It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of James Kirkpatrick, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Bioethics and Humanities in the University of Washington’s School of Medicine. He joined the Department of Medicine’s Cardiology Division in 2015 and served as an Ethics Consultant for the UW Ethics Consultation Service. The Department of Bioethics and Humanities appointed Dr.
Bio: Natalia earned a BA in Psychology with a Philosophy Minor at UW and currently works as a Program Specialist for the UW Graduate Program in Neuroscience. Natalia was recently admitted to the MA in Bioethics program!
We acknowledge that Black History is more than a month.
UW sponsored events:
Celebrating Black History Month Now and Always | The Whole U (uw.edu)
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Applications for the 2024-2025 are now closed. Please check back in spring 2025.
We are excited to announce the 2024 Wylie Burke Endowed Scholarship for Diversity! The fund has been established to support University of Washington undergraduate and/or graduate students from diverse social and experiential backgrounds, who are working in interdisciplinary space to study the social, ethical, and policy implications of health research and/or healthcare. Preference shall be for students with affiliation to the Department of Bioethics & Humanities, though students from other UW departments are eligible.
Our flexible two-year, in-residence program provides students with the foundational knowledge, skills, and experience to enrich their careers and broaden their competency in bioethics. The program offers training in research and clinical aspects of bioethics as well as empirical and normative methods of analysis. Students have the opportunity to study with diverse and well-respected faculty from the University of Washington, the Treuman Katz Pediatric Bioethics Center, and the Seattle Veteran’s Health Administration.