20 at 20: Longstanding Bioethics Master’s Program Milestone

These 20 individuals exemplify what the MBE and a bioethics-focused approach can bring to a variety of disciplines. The program’s alumni include professionals in clinical medicine, including doctors and nurses focused on issues of fertility and the start of life , care at the end of life, and at every point in between. “I believe that applying bioethics in any field is a life-long process that evolves with one’s career,” said Kholoud Alnakshabandi, MD, MBE’14, a psychiatrist in Saudi Arabia.

There are also academics and lawyers, clergy , recognized groundbreakers and silence-breakers in medical communication, leaders in the pharmaceutical industry, and even a bestselling novelist (13) whose books for young adults center on coming of age while facing medical issues. Emily Kramer-Golinkoff, MBE’13, an advanced-stage cystic fibrosis patient, founded a nonprofit organization funding research on her disease. “I do credit the MBE program with giving me my voice as a patient advocate and fundraiser,” she said, “empowering me to see that my story has value and can help bring about change in science, medicine, and the world.”