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Director and Professor, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice
Pronouns: he/him
Expertise: health equity, philosophy, population health, public health, race, social determinants of health
 

Associate Director of Academic Programming, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice; Associate Professor, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, Department of Medicine
Pronouns: she/her
Expertise: health services research, shared decision-making, decision aid development and implementation, clinical communication skills and training, mHealth, men's health, medical workforce policy, health equity, medical education curriculum development, medical education faculty development
 

Unit Administrator
Pronouns: she/her
Karla Bauer is the Center Administrator/Fiscal Officer. She supports the Center's Director by managing financial reporting, budget planning and administration, human resources, contract and grant management, and strategic planning. 
 

Center Assistant
Mar Dunstone is the Center Assistant and supports the Center by overseeing daily unit operation as well as coordinating event logistics. 

Assistant Professor, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, Department of Medicine
Pronouns: they/she
Expertise: Disability studies, neuroethics, medical humanities, empirical research on human research ethics, qualitative research, ethnography, cross-cultural studies, autism, neurodiversity, Italy

University Distinguished Professor, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, Department of Philosophy
Pronouns: he/him
Expertise: medical ethics, health care policy, social and political philosophy, genome technology, precision medicine, health care rationing, democratic deliberation on bioethical issues, public health preparedness, death and dying

Assistant Professor, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice
Learning Society Fellow, CHM West
Pronouns: she/her
Expertise: medical education, medical ethics, shared decision-making, social context of clinical decisions, social determinants of health, health policy

Assistant Professor, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice
Pronouns: she/her
Expertise: animal welfare, environmental philosophy, feminist philosophy, food and farming systems, philosophy of science, veterinary medicine

Assistant Professor, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice
Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Information, College of Communication Arts and Sciences
Pronouns: they/them
Expertise: epilepsy, disability, LGBTQIA+ experiences, ethnography, science & technology studies, information studies, social analyses of medical and civic technology, inclusive technology

Assistant Professor, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, Department of Medicine
Pronouns: she/her
Expertise: clinical bioethics consultation, policy-writing, education; application of critical social theories to bioethics: postcolonialism, anti-colonialism, critical race, religious studies; health equity; interdisciplinary bioethics education; critical care ethics

Assistant Professor, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, Department of Medicine
Pronouns: she/her
Expertise: neuroethics, medical ethics, philosophy of science, social epistemology, feminist philosophy

Adjunct Professor
Director, Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering
Hannah Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Expertise: biomedicine, biomedical engineering, microbiology, molecular imaging, precision health and medicine

Adjunct Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Expertise: cancer disparities, cancer prevention and intervention, health behaviors, endometriosis, ademoyosis and liemyomas, STDs and HIV in young women

Clinical Professor, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice
Director, Healthcare Equity Initiatives, Office of System Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Department of Family Medicine
Henry Ford Health
Pronouns: she/her
Expertise: health equity, family medicine, public health, social determinants of health, diabetes, hypertension, patient centered health care, graduate medical education

Research Assistant
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Leslie Morgan is a fourth-year nontraditional medical student at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine with a passion for research in women's health and ethics. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Michigan and is applying for a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology to serve urban and underserved communities. 

Research Assistant
Pronouns: he/him
Jacob Krehbiel is a research assistant working with Assistant Professor Ariel Cascio on the project "Meanings of autism and work: Autistic and non-autistic people navigating shared spaces and conflicting conceptualizations.” He has a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Technical Communication from Ferris State University.