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The Bioethics Observatory was established on 20 September 2006 within the Catholic University of Valencia (UCV)

Its founder and first director was Justo Aznar, Doctor of Medicine and expert in bioethics, who dedicated his life to defending human life from its very beginning until natural death.

The current director is Julio Tudela PhD, pharmacist, expert in bioethics and professor at the Catholic University of Valencia “San Vicente Mártir”.

The Bioethics Observatory has two websites, one in Spanish and the other in English. Both publish daily articles related to human life, new biotechnological aspects that may affect it, biomedical issues in general and research carried out that has ethical implications. These articles reflect the latest bioethical news, with topics studied and discussed with great scientific rigor by professionals from different areas of thought.

Articles are published against a background that defends human life from conception to natural death and the dignity of the person, with the aim of joining efforts to spread the culture of life as defined by Evangelium Vitae.

It has two free press services and subscribers worldwide: Bioethics Press in Spanish and Bioethics News in English.

It has also offered a Master’s Degree in Bioethics since 2007.

Members of the Observatory

Julio Tudela

Director of the Institute of Life Sciences and Director of the Master’s in Bioethics at the Catholic University of Valencia.

julio.tudela@ucv.es

Lucía Gomez Tatay

Doctor in Bioethics and Professor at the Catholic University of Valencia.

lucia.gomez@ucv.es

Germán Cerdá

Professor of Palliative Medicine and Bioethics at the Catholic University of Valencia.

german.cerda@ucv.es

Gloria Casanova

Doctor of Philosophy. Professor at the Catholic University of Valencia.

gloria.casanova@ucv.es

David Guillem-Tatay

Doctor of Law and Bachelor of Theology. Professor at the Catholic University of Valencia.

david.guillem@ucv.es

José Miguel Hernández Andreu

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Faculty of Medicine at the Catholic University of Valencia.

jmiguel.hernandez@ucv.es

Pilar Estellés

Professor of Private Law at the Catholic University of Valencia.

pm.estelles@ucv.es

Enrique Burguete

Professor of Anthropology at the Catholic University of Valencia.

enrique.burguete@ucv.es

Nicolás Jouve de la Barreda

Professor Emeritus of Genetics at the University of Alcalá.

nicolasgjouve@gmail.com

Luis Franco

Academician of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences. Academician of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Valencia.

luis.franco@uv.es

Amparo Aygües

Journalist and Philosopher. Master in Bioethics from the Catholic University of Valencia.

Manuel Ribes

Industrial Engineer.

mribes@silenacustica.com

Ignacio Gómez

Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the Catholic University of Valencia.

ignacio.gomez@ucv.es

Jose María Domínguez

ICU Medical Director at Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville.

jmdominguez@telefonica.net

José Alfredo Peris-Cancio

Professor of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Valencia.

Alejandro López Oliva

Director of the Institute of Life Sciences and Director of the Master’s in Bioethics at the Catholic University of Valencia.

alejandro.lopez@ucv.es

Javier Lluna

Member of La Fe University Hospital (Valencia) Clinical Research Ethics Committee.

jllunag@yahoo.es

David Vera

Professor of the Master’s Degree in Bioethics at the Catholic University of Valencia.

cd.vera@ucv.es

Marta Albert

Professor of Philosophy of Law at Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid.

marta.albert@urjc.es

The Bioethics Observatory was established on 20 September 2006 within the Catholic University of Valencia (UCV)

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