Dr. Rosemarie Tong is Distinguished Professor of Health Care Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Applied and Professional Ethics at UNC Charlotte.  Internationally recognized for her contributions to feminist thought and bioethics, Dr. Tong has published thirteen books, over one hundred articles and has served on numerous boards and committees, providing expert advice and oversight regarding issues such as health care reform, genetic and reproductive technology, biomedical research, and ethics and public policy. Previously Thatcher Professor in Medical Humanities at Davidson College, Dr. Tong came to UNC Charlotte in the fall of 1999. 

In addition to her widely recognized abilities as an instructor and scholar, Dr. Tong has greatly expanded the University’s role and visibility in promoting Professional and Applied Ethics.  Her efforts have brought many noted academics as well as civic and professional leaders to UNC Charlotte as participants in various speakers’ series, workshops and seminars. A sought after speaker, she regularly delivers addresses for leading institutions and organizations internationally as well as nationally.

Her latest book, New Perspectives in Health Care Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Approach, bears a 2007 publication date.  Dr. Tong currently holds many offices, and is the Chair of the American Philosophical Association’s Committee on the Status of Women, the Chair of the Institutional Review Board’s Conflict of Interest Committee at Chesapeake Research, Inc., and co-chair of the NC Institute of Medicine’s task force on Pandemic Influenza. She is also an executive board member of the International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, the International Association of Bioethics, the U.S. Women’s Bioethics Project and the Charlotte Bioethics Resource Group.

Her recent and upcoming speaking engagements include addresses at the Fogarty International Center Bioethics Training Project in Quezon City, Philippines in September, 2005, the International Seminar on Bioethics in Mexico City in November, 2005, the Graduate Institute of Philosophy at National Central University in Taipei, Taiwan, in August, 2006 and the Sixth International Congress on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics and Eighth World Congress of Bioethics in Beijing, China, in August, 2006.  She has also been active in planning many events to be hosted at UNC Charlotte, such as the ongoing luncheon/workshop series sponsored by the Center for Applied and Professional Ethics, the 17th Annual UNC Charlotte Barnhardt Seminar on Ethics and The World of Business on October 11, 2006, the Ethics of Aging and Long Term Care Conference November 2-3, 2006, the Conflict of Interest in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Conference on February 8-9, 2007, and the 2nd Annual BB&T Business Ethics Forum on February 22, 2007.