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Expanding bioethics knowledge to improve clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy, and practice
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A nationally recognized private foundation, awarding $3-4 million annually

About the Faculty Scholars Program

A career development award for early-career faculty that supports innovative bioethics research
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A community of Scholars making important contributions to the field of bioethics
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Making a Difference Grants

Funding research that helps to resolve an important emerging or unanswered bioethics problem
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Grants that help integrate bioethics into policy
Bernard Lo, MD Award in Bioethics

Our annual award that recognizes significant contributions to bioethics
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Moral Conceptions of Respect and Dignity

Mary Catherine Beach, MD
Johns Hopkins University

Grant Type Making a Difference

Grant Cycle spring 2014

Duration 1 year

Amount $65,518

Mary Catherine Beach et al., Climate of respect evaluation in intensive care units: development of an instrument (CORE-ICU), Critical Care Medicine, June 2018.
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Mary Catherine Beach et al., Diverse patient perspectives on respect in healthcare: A qualitative study, Patient Education and Counseling, Nov 2017.
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Mary Chaterine Beach et al., Communicating respect for patients as persons: a qualitative study, International Journal of Person Centered Medicine, Apr 2016.
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Mary Catherine Beach et al., Patient and family perspectives on respect and dignity in the intensive care unit, Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, 1A 2015.
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Grant Focus Areas

Health disparities