Team

Meet our Core Research Team

The Berman Institute’s LHCS research team comprises research scholars and faculty who serve as principal investigators on a variety of projects as well as authors of cited publications. Our core team is strengthened through the work of contributing researchers, who together help inform ethical practices amid a changing US Health Care System.

Joseph Ali, JD
Associate Director for Global Programs; Associate Professor
Nancy E. Kass, ScD
Deputy Director for Public Health; Phoebe R. Berman Professor of Bioethics and Public Health
Ruth R. Faden, PhD, MPH
Berman Institute Founder; Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA
Deputy Director for Medicine; Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine

Contributors

Meet our contributing researchers, whose work in specific focus areas fortifies our core team’s overall mission in specific projects

Tom Beauchamp, PhD
Tom Beauchamp, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University
Steven Goodman, MD, PhD
Steven Goodman, MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Professor of Medicine and of Health Research & Policy, Stanford University
Stephanie Morain, PhD, MPH
Stephanie Morain, PhD, MPH
PhD Program Director; Dracopoulos Rising Professor in Bioethics
Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD
Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD
Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, University Hospitals
Sean Tunis, MD, MSc
Sean Tunis, MD, MSc
Founder and Senior Strategic Advisor, Center for Medical Technology Policy
Kevin Weinfurt, PhD
Kevin Weinfurt, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Dept. of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine