Alliance for Humane Biotechnology is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation dedicated to raising public awareness about the social implications of genetic engineering and other biotechnological and reproductive technologies.
Our Mission
We are scholars, students, and activists working for a biotechnology that places the health and welfare of people and the natural environment above financial interests.
We analyze, speak, and publish on the social and environmental impacts of biotechnological developments. Areas of interest include synthetic biology, genetic, reproductive, and "designer baby" technologies, human egg harvesting, cloning research, human-animal hybrid research, biotech patenting, biotech safety, and genetic privacy.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS *
Diane Beeson, Ph.D.
Emerita, Department of Sociology and Social Services, California State University, East Bay
contact: diane.beeson@csueastbay.edu
Jeremy Gruber, J.D.
Senior Vice President, Open Primaries; Former President, Council for Responsible Genetics
New York, NY USA. contact: jgruber@humanebiotech.org
Patricia Jennings, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Sociology and Social Services
California State University, East Bay
contact: pat.jennings@csueastbay.edu
Abby Lippman, Ph.D. (In Memoriam)
Department of Family Medicine
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec Canada
Stuart A. Newman, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy
New York Medical College, NY, USA contact: newman@nymc.edu
Catherine Powell
Director, Labor Archives and Research Center
San Francisco State University contact: hello@humanebiotech.org
M. L. Tina Stevens, Ph.D.
Emerita, Department of History
San Francisco State University
Author, Bioethics in America: Origins and Cultural Politics; with Stuart Newman: Biotech Juggernaut: Hope, Hype and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial BioScience. contact: tstevens@humanebiotech.org
* Institutions listed for identification purposes only
Projects Consultant: James E. Stevens, JD
Events Coordinator: Joan C. Ryan, MA
ADVISORY BOARD *
Justine Durrell, J.D.
Law Offices of Justine Durrell, Sausalito, CA
Co-founder, RockRose Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA (In Memoriam)
Elaine Draper, J.D., Ph.D.
Director, Law and Society Program
Department of Sociology
California State University, Los Angeles
Rosann Greenspan, Ph.D.
Former Executive Director, Center for the Study of Law and Society
U. C. Berkeley
Emilia Ianeva, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor of International Law
Bulgaria/USA
contact: hello@humanebiotech.org
David King, Ph.D.
Director, Human Genetics Alert
United Kingdom
Cathy Kudlick, Ph.D, Former Director, Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability, San Francisco State University
Rabbi Michael Lerner
Editor, Tikkun Magazine,
Chair, The Network of Spiritual Progresives
Berkeley, CA, USA
Kyle Livie, Ph.D. Professor of History and Co-Director, Lytton Center for History and the Public Good, Ohlone College
Paul K. Longmore, Ph.D. (In Memoriam)
Institute on Disability, Director (Former)
Professor, Department of History
San Francisco State University
Becky McClain, M. S.
Molecular Biologist, Biotech Whistleblower
Marsha Saxton, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
World Institute on Disability (In Memoriam)
Stephen Shmanske, Ph.D.
Emeritus, Department of Economics
California State University, East Bay
Sheila R. Tully, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology
San Francisco State University
Casey Walker
Editor and Publisher, Wild Duck Review
Peter J. Whitehouse M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University
Attending Physician, University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Director, Adult Learning, The Intergenerational School
* Institutions listed for identification purposes only