The University of Miami Ethics Programs, the precursor to the Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, was established in 1991 when, from the outset, it partnered with what has become the School of Business Administration's Business Ethics Program. The two comprised the University of Miami Ethics Programs.

 EDUCATION

Institute faculty conduct or help conduct courses, seminars, conferences and symposia at all three University of Miami campuses and throughout Florida. On the medical campus, faculty share responsibility for ethics education of medical and science graduate students. On the Coral Gables campus, faculty teach in or collaborate with colleagues from the Departments of Philosophy and Business Law, and the Schools of Nursing and Law. On the Marine campus, Bioethics Institute faculty  share responsibility for education in the responsible conduct of science. Bioethics Institute faculty conduct training sessions and provide ethics consulting services to hospitals and other health care organizations throughout the region.

RESEARCH

Our research emphasizes ethics and health computing (including bioinformatics), international bioethics and health policy, genetics and stem cell science ethics and public health and epidemiology. Additional highlights: Faculty have collaborated with with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on development of a training program in research ethics; the Institute of Medicine on a study of “Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces”; the New York-based Choice in Dying organization on a project to study medical student education; and other organizations.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

The Institute of Bioethics and Health Policy collaborates with a variety of community, government, religious and other organizations. Faculty have provided expertise to the state’s Department of Corrections, Department of Children and Families, and Department of Health, and to a variety of community health organizations. Program faculty collaborate with a range of government and community organizations on a variety of projects and educational efforts.