Glenn Ellis, Harvard Medical School 2019 bioethics fellow and visiting scholar at Tuskegee University’s National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care is quoted, “If you’re not tracking the data, it’s impossible to understand the magnitude and know where to direct resources.”
Following the leak of a draft decision by the Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the Medical School's Louise King discusses how the potential ruling might affect providers.
When Vincent Bain receives his Master of Bioethics from Harvard Medical School in a few weeks, he will be headed to a new assignment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center—one of the few officers in the U.S. Army to serve as a chaplain bioethicist.
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, associate director for the Center for Bioethics and president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), spoke at a hearing on “Communities in Need: Legislation to Support Mental Health and Well-Being” on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.
Dr. Insoo Hyun, director of research ethics and a faculty member at the Center for Bioethics, spoke on a panel about xenotransplantation at the STAT Breakthrough Science Summit in New York City.
Dr. Insoo Hyun, Director of Research Ethics and a faculty member at the Center for Bioethics was quoted for his take on the scientific debate surrounding hybrid creatures after the popularity of Netflix’s series, Sweet Tooth. Recently, this debate has surfaced again with Shrek 2 appearing in Netflix’s Top 10 movies in the U.S.
Master of Bioethics degree candidate, Aditya Shekhar, quoted as lead author in a study that finds Black and Hispanic children are less likely to receive bystander CPR than white children.
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, associate director of the Center for Bioethics, director of the Master of Bioethics Degree Program, and president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association comments on “high-functioning depression”.
Dr. Robert Truog, a professor of medical ethics, anesthesia and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and director for its Center for Bioethics, said that decisions like this should not be interpreted as punishment for those who choose not to receive the COVID-19 — or any other — required vaccination, but instead as a commitment to the organ transplant’s success.
