Professional Statement
Alex John London is the K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University. His research focuses on ethical and policy issues surrounding the development and deployment of novel technologies in medicine, biotechnology and artificial intelligence. He is a member of the World Health Organization Expert Group on Adaptive Platform Trials and previously served as a member of the Expert Group on Ethics and Governance of AI. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative for Translating Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation (ACT-ESTI) and has played authorship roles for consensus documents on research ethics for the National Academy of Medicine and on research ethics guidelines for the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) in collaboration with the World Health Organization.
Dr. London’s book For the Common Good: Philosophical Foundations of Research Ethics was published in 2022 with Oxford University Press. He is also co-editor of the popular textbook Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine, and teaches courses on ethical theory, bioethics, ethics and AI, and research ethics.
Appointments
- K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies Department of Philosophy & Tepper School of Business Carnegie Mellon University
- Core Faculty Institute for Bioethics
Education and Training
- PhD, The University of Virginia, 1999
- MA, The University of Virginia, 1996
Professional Interests in Bioethics
Representative Publications
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London, AJ. (2022) For the Common Good: Philosophical Foundations of Research Ethics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978–0–19–753483–0
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McCradden, M. D., Joshi, S., Anderson, J. A., & London, A. J. (2023). A normative framework for artificial intelligence as a sociotechnical system healthcare. Patterns, 4(11). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2023.100864
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London AJ, Kane PB, Kimmelman J. (2023) Varieties of Community Uncertainty and Clinical Equipoise. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal Vol. 33, No. 1, 1–19 DOI: 10.1353/ken.2023.a899457
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London, AJ. (2022). Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Overcoming or Recapitulating Structural Challenges to Improving Patient Care? Cell Reports Medicine 2/27/22. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100622
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London, A. J. (2019). Artificial Intelligence and Black‐Box Medical Decisions: Accuracy versus Explainability. Hastings Center Report, 49(1), 15-21. https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.973 .
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London, A.J. and Kimmelman J. (2020) Against Pandemic Research Exceptionalism. Science 368(6490)476-477. Online first Apr 2020: eabc1731 DOI: 10.1126/science.abc1731
Recent Funding
- Ethics Core Co-lead, on Sonia Chernova (PI), “NSF AI Institute for Collaborative Assistance and Responsive Interaction for Networked Groups (AI-CARING) (Award Number [FAIN]: 2112633) $19,995,808; 10/1/21-9/30/2026.
- Ethics Core, Executive Committee Member on Susan L. Mitchell and Vincent Mor (PIs), “NIA AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory (NIH: Grant Number: 1U54AG063546-01) $53,410,980; 9/1/2019-9/1/2024.
Awards and Honors
- Wilhelm S. & Margaret J, Albrink Lecture, West Virginia University, 4/26/2024.
- DeVos Medical Ethics Colloquy, Grand Valley State University, 3/17/24.
- John & Marsha Ryan Bioethicist-in-Residence, Southern Illinois University School of Law, March 20-22, 2019.
- Bruce E. Siegel Memorial Lecture, Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus Ohio, Nov. 14, 2018
- Elliot Dunlap Smith Award for Distinguished Teaching and Educational Service, 2016 (college wide award for excellence in teaching).
- Elected to the Hastings Center Fellows Council, 2014-2016.
- Lehman Lecture, Allegheny College, March 12, 2014.
- Elected Fellow of the Hastings Center, 2011.
- Arkansas Medical Society Distinguished Lecture, Oct 4th, 2010.
- Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, 2007.