President Barack Obama announced the members of its Bioethics Committee, which should be more "policy-oriented and pragmatic" than its predecessor. Most notable on the list is probably Lonnie Ali, wife of the famous boxer, but we'll have later on aspects of this slate. White House press release:
WASHINGTON - Today, President Barack Obama announced his intention to appoint the following persons to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical questions:
- Lonnie Ali , member of the presidential Commission for the study of bioethical issues
- Anita L. Allen , member of the Commission presidential for the study of bioethical issues
- Barbara Atkinson , member of the presidential Commission for the study of bioethical issues
- Nita A. Farahany , member of the presidential Commission for the study of bioethical issues
- Alexander G. Garza , member of the presidential Commission for the study of bioethical issues
- Christine Grady , member of the presidential Commission for the study of Bioethics issues
- Stephen L. Hauser , member of the presidential Commission for the study of bioethical issues
- Raju Kucherlapati , member of the presidential Commission for the study of bioethical issues
- Michael Nelson , member of the Commission presidential for the study of bioethical issues
- Daniel Sulmasy , member of the presidential Commission for the study of bioethical issues
Commission for study of bioethical issues advise the President on bioethical issues that may emerge from advances in biomedicine and related areas of science and technology.
He will work with the aim to identify and promote policies and practices that ensure scientific research, the provision of health care, and technological innovation are conducted ethical and responsible manner. These candidates will join the current President Amy Gutmann and Vice President James Wagner as members to the Commission.
Obama said, "I am grateful that these impressive individuals have decided to dedicate their talent and experience to this important Commission. I welcome their recommendations in the months and years to come "
President Obama has announced his intention to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts :.
Lonnie Ali, called for Member, presidential Commission for the study of bioethical issues
Lonnie Ali is the wife of Muhammad Ali and was a strong advocate for working awareness of Parkinson's disease as well as increased funding for research. in December 09, she and her husband opened the Lonnie and Muhammad Ali pavilion, which houses the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow neurological Institute campus Phoenix, Arizona. the Centre's mission is to provide excellence in treatment, research and education for patients and families affected by Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. She also helped found the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky in 05, where she serves on the board of directors. In 1992, Mrs. Ali formed the greatest of all times, Inc. (G.O.A.T.) to manage licenses and intellectual property affairs of her husband and personal appearances. She served as G.O.A.T. Vice President and Treasurer until 06 when the company was sold and renamed Muhammad Ali Enterprises. Ms. Ali remains on the board of Muhammad Ali Enterprises. Ms. Ali has also served on the board of the Michael J. Fox Foundation. She currently serves on the Board Founder Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Emory Neurosciences Community Advisory Board. Ms. Ali holds a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management.Anita L. Allen, called for Member, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Anita L. Allen is the Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. It is also associate dean for academic affairs of the school, and is Senior Fellow at the Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine. A distinguished scholar of the right of privacy and the ethical practice, Ms. Allen is known for his work on privacy in medicine, genetics and research, racial justice and women's health. She recently served on the Executive Committee of the Association for ethical and professional practice. In Philadelphia, Ms. Allen serves on the boards of Coalition for maternity and West Philadelphia Alliance care for children. Allen has served on the original National Advisory Council for the social implications of the Working Group on the human genome research and its ethical, legal, and in the 190s and is currently member of the Board of Bazelon Center for Mental Health, working with the Penn Scattergood Program for applied ethics of mental health, and wrote about the American way families deal with substance abuse and mental disorders. Mrs. Allen began his academic career assistant professor at Carnegie-Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh, and was the Associate Dean of Research and Scholarship at Georgetown Law Center. Ms. Allen holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a PhD from the University of Michigan. His B.A. of New College in Florida.Barbara Atkinson, called for Member, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Barbara Atkinson became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center in 05. it is also the same time that the Executive Dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine and has done this since 02 in these roles, she oversees the education of 3,000 students and 2,500 faculty and staff and a budget of $ 225 million. Dr. Atkinson began his career at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where she was an assistant and then associate professor and director of cytopathology laboratory of the 1978 Hospital in 1987. She was Professor and Chairman of Department of Pathology and laboratory medicine at medical College of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1994 and at the medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University from 1994 to 1996. from 1996 to 1999 she was the Annenberg school of medicine Dean MCP Hahnemann, now Drexel College of Medicine. She has held numerous national positions, including trustee and president of the American Board of Pathology and is currently a member of the board of the American Association of Academic Health Centers. She was a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences since 1997. She received her MD from Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.Nita A. Farahany, called for Member, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Nita A. Farahany is associate professor of law and philosophy at the University Vanderbilt. His research focuses on the legal, philosophical and social issues arising from the development of biosciences, particularly behavioral genetics and neuroscience. She presented her work on bioethics, neuroethics, criminal law and behavioral health and politics, vast audiences, including the second Conference Judicial Circuit, the National Judicial College, the Global Forum for Women, the Stanford Center for integration of research on genetics and ethics, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the national Association of Criminal Defence lawyers, and the American Society for political and legal philosophy. Dr. Farahany is a member of the New York Bar, the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, and the Society for Neuroethics. Before joining the Vanderbilt faculty, Dr. Farahany clerk of the Honourable Judith