Visiting Professor, CUHK Centre for Bioethics
Professor, Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine
Nancy S. Jecker, Ph.D. is Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She holds Visiting Professorships at the University of Johannesburg and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Jecker was elected President of the International Association of Bioethics (2022-24) and serves on its Board of Directors. She is a three-time recipient of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science international fellowship (2025, 2020, 2018) and three-time Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship awardee (2020, 1989, 1987-88).
Her research explores global perspectives in philosophy and bioethics in collaboration with scholars throughout the world, especially sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia. Dr. Jecker has published over 200 articles and five books. Her most recent book is What is a Person? Untapped Insights from Africa (Oxford, 2025).
