Elizabeth Bogdan-Lovis

Senior Academic Specialist, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Medicalized childbirth; social analysis of evidence-based medicine; doctor-patient race/ethnic concordance; breastfeeding stigma, medical education - View Full Profile

Leonard Fleck

Professor, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, Department of Philosophy

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 - View Full Profile

Larissa Fluegel

Assistant Professor, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences
Learning Society Fellow, CHM West

Medical ethics and public health; medical education and health promotion; integration of ethics, health policy, distributive justice and evidence base in the practice of medicine - View Full Profile

Karen Kelly-Blake

Assistant Director, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences
Associate Professor, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, Department of Medicine

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 - View Full Profile

Sean A. Valles

Director and Associate Professor, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences

Health equity, philosophy, population health, public health, race, social determinants of health - View Full Profile

Guobin Cheng, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences
Associate Professor, Southeast University, China

Doctor-patient relationship, informed consent, bioethics in traditional culture context, Chinese medical history - View Full Profile

Sabrina Ford, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Cancer disparities, cancer prevention and intervention, health behaviors, endometriosis, ademoyosis and liemyomas, STDs and HIV in young women

Douglas Olsen, PhD, RN

Adjunct Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Michigan State University College of Nursing

Ethics in nursing, clinical relationships and behavioral health and research ethics

Judith Andre

Professor Emerita, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, Department of Philosophy

Bioethics, global public health, commodification, moral luck and moral distress; virtue (honesty, humility, honoring oneself); environmental ethics - View Full Profile

Margaret Holmes-Rovner

Professor Emerita, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, Department of Medicine

Health services research, shared decision making, patient decision aids, cancer, diabetes, end-of-life decision-making - View Full Profile

Tom Tomlinson

Professor Emeritus, Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, Department of Philosophy

Medical ethics, research ethics, organ donation & transplantation, death & dying, determination of death, resource allocation, persistent vegetative state (PVS), terminal illness, futile treatment, clinical ethics consultation - View Full Profile

Karla Bauer

Center Administrator

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 as well as strategic planning.

bauerka @ msu.edu
517-353-5197

Liz McDaniel

Communications Assistant

Liz McDaniel manages digital media outreach and communications for the Center, including the website and blog, social media, and webinar and podcast series. Liz also provides event planning and faculty support.

mcdan108 @ msu.edu
517-355-3474