AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion

Biography

Kevin FitzGerald, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Oncology, came to Georgetown University Medical Center from Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois. He earned both a PhD in molecular genetics andanother in bioethics from Georgetown. During his five years at Loyola, his research efforts focused on the investigation of abnormal gene regulation in cancer and ethical issues in human genetics. He has published both scientific and ethical articles in peer-reviewed journals, books, and the popular press. Fr. FitzGerald has given national and international presentations and has often been interviewed by the news media ontopics such as human genetic engineering, cloning, stem cell research, and the Human Genome Project. For the past ten years he has served as an ethics consultant for the National Society of Genetic Counselors. He is aconsultant to the March of Dimes Ethics Committee,the United States Catholic Conference, and a member of the AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion Advisory Committee. In July 2004 Fr. FitzGerald was named to the external Biotechnology Advisory Panel of the DuPont Corporation.