Jane Hartsock JD, MA, is the System Director of Clinical & Organizational Ethics for IU Health. She is also an adjunct assistant professor and co-director of the Scholarly Concentration in the Medical Humanities program at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Professor Hartsock is a Faculty Investigator at the Indiana University Center for Bioethics and a faculty member in the Bioethics and Participant Advocacy Program of the Indiana CTSI.  

Professor Hartsock received her Bachelor’s Degree in English with a concentration in writing from Butler University, her JD from McKinney School of Law, and her Master’s Degree in Philosophy (Bioethics) from Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. Additionally, she completed a fellowship in Clinical Medical Ethics at the Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics at IU Health. Prior to becoming a faculty member at Indiana University, Professor Hartsock had an extensive career in healthcare litigation, primarily defending hospitals, clinicians, and long-term care facilities in Chicago, Illinois.

Professor Hartsock’s research interests include bioethics and law, specifically regarding issues of privacy and authorship, transplant ethics, clinical medical ethics, narrative ethics, and reproductive rights. She has previously published on organ allocation, issues of consent, and protecting vulnerable populations.

Selected Courses:

• MHHS-M 201 -- Intro to Medical Humanities
• MHHS-M 301-- Perspectives on Health, Disease, and Healing
• MHHS-M 492/592 -- Motherhood in Medical Humanities
• MHHS-M 592 – Health at a Crossroads

Selected Guest Lectures:

• “Ethical Considerations in Short Term Medical Trips.” SCI 395: Timmy Global Health. IU - Indianapolis.
• “Ethics and Subject Advocacy.” Clinical Research Rotation. Indiana University School of Medicine.
• “Biobanks and Big Data.” GRDM 506: Responsible Conduct of Translational Research. Indiana University School of Medicine.
• “Authorship and Plagiarism.” GRDM 504: Responsible Conduct of Translational Research. Indiana University School of Medicine.

Research Interests:

• Clinical Ethics
• Medical Humanities
• Organ Transplantation
• Minor Consent for Biobank Research

Selected Publications:

• Ahmed R, Hartwell JL, Farley H, MacRae J, Rogers DA, Lawrence EC, Brazeau CM, Park EM, Cassidy A, Hartsock J, Holmes E, Schroeder K, Barach P. Navigating Minority and Gender Discrimination, Substance Use Disorder, Financial Distress, and Workplace Politics: Lessons for Work-Life Wellness in Academic Medicine: Part 2 of 3. Kans J Med. 2023.

• Hartsock JA. The White Coat Cape: An Ethical Analysis of Emerging Therapies to Treat Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Seminars in Pediatric Neurology. 2023.

• Schwartz PH, Hartsock JA.Selling Clinical Biospecimens: Guidance for Researchers and Private Industry. J Law Med Ethics. 2023.

Additional Publications: PubMed

Selected Activities:

• Co-Chair, Ethics Consultation Sub-committee, IU Health, 2018-present.
• Member, Ethics Consultation service, IU Health, 2016-present.