Henry T. Greely
Henry T. Greely
- Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law
- Director, Center for Law and the Biosciences
- Professor (by courtesy) of Genetics, Stanford School of Medicine
- Chair, Steering Committee of the Center for Biomedical Ethics
- Director, Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society
- Room N361, Neukom Building
Expertise
- Bioethics
- Bioscience & the Law
- Biotechnology
- Health Law & Policy
- Technology & the Law
Biography
Director, Center for Law and the Biosciences; Professor (by courtesy) of Genetics, Stanford School of Medicine; Chair, Steering Committee of the Center for Biomedical Ethics; and Director, Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society.
Henry T. Greely (BA ’74) specializes in the ethical, legal, and social implications of new biomedical technologies, particularly those related to neuroscience, genetics, or stem cell research. He frequently serves as an advisor on California, national, and international policy issues. He is chair of California’s Human Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee, a member of the Advisory Council of the NIH’s National Institute for General Medical Sciences, a member of the Committee on Science, Technology, and Law of the National Academies, a member of the Neuroscience Forum of the Institute of Medicine, and served from 2007-2010 as co-director of the Law and Neuroscience Project, funded by the MacArthur Foundation. Professor Greely chairs the steering committee for the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and directs both the law school’s Center for Law and the Biosciences and the Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society. In 2007 Professor Greely was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1985, Greely was a partner at Tuttle & Taylor, served as a staff assistant to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, and as special assistant to the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense. He served as a law clerk to Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court and to Judge John Minor Wisdom of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Greely is also a professor (by courtesy) of genetics at Stanford School of Medicine. He received the University’s Richard W. Lyman Prize in 2013.
Education
- BA Stanford University 1974
- JD Yale Law School 1977
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Affiliations & Honors
- Chair (1996-Present), Steering Committee, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (SCBE)
- Chair (2002-2003), Stanford Faculty Senate
- Chair, Working Group on Stem Cell Research Policy Implementation
- Co-chair, Stanford Program in Organizing Neuroethics Education and Research
- Director, Stanford Program on Stem Cells in Society, SCBE
- Ethics Chair, North American Committee, Human Genome Diversity Project
- Ethics Officer, World Cell Line Collection 1 (Collaboration between the Human Genome Diversity Project and the Centre de l'Etude de Polymorphism Humain
- Member, Center for Integrating Research in Genetics and Ethics, SCBE
- Member, Stanford Program on Neuroethics, SCBE
- Member, Working Group on Human Trials of Cell Based Interventions for Neurological Conditons, John Hopkins University
- Member (2002-Present), Faculty Leadership Council, Bio-X Program
- Member, Scientific Advisory Committee and Ethics Advisory Committees, Deparment of Veterans' Affairs, DNA Bank Project
- Member, Genetics Advisory Board, Deparment of Veterans' Affairs, BEST Study
- Member, Ethics Committee, American Society for Gene Therapy
- Member, Ethics Committee, International Society for Stem Cell Research
- Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Stem Cell Network (Canada)
- Member, Ethics Advisory Board, Affymetrix, Inc.
- Member, Executive Committee, France Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
- Member, Steering Committee, Neuroscience Institute at Stanford
- Member, Advisory Committee, Stanford Institute for Clinical Information
- Member, Advisory Committee, Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Member, Executive Committee, Stanford Program in Regenerative Medicine Member, Operations Subcommittee
- Member, Bioethics Subcommittee
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Key Works
News
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