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.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2026 – 4:00 PM (Arizona)
Fostering Community-Academic Partnerships around Health and Trust in Arizona
Rachel Gur-Arie, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation and School of Technology for Public Health, Arizona State University
Trust in healthcare and research is increasingly polarized among the public. Efforts to rebuild trust between academic researchers, healthcare professionals, and community members raise ethical questions about accountability, community acceptability, and the responsibilities of institutions to engage communities as equitable partners. Inspired by principles of community-based participatory research, this webinar will describe the “Partnerships to Foster Trust” event series hosted by Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic in 2025. Events included: (1) a panel at the Arizona Bioethics Network Annual Meeting, and (2) a community symposium in downtown Phoenix. Academics, healthcare professionals, decision-makers, community members, and trainees participated in facilitated discussions about trust, community engagement, and ethical responsibilities in public health partnerships. Discussions highlighted several ethical concerns underlying mistrust, including structural barriers, historical harms, misinformation, and interpersonal failures. Participants emphasized that strengthening trust in health in their community will require ethical commitments to transparency, acknowledgement of past harms, and sustained collaboration with communities. In an era of polarization and decreased trust in health, rebuilding this trust will depend on both institutional commitments to equitable partnership and individual efforts by healthcare professionals and researchers to engage communities transparently and collaboratively.
Participants will be able to:
- Distinguish efforts to rebuild trust between academic researchers, healthcare professionals, and community members.
- Apply concepts of community engagement methods to different health contexts
- Discuss the state of trust in healthcare and research across different communities in Arizona
Rachel Gur-Arie, PhD, MS is an Assistant Professor in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation & School of Technology for Public Health. She is the Principal Investigator of the Public Health Ethics Lab at ASU. A public health ethicist trained in health systems management, Gur-Arie's research broadly focuses on the ethics of implementing technologies in healthcare, with a focus on vaccines and genomics.
Register
Future Webinars (Check back each month form more information):
11/18/2026 4:00 PM (Arizona)
First Do No Harm
Michelle Cretella, MD
Upcoming Events
Check back for information regarding the next ABN Conference in 2027.
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.
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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