Alessandro Blasimme

Alessandro Blasimme teaches bioethics and science policy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich). He graduated in philosophy and specialised in bioethics at Sapienza University of Rome. He earned his PhD in ethics and life sciences at the European School of Molecular Medicine of the IFOM-IEO Campus / University of Milan. He has carried out research in France (INSERM) and in the United States, thanks to a Fulbright fellowship at Harvard University. His publications, which have appeared in Italian and international journals, cover topics such as the ethics of biomedical innovation, the philosophy of medicine and the relationship between science and society. He has been contributing to Scienza in Rete since 2009.