Arizona Bioethics Network
Creating a space to explore ethical issues and share knowledge and skills across an extended network.
Our Current Focus
Provide ethics resources with particular attention to those affecting Arizonans.
Foster the work and use of ethics committees in health care and biomedical research settings.
Focus on the role of leadership, preventive ethics, and conflict management in ethical decision-making.
Mission
Arizona Bioethics Network (ABN) is dedicated to increasing the understanding of bioethical issues. ABN provides access to resources, offers educational programs, and provides networking opportunities with the goal of improving the health and quality of life for individuals and across communities.
Values
Innovation – Explore change and creatively engage with dynamic bioethical challenges
Integrity – Commit to honest and inclusive principles of practice in the care of individuals and communities
Quality – Deliver leading edge programs and services
Collaboration – Create a network to enhance collaboration within the community
Inclusion – Provide opportunities on a broad spectrum to enhance perspective with regard for the diversity of constituencies we serve
Webinars & Events
ABN hosts regular webinar series addressing a wide variety of topics in bioethics and health law.
These webinars are free and take place on the third Wednesday of the month.
Upcoming Webinar
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 – 4:00 PM (Arizona)
What Can I Say? Posthumous Disclosure of Genetic Information
Annette Mendola, PhD, HEC-C
Director of Clinical Ethics – Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, TN
This webinar will identify and explore ethical issues regarding disclosing or withholding genetic information to relatives.
Participants will be able to:
- identify ethical issues regarding disclosing or withholding genetic information to relatives.
- discuss current perspectives on disclosing vs. withholding genetic information to relatives.
- Identify practical barriers to disclosing genetic information to relatives
Annette Mendola, PhD, HEC-C, is the Director of Clinical Ethics and Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. Her special areas of interest include ethics and clinical decision making, ethics and vulnerable populations, and ethical issues at end of life. A long-time vegetarian, she loves to cook.
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We are an independent 501c3 organization and we couldn’t make it without support from our members and the organizations that have given us in-kind donations. Please consider making a donation.
In-Kind Support
We are an independent 501c3 organization and we couldn’t make it without support from our members and the organizations that have given us in-kind donations. Please consider making a donation.
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