Core Program Faculty


John Banja, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Medical Ethicist, Center for Ethics
Director, Ethics Section: Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute

jbanja@emory.edu

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Ira Bedzow, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, School of Medicine
Executive Director, Emory Purpose Project

ira.jay.bedzow@emory.edu

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Jonathan Crane, Ph.D.

Director, Master of Arts in Bioethics Program
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Religion
Raymond F. Schinazi Scholar in Bioethics and Jewish Thought

jonathan.k.crane@emory.edu

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Kathy Kinlaw, M.Div.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Associate Director, Center for Ethics
Director, Health Sciences and Ethics Program
Director, Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia

kkinlaw@emory.edu

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Jim Lavery, Ph.D.

Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health
Conrad N. Hilton Chair in Global Health Ethics

jlavery@emory.edu

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Hilary Mabel, JD

Bioethicist
Healthcare Ethicist

hilary.mabel@emory.edu

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Gerard Vong, D.Phil.

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

gerard.vong@emory.edu

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Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D.

Professor, Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Sociology
Director, Center for Ethics
Raymond F. Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair in Jewish Bioethics

pwolpe@emory.edu

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Ju Zhang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

ju.zhang@emory.edu

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The Bioethics program core faculty teach the majority of our courses. Students are also able to take electives, as well as have as thesis supervisors, from the Center for Ethics distinguished Faculty Fellows from around Emory University.