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What I Wish I Knew: Maryum Khan from Bioethics
Watch: Maryum Khan, a recent M.S. in Bioethics graduate, gives incoming students advice on the importance of personal growth, community, and making the most of the student experience at Columbia SPS. (YouTube)
Building a Health Care Community: From the Columbia Medical Center to the Bioethics Program
After years in Alzheimer’s research at CUIMC, Didi Sanchez Noboa turned to the Bioethics program to answer the ethical questions shaping her work—emerging with the confidence to lead conversations in clinical ethics and health equity.
Trump’s Psychedelics Executive Order Could Accelerate New Treatments—Including for Children
Dr. Bob Klitzman, director of the Bioethics program, comments on how the Trump administration has fast-tracked research into psychedelics and how the effects can be more powerful and longer-lasting on a developing brain. (Scientific American)
Meet the 2026 Student Marshals
Hear from some exceptional students who have been chosen to represent their master’s programs at graduation.
Making a Difference Close to Home with an SPS Degree
Columbia SPS students and alumni are applying their expertise across industries to strengthen local communities throughout the U.S.
The Overlooked Dimension of Privacy
In a piece for the Bioethics program's journal, alumna Katherine Mirabella writes about how facility design compromises confidentiality.
(Voices in Bioethics)
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What I Wish I Knew: Maryum Khan from Bioethics
Watch: Maryum Khan, a recent M.S. in Bioethics graduate, gives incoming students advice on the importance of personal growth, community, and making the most of the student experience at Columbia SPS. (YouTube)
Building a Health Care Community: From the Columbia Medical Center to the Bioethics Program
After years in Alzheimer’s research at CUIMC, Didi Sanchez Noboa turned to the Bioethics program to answer the ethical questions shaping her work—emerging with the confidence to lead conversations in clinical ethics and health equity.
Trump’s Psychedelics Executive Order Could Accelerate New Treatments—Including for Children
Dr. Bob Klitzman, director of the Bioethics program, comments on how the Trump administration has fast-tracked research into psychedelics and how the effects can be more powerful and longer-lasting on a developing brain. (Scientific American)
Meet the 2026 Student Marshals
Hear from some exceptional students who have been chosen to represent their master’s programs at graduation.
Making a Difference Close to Home with an SPS Degree
Columbia SPS students and alumni are applying their expertise across industries to strengthen local communities throughout the U.S.
The Overlooked Dimension of Privacy
In a piece for the Bioethics program's journal, alumna Katherine Mirabella writes about how facility design compromises confidentiality.
(Voices in Bioethics)