Mildred Z. Solomon

Mildred Z. Solomon, EdD

Director of the Fellowship in Bioethics, HMS Center for Bioethics
Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Part-time

Mildred SolomonMildred Z. Solomon, EdD is the director of the Fellowship in Bioethics at the Center for Bioethics and a professor of Global Health & Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is also President Emerita at The Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institute in Garrison, NY, where she served as president and CEO for 11 years.

A bioethicist and social science researcher who conducts both normative and empirical ethics research, Dr. Solomon’s own scholarship has focused on the ethics of end-of-life care for both adults and children, organ transplantation, research ethics particularly related to oversight of comparative effectiveness and implementation science, as well as professionalism and responsible conduct of research. She consults to numerous foundations and government agencies, has served on national committees, including ones at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, and was a member of the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services’ Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation.

Before assuming the leadership of The Hastings Center, Dr. Solomon was Senior Director of Implementation Science at the Association of American Medical Colleges. There, she was responsible for helping the nation’s academic medical centers develop their capacities in comparative effectiveness research and implementation science. Dr. Solomon earned her doctorate in educational research methods and adult learning at Harvard University and her BA from Smith College.

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Patients' roles in governance of learning: Results from a qualitative study of 16 learning healthcare systems.
Authors: Authors: Grob R, Gleason K, McLean P, McGraw S, Solomon M, Joffe S.
Learn Health Syst
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Civic Learning for a Democracy in Crisis.
Authors: Authors: Jennings B, Gusmano MK, Kaebnick GE, Neuhaus CP, Solomon MZ.
Hastings Cent Rep
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Recommendations for Better Civic Learning: Building and Rebuilding Democracy.
Authors: Authors: Jennings B, Gusmano MK, Kaebnick GE, Neuhaus CP, Solomon MZ.
Hastings Cent Rep
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Can Our Schools Help Us Preserve Democracy? Special Challenges at a Time of Shifting Norms.
Authors: Authors: Levinson M, Solomon MZ.
Hastings Cent Rep
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Location of Clinician-Family Communication at the End of Life in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Clinician Perception of Communication Quality.
Authors: Authors: Lewis-Newby M, Sellers DE, Meyer EC, Solomon MZ, Zurakowski D, Truog RD.
J Palliat Med
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Covid-19 Crisis Triage - Optimizing Health Outcomes and Disability Rights.
Authors: Authors: Solomon MZ, Wynia MK, Gostin LO.
N Engl J Med
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Scarcity in the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Authors: Authors: Solomon MZ, Wynia M, Gostin LO.
Hastings Cent Rep
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Crossing Boundaries.
Authors: Authors: Solomon MZ.
Hastings Cent Rep
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A Last Gift.
Authors: Authors: Solomon MZ.
Hastings Cent Rep
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Patients As Partners: The Authors Reply.
Authors: Authors: Gusmano MK, Maschke KJ, Solomon MZ.
Health Aff (Millwood)
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