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We are now accepting applications for the Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctural Fellowship in Bioethics via our online application form.

The Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics, endowed by William K. Fung ‘70, enables us to appoint a fellow, who is chosen in international competition, to pursue research in bioethics for a term of one to three years at Princeton and to teach one graduate or undergraduate course each year.

The University Center for Human Values invites applications for the Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics. The Shapiro Fellowship supports outstanding scholars studying ethical issues arising from developments in medicine and the biological sciences. The search committee particularly encourages proposals focusing on problems of practical importance that have broader theoretical interest.

The postdoc will spend the term of the appointment in residence at Princeton conducting research and teaching the equivalent of one course each year. The postdoc will participate in the Ira W. DeCamp Seminars in Bioethics and will be invited to participate in the other activities of the University Center for Human Values. The fellow will enjoy full access to the University’s library and computing resources.

Qualifications

Applicants must have completed all the requirements for the Ph.D., M.D., or other equivalent doctoral degree by September 1, 2010. Applications will be evaluated on the basis of the applicant’s previous accomplishments and the promise of their proposed research project in bioethics. Please note that an applicant may have a backround in any area of ethical studies, not necessarily in bioethics. However, the proposed research plan should be related to the field of bioethics. The capacity to contribute to the University’s teaching program will also be taken into account.

Term of Appointment

The initial term of the fellowship is one year, beginning September 1, 2010, with the possibility of extension for up to two further years. Princeton University offers competitive salary and employee benefits.

How to Apply

Applicants should submit all of the following materials by December 1, 2009, via our online application system (please note that we do not accept applications by any other method).

  • A curriculum vitae
  • A research proposal (not to exceed 1,500 words);
  • A scholarly paper (not to exceed 50 pages) representing the applicant's scholarly achievement or potential;
  • Two confidential letters of recommendation, commenting specifically about the applicant's qualifications for the proposed research project;
  • Transcript covering all graduate-level work (this may be sent via hard copy under separate cover).

All materials, including letters of reference, must be received by December 1, 2009. The Selection Committee begins reviewing applications immediately, and incomplete applications may be at a disadvantage.

Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable EEO and, affirmative action regulations. For more information about applying to Princeton and voluntarily self-identifying, please link to www.princeton.edu/dof/about_us/dof_job_openings/.

Current Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Research Associate in Bioethics

Bennett Foddy, University of Melbourne

Bennett Foddy is the current Harold T. Shapiro Post-doc in Bioethics. He began the post-doc in Fall 2007 and will continue his term through 2009-10. He received his D.Phil. in bioethics from the University of Melbourne in 2007. Foddy is currently developing a novel ccount of addictive motivation in which he seeks to replace the dominant account of addictive behavior that informs current philosophical and biological literature. Foddy is the author of numerous articles, including “Can Addicted People Consent to the Prescription of their Drug?” in Bioethics and “The Ethics of Genetic Testing in Sport” in International SportsMed Journal. He has written a chapter on “Performance Enhancement and the Spirit of Sport” for the forthcoming Gillon’s Principles of Healthcare Ethics.

Previous Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Research Associates in Bioethics

Nir Eyal, Harvard University, Program in Ethics and Health

Dr. Eyal was the Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioethics at the Center for Human Values from 2004-2006. He is currently Instructor in Social Medicine (Division of Medical Ethics) at the Harvard Medical School, with a primary appointment at the university-wide Program in Ethics and Health. He received his D.Phil. in Politics at Oxford University, his M.A. in Philosophy from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and his B.A. in Philosophy and History from Tel-Aviv University. Prior to joining the Harvard faculty, Previously he was Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Clinical Bioethics of the National Institutes of Health. His earlier background is in ethics and political philosophy.

S. Matthew Liao, University of Oxford, The Program on Ethics and the New Biosciences

Dr. Liao was the Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioethics at the Center for Human Values in the academic year 2003-04. He obtained his doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University and graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. from Princeton University. He is interested in a wide range of philosophical issues in ethics, bioethics, metaphysics, and moral psychology, and has published in journals such as The Monist, Journal of Value Inquiry, Journal of Political Philosophy, Journal of Moral Philosophy, Journal of Medical Ethics, American Journal of Bioethics, and Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. He was the Harold T. Shapiro Research Fellow at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University in 2003-2004, and a Greenwall Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and a Visiting Researcher at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University from 2004-2006.