St. Vladimir’s Seminary faculty member Dr. Ana Iltis is being honored with the 2026 Paul Ramsey Award for Excellence in Bioethics.
The Paul Ramsey Award, named after the distinguished twentieth-century writer on bioethics, honors those who have made an outstanding contribution to the bioethics discussion and are actively engaged in society. Each year, the Center for Bioethics and Culture and the Paul Ramsey Award Committee select the recipient.
Ana S. Iltis, Ph.D., is St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s Professor of Philosophy for the Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) program as well as the Carlson Professor of University Studies, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Bioethics, Health, and Society at Wake Forest University. She has been working on both secular and Christian approaches to bioethics throughout her career, and she is an active teacher and scholar with a passion for integrating theory and practice in bioethics. Her scholarly focus is primarily on the ethical conduct of human research, including research involving children and mental health, first-in-human studies, and risk in research decision-making. She has published extensively on ethics and policy issues regarding organ transplantation and emerging biotechnologies as well as the role of religion in bioethics. Dr. Iltis is Founding Co-Editor of Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (Johns Hopkins University Press), Associate Editor of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (Oxford University Press), Associate Editor of Christian Bioethics (Oxford University Press), and co-editor of the Annals of Bioethics (Routledge) series. She recently edited the Oxford Handbook of Research Ethics.
Dr. Iltis teaching Doctor of Ministry students during on-campus intensives in July.
Professor Iltis earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy at Rice University, studying under renowned bioethicist and SVS Press author Dr. H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., and completed bioethics training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She is a past president of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities.
Dr. Iltis, husband Steve, and daughter Sophia are members of Holy Cross Orthodox Church (OCA) in Kernersville, North Carolina. She also serves on St. Vladimir’s Seminary’s Board of Trustees.
Dr. Iltis is set to receive the Paul Ramsey Award in April at the 2026 Paul Ramsey Dinner in East Bay, California.
