Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology

The Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology's mission is to understand, evaluate, and improve the ethical and cultural influences on and implications of medicine, science, and technology. This mission is driven by several key ideas: Innovation led by the heart as well as the head. Science that is ethically and socially responsible. Medicine practiced with compassion and wisdom. Social and cultural change informed by the best science and technology. Using creativity, knowledge, and intelligence to make the world a better place in which to live.

It was established in 2009 by former School of Arts and Humanities Dean, Dennis M. Kratz, to help the students and faculty of The University of Texas at Dallas, as well as the surrounding community, to understand, evaluate, and support the improvement of the ethical and cultural influences on and implications of science and technology.