care, and life sciences research. Eli Y. Adashi, former Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University. Anita L. Allen, Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. George Annas, Warren Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights at the Boston University School School of Medicine. Dan W. Brock, Lee Professor Emeritus of Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, the former Director of the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School. Arthur Caplan, Mitty Professor of Bioethics at New York University Langone Medical Center. Ezekiel Emanuel, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, founding chair of the Department of Bioethics of the National Institutes of Health. Atul Gawande, Pioneering public health researcher, CEO of Haven Healthcare, and Thier Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Amy Gutmann, eighth president of the University of Pennsylvania, former chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues under President Barack Obama. Patricia A. King, Professor of Law emeritus at Georgetown University Law Center and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Hygiene and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. Jonathan D. Moreno, U.S. member of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee, David and Lyn Silfen University Professor and Professor of Medical Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania. Robert Truog, Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics, Anaesthesiology & Pediatrics and Director of the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School. Awards Henry Knowles Beecher Award Since 1976, The Hastings Center's Henry Knowles Beecher Award has recognized people who have made a lifetime contribution to ethics and life sciences. A committee of Hastings Center Fellows convenes to nominate candidates for the award, which is named for its inaugural recipient Henry K. Beecher. The Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards The Hastings Center and the Cunniff-Dixon Foundation established The Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards, which recognize doctors who give exemplary care to patients nearing the end of life. References External links 1969 establishments in New York (state) Ethics organizations Non-profit organizations based in New York (state) Bioethics research organizations Publishing companies of the United States Putnam County, New York Think tanks based in the United States Think tanks established in 1969