W. Rogers of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. She graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in genetics, cell biology and development, and from Harvard University with a ALM biology. She earned her J.D., M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy of biology and jurisprudence at Duke University.Alexander G. Garza, called for Member, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Dr. Alexander Garza is the assistant secretary for health affairs and medical officer head for the Department of Homeland Security. He had an impressive career in matters of medicine and public health in both civilian and military roles, specializing in emergency medicine. Before his time at DHS, he served as a doctor level I trauma center of Washington Hospital Center staff. Previously, he was also the director of military programs ER One Institute at the Washington Hospital Center, deputy medical director of emergency medical services for the state of New Mexico, and as Medical Director of Medical Services emergency for the Kansas City Health Department. His military roles included the head of the public health team for Operation Flintlock in Dakar, Senegal, the head of the public health team for the operation Iraqi Freedom I, a battalion surgeon, and as a special investigator / medical expert for MG Ray Odierno. He holds a doctorate in medicine from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine and a Masters in Public Health from the School of Public Health at the University of St. Louis.Christine Grady, called for Member, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Christine Grady is now the acting head of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. His research focuses on the subject of the recruitment of research, incentives, vulnerability and ethics of international research. She is also a senior researcher at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and was elected member of both the American Academy of Nursing and the Hastings Center. She has served as a consultant to UNAIDS and the Pan American Health Organization and as a member of the Presidential Commission staff on HIV infection. Dr. Grady is the author of over 75 articles in bioethics, HIV disease, and nursing, and has written or edited several books. She earned a B. S. in nursing and biology from the University of Georgetown, a M.S.N. Nursing Community Health from Boston College, and a doctorate in philosophy from Georgetown.Stephen L. Hauser, Appointee for Member, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Stephen L. Hauser, MD is the Robert A. Fishman Distinguished Professor and Chair department of neurology, University of California - San Francisco. A neuroimmunologist, looking for Mr. Hauser has focused on the genetic basis, immune mechanisms, and treatment of multiple sclerosis. Dr. Hauser is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Physicians, a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (currently Chairman of the Committee on Gulf War and health outcomes), an editor of Harrison Principles manual of Internal Medicine, and editor of the Annals of Neurology. He is a former president of the American Neurological Association and President of Medical Staff at UCSF. He also serves on several scientific advisory boards for nonprofit organizations. Dr Hauser has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award and the John Jacob Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research. He trained in internal medicine at New York Medical Hospital-Cornell Center in neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and immunology at Harvard Medical School and the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France and was a member of the Harvard Medical school faculty before moving to UCSF. Dr. Hauser is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SB 1971 Phi Beta Kappa) and Harvard Medical School (MD 1975 Magna Cum Laude).Raju Kucherlapati, called for Member, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Dr. Raju Kucherlapati, PhD is Professor Paul C. Cabot in department of Harvard Medical School genetics. He is also professor at the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Kucherlapati was the first Scientific Director of the School of Medicine Harvard-Partners Healthcare Center for Genetics and Genomics. His research focuses on the genetic mapping, genetic modification and gene cloning disease. From 1989-01, Dr. Kucherlapati was the Lola and Saul Kramer Professor of Molecular Genetics and Chairman of the Department at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Previously, he was professor in the Department of Genetics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He began his research as an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemical Sciences at Princeton University. He has chaired numerous committees NIH and served on the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research and the NCI Mouce Consortium models of human cancer. He is a member of the Cancer Genome Atlas project of the National Institutes of Health. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Kucherlapati received his B.S. and M.S. biology universities in India, and he received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana, and conducting post-doctoral work at Yale University.Michael Nelson, Appointee for Member, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Dr. Nelson Michael is the Director of the Division of Retrovirology at the Walter Reed Army Institute of research and Director, US Military HIV research program (MHRP). Dr. Michael began with the Division in 1989. He also served as head of the Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Pathogenesis for eight years where he led the HIV Diagnostic Laboratory. Dr. Michael's research interests include the pathogenesis of HIV genetic and molecular host, clinical HIV research and vaccine development against HIV. There is also an Associate Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University and is a Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Michael is currently various NIH committees on AIDS research and vaccines. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1979 with a degree in Biology and Stanford University with MD and Ph.D. (Cancer Biology) degrees in 1986. He trained in internal medicine at Harvard medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital from 1986-1989.Daniel Sulmasy, called for Member, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Dr. Daniel Sulmasy, a Franciscan friar, Chairholder Kilbride-Clinton in medicine and ethics in the medical school's department of divinity and is associate director of the MacLean Center for clinical medical ethics at the University of Chicago. He was appointed by Governor Pataki to the Task Force on New York life and the law in 05. He serves as editor of the journal, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, and is the author of four books. The research interests of Dr. Sulmasy include both theoretical and empirical studies of ethics and spirituality in medicine. He received his M.D. A. B. and degrees from Cornell University and completed his residency, residence and fellowship in general internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He received his doctorate in philosophy from Georgetown University in 1995.
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