E-mail: robert.nelson@fda.hhs.gov
Tel:(215) 590-9180

description of bioethics expertise

Lead Medical Officer, Federal Drug Administration

Research Interests:
Research ethics, informed consent, parental permission and child assent, risk perception, and research regulatory oversight

Education:
* 1967-1970 Diploma Deerfield Academy
* 1970-1974 B.A. Wesleyan University (Chemistry)
* 1974-1980 M.D. Yale University
* 1976-1980 M.Div. Yale Divinity School
* 1982-1985 A.M. Harvard University (The Study of Religion)
* 1982-1993 Ph.D. Harvard University (The Study of Religion)

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:
* 07/80 - 06/81 Intern in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
* 07/81 - 06/83 Resident in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
* 07/85 - 06/87 Fellow in Neonatology, Cardiovascular Research Institute and theDept of Pediatrics, Univ of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
* 07/85 - 06/88 Fellow in Medical Ethics, Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Medicine, Univ of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
* 07/87 - 06/88 Fellow in Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Faculty Appointments:
* 07/80 - 6/83 Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
* 08/82 - 6/85 Resident Premedical Tutor, Dunster House, Harvard University
* 09/84 - 6/85 Teaching Fellow in the History of Science and the Core Program, Harvard University
* 07/88 - 10/90 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics and the Program in Medical Ethics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
* 10/90 - 06/94 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Sections of Critical Care and Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Milwaukee, WI
* 10/90 - 06/94 Assistant Professor of Bioethics, Center for the Study of Bioethics, MCW
* 07/94 - 06/00 Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Sections of Critical Care and Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, MCW
* 07/94 - 06/00 Associate Professor of Bioethics, Health Policy Institute and the Center for the Study of Bioethics, MCW
* 09/98 - 06/00 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
* 07/00 - Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
* 07/00 - Senior Fellow, Center for Bioethics, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA