Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE, is the John Russell Dickson, MD Presidential Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Her scholarly work focuses on the ethics and regulation of research with human subjects. As founder and co-chair of the Consortium to Advance Effective Research Ethics Oversight (AEREO), she is leading a collaborative effort to understand, evaluate, and improve IRB quality and effectiveness. In the context of COVID-19, she has applied her expertise to the ethical conduct of research, drug and vaccine development, and allocation of scarce investigational products during a pandemic. She served as member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) from 2014-2019 and continues to serve on a SACHRP subcommittee.
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Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE, is the John Russell Dickson, MD Presidential Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Her scholarly work focuses on the ethics and regulation of research with human subjects. As founder and co-chair of the Consortium to Advance Effective Research Ethics Oversight (AEREO), she is leading a collaborative effort to understand, evaluate, and improve IRB quality and effectiveness. In the context of COVID-19, she has applied her expertise to the ethical conduct of research, drug and vaccine development, and allocation of scarce investigational products during a pandemic. She served as member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) from 2014-2019 and continues to serve on a SACHRP subcommittee.