For over 40 years, Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy has been a steadfast leader in critically examining and effectively responding to ethical challenges in healthcare and biomedical research.
With annual research funding exceeding $5 million, our Center boasts one of the largest funded research programs among bioethics centers in the United States
Key Research Areas
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) & Genetics/Genomics
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Health Equity and Public Health Ethics
Neuroethics
Health and Science Policy
Medical Decision-Making and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Clinical Ethics
Faculty Research Labs
Jenny Blumenthal-Barby Lab
Researching medical decision-making, neuroethics and philosophical bioethics
Faith Fletcher Lab
Researching health equity and genetics/genomics
Christi Guerrini Lab
Researching genetics/genomics, neuroethics and health equity
Kostick-Quenet Lab
Researching neuroethics, medical decision-making and health equity
Mary Majumder Lab
Researching genetics/genomics, neuroethics and health equity
Amy McGuire Lab
Researching psychedelics, neuroethics, genetics/genomics, AI and space health
Stacey Pereira Lab
Researching genetics/genomics
Vaso Rahimzadeh Lab
Researching genetics/genomics, AI and space health
Funded Research Programs
We also house formal research programs within our Center, which have a particular focus and often encompass multiple labs and projects:
