named to bioethics commission
ATLANTA – President Barack Obama has named Emory University President James W. Wagner (right) as Vice-Chairman for a new commission on bioethics. The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues will advise Mr Obama on issues that may emerge from advances in biomedicine and related areas of science and technology.
The commission’s goal is to ensure that scientific research, health care delivery and technological innovation are conducted in an ethically responsible manner.
Mr Wagner has championed the role of ethics at the United Methodist-related university by enhancing the prominence of Emory’s Center for Ethics and including ethical engagement as one of the six pillars of the university’s strategic vision.
Ms Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania, will serve as Chairman of the bioethics commission.
– United Methodist News Service.