Jeffrey Kahn

Jeffrey Kahn is the Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, and the Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy. He is also Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. His work focuses on the ethics of research, ethics and public health including global health, and ethics and emerging biomedical technologies. He speaks widely in the US and abroad, has published five books and over 150 articles, and appears regularly in the media including in the Berman Institute's award-winning podcast playing god? His research and projects are funded by the US National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Greenwall Foundation, Welcome Trust, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and Fellow of the Hastings Center and has chaired or served on committees and panels for the NIH, the Centers for Disease Control, NASA, and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He holds a BA in microbiology, MPH, and PhD in philosophy.