Faculty & Staff
Core Faculty
Affiliate Faculty
![Hans-Peter de Ruiter](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2021-06/Hans-Peter_de_Ruiter.jpg?h=c065b7b0&itok=IFguZ4rt)
Professor, School of Nursing, College of Allied Health and Nursing, Minnesota State University Mankato
![Sarah Gollust](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2021-06/Sarah_Gollust.jpg?h=5f3bc74b&itok=eRzntaCd)
Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, UMN
![Rachel Hardeman headshot](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2024-05/Rachel%20Hardeman%202024%20%282%29.png?h=ddd51105&itok=H9Ey7D65)
Professor & Blue Cross Endowed Professor of Health & Racial Equity, Division of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, UMN
![Headshot of Prof. Elaine Hsieh](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2023-06/portait%20Elain%20Hsieh.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=b2DgtQdg)
Professor and Chair, Communication Studies, College of Liberal Arts, UMN
![Headshot of Sarah Kesler, MD](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-04/show-image.jpg?h=175ae334&itok=zO9ra3Dy)
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
![Headshot of Prof. Amos Laar](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2023-05/Amos_Laar_headshot_0.png?h=b80e3df5&itok=IJWoXYAE)
Professor of Public Health Nutrition in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, University of Ghana
![Headshot of Prof. JP Leider](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2023-03/JP%20Leider.jpg?h=5f3bc74b&itok=QAoCO3zH)
Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management; Director, Center for Public Health Systems, School of Public Health, UMN
![Dennis Lunt, PhD](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2024-04/Affiliate%20faculty%20Dennis%20Lunt.png?h=47d58fe2&itok=WPQ7hGBJ)
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Humanities, Bemidji State University
![Headshot of Prof. Catherine McCarthy](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2023-07/Catherine%20McCarthy%20headshot%20.png?h=eda97f98&itok=yMHgEQeg)
Associate Dean for Research, Professor, Department of Family Medicine & Biobehavioral Health, UMN Duluth
![Headshot of Prof. Christopher Michaelson](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2023-10/Christopher%20Michaelson%20headshot%20for%20web%20%281%29.png?h=b80e3df5&itok=AndXQ2rD)
Opus Distinguished Professor of Principled Leadership; Professor, Ethics & Business Law, University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business
![Ruth Mickelsen](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2021-06/R_Mickelsen.jpg?h=5f3bc74b&itok=H0vzF6yP)
Senior Lecturer, Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health, UMN
![Laura Palombi](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2023-03/Palombi%20H1%20JPG%20%283%29_1.jpg?h=b80e3df5&itok=fx-bJeq_)
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, UMN Duluth
![Thaddeus Pope](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2021-06/T_Pope.jpg?h=97a723b1&itok=p2RaCLfx)
Professor of Law, School of Law, Mitchell Hamline University
![Don Postema](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2021-06/D_Postema.jpg?h=c2358e06&itok=mBhiixw_)
Program Director of Medical Bioethics, HealthPartners; Emeritus Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences, Bethel University
![David J. Satin, MD](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2024-04/David%20Satin%20headshot_0.png?h=7fcab9b6&itok=Jrku5vWx)
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
![Headshot of Miriam Shapiro](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2023-02/Miriam%20Shapiro_0.jpg?h=5f3bc74b&itok=NpkX8hDU)
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UMN Medical School
![Tim Stratton](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2021-06/T_Stratton.jpg?h=cd543e92&itok=HgkNS7Gp)
Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, UMN Duluth
![William Sveen](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2024-07/Wm%20Sveen%20%284%29.png?h=47d58fe2&itok=WJCBexmT)
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Faculty, Department of Pediatrics
![Headshot of Prof. Ian Wolfe](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2023-06/Ian%20Wolfe%20headshot%20%206_8_23.jpeg?h=b80e3df5&itok=FJWFfP40)
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
![Headshot of Elizabeth Wrigley Field](/sites/bioethics.umn.edu/files/styles/profile/public/2022-04/Elizabeth-Wrigley-Field_6104-edit.jpg?h=2a479378&itok=WdraKTxT)
Associate Professor, Sociology; Faculty member, Minnesota Population Center, UMN