Madeline Brill Nelson Chair in Ethics Education

Department Overview

OHSU Center for Ethics in Health Care was founded in 1989 with a clear and compelling purpose: to bring justice, compassion, and respect to every aspect of health care in our community. The scope of the Center’s work has expanded far beyond the early dreams of its founders, to include:
– Innovative education programs for current and future generations of health care professionals throughout the state
– A leading national role in transforming care at the end of life, in particular through the development of the ground‑breaking Portable Orders for Life‑Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program, which is now available in most states nationwide and a number of other countries
– Policy change to address pressing issues such as conflict of interest and access to health care
– Research to support important health care reform
The Madeline Brill Nelson Chair in Ethics Education will act as a leader in ethics, scholarship, research and education at OHSU and will work to further OHSU’s mission of teaching, research, patient care, outreach and public service. The OHSU Center for Ethics is a 36‑year‑old, nationally recognized, interprofessional group of individuals seeking to advance ethics in health care.

The appointee shall provide services as assigned by the supervisor in furtherance of the university’s missions and goals of teaching, research, patient care, outreach and public service.

This position reports to the supervisor:
Fabrice Jotterand, PhD, MA.

Please include CV, letter of intent and four references with your application.

Teaching: 20%

The Chair will serve as a mentor for faculty that teach ethics at OHSU—including the OHSU Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Public Health, and Pharmacy, as well as in over 80 ACGME‑accredited residency and fellowship programs. The Chair will provide expertise and guidance in developing ethics curricula, implementing those curricula across the professions, and weaving ethics into daily learning efforts of students, residents, and practicing professionals.

The Chair will serve as a mentor to students and trainees on ethics‑related projects and will occasionally mentor and teach ethics to community health professionals across the state of Oregon.

In addition to mentoring faculty at OHSU, the Chair will also collaborate in teaching the Pain Intersession, the Daniel Labby Senior Clinicians’ Seminars, and participate in OHSU‑sponsored conferences.

Scholarship & Research: 70%

The Chair will have an active research program related to ethics in the health professions. Research can be conceptual, normative, or empirical. The Chair will share research findings with the broader community through participation in the Center for Ethics in Health Care’s scholarly programs, publishing academic papers in peer‑reviewed journals, and submitting and presenting papers at local, regional, national, and international meetings.

Scholarly activity will also include mentoring faculty in the development of a program of ethics research, including innovative educational and curricular materials for application of ethics in the health care profession and the continuum of care settings. The Chair will guide the translation of theory and research in ethics into practical usefulness in teaching and patient care. As OHSU faculty, the Chair will fulfil all requirements for the ethical conduct of research and comply with all rules, regulations, and requirements of the University.

Service: 10%

Service will include participating in fundraising activities for the Center for Ethics, serving at the Center and a member of Center‑related committees, and participating in Ethics Center recruitment. The Chair will lead planning of the statewide annual Kinsman Bioethics conference and organizing the Madeline Brill Nelson Speaker Series. The Chair will partner with Center faculty in expanding collaboration with other ethics scholars in Oregon and beyond.

The Chair must hold a doctorate in the humanities (i.e., Ph.D.) with a specialization in medical ethics and/or applied ethics. The academic rank of the applicant must be associate or full professor.

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