ALDEN MARCH BIOETHICS INSTITUTE

Position Available: Director of Graduate Studies

Alden March Bioethics Institute (AMBI) in Albany NY seeks nominations and/or applications for the expeccted position of Director of Graduate Studies, to begin July 2007. Applicants must hold a terminal degree and have the record of an outstanding teacher and mentor with a clear research trajectory. Training and experience in clinical ethics highly desirable.

AMBI, whose faculty have taught a Master of Science in Bioethics since 2001, is planning to renew and enlarge its graduate programs aimed primarily at mid-career professionals. New programs to be submitted to NY State for approval will utilize innovative and successful learning technology developed in collaboration with Apple iPod University: “podcasted” on Video iPods that each student will be given upon matriculation, together with an audiovisual teaching collection and program funded in part by the Greenwall Foundation.

In addition to clinical, research, empirical and health law & bioethics, AMBI graduate programs focus on areas of institutional strength: 1) bioethics in state and federal policy, 2) ethical issues in geriatrics and palliative care, and 3) ELSI issues in nanotechnology, brain imaging/BCIs, and biodefense. AMBI offers a clinical ethics certificate program for University of Pennsylvania's Masters in Bioethics students and others, and a Scholars Program for medical students.

Organization Description:

Established in 2005, AMBI is a multi-institutional bioethics program of Albany Medical College directed by Glenn McGee, with offices in the 630 bed Albany Medical Center and its Children's Hospital in Albany, New York. Faculty (and Fellows) in the Institute represent, in addition to our medical college (of Union University), the unique educational, research and government institutions in New York's capital district, including: Albany Law School, Albany College of Pharmacy, University at Albany (philosophy PhD, the Nanoscale Science and Engineering college, school of public health, Rockefeller College), General Electric Global Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Rockefeller Institute of Government, and NYDOH Wadsworth Center.

AMBI is at present supported by more than $3 million in NIH and foundation funding for bioethics research. AMBI is home to The American Journal of Bioethics, http://bioethics.net, two book series, a syndicated column, a leading “blog” and a great deal of other outreach. This year AMBI hosted the ASBH its third ASBH Summer Conference in a row, Politics in Bioethics.

The institute is growing and hired four faculty in one year at Albany Med alone, with another at University at Albany, who hope to make two more bioethics hires this year. Also flourishing is the AMBI health law & bioethics program in Albany Law School, with more than 10 HLB faculty.

Nomination and Application Process:

Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, and contact info for 3 references, along with 2-3 publications in the applicant's area of interest. Applications or nominations should be made to: Summer Johnson, PhD, Interim Director of Graduate Studies, Alden March Bioethics Institute, 47 New Scotland Avenue MC153, Albany MA 12208 or summer.johnson@bioethics.net.