Jessica A. Moore MA, DHCE

Jessica A. Moore, DHCE, joined the faculty of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, in March 2009, as a Clinical Ethicist in the Section of Integrated Ethics in Cancer Care. She received her Master’s degree from Case Western Reserve University and her Doctorate in Health Care Ethics from Duquesne University. Her Master’s research was focused on the ethical implications of advances in clinical and research genetics while her Doctoral research emphasized the interdisciplinary care of the whole person.

Dr. Moore is active in the ethics consultation service and participates in weekly rounds in numerous clinical departments. As the education director, she coordinates and provides education to a variety of learners including MD Anderson faculty and staff, clinical ethics and research ethics interns and fellows, clinical ethics certificate students, community members, and students of external programs. She is a collaborator or co-investigator on several funded and unfunded protocols and research projects pertaining to genetics or care of the whole person and the PI of one unfunded protocol on medical decisions for special patient populations.