Our Faculty
The Center for Bioethics draws faculty from Harvard University and its affiliated hospitals. Check out the People section of our website for a searchable list of our leadership, faculty, and staff members.
Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, MD, JD
Director, HMS Center for Bioethics
Director, Master of Science in Bioethics Degree Program
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Lecturer, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and Associate Faculty Director, Master of Science in Bioethics Program, HMS
Faculty Co-Director, Graduate Fellowship in Ethics Program and Research Partner with Justice, Health, and Democracy Impact Initiative, Harvard University Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
Joni R. Beshansky, RN, MPH, LP.D.
Associate Faculty Director, Master of Science in Bioethics Program
Lecturer, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, HMS
Co-Director, Capstone Program, Master of Science in Bioethics Program, Harvard Medical School.
Fellow in Bioethics
Aaron Seth Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Member, HMS Center for Bioethics
Jonathan Marron, MD, MPH, HEC-C
Director of Clinical Ethics
Instructor in Pediatrics
Member, HMS Center for Bioethics
Co-Director, Capstone Program, Master of Science in Bioethics Program, Harvard Medical School
Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine, Part-time
Member, HMS Center for Bioethics
Visiting Scientist, Vertebrate Genomics Group, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Senior Associate General Counsel and Director of Ethics, Beth Israel Lahey Health
Co-Director, Capstone Program, Master of Science in Bioethics Program, Harvard Medical School
Lecturer on Medicine, Part-Time, Harvard Medical School