The Minnesota Center contributes to the development and methodology of the field of health care ethics (including clinical ethics, health system ethics, and health policy ethics) and creates multidisciplinary projects in which scholarship and hands-on experience mutually inform one another. Emphasizing a collaborative model of research and scholarship, the Minnesota Center works closely with clinical, academic, and administrative members of its sponsoring organizations as well as with numerous other organizations and communities. It serves as a catalyst for constructive collaborations among diverse, and sometimes competing, health care organizations and interests. Based on the shared interests of its sponsoring organizations, the Minnesota Center is currently developing and leading collaborative projects in the following areas:

• Diverse Faith and Cultural Perspectives
• Health Care Reform
• End-of-Life Decisionmaking
• Emerging Technologies
• Disaster and Pandemic Ethics
• Pandemic Influenza in Minnesota