Our vision is to achieve more ethical practices and policies relevant to human health.
Our Mission is to identify and address key ethical issues in science, clinical care, and public health, locally and globally.
Through an ever-expanding array of programs and projects, the Berman Institute has a direct, positive impact on the health and well-being of millions of people in developed and developing countries around the world
Featured Projects
The Dracopoulos-Bloomberg Bioethics iDeas Lab
A creative studio and incubator for world class stories at the intersection of science, ethics, medicine and public health
Neuroscience & Society
Connecting neuroscientists with stakeholders and the general public
PREVENT (Pregnancy Research Ethics for Vaccines, Epidemics, and New Technologies)
Equitably including the interests of pregnant women and their offspring in vaccine research and development
JHU Exploration of Practical Ethics
Stimulating innovative interdisciplinary work that takes on ethical issues arising in professions and scholarly disciplines, within institutions and society
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Service
In addition to their original research, scholarship, teaching, mentoring, and public awareness outreach, our faculty perform significant service – at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital, and in the broader community.
Partnerships
We collaborate with institutions and networks in the U.S. and internationally to advance bioethics knowledge, capacity and infrastructure.
Areas of Impact
The Berman Institute is Johns Hopkins University’s home for collaborative scholarship on the ethics of clinical practice, public health and biomedical sciences. While our work by definition crosses disciplines, much of its impact falls into a few broad areas.
Latest News / Posts
Fogarty African Bioethics Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program Application Extended
Apply by April 30, 2025, for Fellowship beginning in January 2026
Bringing Bioethics Into Classrooms Everywhere
Collaboration with K-12 science teachers produces free educational materials exploring ethical questions arising from scientific and medical innovations
Apply Now: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ethics, Global Health and Infectious Disease
Applications due by March 31 for joint two-year postdoctoral fellowship with the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities at the University of Oxford
Making the Moral Case Against Vigilante Justice
Travis Rieder publishes NY Times essay in wake of health care CEO’s shooting