UPenn Master of Bioethics Program
Penn Bioethics featured in the Penn Gazette (May/June 2012) - read it here
The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics
"Seventy essays, all well informed and many with attitude." - Harold T. Shapiro, PhD, Princeton University, Former Chair, National Bioethics Advisory Board
Check out the Springer Publishing Company Link about the Guide and Penn Center Guide Brochure
Why Bioethics?
July 2008 - Grady et al - "Conclusion: Ethics education has a significant positive influence on moral confidence, moral action, and use of ethics resources by nurses and social workers." American Journal of Bioethics article
June 4, 2008 - NIH laments the "dearth of leadership" in bioethics, calls for more new scholars in the field. Chronicle of Higher Education article
Why Bioethics at Penn?
The UPenn Master of Bioethics (MBE) is an interdisciplinary degree offered by the renowned Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy (formerly the Center for Bioethics) at the University of Pennsylvania. The MBE degree program gives students broad exposure to the full range of topics and issues in contemporary bioethics, drawing on the expertise of our distinguished faculty and visiting fellows.
The UPenn Master of Bioethics program is one of the nation's premiere centers for bioethics education, attracting exceptional students from both the US and abroad. The program admits highly accomplished professionals who work in the bioethics-related fields of medicine, nursing, law, dentistry, social work, genetic counseling, regulatory affairs, public policy, veterinary medicine, and industry, as well as outstanding students in other professional degree programs at the University of Pennsylvania.
What makes the UPenn Master of Bioethics program unique is a threefold approach to bioethics training that combines excellent academic instruction, a worldwide network of alumni, and hands-on research and consulting opportunities that build on the classroom experience.
The Master of Bioethics program is under the leadership of Dr. Autumn Fiester, the Director of Graduate Studies.
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News, Announcements & Events
- Tuesday, 7.13.12: Last day to DROP A SUMMER 2 COURSE with NO financial penalty
- July 14-20 - you may drop a summer 2 course, but you will incur a 50% financial penalty
- Thursday, 7.19.12: Penn Bioethics Summer Intern Program Lunch and Learn talk series - Prof. Ed Bergman, title TBD. Noon, Room 321. Pizza provided.
- Tuesday, 7.24.12: Penn Bioethics Summer Intern Program Lunch and Learn talk series - Dr. Francis Barchi, title TBD. Noon, Room 321. Pizza provided
- Wednesday, 7.25.12: Penn Bioethics Summer Intern Program Lunch and Learn talk series - Dr. Jonathan Moreno, "Bioethics in Washington". Noon, Room 321. Pizza provided
- Friday, 8.10.12: Summer classes END!
- Tuesday, 9.4.12: New student orientation - For all students matriculating Spring 2012, Summer 2012, or Fall 2012. 4:30-5:30, Room 331
- Tuesday, 9.4.12: Fall Welcome Reception - For all current MBE students. 5:30-7:30, Room 321
- Wednesday, 9.5.12: Fall courses BEGIN!
- Friday, 9.21.12: LAST DAY TO ADD A COURSE!
- Friday, 9.21.12: LAST DAY TO DROP A COURSE WITH NO FINANCIAL PENALTY! If you drop a course between 9.22 and 10.12 you will be held responsible for 50% of the charges.
- Friday, 10.12.12: Last day to drop a course (and incur a 50% penalty). Drops after this day carry 100% tuition/fee charges.
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News from our students and alumni
- Congratulations to Matthew Weinberg, MBE 1997, who was appointed Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics in the Department of Medical Humanities at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine!
- Congratulations to Matthew Eapen, MBE 2008, who will be attending UVA law in the fall!
- Congratulations to Jamie Dyal, MBE 2012, who has been accepted into the University of South Florida Medical School!
- Congratulations to Alexandra Lipschultz Sobol, MBE 2012, who has been accepted into Villanova Law School!
- Congratulations to Daniel Cristancho, MBE 2012, who has been accepted into Penn Med!
- Congratulations to Larissa Woskob, MBE 2012, who has been accepted into the School of Law at George Washington University!
- Congratulations to Caroline Boris, MBE 2012, who has been accepted into the Master of Genetic Counseling Program at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine!
- Congratulations to Tuua Ruutiainen, MBE 2012, who has been accepted into the School of Medicine at Tulane!
- Congratulations to Mariangels de Planell Saguer, PhD, MBE 2008, who has been named a Postdoctoral Scholar, Research Integrity Ambassador, given by the National Postdoctoral Association Awards Committee of the Office of Research Integrity.
- Congratulations to Jason Schwartz, MBE, PhDc, who has been named the Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioethics at the Princeton University Center for Human Values, beginning September 1, 2012. The University Center for Human Values supports teaching, research, and discussion of ethics and human values throughout the curriculum and across disciplines at Princeton.
- Congratulations to Maysa De Sousa, MBE 2011, who has been accepted into the PhD program in Health Psychology at UNC Charlotte!
- Congratulations to Samantha Johnson, MSW/MBE 2009, who has accepted a job as an Ethics Policy Specialist for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for Ethics in Health Care!
- Congratulations to MBE alum Dr. Vicki Lachman, on her induction into the American Academy of Nursing!
- MSN/MBE student Carrie Preston was featured in a CBS3 story on headache treatments - view the story here!
- Congratulations to MBE alums Jason Schwartz, MBE 2006 and current PhD student and Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD/MBE 2009, who have both been hired as Research Analysts for the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues!
- Congratulations to Elaine de Castro McFarland, MBE (2002) who has just been awarded her PhD in sociology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her dissertation is titled 'Sociodemographic and Cultural Characteristics of Acupuncture, Medical, and Nurse Practitioner Students. Congratulations Elaine!
- Congratulations to Yash Joshi, UPenn MBE student and Temple MD/PhD student, for his $10,000 award from The Golden Key International Honor Society! Yash was one of 10 selected from a pool of over 200 applicants!
- Congratulations to John Rossi, MBE 2008, and his wife Amy, on the birth of their son, August John Rossi, born 2/2/2010!
- Congratulations to Michelle Sahl, M.Ed, MBA, MBE, and newly PhD, on her graduation from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Health Policy Program. Her dissertation is titled 'Urban Neighborhoods as a Determinant of Health Status'.
- Shirin Karsan, MBE 2009, Fulbright Recipient, has a blog chronicling her experiences in the UAE - http://shirin-deserteyes.blogspot.com/
- Arthur Robinson Williams, MBE 2008, MD 2010, has produced a traveling documentary exhibit, "My Right Self: Transgender Considerations," to educate medical students about the unique challenges of patients who are lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual. Washington University School of Medicine is the next stop on the tour. For more information, click here. To read the St. Louis Post-Dispatch artcle, click here.