Jason Scott Robert, PhD (Philosophy) is Assistant Professor of Life Sciences at Arizona State University and of Basic Medical Sciences at The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. At ASU, he teaches in the Bioethics, Policy, and Law Program within the Center for Biology and Society, and is a faculty affiliate of the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes. Jason’s PhD is in philosophy (McMaster University, 2000), and was a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator and Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Dalhousie University (2001-2004). He has published many articles in the philosophy of biology and bioethics, and his first book is Embryology, Epigenesis, and Evolution: Taking Development Seriously, (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Recently, Jason has been preoccupied with determining the roles and responsibilities of scientists and bioethicists in the face of controversial science, such as the creation of part-human chimeras in stem cell biology. He is co-director, with Linda Hogle, of the Human Identity, Enhancement, and Biology Theme of the Center for Nanotechnology and Society at ASU, co-directs a Bioethics and Bioengineering Interdisciplinary Research Cluster at ASU with Steve Helms-Tillery, and is a member of the Societal and Ethical Implications of Nanotechnology Committee at Northwestern University. Additionally, Jason serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Biological Theory, the Ethics Advisory Group of the Canadian Lifelong Health Initiative, and the Advisory Board of the Canadian Institute of Population and Public Health.

 

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Consortium for Science, Polcy, and Outcomes