Expert Panel on Bioethics

The Expert Panel on Bioethics provides broad ethical guidance and review on issues pertaining to nursing practice, education, and research that the discipline of nursing and society faces.

Inaugural Year: 2013

Chair: 
Deborah Kenny, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing
University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Vice Chair:
Gloria Ramsey, JD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Co-Chair Appointee:
Elizabeth Peter, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
University of Toronto, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

Board Liaison: Nelda Godfrey

Staff Liaison: Sonya Desai

Previous Chairs: Lucia Wocial (2018-2019), Mary O'Keefe (2017-2018), Ann Hamric (2016-2017); Connie Ulrich (2015-2016) 

Publications:

• Policy brief: Protecting vulnerable LGBTQ youth and advocating for ethical health care (September-October 2018)
• Policy Brief: Strengthen federal and local policies to advance precision health implementation and nurses’ impact on healthcare quality and safety (July-August 2018) 
• Policy Brief: An effective human papillomavirus vaccination policy will reduce infection- and malignancy-related morbidity and mortality (May-June 2018)
• Policy Brief: Strengthen federal regulation of laboratory-developed and direct-to-consumer genetic testing (January-February 2018) 

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