Faculty & Staff

Core Faculty

Debra DeBruin, PhD.
Director, Director of Graduate Studies, and Associate Professor
Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C.
Clinical Ethics Assistant Professor
Meera Sury, MD, MTS, HEC-C.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C.
Clinical Ethics Assistant Professor

Affiliate Faculty

Hans-Peter de Ruiter, RN, PhD.
Professor, Director, Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Erin S. DeMartino, MD.
Internist, Pulmonologist, Mayo Clinic
Amy Lauren Fairchild, PhD, MPH
University Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, UMN
Sarah Gollust, PhD
Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, UMN
Daniel Groll, PhD.
Professor of Philosophy & Department Chair, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Joan Henriksen, PhD, RN, HEC-C.
Senior Clinical Ethicist, Allina Health
Elaine Hsieh, PhD, JD.
Professor and Chair, Communication Studies, College of Liberal Arts, UMN
Sarah Kesler, MD, MPA.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine; Critical Care Physician, UMN Medical Center; ICU Triage and Telemedicine Director MHealth Fairview
Amos Laar, MPH, MA, PhD, FGA.
Professor of Public Health Nutrition in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, University of Ghana
JP Leider, PhD.
Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management; Director, Center for Public Health Systems, School of Public Health, UMN
Dennis Lunt, PhD.
Clinical Ethicist, UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital, Madison, WI
Catherine McCarthy, PhD, MPH, MSB, HEC-C.
Associate Dean for Research, Professor, Department of Family Medicine & Biobehavioral Health, UMN Duluth
Christopher Wong Michaelson, PhD.
Barbara and David A. Koch (“coach”) Endowed Chair in Business Ethics; Professor, Ethics & Business Law, University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business, Minneapolis
Ryan H. Nelson, PhD, HEC-C.
Clinical Ethicist, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis
Mary Owen, MD
Associate Dean of Native American Health, Associate Professor, Medical School UMN Duluth
Laura Palombi, PharmD, MPH, PAT, AE-C.
Research Scientist III, Essentia Institute for Rural Health; Adjunct Faculty, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, UMN Duluth
Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD, HEC-C.
Professor of Law, School of Law, Mitchell Hamline University
Don Postema, PhD.
Program Director of Medical Bioethics, HealthPartners; Emeritus Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences, Bethel University
David J. Satin, MD.
Distinguished U Teaching Prof, Compliance Officer & Risk Mgmt Leader, Family Medicine & Community Health, Faculty Advisor & Co-Director of Courses Health Systems Science, Co-Director Rothenberger Executive Physician Leadership Academy, UMN Medical School
Miriam Shapiro, MD.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UMN Medical School
Tim Stratton, PhD, RPh, FAPhA.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Pharmaceutical Sciences Supervising Pharmacist - HOPE Clinic
William Sveen, MD, MA.
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, UMN
Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C.
Director of Ethics, Clinical Ethics Department, Children's Minnesota; Community Instructor Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, U of MN Medical School; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Pediatric Ethics
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, PhD
Associate Professor, Sociology; Faculty member, Minnesota Population Center, UMN

Emeritus Faculty

Staff

LeeAnne Hoekstra.

LeeAnne Hoekstra

Administrative Aide
Inam Mahfuz.
Communications and Events Coordinator
Andrea Martin.

Andrea Martin

Administrative Director