It is with immense sadness that we share news of the passing of Dr. Thomasine (Tomi) Kushner, Bioethicist, Founder and Editor of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics and the Cambridge Elements series on Bioethics and Neuroethics.  Tomi passed away peacefully on 7 February 2025 in Greenbrae, California in the presence of people who loved and admired her. Her commitment to advancing bioethics through dialog and creating an international community to address complex bioethics questions was also reflected in the several conferences she founded and organized over the years, including the International Bioethics Retreat, Cambridge Consortium for Bioethics Education, and the ICM Neuroethics Network. 

Tomi was a truly special friend, mentor, and colleague to many in the bioethics profession. Our hearts go out to her loved ones, friends, students, and collaborators. She will be deeply missed.

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Call for Editor Proposals

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics | Clinical Neuroethics

Dr. Thomasine Kushner founded and edited the journal Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (to include an annual special issue Clinical Neuroethics, established in 2016). Likewise, she also founded and edited the Cambridge Elements Series Bioethics and Neuroethics.

Cambridge University Press is now inviting applications for the role of Editor in Chief of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, building on the legacy of Dr. Kushner’s impacts on the field. Individual editors or a team of co-editors for each position would be considered. Cambridge is also considering proposals for the role of Editor for Cambridge Elements in Bioethics and Neuroethics; applications for both will be accepted.

The deadline for applications is April 4, 2025.

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics is designed to serve as an international forum for addressing the increasingly complex challenges of biology, medicine, and healthcare. As a journal committed to expanding the community of bioethicists worldwide, CQ welcomes well-argued papers from a variety of methodological and normative viewpoints. CQ includes the annual issue Clinical Neuroethics, which seeks to address key issues and questions that are directly relevant to the translation of the brain sciences in clinical medicine and their related application in law and public life.

Interested applicants should send a curriculum vita and cover letter along with an abbreviated development plan (not to exceed two pages) and the names and email addresses of three references, to Sydney Logan at Cambridge University Press (details below). Applications will be reviewed by committee, and final appointment decisions will be made by the Syndicate of Cambridge University Press. 

Editorial responsibilities will include:

• Shaping the strategic direction of the journal, in cooperation with Cambridge
• Organizing and managing the editorial office, with support from Cambridge
• Appointing a Special Sections Editor to Clinical Neuroethics
• Managing the peer review process (using the ScholarOne system)
• Making final article acceptance decisions
• Proposing and working with members of an active, engaged, expert, diverse and inclusive Editorial Board
• Editing and proofing articles for the journal
• Adhering to Cambridge’s publishing ethics policy 

In your application, please indicate your:

• Experience of publishing in the field
• Editorial experience
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and work as part of a team
• Professional and academic networks
• Organizational, communication and technical skills
• Institutional support, financial or otherwise, to support your work on the publication
• Proposed plan for development, including areas such as:
  • Engagement of peer reviewers
  • Areas of focus for future papers

Please direct applications and any questions to Sydney Logan, Cambridge University Press at [email protected]. Please use Call for Editor as your email subject line.

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We’re delighted to announce that all research articles accepted for publication in Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics from 13 August 2024 will be ‘open access’; published with a Creative Commons licence and freely available to read online (see the journal’s Open Access Options page for available licence options). We have an OA option for every author: The costs of open access publication will be covered through agreements between the publisher and the author’s institution, payment of APCs for those with third-party funding, ensuring every author can publish and enjoy the benefits of OA. 

Please see the journal's Open Access Options page for instructions on how to request an APC waiver.

See this FAQ for more information.