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Ruth Gaare Bernheim, Executive Director:

Ruth Gaare Bernheim, JD, MPH, is Associate Director of the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life, and Director of the Public Health Program, School of Medicine. She teaches courses in the medical school, law school, and college, and has coordinated numerous projects in public policy and ethics, including public health initiatives with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Virginia Department of Health.

Ms. Gaare Bernheim previously was on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Bioethics Institute, where her projects included a Robert Wood Johnson-funded grant with the Maryland Attorney General's Office on End-of-Life Care and a PEW-funded grant on Managed Care and Public Health. She also coordinated the Greenwall PostDoctoral Fellowship Program in Bioethics and Health Policy and served as a member of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Ethics Committee and the Johns Hopkins Health Care Scientific and Benefits Assessment Committee.

Ms. Gaare Bernheim's education includes a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, a Master's of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, certificates in mediation from Boston University and Harvard School of Public Health, and coursework as a Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.