Vardit Ravitsky | |
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| Born | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli and Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Bioethicist, researcher, author |
| Title | President and CEO of The Hastings Center |
| Awards | Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellow, Hastings Center |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.A., Philosophy, Sorbonne University, France M.A., Philosophy, University of New Mexico, USA Ph.D., Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University, Israel |
| Thesis | Genetic Intervention and the Shaping of Human Identity |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Department of Medical Ethics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA (2005-2008) Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal (2009 – present) Harvard Medical School, Harvard University (2021-present) |
Vardit Ravitsky, an Israeli-Canadian, is a bioethicist, researcher, and author. She is president and CEO of The Hastings Center, a senior lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and past president of the International Association of Bioethics. She is a Fellow of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, where she chaired the COVID-19 Impact Committee.[1][2] She is also a Fellow of The Hastings Center and of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.[3] Previously, she was a full professor at the University of Montreal, and director of Ethics and Health at the Center for Research on Ethics.