About
Baylor College of Medicine is a health sciences university that creates knowledge and applies science and discoveries to further education, healthcare and community service locally and globally. Dr. Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby (pictured below) heads the Philosophical Bioethics Hub in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. For more on her work see here.
Focus & Specialty
The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy is renowned for its comprehensive and original bioethics and policy research using mixed methods (normative analysis, qualitative and quantities research and various policy methods). Faculty members work closely with clinical and scientific colleagues throughout the country to explore a broad range of emerging ethical issues. Our multidisciplinary team of faculty members work closely with clinical and scientific colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine, the Texas Medical Center, and throughout the country.
Philosophical Bioethics Consortium and Web Hub
Blumenthal-Barby, Ph.D., M.A. from the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy developed the Philosophical Bioethics Hub with support from the Greenwall Foundation and Consortium partners at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Georgetown’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics, and NYU’s Center for Bioethics.
Houston/Galveston Philosophical Bioethics Network
The Houston/Galveston Network is comprised of philosophers working at the intersection of philosophy and bioethics. The network is a collaborative between philosophy faculty and post-docs in The BCM Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Rice University’s Philosophy Department, and UTMB’s Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities.
The network meets monthly for works-in-progress sessions. Contact Dr. Blumenthal-Barby at jennifer.blumenthal-barby@bcm.edu if you are a philosopher (faculty or post-doc) in Houston/Galveston interested in joining the group.
Recent topics have included consciousness and value, addiction and blameworthiness, the moral authority of experience, fetal pain and personhood—among others.