Christine Grady is an American nurse and bioethicist who headed the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. Raised in Livingston, New Jersey, she earned a degree in nursing and biology from Georgetown University in 1974, a Master of Science in Nursing from Boston College in 1978 and a doctorate in philosophy from Georgetown in 1993. She spent two years as a nurse with Project HOPE in Brazil before joining the NIH, where her clinical and research work centred on HIV. She served on the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and a fellow of the Hastings Center and the American Academy of Nursing, and received NIH awards in 2015 and 2017. She was reassigned from her NIH post in April 2025 and was appointed to several roles at Georgetown University in 2026.
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Christine Grady (born 1951/1952) is an American nurse and bioethicist
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Christine Grady (born 1951/1952) is an American nurse and bioethicist
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Her father, John H. Grady Jr., was a graduate of Yale University and a U.S. Navy veteran
Specialist In: Nursing, Career
Grady has worked in nursing, clinical research, and clinical care
In Group: HIV and Modern Infectious Disease Leaders, Career, HIV specialization
with a specialization in HIV
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