University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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Paul Root Wolpe |
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Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D., holds appointments in the Department of Psychiatry, the Department of Medical Ethics, and the Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Senior Fellow of Penn's Center for Bioethics, is the Director of the Program in Psychiatry and Ethics at the School of Medicine, and is a Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics. Dr. Wolpe serves as the first Chief of Bioethics for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA], and is also the first National Bioethics Advisor to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. He is President-Elect of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, and is Associate Editor of the American Journal of Bioethics.
Dr. Wolpe is the author of over 75 articles and book chapters in sociology, medicine, and bioethics, and has contributed to a variety of encyclopaedias on bioethical issues. His research examines the role of ideology, religion, and culture in medical thought, especially in relation to emerging biotechnologies, including neurotechnology, reproductive and genetic technology, and nanotechnology. He is the author of the textbook Sexuality and Gender in Society and the end-of-life guide In the Winter of Life, and is currently writing a book on emerging biotechnologies. |
