Direttore responsabile/Editor-in-Chief

Antonio G. Spagnolo
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Italy

Antonio G. Spagnolo graduated in Medicine from the Catholic University of the “Sacro Cuore” in Rome in November 1981. Then achieved the specialization diploma in Cardiology (July 1985) and in Forensic Medicine (July 1989), at the same University. He also obtained the bachelor's degree in philosophy from the Pontifical University "Gregoriana" in Rome (October 1986). At present he is full Professor of Bioethics at School of Medicine “A. Gemelli”, Catholic University of the “Sacro Cuore” (Rome), charged with the teaching of bioethics at the graduate and post-graduate levels. He also is Invited Professor of Clinical Ethics at the International Institute of the Pastoral Theology of Health Care “Camillianum”, incorporated with the Pontifical Theological Faculty “Teresianum” in Rome. Moreover, he is Invited Professor of Fundaments of Bioethics at the Calabrian Theological Institute "San Pio X" of Catanzaro, affiliated to the Theological Faculty of Southern Italy in Naples. His areas of interest are bioethics and education, health care ethics consultation, organizational ethics and role of Ethics Committees, medical ethics and human rights, ethical review of clinical trials protocols. He has authored over 200 publications, many of them on international scientific journals. He is Chairman of the Ethics Committee established at the Hospital "Papa Giovanni XXIII" in Bergamo (North of Italy) and Vice President of the Ethics Committee at the University Hospital "Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli" in Rome. In the past chaired the Ethics Committee established at the General Direction for Military Health of the Italian Ministry of Defense.

Direttore Emerito/Editor Emeritus

Angelo Fiori
Elio Sgreccia †

Comitato di Direzione/Editorial Board

Massimo Antonelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Antonio Gasbarrini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Alessio Musio, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Andrea Nicolussi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Laura Palazzani, Libera Università degli Studi Maria SS. Assunta, Italy
Alessandra Papa, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Vincenzo L. Pascali, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Adriano Pessina, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Antonio G. Spagnolo, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

Comitato scientifico/Scientific Committee

Marina Casini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Americo Cicchetti, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Elena Colombetti, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Antonio Da Re, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Carlos Martinez de Aguirre, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
Roberto Dell’Oro, Loyola Marymount University, USA
Federico De Montalvo Jääskeläinen, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain
Maria Luisa Di Pietro, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
Christiane Druml, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Marianna Gensabella, Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy
Maurizio Genuardi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Alberto Giannini, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Italy
Björn Hofmann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Joseph Meaney, National Catholic Bioethics Center, USA
Elena Postigo Solana, Università Francesco de Vitoria, Spain
Walter Ricciardi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Dario Sacchini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Claudio Sartea, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
Giovanni Schiavone, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Paulina Taboada, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Vittoradolfo Tambone, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Italy
Gert Jan van der Wilt, Radboud University, The Netherlands
Christiane Wendehorst, University of Vienna, Austria
Riccardo Zoia, Università degli Studi di Milano Statale, Italy

Comitato di Redazione/Editorial Staff

Barbara Corsano, Simona Giardina, Dino Moltisanti, Pietro Refolo (coordinatore)