News and Upcoming Events

The Center for Bioethics and Social Justice seeks applicants for a full-time Assistant Professor-Tenure System position. The successful applicant’s duties will be based on an effort distribution that includes research, teaching and outreach/service.

Visit careers.msu.edu posting 744676 for full position details and to apply. Review of applications begins on December 1, 2021.

LeConté J. Dill, DrPH, MPH

Join the discussion! The author will respond to comments posted through November 24, 2021.

LeConté Dill, DrPH, MPH, is an Associate Professor in the Department of African American and African Studies at Michigan State University.

A recording of the September 13th webinar is now available with closed captions. This webinar was co-presented by the Center for Bioethics and Social Justice and the Henry Ford Health System Health Disparities Research Collaborative, and features Jennifer Cobbina, PhD, Christina DeJong, PhD, Carmen McIntyre Leon, MD, Sean Valles, PhD, and Christine Joseph, PhD.

The Detroit Free Press has published an opinion piece from Center Assistant Director and Associate Professor Karen Kelly-Blake, PhD.

"Getting the vaccine and not dying from COVID or its complications is revolutionary because we want to live. We want to be everything America says we are not and cannot be — but we are America."

Social Justice-Oriented Bioethics: Kelly-Blake and Valles - Episode 25

Our May episode of No Easy Answers in Bioethics features Director Sean A. Valles, PhD, and Assistant Director Karen Kelly-Blake, PhD. Their conversation relates to the Center's new name: Center for Bioethics and Social Justice. They discuss moving forward in the bioethics space, what engaging in service to the people means to them, and the important work to be done to a create a healthier and more socially just world.