Center Director and Alumni in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Johannesburg melissa_nosal@… Thu, 08/13/2026 - 17:43 August 13, 2026 This summer, Center for Bioethics Director Dr. Rebecca Brendel spent two weeks traveling abroad to deepen global par…
2026 African Legal Awards Shortlist: Madonna Okpaleke melissa_nosal@… Mon, 08/10/2026 - 18:51 August 10, 2026 Madonna Okpaleke Madonna Okpaleke, MBE, LLB, BL, LLM, MBA, has been shortlisted for the African Legal Awards 2026 in two categorie…
2026 Roux Prize Recipient: Emmanuella Amoako melissa_nosal@… Mon, 08/10/2026 - 18:35 August 10, 2026 Emmanuella Amoako Emmanuella Amoako, MD, has been announced as this year's Roux Prize recipient, presented by the Institute for Health Metr…
Frédérique Couture-Carrier melissa_nosal@… Mon, 07/13/2026 - 13:43 Associate Director of the Master of Science in Bioethics, HMS Center for Bioethics Lecturer, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Bio Fréd…
SK Sharma is the winner of the 2025 Bioethics Essay Award. Siqi Zhou received honorable mention. Over 75 leaders from global health, technology, finance, philanthropy, and policy convened to identify concrete pathways to make scalable, high…
The Bioethics Essay Award Committee at the Center for Bioethics is delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 Bioethics Essay Award: SK Sharma, PhD, a student in the Master of Science in Bioethics (MBE) virtual program. His paper, "The Ag…
Over 75 leaders from global health, technology, finance, philanthropy, and policy convened at the Harvard Faculty Club in Cambridge, MA, on November 19–20, 2025, for a two-day summit focused on expanding equitable access to clinical artific…
What happens when a patient has no family or friends to speak for them in a health crisis? In Massachusetts, a first-of-its-kind solution is ensuring that no patient goes unheard. The Health Care Agent Matching Program, described in a new o…
Leading experts from across healthcare and technology convened for the second international Responsible AI for Social and Ethical Healthcare (RAISE) Conference on September 17-19, 2025 in Portland, Maine. Co-hosted by Harvard Medical School…
Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics is proud to announce that its Director, Dr. Rebecca Brendel, has been named President-Elect of the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS). In her new role, Dr. Brendel will help advance MMS’s mission…
Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, MD, JD is the Director of the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School. She bases her clinical work in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) where she is the director of Law and Ethics at the Ce…
Dr. McKneally is a senior associate in the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics. In recent years he has served as Visiting Professor of Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Hospital (BIDMCH); Co-Chair of the Surgical Ethic…