A new program at Pitt in the Institute for Bioethics aims to study and improve communication between patients and clinicians.

Between Nov 24 and Nov 27, 2025, the International Chair in Bioethics held its 17th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Health Law in Ljubljana, Slovenia.1 Despite being hosted in a ...

Russell Blackford is a Fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute. In a recent op-ed in the Boston Globe, high-profile ...

Medical practitioners and life science researchers increasingly complain about bioethics as an inadequate endeavour that impedes both biomedical research and ethics itself. Some bioethicists have ...

Dr. Marielle Gross is the founder and CEO of heny, a decentralized biobank. Here’s where she says the blockchain and medical research studies overlap. Members of the heny team. CEO Marielle Gross is ...

A new international bioethics network, the Augustine Bioethics Network, supported by the Catholic Medical Association UK, was launched on 30 March, “to ...

If the coronavirus pandemic taught us anything, it’s that existing social inequities have an outsized impact upon the health of certain populations. This creates a need to think even more broadly and ...

It is hard to read a newspaper, watch a news show, or listen to the radio without hearing the voice of the bioethicist. Cloning, stem cell research, genetic testing, gene therapy, managed care, organ ...

Susan Levin’s bright, spacious office in Dewey Hall reflects her approach to her scholarship. One wall is solidly lined with weighty volumes, while her desk is uncluttered except for two copies of her ...

The CWRU Department of Bioethics provides PhD students with a multi-disciplinary learning environment, with faculty representing the fields of philosophy, social science, public health, law, medicine, ...

Priority #2 (Last chance for student assistantships applications) deadline is May 15. Student Assistantship application deadline is June 1. Final deadline for applications for the Fall semester is ...