Dori Biester was appointed Interim Director for the Center for Bioethics and Humanities in April, 2010. She has had a long career in healthcare in both clinical practice and administrative leadership. Most recently, she served as President and CEO of the Children's Hospital Colorado, from 1998 until January, 2007. Her role as Interim Director is administrative and includes responsibility for planning, fundraising, and collaboration with partners on the Anchutz Medical Campus and in the community.
Dr. Coors is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. Her teaching and scholarship focus on advances in genetics and the implications for what it means to provide health care in the age of genetic medicine. Research interests pursued by Dr. Coors include the ethics of human genetic modification and the use of genetic information in common complex genetic disorders with a focus on behavioral genetics and neuroscience.
Jackie Glover is a Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine and Biometrics. She is a Professor in the Center for Bioethics and Humanities where she directs the Center's Clinical Ethics Program and the Interdisciplinary Education Program.
Therese Jones is Director of the Arts and Humanities in Healthcare Program for the Center for Bioethics and Humanities and is Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado, Denver. As associate director for the Center for Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, she created and implemented a longitudinal, integrated humanities curriculum for the School of Medicine and at the University of Utah School of Medicine, developed a highly successful elective curriculum in the humanities.
Heidi Mallon, M.Ed.
Heidi Mallon, M.Ed., is the Education Coordinator for the Center for Bioethics and Humanities. She has over nine years of experience in graduate health science programs. Her role in the Center is to coordinate educational programming and support educational research and scholarship.
Dayna Matthew is a Professor of Law at the University of Colorado School of Law, and in the Department of Preventive Medicine and biometrics at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. She teaches Health Law I (Health Finance and Administration Law); Health Law II (Medical Malpractice Litigation); Comparative Public Health Law; Public Health Law and Ethics; and Bioethics, Law and Literature.
Linda L. McCabe, Ph.D.
Linda McCabe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. She is responsible for Bioethics for the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome. She is the Managing Editor of Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, an Elsevier journal.
MaryLou Wallace is the Program Assistant for the Center for Bioethics & Humanities. MaryLou has been employed at the University of Colorado for over 12 years and has been a State of Colorado employee for over 16 years. She has an Associate of Applied Science degree as Administrative Assistant.
David M. Weil, BA
David Weil is the Educational Technology/Operations Manager for the Center for Bioethics and Humanities. He has over 20 years of experience in health/sciences communication, and his roles include orchestrating online content for the Ethics in the Health Professions course, and will manage daily operations for the Fulginiti Pavilion for Bioethics and Humanities.