The Empirical Ethics Group was founded in 1996 by Dr. Laura Roberts, a psychiatrist, clinical ethicist, and medical educator. Dr. Roberts is the Charles E. Kubly Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Our Work Clinical ethics is the branch of biomedical ethics that seeks to improve health care by refining clinical decisions, creating innovative educational approaches, pursuing empirical inquiry, and shaping policy richly informed by clinical experience and science. In performing clinical ethics work, our ultimate goal is to improve the care and enhance the life experiences of people who suffer from serious mental and physical illnesses. Toward this end, we place tremendous importance on helping health professionals in their efforts to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to address the next generation of ethical challenges in medicine.
Our Team
EEG team members bring expertise from the diverse disciplines of medicine, social and clinical psychology, philosophy, public health, theology, scientific methodology, cross-cultural studies, sociology, education, and statistics to bear upon the complex clinical ethics issues we have the privilege to study and teach.
Inquiries about the Empirical Ethics Group can be e-mailed to atennier@mcw.edu or sent to Laura Roberts, MD, Charles E. Kubly Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226.