George Annas

George J. Annas is the Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, Chairman of Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, at the Boston University School of Public Health. He holds a degree in economics from Harvard College and law from Harvard Law School and an M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is a widely published national expert in the field of health law, bioethics, and human rights, whose books include "The Rights of Patients," "Judging Medicine," "Some Choice: Law, Medicine and the Market," and "American Bioethics: Crossing Human Rights and Health Law Boundaries."cite web |url= http://sph.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_sphdir&id=239&Itemid=340&INDEX=577|title= Boston University School of Public Health|accessdate=2008-05-05 |format= |work= ]

Annas is the cofounder of Global Lawyers and Physicians, a transnational professional NGO dedicated to promoting human rights and health. He teaches health law and human rights courses in the Boston University School of Public Health, the Boston University School of Law, and the BU Medical School.m] He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council for Responsible Genetics and the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism, as well as a member of the Institute of Medicine. [cite web |url= http://www.gene-watch.org/genewatch/articles/20-1RocheAnnas.html|title=Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism: Final Narrative Annual Report - January 1 to December 31, 2005|accessdate=2008-05-05 |format= |work= ] [cite web |url= http://www.ipcb.org/about_us/annual_reports/annual_2005.html|title=New Genetic Privacy Concerns|accessdate=2008-05-05 |format= |work= Council for Responsible Genetics] m]

See also

* Bioethics
* Biopolitics
* "Eugenics Wars" argument
* Genism

References

Videos

* George Annas and Wendy Mariner on [http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/buniverse/videos/view/?id=215 The Future of Health Law] , on [http://www.bu.edu/today/buniverse/index.shtml BUniverse] , Boston University's video archive.