Ruth Chadwick

英国生命伦理学家Ruth Chadwick,在牛津大学以优生和基因工程伦理学方面的研究获得博士学位,目前是英国皇家社会科学学会、英国皇家艺术学会和皇家医学会院士。曾主持由欧洲委员会资助的遗传筛查伦理学的EUROSCREEN项目以及基因组学经济和社会研究中心的研究工作,并为法学、英语、传播、哲学间跨学科研究做出了积极贡献。出版发表了一系列关于遗传学、伦理学等方面的书籍和论文,其在《表观遗传学和个体化医学:前景和伦理学问题》的论文中论述了遗传学的发展使个体化医学的发展出现了可能性,并对其是否会引起伦理学问题进行阐述,还对表观遗传学知识融入个体化医学提出了见解。此外,她还回答了相关学术问题。

British bioethicists Ruth Chadwick got her doctor＇s degree in eugenics and genetic engineering ethics at Oxford University. Now she is the academician of British Royal Academy of Social Sciences, British Royal Academy and Royal Society of Medicine. She was the host of EUROSCREEN genetic screening ethics project funded by European Commission, and now in charge of some genomics researches. She has made a positive contribution to interdisciplinary research in law, English, communication and philosophy. She published a series of books and papers about genetics, ethics, etc. In her paper, Epigenetics and Personalised Medicine： Prospects and Ethical Issues, she discussed that the development of genetics bring possibility to personalized medicine and whether it can lead to ethical issues, she had some insights into epigenetics knowledge and personalized medicine. In addition, she also answered some related academic questions.