HMS Center for Bioethics

SubscribeThe Harvard Medical School community is home to world-class thinkers who engage the ethical dimensions of new discoveries and new ways of delivering care. In this time of extraordinary change, with rapid advances in biomedical science, the Center for Bioethics provides a crucial focal point for these discussions.

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Where Will AI Take Us
| October 18, 2019

Where Will AI Take Us

Center Director Robert Truog considers the future of doctoring in The Hastings Center Report
Where Will AI Take Us
Brooke Tempesta and Rebecca Brendel host MBE Online Info Session.
Master of Bioethics Director Hosts Online Info Sessions
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Ethical Frontiers in Biotechnology
Balancing Safety and Innovation
Leaders in stem cell guidelines development urge compassion, caution 
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Upcoming Events

Policy Responses to the American Obesity Epidemic

February 14, 2020

How effective are soda taxes and other new policies in reducing the obesity epidemic in the U.S.—particularly among children?
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Biotechnology and the Future of Medicine

March 9-10, 2020

The conference will examine how ethics interacts with biotechnology in medicine, and considers multiple approaches to how we might ensure that biotechnology continues to evolve ethically.
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Harvard Clinical Bioethics Course

June 10-12, 2020

This intensive course is designed for members of ethics committees and others interested in ethical aspects of clinical practice.
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Publications at the Center

Harvard Bioethics Journal

Perspectives on emerging issues in the field of bioethics.

Pediatric Ethiscope

The Journal of Pediatric Bioethics

Faculty Publications

The Center's faculty members are engaged in bioethics at the intersection of health policy, clinical care, biomedical research.

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