Amy McGuire, JD, PhD

Amy McGuire, JD, PhD is the Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, and co-director of the Ethical Legal Implications of Psychedelics in Society (ELIPSIS) program at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). She received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania (summa cum laude), JD from the University of Houston (summa cum laude), and PhD in medical humanities (with distinction) from the University of Texas Medical Branch. She researches ethical and policy issues related to emerging technologies and innovative therapeutics, with a particular focus on neuropsychology, psychedelics, and the clinical integration of emerging technologies and novel therapeutics. Dr. McGuire has received numerous teaching awards at BCM, was recognized by the Texas Executive Women as a Woman on the Move in 2016, and has been invited to give a TEDMed talk titled “There is no Genome for the Human Spirit” in 2014 and a TEDx talk titled “Can Creating Moments of Meaning Improve Mental Health?” in 2022. She has served as a member of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research and subject matter expert for the National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council, is co-chair of the BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics Working Group, on the board of the Greenwall Foundation, is a Hasting’s Center Fellow, and is an advisor to Geisinger Research and The Morgridge Institute for Research.