Ethics and Biomedical Informatics: a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), in collaboration with biomedical researchers and healthcare practitioners from the University of Tennessee: College of Medicine Chattanooga and Erlanger Health System, has conducted the first iteration of a three-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates program on Biomedical Informatics, with a special emphasis on ethics as related to the student projects. This paper discusses goals and structure of the program, the specific bioinformatics projects begun in the first year of the program, the details of the ethical emphasis and activities, results of initial program assessments, and plans for the remaining years of the program.