Recent News
Douglas White to Lead Bioethics Institute
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Douglas B. White, MD, MAS, vice chair and professor of critical care medicine in the School of Medicine (SOM), as the inaugural director of the newly formed Institute for Bioethics. Read More
Pitt launches new program to improve patient-clinician communication
A new program in Pitt’s Institute for Bioethics aims to study and improve communication between patients and clinicians. Read More
Core Faculty Member Gina Piscitello, MD, MS Receives 2026 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award
The Hastings Center for Bioethics and the Cunniff-Dixon Foundation are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards. They recognize physicians who provide exceptional care for patients nearing the end of life with…
Core Faculty Member Jonathan Fuller, MD, PhD, Named Greenwall Faculty Scholar
The Foundation’s flagship Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics helps build the next generation of leaders in bioethics by supporting early-career faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research, and by building an intellectually rich and active…
Program on Humanistic Communication in Medicine is designing Smarter Training for More Human Care
There’s a widespread gap in evidence-based training in communication skills for physicians, particularly around goals of care and shared decision-making. Poor communication leads to a variety of public health concerns like end-of-life overtreatment, low uptake of…