Prof Jeremy Sugarman

About

Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA is the Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine in the Department of Medicine and the Berman Institute of Bioethics at the Johns Hopkins University. He is an internationally recognized leader in bioethics with particular expertise in applying empirical methods for evaluating and analyzing bioethical issues. His contributions to bioethics and policy include work on the ethics of informed consent, stem cell-related research, international HIV prevention research, global health and research oversight. Dr. Sugarman is the author of over 400 articles, reviews and book chapters.  He has also edited or co-edited four books.  

Dr. Sugarman was the founding director of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine at Duke University. He was senior policy and research analyst for the White House Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, consultant to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, and Senior Advisor to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. 

Dr. Sugarman has been elected as a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation, Association of American Physicians, and the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine). He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American College of Physicians and the Hastings Center. He also received a Doctor of Science, honoris causa, from New York Medical College.

Session

Topic: Getting To The Ought From Is: The Inextricable Relationship Between Bioethics And The Medical Humanities
Date: 18 October, Saturday | Time: 09:00 - 10:00 | Venue: Academia Auditorium