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Glenn writes about ethical, legal and social issues in healthcare. The author of three books about the impact of genomics on parenthood (The Perfect Baby, Rowman & Littlefield), the power of genetic information (Beyond Genetics, William Morrow), and the impact of new biotechnology (Bioethics for Beginners, Wiley), he is best known as founder of The American Journal of Bioethics and bioethics.net, which he led as Editor-in-Chief from 1999-2011 during which time it became the most highly cited journal in bioethics, philosophy, and health policy. Glenn has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in the medical, scientific, legal and liberal arts disciplines, and edited several other books. He was elected to the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Board of Directors and awarded the Atlantic Fellowship in Public Policy from the United Kingdom. A former columnist for the Scientist and for Hearst newspapers, interviews with Glenn have appeared in most major newspapers and television news discussions and programs.
Glenn worked for a decade at University of Pennsylvania as Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics with secondary appointments in philosophy, health economics, history of science, and public health (1995-2005). He then held the John A. Balint Chair in Medical Ethics at Albany Medical College (2005-08), where he was founding director of the Alden March Bioethics Institute (AMBI). He then became John B. Francis Chair at the Center for Practical Bioethics (2009-11), before briefly (2011-13) working as an executive in biotechnology in Texas and Germany. At the University of New Haven (2013-21), Glenn was Professor of Management, Health Policy, and of Philosophy for five years and was twice elected Chair of Faculty Senate, winning the university’s award for Outstanding Leadership and Service, before being appointed Deputy Provost and Special Assistant to the President for Institutional Effectiveness and Planning (2019-21). He joined Salem Academy and College in October 2021 as its interim Dean of Admissions and Professor of Health Sciences.
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Bioethics and Departments of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Philosophy, History & Sociology of Science
Albany Medical College (Also: Full Professor of Medicine (tenured); Director, Alden March Bioethics Institute)
SUNY School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management
Center for Practical Bioethics
University of New Haven, College of Business
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
Baylor University
Master of Arts in Philosophy
Vanderbilt University
Doctor of Philosophy
Vanderbilt University
Post-doctoral Fellowship
U.S. National Institutes of Health, Human Genome Center at University of Iowa