About Us

Since 2011, the Program for Biomedical Ethics (PBE) at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) has served as a nexus for a community of individuals from the medical campus and beyond who share a common interest in medical ethics education, research, and practice. We welcome you on behalf of the program, our associate directors Jack Hughes, MD, and Sarah Hull, MD, MBE, and our manager, Karen P. Kolb, MFA, APR.

Our affiliated faculty and staff are drawn from YSM as well as the Schools of Nursing, Law, Divinity, Public Health, Yale New Haven Hospital, the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, and The Hastings Center. Our faculty are known nationally and internationally in the field of bioethics.

We are very pleased to work in close cooperation with the Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics led by Lori Bruce, DPhil, and with the Center for Clinical Ethics located within the hospital and health system, led by Ben Tolchin, MD, MS. Additionally, we are pleased to host the Yale Bioethics Lab led by Jennifer Miller, PhD.

Our program coordinates the ethics education of Yale medical, nursing, and physician assistant students, as well as resident physicians and fellows, including:

• didactic lectures and small group classes;
• biomedical ethics concentration;
• electives;
• scholarship;
• thesis in biomedical ethics.

The PBE also provides educational programs for other members of the Yale medical community, such as journal clubs, working groups, and special conferences.

Our Bioethics Lab and faculty are also available to support faculty and students conducting bioethics-related research or research which includes an ethics component. Support for grant writing as well as conducting qualitative, normative, and empirical research and analyses can be requested.

Each academic year, we have a wonderful slate of local and invited speakers for our monthly evening seminar series. Please contact our program manager, Karen P. Kolb, MFA, APR, to be added to our mailing list.

We welcome hearing from you with any inquiries or suggestions regarding biomedical ethics scholarship here at YSM.

Learn more about our Faculty & Staff

• Support a community of faculty and students interested in biomedical ethics at Yale School of Medicine.
• Coordinate medical, master’s, nursing, and physician associate student educational activities related to medical ethics, including the MD and MD-PhD Concentration in Biomedical Ethics, as well as support and guidance for students who choose bioethics as a topic for their thesis.
• Serve as a resource and assist in the coordination of activities related to medical ethics for the Office of Clinical Affairs.
• Serve as a resource and assist in the coordination of activities related to medical ethics for research, graduate school, and post-graduate education programs.
• Support faculty and students interested in conducting bioethics-related research and research which includes an ethics component.