HHBe Grand Rounds: Research on Embryos and Embryoids and Trust in Science

About this event

This presentation will review ethical issues in the oversight and conduct of research on human

embryos and embryo models (embryoids) and examine how some of the recent changes in this area

raise questions and concerns for the public and can undermine trust in science.

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), and co-editor of the Annals of Bioethics book series (Routledge). She recently edited the Oxford Handbook of Research Ethics . Iltis’ scholarly focus is primarily on the ethical conduct of human research, and she has published extensively on ethics and policy issues regarding organ transplantation and emerging biotechnologies. Iltis is the embedded ethicist in APOLLO, a national study on the impact of kidney donor APOL1 genotype on kidney transplantation outcomes. She has played an active role in community engagement efforts of the project. She earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy at Rice University and completed bioethics training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.