Bill Allen is Associate Professor and Director of the Program in Bioethics, Law, and Medical Professionalism at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He received his law degree from the University of Florida, his baccalaureate from Stetson University, and completed postgraduate study in the philosophy of religion and ethics at Vanderbilt University and at the University of Chicago. He was a Florida Bar Public Interest Law Fellow and a member of the Florida Law Review.

He has served as a consultant to the NIH Human Genome Initiative's Task Force on Genetic Testing and Insurance, the British government's Human Genome Advisory Committee, state and federal legislative committees, and a member of an NIH study section on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of the Human Genome Initiative. His publications include legal and ethical issues related to advances in genetic technology, advance directives, euthanasia, conscientious objection in health professions, HIV/AIDS, and regulatory issues in pain management. He frequently addresses such topics and others in academic forums and continuing medical education conferences.

He serves on the Shands Hospital Ethics Committee, the Health Science Center's Human Subjects Institutional Review Board, the College of Medicine's Curriculum Committee, and the UF Genetic Institute's Executive Committee.