Lori Bruce
About Lori Bruce
Lori Bruce serves as the Associate Director at Yale University, where she has worked since 2016. She specializes in bioethics and has held various roles in ethics committees, focusing on end-of-life issues, gender and orientation, and pediatrics.
Work at Yale University
Lori Bruce has been serving as Associate Director at Yale University since 2016. In this role, she has contributed to various committees addressing end-of-life issues, gender and orientation, and pediatrics. Additionally, she has worked on Yale's institutional review boards, focusing on human subjects, artificial intelligence, data, and tissue repositories. Bruce also holds the position of Chair for the Community Bioethics Forum at the Program for Biomedical Ethics, a role she has maintained since 2012. Her work at Yale emphasizes the integration of community perspectives into health policy.
Education and Expertise
Lori Bruce has an extensive educational background in bioethics and medical ethics. She earned her Doctorate from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, where she focused on Bioethics/Medical Ethics. Additionally, she completed a Master’s Degree in Bioethics/Medical Ethics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Bruce also holds a Master of Arts in Bioimaging from Boston University School of Medicine and a Bachelor of Science in Information & Decision Systems from Carnegie Mellon University. Her academic training supports her expertise in ethics related to healthcare and research.
Professional Experience
Lori Bruce has held various positions throughout her career. Prior to her current role as Associate Director at Yale University, she served as Assistant Director from 2011 to 2016. She has also worked as Executive Director for the Connecticut Coalition to Improve End-of-Life Care and as a Research Associate at the Harvard Community Ethics Committee. In addition, she has experience as a Consultant at Accenture and the Fannie Mae Foundation. Currently, she is Co-Director of the Adult Ethics Committee at Yale New Haven Hospital and an Adjunct Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Clarkson University.
Committee Involvement and Consulting Work
Lori Bruce is actively involved in various committees and consulting roles. She has been a member of the Harvard Community Ethics Committee since 2007. Her consulting work focuses on ethics related to psychedelic medicine, organizational ethics, and research ethics. Bruce founded and directs Yale's Community Bioethics Forum, which aims to incorporate community perspectives into health policy. She also designs and teaches courses on medical ethics, policy, and organizational ethics, contributing to the education of future professionals in the field.