Amy Hinterberger, PhD

Amy Hinterberger is Professor and Chair of the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine. A sociologist of science and medicine, she studies the ethical, social, and political dimensions of biomedical research, with particular attention to how new technologies reshape standards of evidence and research governance.

Her research brings qualitative and ethnographic methods to the study of biomedical innovation, including stem cell research and emerging models of human biology and disease. She leads the Wellcome Trust–funded project Biomedical Research and the Politics of the Human. Her work connects sociology, bioethics, and science and technology studies to examine how biomedical research is conducted, governed, and justified.

Hinterberger joined the University of Washington in 2024. Previously, she was Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at King’s College London and held academic appointments at the University of London, University of Oxford and University of Warwick. She received her PhD in Sociology from the London School of Economics.