Bioethics without Boundaries
Tackling the “big questions” through an innovative, interdisciplinary lens, the intercollege Penn State Bioethics Program focuses on ethical and policy issues arising in a broad range of arenas.
These include the following:
![Behavioral, Cognitive, & Neuroscience](https://bioethics.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/BehavioralCognitiveandNeuroscience-300x300.png)
Behavioral, Cognitive, & Neuroscience
What are the implications of recent developments in neuroscience and A.I. for cognitive liberty?
![Corporate Influence](https://bioethics.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/CorporateInfluence-150x150.png)
Corporate Influence
Does corporate funding of health research imperil research integrity and public trust?
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Environment and Ecology
Should CRISPR be used to modify other species (for example, mice or mosquitos) in an effort to reduce disease in humans?
![Emerging technologies](https://bioethics.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/EmergingTechnologies-150x150.png)
Emerging Technologies
Should we use medical technology to create “designer children” or robots to care for the elderly?
![Food Science & Nutrition](https://bioethics.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/FoodScienceandNutrition-150x150.png)
Food Science & Nutrition
Do nutraceuticals blur the boundary between food and medicine, and who might benefit or be harmed as a result?
![Gender and Sexuality](https://bioethics.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/GenderandSexuality-150x150.png)
Gender & Sexuality
How does discrimination and systemic bias related to gender and sexuality undermine access to health care and imperil public health?
![Medical Research, Education, & Practice](https://bioethics.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/MedicalResearchEducationandPractice-150x150.png)
Medical Research, Education, & Practice
Do we have the right to choose the time and manner of our death, and should health care professionals be permitted to actively assist us?
![Public & Global Health](https://bioethics.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/PublicandGlobalHealth-150x150.png)
Public & Global Health
How should pandemic planning and response redress structural injustice and promote social change?
![Sports & Leisure Activities](https://bioethics.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/SportsandLeisure-150x150.png)
Sports & Leisure Activities
Should we view exercise as medicine, and what are the promises and perils of this approach?
![and more!](https://bioethics.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/More-150x150.png)
And many more!
What big bioethics questions are you curious about?
Drawing on a diverse array of Penn State faculty with a wide range of experiences and expertise, the Program offers a pioneering, cross-disciplinary curriculum that includes:
- an undergraduate minor in Bioethics and Medical Humanities;
- a graduate minor in Bioethics at both the master’s and doctoral levels; and
- the first graduate degree of its kind in the United States, a Dual-Title Ph.D. Program in Bioethics.
In addition, the Program convenes a weekly Bioethics Colloquium, and hosts various conferences and seminars that bring together leading experts from Penn State and their peers at other institutions.