Biographical Sketches

          (New staff/consultants as of November 16, 1994)


JEFFREY R. BOTKIN, M.D., M.P.H.
Consultant

Jeffrey R. Botkin, M.D, M.P.H., has appointments as an Associate 
Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Associate Professor of Internal 
Medicine in the Division of Medical Ethics at the University of Utah 
School of Medicine.  His professional activities include a position as 
Medical Director of the Medical/Surgical Unit at Primary Children's 
Medical Center and Director of the Genetic Science in Society Program 
at the University of Utah Center for Human Genome Research.  Dr. 
Botkin chairs the Bioethics Committee for Primary Children's Medical 
Center and is chair of the Genetics Advisory Committee for the Utah 
State Department of Health.  Dr. Botkin is trained as a general 
pediatrician with an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and 
Public Health.  He has completed a fellowship in Law, Ethics, and 
Health from Johns Hopkins in collaboration with the Kennedy Institute 
of Ethics at Georgetown University.  Dr. Botkin's primary research 
interests are ethical issues in human genetics and ethical issues in 
pediatrics.