of
heparan sulfate in regulating blood vessel wall function. Progress in Hemostasis
and Thrombosis 8: 185-215.
2. Rosenberg, R.D., and Marcum, J.A. 1985. Heparin-like molecules and thrombotic
disease. ASAIO Journal 8: 215-217.
1. Rosenberg, R.D., Bauer K.A., and Marcum, J.A. 1985. The heparin-antithrombin
system. Journal of Medicine 16: 351-416 (Reprinted in Review of Hematology 2:
351-416, 1985).
Dictionary and encyclopedia entries
10. Marcum, J.A. 2012. Philosophy of medicine. The Internet Encyclopedia of
Philosophy: http://www.iep.utm.edu/medicine/.
9. Marcum, J.A. 2005. Bernard Joseph Francis Lonergan. In: Dictionary of modern
American philosophers, J.R. Shook (ed.), Bristol, UK: Thoemmes
Continuum, volume 3, 1501-1507.
8. Marcum, J.A. 2005. Edwin Arthur Burtt. In: Dictionary of modern American
philosophers, J.R. Shook (ed.), Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Continuum, volume 1, 393396.
7. Marcum, J.A. 1999. Harry Pratt Smith. In: American national biography, J.A. Garraty
and M.C. Carnes (eds.), New York: Oxford University Press, volume 20, 198-199.
6. Marcum, J.A. 1999. Martyn Paine. In: American national biography, J.A. Garraty and
M.C. Carnes (eds.), New York: Oxford University Press, volume 16, 920-921.
5. Marcum, J.A. 1999. Frank Charles Mann. In: American national biography, J.A.
Garraty and M.C. Carnes (eds.), New York: Oxford University Press, volume14,
423-424.
4. Marcum, J.A. 1999. Samuel Jackson. In: American national biography, J.A. Garraty
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and M.C. Carnes (eds.), New York: Oxford University Press, volume 11, 769-770.
3. Marcum, J.A. 1999. Alexander Forbes. In: American national biography, J.A. Garraty
and M.C. Carnes (eds.), New York: Oxford University Press, volume 8, 200-202.
2. Marcum, J.A. 1999. John Green Curtis. In: American national biography, J.A. Garraty
and M.C. Carnes (eds.), New York: Oxford University Press, volume 5, 897-898.
1. Marcum, J.A. 1999. Nathaniel Chapman. In: American national biography, J.A.
Garraty and M.C. Carnes (eds.), New York: Oxford University Press, volume 4,
712-713.
Book reviews
16. Marcum, J.A. 2012. Review of A life-centered approach to bioethics: biocentric
ethics, by Lawrence E. Johnson. Forthcoming in Theoretical Medicine and
Bioethics.
15. Marcum, J.A. 2011. Review of The philosophy of evidence-based medicine, by
Jeremy Howick. Medicine Studies 3(2): 125-128.
14. Marcum, J.A. 2010. Review of Medicine & philosophy: a twenty-first century
introduction, by Ingvar Johansson and Neils Lynøe. Theoretical Medicine and
Bioethics 31: 395-399.
13. Marcum, J.A. 2009. Review of Intellectual virtues: an essay in regulative
epistemology, by Robert C. Roberts and W. Jay Wood. Analysis Reviews 69: 181182.
12. Marcum, J.A. 2008. Review of The world observed/the world conceived, by Hans
Radder. Philosophical Psychology 21: 851-855.
11. Marcum, J.A. 2007. Review of How doctors think: clinical judgment and the
practice of medicine, by Kathryn Montgomery. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
28: 525-530.
10. Buras, T. and Marcum, J.A. 2007. Review of Mind and emergence: from quantum
to consciousness, by Philip Clayton. Theology and Science 5: 323-330.
9. Marcum, J.A. 2006. Review of Patient autonomy and the ethics of responsibility, by
Alfred I. Tauber. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 27: 265-269.
8. Marcum, J.A. 2006. Review of The war of the soups and the sparks: the discovery of
neurotransmitters and the dispute over how nerves communicate, by Elliot S.
Valenstein. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences 15: 285-287.
7. Marcum, J.A. and Soke, C.M. 2005. Review of The end of modern medicine:
biomedical science under a microscope, by Laurence Foss. Journal of Medical
Humanities 26: 191-193.
