Jonathan Moreno Receives Bioethics Lifetime Achievement Award
Describing him as “one of the world’s foremost experts in bioethics and politics and bioethics in national security,” the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities has awarded Penn Medicine bioethicist Jonathan D. Moreno its 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is the Society’s highest honor.
Moreno is the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor and a Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) professor. He is also a professor of medical ethics and health policy, history and sociology of science. and philosophy. With appointments in Penn Arts and Sciences and the Perelman School of Medicine, Moreno writes and teaches on topics related to bioethics, culture, science, and national security.
The society noted that Moreno is being honored for his innumerable scholarly writings, service to national and international commissions, and contributions to public discourse on bioethics: “His career in integrating bioethics with the history of ideas, technology, and public affairs has led to his recognition as one of the key translators and interpreters of ethical issues in science for policymakers and one of the leading public intellectuals in the field of bioethics.”
Moreno is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and is the U.S. member of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee. He has served as an adviser to many governmental and non-governmental organizations, including three presidential commissions, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2008-2009, Moreno served as a member of President Barack Obama’s transition team. His next book, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Transformation of American Healthcare, co-authored by Penn President Amy Gutmann, will be published in 2019.
