For over 40 years, Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy has been a steadfast leader in critically examining and effectively responding to ethical challenges in healthcare and biomedical research.
With annual research funding exceeding $5 million, our Center boasts one of the largest funded research programs among bioethics centers in the United States
Key Research Areas
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Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) & Genetics/Genomics
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Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Health Equity and Public Health Ethics
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Neuroethics
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Health and Science Policy
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Medical Decision-Making and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Clinical Ethics
Faculty Research Labs
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Jenny Blumenthal-Barby Lab
Researching medical decision-making, neuroethics and philosophical bioethics
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Faith Fletcher Lab
Researching health equity and genetics/genomics
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Christi Guerrini Lab
Researching genetics/genomics, neuroethics and health equity
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Kostick-Quenet Lab
Researching neuroethics, medical decision-making and health equity
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Mary Majumder Lab
Researching genetics/genomics, neuroethics and health equity
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Amy McGuire Lab
Researching psychedelics, neuroethics, genetics/genomics, AI and space health
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Stacey Pereira Lab
Researching genetics/genomics
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Vaso Rahimzadeh Lab
Researching genetics/genomics, AI and space health
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Funded Research Programs
We also house formal research programs within our Center, which have a particular focus and often encompass multiple labs and projects: