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Welcome to the official page for Columbia's Bioethics program! Visit this page for event announcements & information from the program director.

10/02/2026

Cancer Bioethics: A groundbreaking new course!

Columbia University’s Master of Science in Bioethics Program is thrilled to launch an exciting new course, the first of its kind in the country, on Cancer Bioethics. This course addresses crucial gaps in bioethics education, preparing students to engage with the distinctive ethical challenges arising in rapidly evolving cancer research, treatment, surveillance, prevention, and policy.

Developed by Louis P. Voigt, MD, MS (Intensivist and Ethics Committee Chair at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center); Jamie C. Riches, DO (Oncologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center); and Shiyu Song, PhD (Instructional Designer at Columbia School of Professional Studies), the course brings together clinical ethics, research ethics, health policy, and social and legal perspectives, examining ethical questions throughout the cancer continuum.

To learn more about this and other cutting-edge courses in the M.S. in Bioethics program, please register and join us for a virtual information session at noon on October 7, 2026 at 12:00 pm, or visit our website.

🗓️ October 7, 2026
⏰ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
📍Virtual

🔗 Information session registration: https://sps.columbia.edu/events/current-challenges-cancer-bioethics?program_id=1061

🔗Website: https://sps.columbia.edu/academics/masters/bioethics

06/22/2026

Assistant Professor Dr. David Hoffman was recently interviewed by Spectrum News 1 about the effort to block the new Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) law in New York.

🔗Full interview: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2026/06/19/advocate-for-medical-aid-in-dying-responds-to-lawsuit?cid=app_share

06/10/2026

Have something to say about ethical issues in AI? We are calling all undergraduate students and recent graduates for an AI and Ethics Op-Ed Contest!

🗓️Deadline: September 30

🔗Submission Link: https://forms.gle/kutRHAGNuJYeSj9u9

📌Guidelines:
1) Only students who are currently enrolled undergraduates in an accredited college or university, or students who received their bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 are eligible to participate.
2) Essays should make an op-ed style argument on a topic in bioethics, and should not be more than 1,500 words in length.
3) Your submission must be original work, and no part of the essay may be written by generative AI. All sources used must be cited according to one of the accepted formats (e.g. APA, AMA, Chicago, etc.)
4) All submissions must be in the form of a Microsoft Word document. Essays that are submitted as PDF documents will not be reviewed.

Best of luck!!

06/10/2026

Have something to say about Bioethics? We are calling all undergraduate students and recent graduates for a Bioethics Op-Ed contest!

🗓️Deadline: September 30

🔗Submission Link: https://forms.gle/ccFGAedVMKkeBFFm6

📌Guidelines:
1) Only students who are currently enrolled undergraduates in an accredited college or university, or students who received their bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 are eligible to participate.
2) Essays should make an op-ed style argument on a topic in bioethics, and should not be more than 1,500 words in length.
3) Your submission must be original work, and no part of the essay may be written by generative AI. All sources used must be cited according to one of the accepted formats (e.g. APA, AMA, Chicago, etc.)
4) All submissions must be in the form of a Microsoft Word document. Essays that are submitted as PDF documents will not be reviewed.

Best of luck!!

06/09/2026

Only three days until this exciting conference we are co-sponsoring alongside The Center for the Study of Bioethics, The Hastings Center for Bioethics, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Bioethics. Meet you in Paris!

Learn more about the program and speakers here: https://lnkd.in/eenKDujQ

06/03/2026

Congratulations to the Masters of Science in Bioethics Class of 2026! We are incredibly proud of our students and cannot wait to see the meaningful contributions they make in their careers!

05/28/2026

Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges

We are delighted to co-sponsor this exciting conference alongside The Center for the Study of Bioethics, The Hastings Center for Bioethics, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Bioethics.

The conference will be held June 11-12 in Paris, France at Reid Hall.

Learn more about the program and speakers here: https://www.csb.eu.com/conference/organizers/

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