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

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has released a report on the ethical issues surrounding clinical research involving children in the UK and EU. The report, which looks at the current status of ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Department's highly successful Master of Arts program in Bioethics and Medical Humanities emphasizes the multi- and interdisciplinary nature of the field. Since 1995, it has provided advanced ...

Since 2006, the Feinberg School of Medicine has hosted the Montgomery Lecture Series, in which leaders in bioethics lecture weekly on topics shaping the field. Bioethics are, as Dr. Kelly Michelson, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...