Public health ethics education varies widely across schools and programs. The American College of Epidemiology has long supported the collection and sharing of ethics syllabi, perhaps as a precursor to the development of a model curriculum to promote greater consistency in ethics education and competency assessment.
This initiative was launched in 2011 by Kenneth W. Goodman, Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Chair of the ACE Ethics Committee. Over time, the project expanded to an open‑access, online repository hosted by the College. The evolution of this repository and its scholarly context is documented here:
Hlaing WM, Saddemi JL, Goodman KW. Expanding ethics curriculum resources: American College of Epidemiology's syllabus collection project. Ann Epidemiol. 2019 Oct;38:1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.08.009. Epub 2019 Aug 22. PMID: 31543226.
Hlaing WM, Kushch NA, Wells AE, Goodman KW. Common topics discerned in ethics in epidemiology and public health syllabi: in-depth review. Ann Epidemiol. 2021 Aug;60:31-34. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.04.014. Epub 2021 Apr 29. PMID: 33932571.
If you find this repository useful, please consider contributing your own syllabus (e.g., Ethics in Epidemiology or Ethics in Public Health) to the collection. Syllabi should be submitted to [designated contact person] for coordination and posting on the ACE website. Submission of a syllabus constitutes permission for it to be shared publicly through the ACE repository.
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George Washington University Department of Health Policy & Management
Law, Medicine, and Ethics
Law, Medicine, and Ethics (Online)
Current Issues in Bioethics
Ethics in Health Services Management
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Georgia Regents University College of Allied Health Sciences
Ethical Conduct in Research
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Idaho State University MPH Program
Ethics in Health Care
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Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
Ethics and Public Health
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Indiana University, Bloomington School of Public Health
Public Health Ethics for Research and Practice
https://bioethics.miami.edu/_assets/pdf/education/public-health-ethics/epidemiology-and-public-health-ethics-syllabi/insp-spring18
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Johns Hopkins University
Ethical Issues in Public Health
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Loyola University Chicago Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Healthcare Leadership
Research Ethics
Social Science and Bioethics
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New York Medical College School of Health Sciences and Practice Department of Health Policy and Management
Ethics in Health Care
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Nova Southeastern University
Bioethics: Principles of Life Science Research
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Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice
Ethical Issues in Public Health
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Texas A&M Health Science Center Department of Health Policy and Management
Health Law & Ethics
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University at Albany School of Public Health
Health Law
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University of Alaska Department of Health and Sciences
Public Health Ethics
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University of California, Berkeley MPH Program
Public Health Ethics
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University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions
Ethics in Population Science
Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Administration
Ethical and Legal Issues in Public Health and Health Professions
Public Health Law and Ethics
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University of Georgia College of Public Health
Ethical Issues in Public Health and Health Care Decision-Making
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University of Hawaii Office of Public Health Studies
Public Health Foundations
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The University of Iowa College of Public Health
Principles of Scholarly Integrity: Public Health
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The University of Kansas Master of Public Health
Responsible Conduct of Research
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University of Maryland at College Park School of Public Health
Public Health and Research Ethics
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences
Ethical Issues in Public Health
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University of Miami Department of Public Health Sciences
Ethics in Public Health (2021)
Research Ethics
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University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Ethics in Public Health: Professional Practice and Policy
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
Health Law and Ethics
Global Health Ethics
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University of Nevada, Reno School of Community Health Sciences
Ethics and Professionalism in Public Health
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University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Public Health Ethics
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Wright State University MPH Program
Public Health Ethics and Policy
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Vanderbilt University Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society
Public Health Ethics
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Virginia Commonwealth University MPH Program
Public Health Ethics
International
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Comité de Bioética
Ética de la investigación
- Jordan University of Science and Technology
Public Health Ethics
- Université de Montréal Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health
Éthique de Politiques de Sante