NBAC Functions and Staff List
The National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) was established by Executive Order 12975, signed by President Clinton on October 3, 1995. NBAC's functions are defined as follows:
NBAC shall provide advice and make recommendations to the National Science and Technology Council and to other appropriate government entities regarding the following matters:
- the appropriateness of departmental, agency, or other governmental programs, policies, assignments, missions, guidelines, and regulations as they relate to bioethical issues arising from research on human biology and behavior; and
- applications, including the clinical applications, of that research.
- NBAC shall identify broad principles to govern the ethical conduct of research, citing specific projects only as illustrations for such principles.
- NBAC shall not be responsible for the review and approval of specific projects.
- In addition to responding to requests for advice and recommendations from the National Science and Technology Council, NBAC also may accept suggestions of issues for consideration from both the Congress and the public. NBAC also may identify other bioethical issues for the purpose of providing advice and recommendations, subject to the approval of the National Science and Technology Council.
The National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 700,, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7979
Telephone: 301-402-4242, Fax: 301-480-6900
Website: www.bioethics.gov ISBN 1-931022-16-X
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
- Harold T. Shapiro, Ph.D., Chair,
- President Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey
- Patricia Backlar
- Research Associate Professor of Bioethics Department of Philosophy Portland State University Assistant Director Center for Ethics in Health Care Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon
- Arturo Brito, M.D.
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics University of Miami School of Medicine Miami, Florida
- Alexander Morgan Capron, LL.B.
- Henry W. Bruce Professor of Law, University Professor of Law and Medicine, Co-Director, Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics University of Southern California Los Angeles, California
- Eric J. Cassell, M.D., M.A.C.P
- Clinical Professor of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, New York
- R. Alta Charo, J.D.
- Professor of Law and Bioethics Law School and Medical School University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
- James F. Childress, Ph.D.
- Kyle Professor of Religious Studies Professor of Medical Education Director, Institute for Practical Ethics Department of Religious Studies University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
- David R. Cox, M.D., Ph.D.
- Scientific Director Perlegen Sciences Santa Clara, California
- Rhetaugh Graves Dumas, Ph.D., R.N.
- Vice Provost Emerita, Dean Emerita, and Lucille Cole Professor of Nursing University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Laurie M. Flynn1
- Senior Research and Policy Associate, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Columbia University New York, New York
- Carol W. Greider, Ph.D.
- Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland
- Steven H. Holtzman
- Chief Business Officer, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Bette O. Kramer
- Founding President, Richmond Bioethics Consortium Richmond, Virginia
- Bernard Lo, M.D.
- Director, Program in Medical Ethics Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, California
- Lawrence H. Miike, M.D., J.D.
- Kaneohe, Hawaii
- Thomas H. Murray, Ph.D.
- President, The Hastings Center Garrison, New York
- William C. Oldaker, LL.B.
- Senior Partner, Oldaker & Harris, L.L.P. Washington, D.C., Co-Founder and General Counsel NeuralStem Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. College Park, Maryland
- Diane Scott-Jones, Ph.D.
- Professor, Psychology Department Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
National Bioethics Advisory Commission Staff and Consultants
Executive Director - Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D.2
Project Director - Marjorie A. Speers, Ph.D.
Research Staff
- Douglas Berger, M.Litt., Program Analyst3
- Glen Drew, M.S., J.D., Senior Research Policy Analyst
- Elisa Eiseman, Ph.D., Senior Research Analyst
- Ellen L. Gadbois, Ph.D., Senior Policy Analyst
- Stu Kim, J.D., Program Analyst
- 3 Kerry Jo Lee, Program Analyst
- 2 Ayodeji Marquis, Intern (June/August 2000)
- Debra McCurry, M.S., Information Specialist
- Alice K. Page, J.D., M.P.H., Senior Policy Analyst4
Consultants
- Burness Communications, Communications Consultant
- Sara Davidson, M.A., Editor
- Liza Dawson, Ph.D., Research Consultant (December 2000-March 2001)
- Debra DeBruin, Ph.D., Bioethics Consultant (July-December 2000)
- Kathi E. Hanna, M.S., Ph.D., Editorial Consultant
- The Hill Group, Meeting Consultant
- Tamara Lee, Graphic Designer
Administrative Staff
- Nicole Baker, Administrative Technician
- Jody Crank, Assistant to the Executive Director
- Evadne Hammett, Administrative Officer
- Margaret C. Quinlan, Office Manager
- Sherrie Senior, Secretary