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Pictured: Joan Liaschenko, PhD, RN, HCEC-C, FAAN, Ian Wolfe, MA, PhD, RN, CCRN, Rebecca Tryon, MS, MA, LGC, Debra DeBruin, PhD. Not Pictured: Akira Céspedes Pérez, JD, MA, Tommi Eggers, RN, MA, Chris Collura, MD, MA, & Nicole Reynolds, DVM, MPH, MA.
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From End-of-Life care to Human Subjects Research, our courses provide discussion-rich environments to learn about modern ethical issues facing health sciences. You will learn alongside diverse students & professionals with the expertise of our faculty.
Interim Director
The Center for Bioethics is excited to announce that Debra DeBruin, PhD has been named Interim Director. Dr. DeBruin has been with the Center since 2000. She has served in various administrative leadership roles for the Center since 2003, including a previous appointment as Director. She also holds the Maas Family Chair in Bioethics. Dr. DeBruin’s interests include bioethics and social justice, ethical issues related to women’s health, and public health ethics and policy. Congratulations, Dr. DeBruin!Alumni
Check out what our alumni are up to and how they have been using their bioethics degree post-graduation. Learn more about alum Dr. Frazier Benya.
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Integrative Palliative Care Summer Fellow
Meritxell Mondejar Pont, a doctoral student at Vic University, will be joining the Center for Bioethics this summer and next summer to research Integrated Palliative Care. Meri, who studies in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare at Universitat Central de Catalunya, will focus on evaluating the palliative care system in the Osona region in Catalonia, Spain. This research is aimed at gaining an understanding of the integrated care factors being implemented such as multidisciplinary teamwork, care coordination, patient-centered approaches and missing factors.