Henry T. (Hank) Greely

About

Henry T. Greely is the Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law at Stanford University, where he also holds a courtesy professorship in Genetics. He serves as the Director of the Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences and the Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society. Greely's academic training includes an A.B. in Political Science from Stanford University (1974) and a J.D. from Yale Law School (1977). His early career involved prestigious clerkships with Judge John Minor Wisdom of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court, followed by legal practice and government service. He joined Stanford University as an Associate Professor of Law in 1985 and has been a full Professor since 1992, holding named professorships since 1998. Greely's work focuses on the intersection of law, genetics, neuroscience, and bioethics, addressing the legal and ethical implications of advances in biosciences and technology. He has played significant leadership roles in various advisory committees and organizations related to stem cell research, neuroethics, genomics, and biotechnology policy. His contributions include directing interdisciplinary programs at Stanford, participating in national and international ethics committees, and influencing policy on human subjects research, genetic testing, and neuroscience. Greely is recognized for his scholarship on the ethical, legal, and social issues arising from developments in…

Research topics

• Biology
• Political Science
• Computer Science
• Neuroscience
• Artificial Intelligence
• Engineering ethics
• Cognitive science
• Psychology
• Philosophy
• Environmental resource management

Selected publications

• The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2022 · 362 citations

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• Opportunities and limitations of genetically modified nonhuman primate models for neuroscience research

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 122 citations

  The recently developed new genome-editing technologies, such as the CRISPR/Cas system, have opened the door for generating genetically modified nonhuman primate (NHP) models for basic neuroscience and brain disorders research. The complex circuit formation and experience-dependent refinement of the human brain are very difficult to model in vitro, and thus require use of in vivo whole-animal models. For many neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders, abnormal circuit formation and refinement…

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• Human Brain Surrogates Research: The Onrushing Ethical Dilemma

  The American Journal of Bioethics · 2020 · 115 citations

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  human brain tissues. These new and rapidly improving models offer the hope of understanding human brain function better. If we make our models "too good," they may themselves deserve some of the kinds of ethical and legal respect that have limited brain research in human beings. This article is an initial effort to outline that dilemma.

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• Advancing models of neural development with biomaterials

  Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2021 · 114 citations

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• Ethical, legal and social aspects of human cerebral organoids and their governance in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States

  Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology · 2023-11-13 · 46 citations

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  Human cerebral organoids (HCOs) are model systems that enable researchers to investigate the human brain in ways that had previously been impossible. The emergence of HCOs was accompanied by both expert and layperson discussions concerning the possibility of these novel entities developing sentience or consciousness. Such concerns are reflected in deliberations about how to handle and regulate their use. This perspective article resulted from an international and interdisciplinary research retre…

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Frequent coauthors

• Jacob S. Sherkow

  University of Copenhagen

  30 shared

• Debra Mathews

  25 shared

• Jeremy Sugarman

  24 shared

• Mildred K. Cho

  Stanford University

  23 shared

• Jeffrey Kahn

  22 shared

• Ruth Faden

  Johns Hopkins University

  21 shared

• Hilary Bok

  Johns Hopkins University

  21 shared

• Andrew W. Siegel

  21 shared

Education

• JD, Law

  Yale University

  1977

• AB, Political Science

  Stanford University

  1974

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