Faculty
Elizabeth Bogdan-Lovis
Senior Academic Specialist, Center for Bioethics and Social JusticeMedicalized childbirth; social analysis of evidence-based medicine; doctor-patient race/ethnic concordance; breastfeeding stigma, medical education - View Full Profile
Leonard Fleck
Professor, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, Department of PhilosophyMedical 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 Bioethics and Social JusticeLearning 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 Bioethics and Social JusticeAssociate Professor, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, 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 Bioethics and Social JusticeHealth equity, philosophy, population health, public health, race, social determinants of health - View Full Profile
Adjunct Faculty
Guobin Cheng, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor, Center for Bioethics and Social JusticeAssociate 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 ProfessorAssociate 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 ProfessorAssociate Professor, Michigan State University College of Nursing
Ethics in nursing, clinical relationships and behavioral health and research ethics
Emeriti
Judith Andre
Professor Emerita, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, Department of PhilosophyBioethics, 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 Bioethics and Social Justice, Department of MedicineHealth services research, shared decision making, patient decision aids, cancer, diabetes, end-of-life decision-making - View Full Profile
Tom Tomlinson
Professor Emeritus, Center for Bioethics and Social Justice, Department of PhilosophyMedical 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
Staff

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