Josephine Johnston

Josephine Johnston’s research focuses on the ethical, legal and social implications of emerging technologies. Her scholarly work has appeared in medical, scientific, policy, law, and bioethics journals. She is co-editor of Human Flourishing in an Age of Gene Editing (Oxford University Press, 2019) and Trust and Integrity in Biomedical Research: The Case of Financial Conflicts of Interest (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010). A lawyer and bioethicist by training, Ms. Johnston is Director of Research and a Research Scholar at The Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institute in Garrison, New York.