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

Lead Co-Chair: 
Lucia Wocial, PhD, RN, FAAN 
Nurse Ethicist
Indiana University Health

Co-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

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

Board Liaison: Pamela Jeffries, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN

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

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