The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center named Christine Grady, Ph.D. as chief of the Department of Bioethics. Dr. Grady has served as deputy director of the department since 1996 and served as acting chief since September 2011. Her research focuses on clinical research subject recruitment, incentives, vulnerability, consents, and international research ethics. Clinical Center Director John I. Gallin, M.D. commented, “Dr. Grady has had a strong international voice in human subjects protections, and under her leadership, the Department of Bioethics will continue its important, world-class work.” Grady is currently a member of President Obama’s Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues and is a senior research fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. She is a fellow of both the American Academy of Nursing and the Hastings Center.

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