Law, ethics, religion, and clinical translation in the 21st century--a discussion with Andrew Webster.

摘要

Professor Webster received his B.Sc. in Social Sciences in 1974 at the Polytechnic of the South Bank, then earned his Ph.D. in the Sociology of Science at the University of York in 1981. He is currently Professor in the Sociology of Science and Technology, Director of the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU), and Academic Coordinator for the Social Sciences at the University of York. From 2005 to 2009 Professor Webster was the Coordinator of the International Stem Cell Initiative (SCI), and is currently the Coordinator of the Regenerative Medicine in Europe (REMEDiE) project as well as a member of the Medical Research Council's UK Stem Cell Bank Steering Committee, the Medical Research Council's Medical Ethics Committee, the UK National Stem Cell Network Committee. Dr. Webster sits on the editorial board of the journals Health Informatics, New Genetics and Society, and Industry and Higher Education. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2007.