April 3, 2014
Bioethics Commission Executive Director to Receive Pellegrino Medal
Lisa M. Lee, Ph.D., M.S., Executive Director of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission), will receive the Pellegrino Medal for her contributions to health care ethics. The award will be presented April 11 during the 2014 Conference of Samford University’s Healthcare Ethics and Law Institute (HEAL) in Birmingham, Ala.
Established in 2001 by the HEAL Institute, the Pellegrino Medal honors leaders in healthcare ethics in the “selfless spirit of Edmund D. Pellegrino.”
“This field calls us and I am honored to be in the company of these bioethics pioneers,” Lee commented upon learning of the award.
“Lisa truly honors Ed Pellegrino's spirit of expert and selfless devotion to bioethics,” said Amy Gutmann, Ph.D., Chair of the Bioethics Commission.
The author of numerous publications in both science and ethics, Lee has taught graduate-level courses in public health ethics, serves on the editorial board of two health journals, and is the lead editor of Principles and Practice of Public Health Surveillance, 3rd edition (Oxford University Press, 2010). Lee’s current interests include bioethics education and public health ethics.
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