London, Alex John – Profile

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Full Name
Alex John London, PhD
Credentials
PhD
Role

Executive Committee, Ethics & Regulation Core (ERC)

Primary title
Clara L. West Professor of Ethics and Philosophy; Director of the Center for Ethics and Policy
Primary Institution
Carnegie Mellon University
Complete Titles

Clara L. West Professor of Ethics and Philosophy
Director of the Center for Ethics and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

Bio
Alex John London, PhD, is the Clara L. West Professor of Ethics and Philosophy and director of the Center for Ethics and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. An elected fellow of the Hastings Center, Professor London’s work focuses on ethical and policy issues surrounding the development and deployment of novel technologies in medicine, biotechnology and artificial intelligence, on methodological issues in theoretical and practical ethics, and on cross-national issues of justice and fairness. His book, For The Common Good: Philosophical Foundations of Research Ethics was published in 2022 and is available as an open access title from Oxford University Press. His papers have appeared in Mind, The Philosopher’s Imprint, Science, JAMA, The Lancet, The BMJ, PLoS Medicine, Statistics In Medicine, The Hastings Center Report, and numerous other journals and collections. He is also co-editor of Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine, one of the most widely used textbooks in medical ethics.
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