The Department provides academic education and professional training in bioethics and humanities through an MA in Bioethics; an undergraduate Minor in Bioethics ; curricula in clinical ethics & professionalism for medical students, residents, and fellows; and continuing education activities for practicing health care professionals. We are committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, & community service, promoting diversity and making our programs attractive to traditionally under-represented individuals. Faculty represent diverse scholarly disciplines, including medicine, genetics, philosophy, health services, religious studies, education, pathology, history, and other areas. Publications explore areas, including ethical, legal & social implications of genetics & genomic research; community-based participatory research; social justice & access to health care; social inequalities in health & health disparities; medical error; and palliative & end of life care.