The Department of Bioethics and Humanities is pleased to share that faculty member Dr. Nancy Jecker and affiliate faculty member Dr. Caesar Atuire have a new book with Oxford University Press: What Is a Person?: Untapped Insights from Africa.
We have a new director! The Bioethics & Humanities Department is happy to introduce our new Summer Seminar Program Director, Noa T Brazg, Phd, MSW, MPH!
Join us this August for 3.5 days of interactive virtual learning at our summer seminar in healthcare ethics. Look out for more information coming soon!
Seattle-based @VariantBio recently announced plans for benefit-sharing with Indigenous communities that have contributed genetic information to their drug development resea
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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.
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)
Read the CFD's blog post honoring Black History Month
Publications:
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.