Ana S. Iltis, PhD. is the Carlson Professor of University Studies, Professor of Philosophy, and Director, Center for Bioethics, Health and Society at Wake Forest University. She holds an appointment in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at Wake Forest School of Medicine. She is a past President of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, a Fellow of the Hastings Center, and a Non-Resident Fellow in the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. Dr. Iltis is Founding Co-Editor of Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (Johns Hopkins University Press),Associate Editor of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (Oxford University Press), Associate Editor of Christian Bioethics (Oxford University Press), and co-editor of the Annals of Bioethics (Routledge) series. She recently edited the Oxford Handbook of Research Ethics. Iltis’ scholarly focus is primarily on the ethical conduct of human research, including research involving children and mental health, first-in-human studies, and risk in research decision-making. She has published extensively on ethics and policy issues regarding organ transplantation and emerging biotechnologies as well as the role of religion in bioethics. She earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy at Rice University and completed bioethics training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

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