- Berman Institute Founder and inaugural Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director (2014-2016)
Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Core Faculty
Berman Institute of Bioethics
Ruth R. Faden, PhD, MPH, is the founder of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and its director from 1995 until 2016. She was the inaugural Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director (2014-2016) and currently is, and has been since 1995, the inaugural Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics. Dr. Faden’s current research focuses on structural justice theory and on national and global challenges in food and agriculture, learning health care systems, women’s health, the rights and interests of pregnant women, health systems design and priority setting, and advances in science and technology. Her latest book, with Madison Powers, is Structural Injustice: Power, Advantage, and Human Rights (September, 2019; Oxford University Press).
Research Interests
- Structural justice theory
- Ethical challenges in food and agriculture
- Learning health care systems
- Vaccine policy
- Health systems design and priority setting
- Advances in the biological sciences
- Women’s health, with a particular focus on the rights and interests of pregnant women
Education
- PhD, Program in Attitudes and Behaviors; University of California, Berkeley
- MPH; University of California, Berkeley
- MA, General Studies in Humanities; University of Chicago
- BA, American Civilization; University of Pennsylvania
Activities
- Scholars Council, John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress
- Journal of Medical Ethics, International Advisory Board
- International Advisory Board, Oxford Uehiro Center for Practical Ethics