Nancy Berlinger, PhD, MDiv

Nancy Berlinger is a Senior Research Scholar at The Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institute based in Garrison, NY. Her current research focuses on ethical and societal challenges arising from population aging, with special attention to dementia and to housing equity. She has led expert teams to produce ethical guidance for health care practitioners in end-of-life and pandemic conditions, including communication and deliberation concerning medical aid in dying (MAID) and related issues such as voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED). She has served as an expert consultant to public deliberation concerning MAID in the UK, and on the planning committee for the National Academies’ 2018 workshop on MAID in the US. She serves on the bioethics committee of Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, and on ethics review committees for unrepresented patients at Montefiore. She founded and directs The Hastings Center’s Sadler Scholars Program for doctoral students from underrepresented minority communities.