Ethics Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee to the Director, CDC

The Ethics Subcommittee was established in 2005 to provide counsel to CDC on a broad range of public health ethics questions and issues arising from programs, scientists and practitioners, and to support CDC in the development of internal capacity to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical issues. The Ethics Subcommittee is composed of academic and professional ethicists from outside CDC.

Meeting Minutes for the Ethics Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee to the Director

Current Roster

Ruth Gaare Bernheim, J.D., M.P.H. (Chair)
Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine
Associate Director, Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Term: July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2013

Janice A. Allen Chilton, DrPH, MA, MPH, MCHES, CPH
Director, Community Participatory Outreach Core
Instructor, Department of Health Disparities Research
Division of OVP, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences
Center for Research on Minority Health
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Term: July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2016

LaVera Marguerite Crawley, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics
Stanford University School of Medicine Center for Biomedical Ethics
Palo Alto, CA
Term: July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2013

Kenneth Goodman, Ph.D.
Director, Bioethics Program and
Co-Director, University of Miami Ethics Programs
University of Miami
Miami, FL
Term: January 22, 2011 – June 30, 2015

George Isham, MD, MS (ACD Representative)
Medical Director and Chief Health Officer
Health Partners
Minneapolis, MN
Term: December 10, 2010 – June 30, 2014

Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH
Maas Family Endowed Chair in Bioethics
Director and Professor
Center for Bioethics
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Term: July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2015

Alan L. Melnick, MD, MPH, CPH
Health Officer, Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania and Wahkiakum Counties, Washington
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Department of Public Health &
General Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
Vancouver, WA
Term: July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2016

Eric Meslin, PhD
Director, Indiana University Center for Bioethics
Associate Dean (Bioethics), Professor of Medicine, Professor of Molecular and Medical Genetics, and
Professor of Public Health, Indiana University School of Medicine
Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University-Purdue University
Director, Indiana University Center for Law, Ethics, and Applied Research in Health Information
Director, Indiana University-Moi University Academic Research Ethics Partnership
Indianapolis, IN
Term: July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2015

Sara Rosenbaum, J.D. (ACD Representative)
Chair, Department of Health Policy
Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Term: July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2013

Jennifer Prah Ruger, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Associate Professor
Division of Health Policy and Administration
Yale School of Public Health
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Term: July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2013

Ani B. Satz, JD, PhD
Associate Professor
Emory University School of Law, Rollins School of Public Health, and Center for Ethics
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Term: July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2016

Matthew Stefanak, MPH
Instructor of Family and Community Medicine
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Health Commissioner, Mahoning County General Health District Board of Health, Ohio (Retired)
Pulaski, PA
Term: July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2016

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We are happy to receive proposals for candidates to fill upcoming vacancies on the Ethics Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee to the Director. The next cycle of selection of candidates will begin in January 2013 for selection of potential nominees to replace members whose terms will end on June 30, 2013.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services policy stipulates that committee membership be balanced in terms of professional training and background, points of view represented, and the committee’s function. Consideration is given to a broad representation of geographic areas within the U.S., with equitable representation of the sexes, ethnic and racial minorities, and the handicapped. Nominees must be U.S. citizens, and cannot be full-time employees of the U.S. Government.

Candidates should submit a current curriculum vitae, including complete contact information (telephone numbers, fax number, mailing address, e-mail address) to PHEthics@cdc.gov.