#  Jonathan Marron 

Director of Clinical Ethics, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics

Attending Physician, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

Clinical Ethicist, Boston Children's Hospital

 

 

 



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Jonathan Marron, MD, MPH, is a pediatric oncologist, bioethicist, health services researcher, and educator at Boston Children's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He serves as a Clinical Ethicist at each of those institutions, and serves as Director of Clinical Ethics and at the HMS Center for Bioethics. In the latter role, he coordinates clinical ethics activities at the HMS level and among HMS-affiliated hospitals. Jon teaches ethics courses in the HMS medical school curriculum and the HMS Master's in Bioethics graduate program (“Introduction to Clinical Ethics” and “Pediatric Bioethics”). Dr. Marron's research focuses on the intersection of ethics and decision-making, with a particular interest in pediatric cancer genomic sequencing and other advanced and emerging technologies. His bioethical areas of interest include pediatric ethics, ethical issues in genomics, informed consent, healthcare disparities, and research ethics. Dr. Marron has received funding from such groups as the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the National Institutes of Health (NCI, NCATS, and NHGRI) and has published in such journals as *JAMA Pediatrics*, the *American Journal of Bioethics*, *JAMA Oncology*, the *Journal of Clinical Oncology*, and *Pediatrics*.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Current Role
    
     [Faculty Associate](/current-role/faculty-associates)