Sheldon Krimsky
Sheldon Krimsky is Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University, and adjunct professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Tufts University School of Medicine.[1] He is a fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution. [2]
Krimsky received his bachelors and masters degrees in physics from Brooklyn College and Purdue University respectively, and a masters and doctorate in philosophy at Boston University.
Editorial and Advisory Positions
Publications
Books:
- Genetic Alchemy: The Social History of the Recombinant DNA Controversy (MIT Press, 1982)
- Biotechnics and Society: The Rise of Industrial Genetics (Praeger, 1991)
- Hormonal Chaos: The Scientific and Social Origins of the Environmental Endocrine Hypothesis (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000)
- Science in the Private Interest: Has the lure of profits corrupted biomedical research? (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2003)
Co-authored Books:
- Environmental Hazards: Communicating Risks as a Social Process (Auburn House, 1988)
- Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment: Science, Policy and Social Values (University of llinois, 1996)
Co-edited Books:
- Social Theories of Risk (Praeger, 1992)
- Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age: Why We Need a Genetic Bill of Rights (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005)
External links
References
- ^ "Council for Responsible Genetics", Board of Directors. Accessed June 2, 2009.
- ^ The Hastings Center Hastings Center Fellows. Accessed November 6, 2010
- ^ "Krimsky's Bio", Tufts University, Accessed June 17, 2009.
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