Nancy S. Jecker is Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine and was elected President of the International Association of Bioethics (2022-present). She holds visiting professorships at both the University of Johannesburg and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Jecker is a three-time Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship awardee (2021/22, 2018/19, 1987/88) and two-time recipient of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science international fellowship (2021/2022 and 2018/2019). She was a Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore (2018); Scholar-in-residence at the Brocher Foundation (2017); Visiting Professor at The University of Bucharest Research Institute (2017); and keynote speaker at the Israeli Ministry of Health (2017). Dr. Jecker’s research explores global bioethics, justice, and moral philosophy. Her research spans a range of topics, most notably healthcare allocation; capabilities and human dignity; sub-Saharan African philosophy; intergenerational ethics; and personhood. Dr. Jecker has published over 200 articles and 4 books. Her most recent book, Ending Midlife Bias: New Values for Old Age (Oxford University Press, 2020), coins the term 'midlife bias' to refer to the privileging of midlife values across the lifespan.