Prof. Dr. med. Alena Buyx

Chairwoman, Deutscher Ethikrat

Prof. Alena Buyx, MD, is Professor of Ethics of Medicine and Health Technologies and Director of the Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine (IGEM) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). She holds the venia legendi for the subject triad ethics, history and theory of medicine. Since 2020, she has been chair of the German Ethics Council, of which she has already been a member since 2016.