Programs and Centers
Program in Health Humanities and Social Sciences
The institute supports faculty and student learning and research opportunities for examining the history of medicine, sociological and cultural contexts of health care, and the role that the arts can play in illuminating and giving expression to the experience of illness and health.
Learn more about the Program in Health Humanities and Social Sciences.
Program for Humanistic Communication in Medicine
The institute develops and deploys an evidence-based training curriculum for the development and improvement of communication between clinicians, patients and families. The program aims to prepare humanistic clinicians with strong capabilities in patient-centered communication and shared decision making.
Learn more about the Program for Humanistic Communication in Medicine.
Program in Clinical Ethics
The institute partners with clinical ethicists and pastoral care staff of regional health systems and hospitals to provide ethics resources and support for the care of the whole patient.
Center for Research Ethics
The Center for Research Ethics advances study of the ethical design, implementation and implications of research to promote ethics in research and responsible use of research data and insights.