The Hastings Centre, New York, USA
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Eric Parens
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Erik Parens is a Senior Research Scholar at The Hastings Center, a bioethics research institute in Garrison, New York. He received his BA, MA, and PHD degrees from interdisciplinary programs in the humanities at The University of Chicago.
Since arriving at The Hastings Center in 1992, he has led research projects that have resulted in many publications, including 4 edited volumes: Surgically Shaping Children: Technology, Ethics, and the Pursuit of Normality [Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006]; Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation [Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005]; Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights [Georgetown University Press, 2000]; and Enhancing Human Traits: Ethical and Social Implications [Georgetown University Press, 1998].
He has served as a consultant to governmental and non-governmental bodies, including the American Association for the Advancement and the National Bioethics Advisory Commission [under the Clinton administration]. He has published widely on a variety of topics, from pluralism and the delivery of health care services to embryonic stem cell research and the prospect of creating inheritable genetic modifications. He currently is developing two new projects, one on "The Uses and Limits of Neuroimaging Technologies" and the other on "The Pharmacological Treatment of Behavioral Disturbances in Children."
He also is a Visiting Professor at Sarah Lawrence College, in the Programme on Science, Technology and Society. |
