The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) is a statewide collaboration of three universities -- Indiana University, Purdue, and Notre Dame -- dedicated to bringing together Indiana’s brightest minds to solve the state’s most pressing health challenges. The Bioethics and Subject Advocacy Program (BSAP) of the Indiana CTSI works with researchers, trainees, and leadership to support ethical research, effective communication with patients and research participants, and the responsible conduct of research.
BSAP supports translational research on all four campuses of the Indiana CTSI by:
Collaborate over extended periods with high-risk, high-reward research programs in areas such as precision health.
Conducting research on research ethics itself, identifying and disseminating best practices.
BSAP is directed by Dr. Peter Schwartz, Director of the IU Center for Bioethics, with faculty members from IU School of Medicine, IU Health, Purdue, IU Bloomington, and Notre Dame. The program is managed by Nicolas Oliver, MA.
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Director, Indiana University Center for Bioethics
Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
Shared decision-making and risk communication, Patient decision aids, Ethics and patient engagement in precision medicine and genetics, Biobank consent and governance, Defining and using concepts of function, dysfunction, risk, and disease in bioethics and healthcare.
Andrew Brightman, BS, PhD
Member, Bioethics and Participant Advocacy Program, Indiana CTSI
Associate Professor of Engineering Practice, Assistant Head for Ccademic Affairs in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
Mark Fox, MD, PhD
Member, Bioethics and Participant Advocacy Program, Indiana CTSI
Associate Dean and Director, Indiana University School of Medicine- South Bend
Pediatric decision making; Transplant ethics; Social determinants of health.
Member, Bioethics and Participant Advocacy Program, Indiana CTSI
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Indiana University Center for Bioethics
Phenomenology of Health and Illness, Healthcare Access, Patient Behavior, Medical Decision-Making
Faculty Investigator, Indiana University Center for Bioethics
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
Medical genetics; Return of genetic and research results; Healthcare communication and language.
Faculty Investigator, Indiana University Center for Bioethics
System Director of Clinical and Organizational Ethics, IU Health
Clinical ethics; Medical humanities; Organ transplantation; Minor consent for biobank research.
Program Manager, Indiana University Center for Bioethics
