Membership Application

Membership in the ABPD is open to directors of U.S. and Canadian academic bioethics programs based in accredited universities or colleges meeting all of the following criteria:

• Two or more faculty FTE are devoted to the program’s efforts;
• Education and scholarship are central to the program’s mission; AND
• Bioethics is a significant (but not necessarily exclusive) focus of the program.

Directors of programs not based in accredited universities or colleges and/or who are located outside the U.S. or Canada are eligible for membership if it is determined by the Board that their programs share similar concerns and programmatic missions to those of ABPD members.

Membership Application

Director's Name

Academic Degree(s) of Director

Name of program/center/department

Institution

Mailing Address

Mailing Address

Mailing Address

Mailing Address

City

City

State/Province

State/Province

Zip/Postal

Zip/Postal

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Country

Director's Email

Program's Website URL

In what sort of institution is your program situated?

Academic Health Center

Medical School

Nursing School

School of Public Health

Law School

4-Year College

Comprehensive University

OtherOther

To Whom Does the Director Report?

Title, Institutional Affiliation

What is your program's mission?

Mission statement preferred, but if there is no formal mission statement, please describe your program's mission

Is this an official mission statement or an informal description?

Official Mission Statement

Informal Description

How many FTEs are devoted to your program's effort? (Do NOT count staff. If you share faculty with a related Bioethics program, count only that proportion of faculty time devoted to your program.)

Number of FTEs:

Number of faculty represented by these FTEs?

If your program is not based in an accredited university or college and/or not located in the U.S. or Canada, why are you interested in joining the ABPD?

Which statement best describes your program's interests in bioethics?

All of our activities fit the description, although we may use expertise in several other fields

Bioethics is one of our foci of interest, but we also pursue other disciplines that inform health care

Bioethics is one of our foci of interest, but we also have other scholarly pursuits unrelated to health care

Some combination of option 2 & 3

OtherOther

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Any questions? Contact Barbara Juknialis, MA (ABPD Administrative Director) at 216-368-3309 or bwj@case.edu. Forms may be returned by e-mail to bwj@case.edu (preferred) or faxed to 216-368-8713.

Membership dues are $500 annually. Invoices will be sent in July each year for the period July 1-June 30.

Do not send any money with your membership application.

The Board of Directors, acting as the Association’s Membership Committee, will review all applications; invoices will be sent subsequently.

Thanks for your interest in and support of ABPD.

ABPD’s mission is to advance the field of bioethics through fostering the development and success of bioethics programs in educational and scientific institutions.