Hanna Pickard (BA Hons, BPhil, DPhil) is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics at  Johns Hopkins University, cross-appointed to the William H. Miller III Department of Philosophy and the Berman Institute of Bioethics, and with a secondary appointment to the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, she held a Chair in Philosophy of Psychology at the University of Birmingham UK and was a Visiting Research Scholar to Princeton University's Program in Cognitive Science as well as a Fellow of All Souls College at the University of Oxford. She is also Volunteer Faculty Professor at University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, where she is Philosopher-in -Residence at the Venniro Lab.

In addition to her academic work, she worked for a decade as an Assistant Team Therapist at the Oxford Health NHS Trust Oxfordshire Complex Needs Service, a specialist service for people with personality disorders and complex needs.