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"Moreno has been a senior staff member for two presidential commissions and has given invited testimony for both houses of Congress. He has published 17 books, monographs, anthologies and textbooks and more than 250 papers, reviews and book chapters, and is a member of several editorial boards. He is a frequent guest on news and information programs and is often quoted in the national press".

"Moreno is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science and has served on numerous Academies' boards and committees. He was co-chair of the Academies' Committee on Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research. He is a past President of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. He is a bioethics advisor for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a Faculty Affiliate of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, a Fellow of the Hastings Center and of the New York Academy of Medicine".

He was also a Special Expert in the Department of Clinical Bioethics at the Warren Magnuson Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was a member of the National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee, a senior consultant for the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, and has advised the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. During 1994-95 he was Senior Policy and Research Analyst for the President's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. He also recently served as the director of bioethics review on the transition team for President Barack Obama.

Moreno has received many awards and honors, among them a 1984-1985 Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship in cooperation with the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. In 1998 he received an honorary doctorate from Hofstra. The College of William and Mary School of Law awarded him the Benjamin Rush Medal in 2008.

Journals

Aside from being a member of many editorial boards, Moreno is the editor-in-chief of Progress, a journal focusing on progressive science and technology policy. The mission statement of Science Progress explains that it "proceeds from the propositions that scientific inquiry is among the finest expressions of human excellence, that it is a crucial source of human flourishing, a critical engine of economic growth, and must be dedicated to the common good. Scientific inquiry entails global responsibilities. It should lead to a more equitable, safer, and healthier future for all of humankind"..

Selected articles

• "Embracing Military Medical Ethics," American Journal of Bioethics, 2008, 8(2): 1-3 [1]
• "The Triumph of Autonomy in Bioethics and Commercialism in American Healthcare," Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2007, 16: 415-419 [2]
• “Taking Stem Cells Seriously”, American Journal of Bioethics, 2006, 6(5), 6-7. [3]
• “Congress’s Hybrid Problem,” Hastings Center Report, 2006: 12-13. [4]
• “Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.” Nature Biotechnology, 2005, 23: 793-4. [5]

Books

Moreno is the editor or author of 17 books including:

• Progress in Bioethics: Science, Policy, and Politics, (MIT Press, 2010) ISBN 9780262134880
• Science Next: Innovation for the Common Good from the Center for American Progress, (Bellevue Literary Press, 2009) ISBN 1934137189
• Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense, (Dana Press, 2007) ISBN 1 932594167 [6]
• Ethical Guidelines for Innovative Surgery, (University Publishing Group, 2006) ISBN 1555720439
• Is There an Ethicist in the House?: On the Cutting Edge of Bioethics, (Indiana University Press, 2005) ISBN 0253346355
• Ethics in Clinical Practice, (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Second Edition, 2004) ISBN 0763729450
• In the Wake of Terror: Medicine and Morality in a Time of Crisis, (MIT Press, 2004) ISBN 0262633027
• Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Research: Readings and Commentary, (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003) ISBN 0801878136
• Undue Risk: Secret State Experiments on Humans, (Routledge, 2000) ISBN 0415928354
• Deciding Together: Bioethics and Moral Consensus (Oxford University Press, 1995) ISBN 019509218X
• Arguing Euthanasia: The Controversy Over Mercy Killing, Assisted Suicide, And The "Right To Die", (Touchstone, 1995) ISBN 0684807602