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

Claudio Buccelli, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Ángel Carracedo Álvarez, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Marina Casini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Elena Colombetti, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Roberto Dell'Oro, Loyola Marymount University, USA
Maria Luisa Di Pietro, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Marianna Gensabella, Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy
Maurizio Genuardi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
John Haas, National Catholic Bioethics Center, USA
John Haldane, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
Björn Hofmann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Marie-Jo Thiel, Université de Strasbourg, France
Jonathan Montgomery, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, United Kingdom
Elena Postigo Solana, Università Francisco de Vitoria, Spain
Walter Ricciardi, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy
Dario Sacchini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Giovanni Schiavone, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Paulina Taboada, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Comitato di Redazione/Editorial Staff

Viviana Daloiso, Emanuela Midolo, Dino Moltisanti, Simona Giardina, Francesca Giglio, Pietro Refolo (coordinator)