ADVISORY BOARD

Sigrid Fry-Revere

Sigrid Fry-Revere is the Cato Institute's director of bioethics studies. She focuses on legal and policy issues in the life sciences with a particular emphasis on the social impact of new medical developments. Her areas of interest include genetic engineering, neuroethics, reproductive technologies, end-of-life decisions, and research ethics. She also deals with issues such as informed consent, cultural diversity, and family prerogatives in health care.

Fry-Revere has had articles published in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. She has been published in trade magazines, such as Pediatric Nursing and Genetic Engineering News and academic publications, such as the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, The Journal of Clinical Ethics and the American Journal of Bioethics. She has also written two books on clinical ethics consultation: The Accountability of Bioethics Committees and Consultants (University Publishing Group, 1992) and Ethics & Answers in Home Health Care: A Practical Guide for Dealing with Bioethical Issues in Your Organization (Project Director and Primary Author) (George Mason U., 1995).

Prior to joining Cato, Fry-Revere was a consultant to several hospitals, home health agencies, and hospices in the Washington, D.C. area. She has taught at the University of Virginia and George Mason University, and practiced FDA and health law at Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn. Sigrid Fry-Revere has a Ph.D. in philosophy (bioethics) and a law degree from Georgetown University.