Anna Wexler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies the ethical, legal, and social issues surrounding emerging technology, with a particular focus on neurotechnology, direct-to-consumer health products, and do-it-yourself medicine. Dr. Wexler is the recipient of a 2018 National Institute of Health (NIH) Director’s Early Independence Award and a senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics. Her research has been funded by the NIH, the National Science Foundation, and the Dana Foundation. She is on the Board of the International Neuroethics Society and an Associate Editor at the American Journal of Bioethics - Neuroscience. She received her Ph.D. from MIT in the HASTS (History, Anthropology, Science, Technology & Society) Program. Her essays have been published in outlets such as the The New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Slate, and STAT. Prior to academia, Dr. Wexler worked as a documentary filmmaker and science/travel writer; she co-directed and co-produced the feature documentary film Unorthodox (2013).
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