Former Chair of the Department of Bioethics
NIH Clinical Center
Christine Grady is a nurse-bioethicist. Recently retired from the National Institutes of Health, she served for many years as Chair of the Department of Bioethics at the NIH Clinical Center and as a senior investigator in the NIH intramural research program. Her research focuses primarily on clinical research ethics, including informed consent, vulnerability, clinical trial design, recruitment, international research ethics, and neuroethics, and on ethical issues faced by healthcare providers. She is an elected fellow of the Hastings Center and the American Academy of Nursing, a research fellow at the Georgetown Kennedy Institute of Ethics and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Grady holds a B.S. in nursing and biology from Georgetown University, a M.S.N. in community health nursing from Boston College, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University.
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Plenary: Making the Case for Health Equity: Ethical Imperatives and Practical Strategies
Thursday, October 23, 2025
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time