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See you at APHA in Boston
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) will be participating in the 141st Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association in Boston, Mass. We look forward to seeing you at the following sessions: Panel Session – Enumerating Ethical Considerations of Medical Countermeasure Research with Children (3442.0) at […]
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See you at ASBH in Atlanta
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) will be participating in the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) 15th Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Ga. We look forward to seeing you at the following sessions: Plenary Session, Friday, 9:15 a.m. A Conversation with Amy Gutmann, Chair, Ph.D., Presidential Commission for […]
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Bioethics Commission Executive Director Featured on Genetic Alliance Webinar
The Genetic Alliance recently posted a webinar featuring Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) Executive Director Lisa M. Lee. The webinar examined some of the ongoing and timely issues raised by to the Bioethics Commission report Privacy and Progress in Whole Genome Sequencing. Lee was joined by Kelly Edwards, Acting Associate […]
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The Bioethics Commission Posts recent Webinar, Advancing Bioethics Education
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) recently posted a recording of its recent webinar, Advancing Bioethics Education; the webinar served as an introduction to the Bioethics Commission’s new pedagogical materials. Executive Director Lisa M. Lee, Associate Directors Kayte Spector-Bagdady and Michelle Groman, and Research Analyst Misti Ault Anderson provided […]
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Member Spotlight: Nita Farahany
Nita Farahany, J.D., Ph.D. wrote in her high school “last will and testament” that she aspired to be both a lawyer and a doctor one day. Farahany achieved that goal, and then some. In April 2010 President Obama appointed her to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission). She is […]
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Member Spotlight: Raju Kucherlapati
“Growing up, I thought of the United States as a shining beacon of hope. I came here as a nobody, but this country has given me so much,” Raju Kucherlapati, Ph.D., said. President Obama appointed Kucherlapati to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) in April 2010 because of Kucherlapti’s […]
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Member Spotlight: James Wagner
President Obama appointed the nineteenth President of Emory University, James W. Wagner, Ph.D., to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) in November 2009. Wagner serves as Vice Chair on the Bioethics Commission. Wagner holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, a master’s degree in clinical engineering and a Ph.D. in […]
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Member Spotlight: Christine Grady
Nurses take great pride that one of President Obama’s bioethics advisors is an R.N. The President appointed Christine Grady, R.N., Ph.D., to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) in April, 2010. Grady is the Chief of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. She also […]
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Member Spotlight: John D. Arras
President Obama appointed philosopher John D. Arras, Ph.D., to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) in May 2010. Dr. Arras is the Porterfield Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia, where he directs the Program in Bioethics and is affiliated with the Center for […]
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Hunter College High School Students Visit the Bioethics Commission
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) recently welcomed 35 students and faculty from Manhattan’s Hunter College High School. The Hunter College High School students participated in the 61st Annual Washington Seminar on Government in Action, a seminar that allows students to engage in domestic and international issues facing the […]
