Bryan Cwik

Bryan Cwik, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department: MD-BIOETHICS LAW / MEDICINE
Business Phone: (352) 273-5138
Business Email: cwikb@ufl.edu

About Bryan Cwik

Professor Cwik teaches medical ethics and research ethics in the MD and PA programs. His research interests are in the ethics of emerging technologies and applications of emerging technologies in different areas of medicine. He has published papers on genetics, global health, intellectual property, values in climate modeling, and other topics.

Additional Positions:
Associate Professor
2025 – Current · UF School of Physician Assistant Studies
Member
2024 – Current · UF Genetics Institute
Glenn and Deborah Renwick Fellow in AI Ethics
2025 – 2028 · UF Engineering Leadership Institute

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2024-2025
GMS6221 Ethics in Genetics
2024-2025
BMS6810 Introduction to Clinical Medicine 1A
2024-2025
BMS6003 Genetics and Health
2024-2025
BMS6813 Introduction to Clinical Medicine 2A
2025
GMS7877 Responsible Conduct of Biomedical Research
2025
PAS5009 Behav and Commnty Med 2
2025
PAS5001C Eval and Hospital Pract

Publications

Academic Articles
2023
Global health and global governance of emerging biomedical technologies.
Journal of medical ethics. 49(10):719-720 [DOI] 10.1136/jme-2022-108673. [PMID] 36750323.
2023
Whose Genome? Which Genetics?
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB. 23(7):50-53 [DOI] 10.1080/15265161.2023.2207528. [PMID] 37339304.
2022
Trojan Horses, Clinical Utility, and Parfitian Puzzles.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB. 22(9):16-18 [DOI] 10.1080/15265161.2022.2105434. [PMID] 36040896.
2021
Gene Editing: How Can You Ask “Whether” If You Don’t Know “How”?
The Hastings Center report. 51(3):13-17 [DOI] 10.1002/hast.1256. [PMID] 34028822.
2020
Days of Future Past: Reply to Open Peer Commentaries on “Revising, Correcting, and Transferring Genes”.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB. 20(8):W1-W3 [DOI] 10.1080/15265161.2020.1792581. [PMID] 32804066.
2020
Intergenerational monitoring in clinical trials of germline gene editing.
Journal of medical ethics. 46(3):183-187 [DOI] 10.1136/medethics-2019-105620. [PMID] 31473657.
2020
Reactions to the National Academies/Royal Society Report on Heritable Human Genome Editing.
The CRISPR journal. 3(5):332-349 [DOI] 10.1089/crispr.2020.29106.man. [PMID] 33095048.
2020
Responsible Translational Pathways for Germline Gene Editing?
Current stem cell reports. 6(4):126-133 [DOI] 10.1007/s40778-020-00179-x. [PMID] 32844082.
2020
Revising, Correcting, and Transferring Genes.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB. 20(8):7-18 [DOI] 10.1080/15265161.2020.1783024. [PMID] 32757931.
2019
Moving Beyond ‘Therapy’ and ‘Enhancement’ in the Ethics of Gene Editing.
Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees. 28(4):695-707 [DOI] 10.1017/S0963180119000641. [PMID] 31526421.
2017
Building a Values-Informed Mental Model for New Orleans Climate Risk Management.
Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis. 37(10):1993-2004 [DOI] 10.1111/risa.12743. [PMID] 28084634.
2017
Designing Ethical Trials of Germline Gene Editing.
The New England journal of medicine. 377(20):1911-1913 [DOI] 10.1056/NEJMp1711000. [PMID] 29141166.

Education

PhD in Philosophy
2013 · University of Virginia
MA in Philosophy
2007 · University of Arkansas
BA in History
2004 · Fordham University

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-5138
Emails:
Business:
cwikb@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Street:
1329 SW 16TH ST STE 4270
GAINESVILLE FL 32608