Bio
David Magnus, PhD is Thomas A. Raffin Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Stanford University, where he is Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and member of the Ethics Committee for the Stanford Hospital. He is currently the Vice-Chair of the IRB for the NIH Precision Medicine Initiative ("All of Us"). He is the former President of the Association of Bioethics Program Directors, and is the Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Bioethics. He has published articles on a wide range of topics in bioethics, including research ethics, genetics, stem cell research, organ transplantation, end of life, and patient communication. He was a member of the Secretary of Agriculture?s Advisory Committee on Biotechnology in the 21st Century and currently serves on the California Human Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee. He is the principal editor of a collection of essays entitled "Who Owns Life?" (2002) and his publications have appeared in New England Journal of Medicine, Science, Nature Biotechnology, and the British Medical Journal. He has appeared on many radio and television shows including 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, FOX news Sunday, and ABC World News and NPR. In addition to his scholarly work, he has published Opinion pieces in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Chicago Tribune, the San Jose Mercury News, and the New Jersey Star Ledger.
Academic Appointments
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Professor (Teaching), Pediatrics - Center for Biomedical Ethics
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Professor (Teaching), Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Administrative Appointments
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Member, Stanford Hospital Clinical Ethics Committee (2018 - Present)
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Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Bioethics (2012 - Present)
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Thomas A. Raffin Chair, Medicine and Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University (2010 - Present)
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Chair, Program in Regenerative Medicine Sub-Committee on Bioethics and Conflict of Interest (2005 - 2010)
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Director, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (2003 - Present)
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Co-Chair, Stanford Hospital Clinics Ethics Committee (2003 - 2018)
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Member, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Ethics Committee (2003 - Present)
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Co-Director, Scholarly Concentration in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities (2003 - 2016)
Honors & Awards
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Grand Rounds Sidbury Lecture, Duke University Department of Pediatrics (2016)
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Leadership & Education Award, 5 awards, Stanford University School of Medicine (2003 - 2010)
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Frances Wilson Thomson Endowed Lecture, "Who Owns Life?", University of Michigan (Flint) (2008)
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Max Pickerill Lecture Series, Colby College, Kansas (2007)
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Edwin Yoder Honor Lecture, St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington (2005)
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Best New Journal Award, Council of Editors of Learned Journals for the American Journal of Bioethics (2004)
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Arnold G. Wedum Memorial Lecture, American Biological Safety Association (2003)
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Woodrow Wilson Convocation Speaker, Clarkson University (2002)
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Moral and Social Consequences of the Human Genome Project, Oregon State University (2001)
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E.G. Young Seminar, Chemical Institute of Canada (2000)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Advisory Board Member, R01 National Institutes of Health BRAIN Initiative (2019 - Present)
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Advisory Board Member, University of Michigan, R01 "The Lifecycles of Health Data: Policies and Practice" (2018 - Present)
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Vice Chair, NIH Precision Medicine Initiative, All of Us Institutional Review Board (2017 - Present)
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Core Working Group Member, NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory: Ethics and Regulatory Core Working Group (2016 - Present)
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President, Association of Bioethics Program Directors (2010 - 2012)
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Vice President and President Elect, Association of Bioethics Program Directors (2006 - 2010)
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Committee Member, California Human Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee (2005 - Present)
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Committee Member, Secretary of Agriculture's Advisory Committee on Biotechnology in the 21st Century (2003 - Present)
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Council Member, National Research Council of the National Academies of Science Committee on Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms (2002 - 2003)
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Expert Member, World Bank on Food Security and Biotechnology (2000 - 2000)
Professional Education
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Ph.D., Stanford University, Philosophy
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B.A., UC Riverside, Philosophy