Shine light on all of the complexities, contradictions, and context that our understanding of health relies on in the study of biomedical ethics.

You will discover the ways cultural values and beliefs, public policies, infrastructure, institutions, and more inform health disparities across the world. Using a multi-disciplinary lens, you will seek new understandings of ways to solve health disparities and improve health outcomes in communities near and far.

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Student Perspective


“My medical ethics courses and medical anthropology have both helped me be able to have knowledge on people’s backgrounds. [They taught me] how culture and health care intersect, and, being mindful of that, I am able to provide better care to the patients I do have. When I am out there in the field, I think back to lessons or discussions we had in class and I’m like, ‘Woah, this really applies here’.”

Daniel Toycen ’21
Biology, Biomedical Ethics
Appleton, Wisconsin

Academics

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Senior Ceara Larson, Natural Sciences Interdisciplinary Major (Biology-Physics) and Viking Softball Catcher, combines her work in class and on the field to research the biomechanics of a softball swing.

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Study Off Campus

Oak Ridge Science Semester

Do groundbreaking research with peers and leading scientists across a range of fields at the prestigious Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Courses span a variety of fields.

 View course descriptions and schedules.

Faculty from multiple academic disciplines contribute to the biomedical ethics curriculum.

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Channel your interests into self-designed research

With so many different angles to discover biomedical ethics, your unique approach is needed. Students have created projects to study individual autonomy in a pandemic, uses of different health supplements, gender inequality and health, and more.

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Biomedical Ethics Outcomes


A good complement to science and medicine-oriented majors, the biomedical ethics minor inspires a humanities-based understanding of medicine, health, and society that is sought in a variety of career paths.

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Your virtual tour starts at the Arch but be sure to check out Main Hall, to explore humanities learning spaces.

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