STAFF & FELLOWS

C. Ben Mitchell

C. Ben Mitchell is associate professor of Bioethics and Contemporary Culture at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. He is also a Felllow of the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future. Additionally, Mitchell serves as Senior Fellow of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity in Bannockburn, Illinois, and is a consultant with the Center for Genetics & Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University. Mitchell also is editor of the journal Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics.

In addition to his academic work, Mitchell consults on matters of public policy and has given testimony before policymaking groups, including the U.S. House of Representatives, the Institutes of Medicine, and the Illinois Senate. He has published in major news media, including the Washington Post, and has been interviewed regularly by radio and television media, having appeared on National Public Radio, Fox News, and MSNBC.

He received his doctorate in philosophy with a concentration in medical ethics (with honors) from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. His program included a year-long clinical residency at the University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville, Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, and a summer-long residency at the East Tennessee Mental Health Institute. He has done additional study in genetics for nonscientists at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, and has twice been visiting scholar at Green College, the medical college of Oxford University.