Prof. Mildred Solomon

Harvard Medical School, USA

Mildred Z. Solomon, EdD is Professor (part-time) of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School where directs the school’s Fellowship in Bioethics at the HMS Center for Bioethics. In that role, she has mentored over 220 physicians, nurses, and health lawyers in the analysis of ethical issues arising in health and science policy and practice. She is also President Emerita of The Hastings Center, the world’s founding bioethics institute, where she was president from 2012-2023. Dr. Solomon’s own research has focused on the ethics of end-of-life care, organ transplantation, medical professionalism, responsible conduct of research, and evidence-based medicine. She has served on numerous committees, including the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services’ Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, and the Global Health Advisory Committee of the Open Society Foundations’ Public Health and Human Rights Program. Dr. Solomon is frequently cited in the mainstream media, including the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, New York Review of Books, The Daily Beast, Forbes, Science News, The Scientist and other outlets. Before leading The Hastings Center, Dr. Solomon was Senior Director for Implementation Science at the Association of American Medical Colleges and before that, Vice President of Education Development Center, an independent research institute in Boston, MA. She holds a B.A from Smith College and a doctorate in educational research methods from Harvard University.