Our People

Members of the Center for Bioethics and the Division of Bioethics

The Center for Bioethics serves as a forum for collaborative research, education, and clinical consultation. Our members have deep and varied expertise in multiple disciplines and areas, including law, policy, medicine, religion, public and global health, medical humanities, research, and philosophy.

To request one of our members as a speaker or to inquire about future collaborations, please complete our form below or email bioethics@osumc.edu.

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Center and Division Leadership
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Clinical Bioethics Leadership
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Division of Bioethics Educators
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Administrative Staff

Division of Bioethics

Ryan Nash, MD, MA, FACP, FAAHPM

Ryan Nash, MD, MA, FACP, FAAHPM

  • Hagop S. Mekhjian, MD, Chair in Medical Ethics and Professionalism
    Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
    Interim Chair and Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Biomedical Education and Anatomy
Ashley Fernandes, MD, PhD, FAAP

Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, PhD

  • Associate Director, Center of Bioethics
    Director, Professionalism Competency
    Professor of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital
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Martin Fitzgerald, PhD

Martin Fitzgerald, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
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Abraham Graber

Abraham Graber, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Division of Bioethics
    Assistant Director, Bioethics Undergraduate Minor
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Dana Howard, PhD, MS

Dana Howard, PhD

  • Director, Bioethics Undergraduate Programs
    Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
    CARE Coordinator, Center for Ethics and Human Values
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Asma Mobin-Uddin, MD, MA, FAAP

Asma Mobin-Uddin, MD, MA, FAAP

  • Director, Clinical Bioethics Consultation Service
    Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital
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Naomi Scheinerman, PhD

Nicole Shirilla, MD, MA, MEd

Nicole Shirilla, MD, MA, MEd

  • Director, Clinical Bioethics Fellowship
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics and Palliative Medicine
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Courtney E. Thiele, JD, MA

Courtney Thiele, JD, MA

  • Interim Director, Division of Bioethics
    Director, Bioethics Graduate Programs
    Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
    Vice Chair for Faculty Success
Shameka Thomas

Shameka Poetry Thomas, PhD

  • Instructor, Division of Bioethics
Matthew Vest, PhD

Matthew Vest, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
    Assistant Director of Education Programs
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Center for Bioethics Affiliated Faculty

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Jordan Brown, MA, MS, LGC

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Human Genetics
    Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
    Associate Director, Genetic Counseling Graduate Program
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Janet Childerhose, PhD

  • Research Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
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Karen Moss

Karen O. Moss, PhD, RN, CNL, FNAP

  • Assistant Professor
    Cambia Health Foundation Sojourns Scholar
    Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care, College of Nursing
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Dónal O’Mathúna, B.Sc.(Pharm), PhD

Dónal O’Mathúna, B.Sc.(Pharm), MA, PhD

  • Associate Professor, College of Nursing
    Associate Director of Research, Center for Bioethics
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Efthimios Parasidis, JD, BA, M.BE

Efthimios Parasidis, JD, MBE

  • Professor of Law and Public Health
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Eric A Singer, MD

Eric Singer, MD, MA, FACP, FASCO

  • Division Chief, Urologic Oncology
    Professor of Urology and Bioethics
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Dawne Stefanik, DDS, MA

Dawne Stefanik, DDS, MA

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Dentistry, Division of Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry
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Sheria D. Wilson, MD, MA

Sheria Wilson, MD, MA

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, OSU College of Medicine
    Attending Neonatologist, Division of Neonatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
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Jennifer Hornung Garvin, PhD, MBA, RHIA, CTR, CPHQ, CCS, FAHIMA

  • Director and Associate Professor
    Health Information Management & Systems Division
    School of Health and Rehabilitation Science
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Administrative Staff

Kelly Bolt

Kelly Bolt

  • Executive Assistant
Amanda Goff

Amanda Goff

  • Division Administrator, Biomedical Education and Anatomy
Susan Potter

Susan Potter, MA, MA

  • Program Manager for Education

Clinical Bioethics Consultation Service

Edmund Folefac, MB/CHB

Edmund Folefac, MB/CHB

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology
Asma Mobin-Uddin, MD, MA, FAAP

Asma Mobin-Uddin, MD, MA, FAAP

  • Director, Clinical Bioethics Consultation Service
    Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital
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Ryan Nash, MD, MA, FACP, FAAHPM

Ryan Nash, MD, MA, FACP, FAAHPM

  • Hagop S. Mekhjian, MD, Chair in Medical Ethics and Professionalism
    Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
    Interim Chair and Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Biomedical Education and Anatomy
Nicole Shirilla, MD, MA, MEd

Nicole Shirilla, MD, MA, MEd

  • Director, Clinical Bioethics Fellowship
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics and Palliative Medicine
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Eric A Singer, MD

Eric Singer, MD, MA, FACP, FASCO

  • Division Chief, Urologic Oncology
    Professor of Urology and Bioethics
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