AnaIltis Wake Forest UniversityUnited States

Ana S. Iltis, PhD. is the Carlson Professor of University Studies, Professor of Philosophy, and Director, Center for Bioethics, Health and Society at Wake Forest University. She holds an appointment in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Dr. Iltis is Founding Co-Editor of Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (Johns Hopkins University Press), Associate Editor of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (Oxford University Press), and co-editor of the Annals of Bioethics (Routledge) series. She is a past president of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Iltis’ scholarly focus is primarily on the ethical conduct of human research, including research involving children, first-in-human studies, mental health research, organ transplantation research, and risk in research decision-making. She also works on ethics and policy issues regarding emerging biotechnologies. She is the embedded ethicist in the APOLLO (APOL-1 Long-Term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes) Consortium.