The Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health"The NIH Department of Bioethics is one of the nation's preeminent centers for bioethics scholarship and training. We are committed to interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration, with a focus on bringing medical, legal, philosophical, and scientific disciplines to bear on contemporary questions in bioethics. The Department of Bioethics is part of the NIH Clinical Center, and combines a rigorous academic environment with a commitment to clinical bioethics service at the NIH."