The Center for Bioethics brings together the rich intellectual resources across Harvard Medical School and Harvard University, along with colleagues and institutions worldwide, to help ensure that scientific progress, medical therapeutics, and health care practices are developed hand-in-hand with reflection upon the profound moral questions raised by advances in the life sciences and biotechnology.
Our mission is executed through education, research, and service, with programs that prepare the next generation of practitioners and leaders in bioethics, conduct normative and empirical research to address bioethical questions in clinical care, research, and public policy, and engage the public in understanding and addressing ethical aspects of health care and biotechnology.
The Bioethics Blog
The Bioethics Blog features short, conversational pieces from Center alumni and faculty on pressing issues in bioethics. Through these contributions, we aim to share ethical insights, invite further dialogue, and connect bioethicists across the globe working in related areas of research and practice. The views and opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views, policies, or positions of the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School.
New posts are shared monthly during the academic semesters, and pause during summer and winter breaks. Posts are curated by alumni editors Rebecca Li, PhD, Carolyn Baker Ringel, JD, MBE, and Risa Jampel, MD, MBE.