Henry T. (Hank) Greely
Academic Appointments
- Professor, Law Faculty Research - Law Faculty Matters
- Member, Child Health Research Institute
- Member, Bio-X
- Professor (By courtesy), Genetics
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Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-2517
Professional Overview
Administrative Appointments
- Director, Center for Law and the Biosciences (2004 - present)
- Director, Stanford Interdisciplinary Group on Neuroscience and Society (2009 - present)
- Chair, Steering Committee, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (1997 - present)
- Member, Bio-X Faculty Leadership Council (2005 - present)
- Member, Stanford Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee (2006 - present)
- Member, IRB 3 (2009 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007)
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
My current interests in neuroscience involve the consequences of advances in neurosciences for 1) predicting future diseases or traits; 2) reading minds to allow detection of subjective mental states such as pain, recognition, bias, or memory; 3) "treating" non-disease traits; 4) cognitive enhancement; 5) detecting consciousness and handling issues around disorders of consciousness; and 6) issues of responsibility.
My current interests in human genetics focus on 1) prenatal genetic diagnosis, 2) the effects of widespread adoption of clinical whole genome sequencing, and 3) ethical, legal, and social issues in genomic biobanks.
In stem cell research, I am currently interested in 1) legal challenges to stem cell research and 2) issues around human/non-human chimeras.
My interests in human research protections, biological enhancement, and the future of reproduction draw on, and involve, all three of the substantive fields described above.
Publications
- Assessing ESCROs: yesterday and tomorrow. Am J Bioeth. 2013; (1): 44-52
- Best ethical practices for clinicians and laboratories in the provision of noninvasive prenatal testing. Prenat Diagn. 2013: 1-6
- Genomics. What if extinction is not forever? Science. 2013; (6128): 32-3
- Informational risk, institutional review, and autonomy in the proposed changes to the common rule. IRB. 2012 May-Jun; (3): 17-9
- Direct brain interventions to "treat" disfavored human behaviors: ethical and social issues. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2012; (2): 163-5
- What if? The farther shores of neuroethics: commentary on "Neuroscience may supersede ethics and law". Sci Eng Ethics. 2012; (3): 439-46
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