Christopher Lane, PhD

Christopher Lane, Ph.D., teaches medical humanities and the history of medicine at Northwestern University, where he is a member of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities. His books include Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness (Yale, 2007). An award-winning medical writer and regular Psychology Today contributor, his work has appeared in The New York Times, among many other publications. His next book is on bioethics and the biotech revolution.