6. Marcum, J.A. and Patel, D.V. 2004. Review of Whose view of life? Embryos,
cloning, and stem cells, by Jane Maienschein. Medicine, Health Care and
Philosophy 7: 350-351.
5. Marcum, J.A. 2003. Science and religion studies: new wine in new wine skin. Review
of Belief in God in an age of science, by John Polkinghorne; Science, life, and
Christian belief: a survey of contemporary issues, by Malcolm A. Jeeves and R.J.
Berry; The end of certainty and the beginning of faith: religion and science for
the 21st century, by D. Brian Austin; The Bible, Protestantism, and the rise of
natural science, by Peter Harrison. Perspectives in Religious Studies 30: 105-110.
4. Kruschwitz, R.B. and Marcum, J.A. 2003. Facing the challenges for bioethics. Review
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of Life, liberty and the defense of dignity, by Leon R. Kass. Baylor News 13: 5.
3. Marcum, J.A. 2001. Review of Great feuds in science: ten of the liveliest disputes
ever, by Hal Hellman. Isis 99: 143-4.
2. Marcum, J.A. 2000. Review of Philosophy of science: the historical background,
edited by Joseph Kockelmans. Isis 91: 838.
1. Marcum, J.A. 1998. Review of Self-generation: biology, philosophy, and literature
around 1800, by Helmunt Mueller-Sievers. Isis 89: 136-137.
Abstracts
38. Marcum, J.A. 2011. Uncertainty, the paradox of the clinical encounter. Abstracts,
Language of Illness and Pain Conference, 31-32.
37. Marcum, J.A. 2010. Progress in medicine: curing disease? Abstracts, Progress in
Medicine Conference, 18-19.
36. Marcum, J.A. 2010. Tolstoy, humanizing modern scientific medicine, and
BioCosmology. Abstracts, First International Seminar on BioCosmology, 106107.
35. Marcum, J.A. 2008. Cancer: causation, complexity, and systems biology. Abstracts,
Causation in Biomedical Sciences II Conference, 4.
34. Marcum, J.A. and Attas, M. 2008. Undergraduate medical humanities: relationship
to medical school education and graduate medical humanities. Abstracts, Graduate
Education in Medical Humanities: Models and Methods Conference, 11.
33. Marcum, J.A. 2007. Horizons for scientific practice: scientific discovery and
progress. Abstracts, International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social
Studies of Biology Biannual Conference.
32. Marcum, J.A. 2007. Complementarity between science and religion: metaphysical
foundations. Abstracts, Science and Religion: Historical and Contemporary
Perspectives, 27-28.
31. Marcum, J.A. 2007. Genomic medicine and redefining disease, health and medicine.
Abstracts, IVth CESAGen/CSG International Conference, 39.
30 Marcum, J.A. 2006. What is medicine? A philosophical analysis of the biomedical and
humanistic models. Abstracts, XXth European Conference on Philosophy of
Medicine and Health Care, 49.
29. Marcum, J.A. 2005. Instituting science: discovery or construction of knowledge in
the natural sciences? Southwest Philosophical Studies 27: 93-94.
28. Marcum, J.A. 2005. “Soup” or “sparks”: Alexander Forbes and the synaptic
transmission controversy. Abstracts, 10th Annual Meeting of the International
Society for the History of the Neurosciences, 13.
27. Marcum, J.A. 2004. Claude Bernard, John Call Dalton Jr. and the experimental
method in American medicine. Abstracts, 39th International Congress on the
History of Medicine, 94 (Abstr. #24).
26. Marcum, J.A. 2004. Reproductive and therapeutic cloning and reductionism.
Abstracts, XVIIIth European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health
Care, 79-80.
25. Marcum, J.A. 2002. Goethe’s notion of experimental series as mediators and Howard
Temin’s DNA provirus hypothesis. Abstracts, 54th Annual Meeting of Northwest
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Philosophical Conference, 19.
24. Marcum, J.A. 2002. Shifting boundaries in medical knowledge and practice:
philosophical explorations. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of European Association for
the Study of Science and Technology, 80.
23. Marcum, J.A. 2002. Tempering nature: Exploring general features of experimental
practices in the natural sciences. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of Canadian Society for
the History and Philosophy of Science, 16.
