James Childress
Philosopher, Author
1940 –
Who is James Childress?
James Franklin Childress is a philosopher and theologian mainly concerned with ethics, particularly biomedical ethics. Currently he is the John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. He is also Professor of Medical Education at this university and directs its Institute for Practical Ethics. He has obtained a B.A. from Guilford College, a B.D. from Yale Divinity School, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University. He was vice-chairman of the national Task Force on Organ Transplantation, and he has also served on the Board of Directors of the United Network for Organ Sharing, the UNOS Ethics Committee, the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, the Human Gene Therapy Subcommittee, the Biomedical Ethics Advisory Committee, and several Data and Safety Monitoring Boards for NIH clinical trials. From 1996 to 2001, he served on the presidentially-appointed National Bioethics Advisory Commission. He is a fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution.
His works include:
with Tom Beauchamp: Principles of Biomedical Ethics.
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- Born
- Oct 4, 1940
Mount Airy - Also known as
- James Franklin Childress
- James F. Childress
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Yale University
Religious Studies
( - 1968) - Yale Divinity School
- Guilford College
- PhD, Yale University
- Employment
- University of Virginia
- Lived in
- Virginia
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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