Master of Bioethics (MBE)

Master of Science in Medical Ethics (MSME)

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ForensicDNAEthics

About Forensic DNA Phenotyping Genetic researchers have recently begun to develop a type of DNA-typing that can identify criminal suspects based on traits such as skin, hair, and eye color, geographical ancestry, gait, and predisposition to smoking. Such visual and behavioral characteristics are part of an individual’s phenotype, the expression of…
    • Bioethics Sexuality Gender Identity

Bioethics, Sexuality, and Gender Identity Project

The Project on Bioethics, Sexuality, and Gender Identity Inspired by scholastic advancements in the Humanities on matters related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) studies, whereby a distinct field of queer studies has been created, this project aspires to take the next step for the benefit of LGBTQI…
    • ScattergoodEthics

The Scattergood Program for the Applied Ethics of Behavioral Healthcare

ScattergoodEthics is dedicated to education, research, and resource development for the field of psychiatric, mental, and behavioral healthcare ethics. The program engages in scholarly research, trains and educates clinicians and scholars in mental and behavioral healthcare ethics, sponsors programs and public events, and promotes and advocates for greater attention to the…

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Interprofessional Palliative Care Seminar Series

Featuring Joshua B. Kayser, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care. For a complete series schedule, please see the flyer below.

Brocher Symposium on obesity prevention: personal or social responsibility?

A symposium at the Brocher Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland, 1-2 July 2013 Rising levels of obesity are of increasing concern to policy makers and public health workers around the world.  Individual behavior plays an important role in weight control.  But so do other factors such as the environment that people live in,…

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The Ethics of Not Hiring Smokers

Finding employment is becoming increasingly difficult for smokers. Twenty-nine U.S. states have passed legislation prohibiting employers from refusing to hire job candidates because they smoke, but 21 states have no such restrictions. Many health care organizations, such as the Cleveland Clinic and Baylor Health Care System, and some large non–health care…
    • Harald Schmidt

NEUROETHICS taught by Professor Jonathan Moreno is offered free of charge on Coursera and begins in September.