Amy Lynn McGuire, J.D., Ph.D. | BCM

Email

[email protected]

Positions

Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Member

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Education

Ph.D. from University Of Texas Medical School At Galveston

01/2004 –
Galveston, Texas United States

J.D. from University Of Houston

01/2000 –
Houston, Texas United States

B.A. from University Of Pennsylvania

01/1995 –
Philadelphia, PA United States

Honors & Awards

National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research, Genomics and Society Working Group

Member, 2012-present

National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research

Member, 2011-present

Baylor College of Medicine Academy of Distinguished Educators

2008-2013

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award for Educational Leadership

2009

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation

2008

Professional Interests

• Ethical and policy issues raised by emerging technologies
• Research ethics, informed consent, and confidentiality
• Ethical, legal, and social implications of genomics and human genetics

Professional Statement

Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., is the Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. She researches ethical and policy issues related to emerging technologies, with a particular focus on genomic research, personalized medicine, and the clinical integration of novel neurological devices. Her research is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. McGuire has received numerous teaching awards at Baylor College of Medicine, was recognized by the Texas Executive Women as a Woman on the Move in 2016, and was invited to give a TedMed talk, titled “There is no Genome for the Human Spirit” in 2014. She has served as a member of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research and as an advisor to the X Prize in Genomics. Currently, Dr. McGuire is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics, a Hasting’s Center Fellow, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Geisinger Research, The Morgridge Institute of Research, and Danaher Life Sciences.

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Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., is the Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. She researches ethical and policy issues related to emerging technologies, with a particular focus on genomic research, personalized medicine, and the clinical integration of novel neurological devices. Her research is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. McGuire has received numerous teaching awards at Baylor College of Medicine, was recognized by the Texas Executive Women as a Woman on the Move in 2016, and was invited to give a TedMed talk, titled “There is no Genome for the Human Spirit” in 2014. She has served as a member of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research and as an advisor to the X Prize in Genomics. Currently, Dr. McGuire is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics, a Hasting’s Center Fellow, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Geisinger Research, The Morgridge Institute of Research, and Danaher Life Sciences.