The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics

10/09/2025

Alexandra Tate - Research Director of the UC Medicine Section of Hospital Medicine - will deliver next Wednesday's noon lecture, titled "The Treatment Imperative: How Moral Language Shapes End-of-Life Care Decisions."
Register for lunch here: https://ticketleap.events/tickets/maclean-center-for-clinical-medical-ethics/44th

10/08/2025

Applications are now open for our Clinical Medical Ethics Fellowships - learn more and apply at macleanethics.uchicago.edu/fellowships

10/06/2025

Last day to register! https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/maclean-center-for-clinical-medical-ethics/44th

Next Wednesday's lecture (10/8) is titled "Famous Last Words: Histories of Death and Power" from UChicago historian K. J. Hickerson!

Lunch is provided with registration here: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/maclean-center-for-clinical-medical-ethics/44th

10/02/2025

Next Wednesday's lecture (10/8) is titled "Famous Last Words: Histories of Death and Power" from UChicago historian K. J. Hickerson!

Lunch is provided with registration here: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/maclean-center-for-clinical-medical-ethics/44th

09/24/2025

Join us for our first lecture of the 44th Annual MacLean Center public lecture series, "Dying, Death, and Beyond" next Wednesday, 10/1 at 12PM!

Kimberly Martin, DNP, APN-C - "The Last Chapter: Interdisciplinary Conversations on the Human Experience"

Lunch is provided with registration here: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/maclean-center-for-clinical-medical-ethics/44th

09/22/2025

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:
37th Annual MacLean Conference, April 10-11, 2026 at the David Rubenstein Forum

Abstract submissions are now open until November 15th, 2025! Scan the QR code or visit https://macleanethics.uchicago.edu/dorothy-j-maclean-conference/ to apply.

We solicit abstracts addressing a broad range of clinical ethics topics, including the clinician-patient relationship, informed consent, clinical ethics consultation, reducing disparities in health care, managing scarcity of resources, and the role of clinical ethics in society. We are interested in high-quality presentations from the US and around the world. We seek to highlight not only empirical studies but also analytical examinations of controversies in clinical ethics and the means through which health care is delivered in contemporary society.

08/29/2025

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:
2026 MacLean Center Prize
Visit https://macleanethics.uchicago.edu/dorothy-j-maclean-conference/ or scan the QR code for more information.

Since 2011, the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago has given the MacLean Center Prize in Clinical Ethics and Health Outcomes. This prize is awarded to senior scholars from throughout the world who have made transformative contributions to the field of clinical medical ethics and health outcomes through scholarship, practice, leadership, and policy development. Please consider nominating senior individuals who meet the criteria noted above.

08/28/2025

Welcome, Angie & Melissa!

08/07/2025

Save the date for the 37th Annual MacLean Conference: April 10-11 at the David Rubenstein Forum! Registration will open soon.

Abstract submissions open on Sep. 15th and are due on Nov. 15th.
Nominations for the MacLean Prize are now open until October 31st.

The two-day event will feature keynote lectures, panel discussions, and paper presentations addressing emerging challenges in clinical ethics. We invite all practitioners and students interested in clinical ethics regardless of their affiliation to attend the Dorothy J. MacLean Clinical Ethics Conference.

https://macleanethics.uchicago.edu/dorothy-j-maclean-conference/

See you there!

08/04/2025

Welcome, Chao & Nitya!

07/31/2025

Welcome Ursula Francis, Benjamin Aribisala, Mba Odim, and IkeOluwapo Ajayi!

07/29/2025

Welcome Aderonke Sakpere & Andrew Schmitz!