The UVA Center for Health Humanities & Ethics is a interprofessional community of scholars, teachers, and practitioners whose interests in the human dimensions of illness, health, and health care bridge clinical and social sciences, arts and humanities, ethics and law, philosophy and religion.
Our mission is to demonstrate the complementary nature of our disciplines while furthering their productive integration and application in the classroom and clinic, at the bedside, and in the community.
The center offers ethics and humanities education for medical students, residents, and faculty in many different formats and venues. In addition, center faculty teach graduate and undergraduate courses in biomedical ethics and humanities across a number of UVA schools and programs.
2025 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
As American culture becomes increasingly polarized, the need for interdisciplinary collaboration, high-quality research, and ethical practices grows ever stronger. How can the past guide our present? How can diverse perspectives offer unique insights into perennial issues? We encourage you to explore the intersections between bioethics and humanities and consider how their intersection may be greater than the sum of their parts.
Education
The Center for Health Humanities and Ethics offers ethics and humanities education for medical students, residents, and faculty in many different formats and venues. In addition, Center faculty teach graduate and undergraduate courses in biomedical ethics and humanities across a number of UVA schools and programs. Many of these courses are cross-listed in different disciplines to foster interdisciplinary and interprofessional education.
Moral Distress Consultation Collaborative (MDCC)
The Moral Distress Consultation Collaborative (MDCC) is an interprofessional, multi-institutional community of leaders in moral distress consultation with the exciting goals of establishing best practices in MDC, conducting novel and innovative research, developing effective mechanisms for training new consultants, and providing resources for new and developing MDC programs.