22. Marcum, J.A. 2000. The transformation of oncology in the twentieth century.
Abstracts, 37th International Congress on the History of Medicine, 39.
21. Marcum, J.A. 1997. Peter Medawar, William Henry Howell, and the fraudulent
scientific paper. Abstracts, 33rd Annual Meetings of the Joint Atlantic Seminar in
History of Biology and Medicine.
19. Marcum, J.A. 1996. The pursuit of heparin: research in the ‘Best’ tradition.
Abstracts, 96th Annual Meeting of American Association for the History of
Medicine, 36.
18. Yeo, T.-K., and Marcum, J.A. 1992. Biosynthesis of biglycan in vitro. Molecular
Biology of the Cell 3: 66a (Abstr. #379).
17. Torok, M.A., and Marcum, J.A. 1991. The presence of biglycan with an alternate
amino-terminus in vascular tissue. Journal of Cell Biology 115: 125a (Abstr. #725).
16. Marcum, J.A., and Thompson, M.A. 1990. Characterization of proteochondroitins
from rat and bovine smooth muscle cells grown in vitro. Journal of Cell Biology
111: 152a (Abstr. #829).
15. Marcum, J.A., and Levin, J. 1987. Inhibition by heparin of endotoxin-dependent
coagulation of amebocyte lysate from Limulus polyphemus. Biological Bulletin 173:
423.
14. DeAgostini, A., Marcum, J.A., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1987. The binding of
antithrombin to capillary endothelial cells grown in vitro. Thrombosis and
Haemostasis 58: 150 (Abstr. #544).
13. Marcum, J.A., Conway, E., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1986. Heparin-like molecules on
fibroblasts. Clinical Research 34: 464A.
12. Marcum, J.A., Atha, D., Fritze, L., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1986. Anticoagulantly active
heparan sulfate and proteoheparan sulfate from cloned bovine aortic endothelial
cells. Federation Proceedings 45: 1493 (Abstr. # 73).
11. Marcum, J.A. 1986. Who really discovered heparin? American Zoologist 26: 45A
(Abstr. #214).
10. Marcum, J.A., McKenney, J.B., and Rosenberg, R.D. 1985. Anticoagulantly active
heparin-likemolecules from cultured endothelial cells and microvasculature of mast
cell deficient mice. Federation Proceedings 44: 1655 (Abstr. #7275).
9. Marcum, J.A., and Levin, J. 1985. A non-trypsinlike enzymatic activity in the
coelomic fluid of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis. Biological
Bulletin 169: 562-563.
8. Marcum, J.A. 1985. Biological life according to Plato and Aristotle. American
Zoologist 25: 46A (Abstr. #246).
7. Jordan, R.E., and Marcum, J.A. 1985. Isolation and characterization of a heparin
species from clam with high affinity for human antithrombin. Thrombosis and
Haemostasis 54: 26 (Abstr. #151).
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6. Nawroth, P., Stern, D., Marcum, J., Kisiel, W., and Handley, D. 1985. Estradiol
decreases the heparin cofactor-like activity of endothelial cells. Thrombosis and
Haemostasis 54: 61 (Abstr. #361).
5. Marcum, J.A. 1984. Kant’s philosophy of science and modern biology. American
Zoologist 24: 66A (Abstr. #346).
4. Rosenberg, R.D., Marcum, J.A., and McKenney, J. 1983. In vivo acceleration of
antithrombin action by heparin-like molecules on the endothelium. Thrombosis and
Haemostasis 50: 90 (Abstr. #266).
3. Dvorak, A., Galli, S., Nabel, G., Marcum, J., Monahan, R., Pyne, K., der Simonian, H.,
Goldin, J., Cantor, H., Ishizaka, T., and Dvorak, H. 1982. Similarities among a
mouse mediating natural killer lysis, cloned suppresser T lymphocytes and
basophilic granulocytes. Federation Proceedings 41: 316 (Abstr. #283).
2. Marcum, J.A., Fritze, L., and Rosenberg, D.R. 1981. Anticoagulant activity of heparan
sulfate from cerebral microvascular tissue. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 46: 115
(Abstr. #349).
1. Marcum, J.A., Reddy, K.N.N., and Kline, D.L. 1978. A non-Hageman factor
dependent activatible protease in human plasma. Federation Proceedings 37: 673
(Abstr. #2424).
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