Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues

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Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues

-1425 New York Avenue, NW, Suite C-100; Washington, DC 20005 (202) 233-3960 | (202) 233-3990, fax | info@bioethics.gov | http://cmsdev.bioethics.gov/about

“Media Inquiries Only”: Hillary Wicai Viers, Communications Director (202) 233-3960 Hillary.Viers@bioethics.gov

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“About“: “The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues advises the President on bioethical issues that may emerge from advances in biomedicine and related areas of science and technology. The Commission works with the goal of identifying and promoting policies and practices that ensure scientific research, health care delivery, and technological innovation are conducted in an ethically responsible manner.”

“History of Bioethics Commissions“: http://bioethics.gov/cms/history

“Former Commissions“: http://bioethics.gov/cms/former-commissions

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Commission Members

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Amy Gutmann, Ph.D., Chair

A political scientist and philosopher, Gutmann is the eighth president of the University of Pennsylvania. …Gutmann serves on the Boards of Directors of the Carnegie Corporation, the Vanguard Corporation, and the Schuylkill River Development Corporation. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, and the Executive Committee of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of the Asia Society’s Task Force on U.S. policy toward India, the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF), which convenes at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the Global Colloquium of University Presidents, which advises the Secretary General of the U.N. on a range of issues, including the social responsibility of universities. In 2007, she co-chaired the transition team for Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter and from 2005 to 2009 she served on the National Security Higher Education Advisory Board, a committee that advises the FBI on national security issues relating to academia. …She is married to Michael W. Doyle, the Harold Brown Professor of Law and International Affairs at Columbia University. Their daughter, Abigail Gutmann Doyle, is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University. Their son-in-law, Jakub Jurek, is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Princeton University.

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James W. Wagner, Ph.D., Vice Chair

Nineteenth president of Emory University…wife, Debbie…two daughters: Kimberly, an associate pastor in Virginia, and Christine, a kindergarten teacher in North Carolina.

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Lonnie Ali, M.B.A

Wife of Muhammad Ali.

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Anita L. Allen, J.D., Ph.D.

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John D. Arras, Ph.D.

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Barbara F. Atkinson, M.D.

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Nita A. Farahany, J.D., Ph.D.

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Alexander G. Garza, M.D., M.P.H.

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Christine Grady, R.N., Ph.D.

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Stephen L. Hauser, M.D.

Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Raju S. Kucherlapati, Ph.D.

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Nelson Lee Michael, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Division of Retrovirology, at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and Director of the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), an international HIV vaccine research program that successfully integrates HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment.

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Daniel Sulmasy, M.D., Ph.D.

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International Research Panel

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Chair, Amy Gutmann, PH.D.

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John Arras, PH.D.

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Julius Ecuru

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Christine Grady, R.N., PH.D.