Recent highlights
Dr. Shameka Poetry Thomas was recently on a grand rounds panel on gene therapy and sickle cell disease.
Dana Howard - "AI is Not Your Medical Advisor”.
Naomi Scheinerman - "AI Genetics and Genomics: Charting its Ethical and Political Trajectory”
More about Bioethics
Dr. Naomi Scheinerman was quoted in "Could AI replace your doctor? Experts share serious ethical concerns" in Akron Beacon Journal/Signal Akron (March 15, 2026).
Dr. Ryan Nash quoted in “Some patients with a rare disease face hurdles getting the only treatment” in Medical Xpress. (May 1, 2023)
Dr. Asma Mobin-Uddin was one of 14 proposals selected for an Outreach and Engagement grant. She is going to continue her work on EOL planning in the Muslim-American community. 2023 Outreach and Engagement Funded Impact Grant Proposals | Outreach and Engagement, The Ohio State University.
Shameka Thomas and an assistant professor who is an OSUWMC hematologist were featured in Ohio State Health & Discovery. The two faculty will submit an R01 grant for their work in June 2026.
Books
Vest, Matthew. Ethics Lost in Modernity: Reflections on Wittgenstein and Bioethics. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2023.
Book Chapters
Scheinerman, N. "Genetic Counseling Ethics and New Technologies: The Problem of Exploitation." The Oxford Handbook for Genetic Counseling. Oxford: New York, in press 2024.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Howard, Dana (2024). The Common Good According to Whom? Journal of Moral Philosophy 21 (1-2):191-202.
Thomas, S. P., Fletcher, F. E., Willard, R., Ranson, T. M., & Bonham, V. L. (2024). Patient Perceptions on the Advancement of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing for Sickle Cell Disease among Black Women in the United States. AJOB empirical bioethics, 1–10. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/23294515.2024.2302996
Brown, J. and Howard, D., (2023). The Importance of Defining Actionability as Related to Disclosure of Secondary Findings Identified in Research. The American Journal of Bioethics, 22(10), pp.93-95.
Graber, A., & Graber, J. (2023). Applied Behavior Analysis and the Abolitionist Neurodiversity Critique: An Ethical Analysis. Behavior analysis in practice, 16(4), 1–17. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-023-00780-6
Gooch, G., & Graber, A. (2023). Compulsory vaccination protects autonomy. Journal of medical ethics, jme-2023-109426. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2023-109426
McCarthy, A. M., & Howard, D. (2023). Supported Decision-Making: Non-Domination Rather than Mental Prosthesis. AJOB neuroscience, 14(3), 227–237. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2021.1973147
O’Mathúna, Dónal; Smith, Julia ; Zadvinskis, Inga M. ; Monturo, Cheryl ; Kelley, Marjorie M. ; Tucker, Sharon ; Miller, Pamela S. ; Norful, Allison A. ; Zellefrow, Cindy & Chipps, Esther (2023). Ethics and frontline nursing during COVID-19: A qualitative analysis. Nursing Ethics 30 (6):803-821.
Richards, N., Fried, M., Svirsky, L., Thomas, N., Zettler, P. J., & Howard, D. (2023). Clinician Perspectives on Opioid Treatment Agreements: A Qualitative Analysis of Focus Groups. AJOB empirical bioethics, 1–12. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/23294515.2023.2274606
Scheinerman, N. 2023. Public Engagement Through Inclusive Deliberation: The Human Genome International Commission and Citizens’ Juries. The American Journal of Bioethics; 23(12): 66-76.
Scheinerman, N. 2023. Deliberative Mini-Publics and Equity: Procedural Benefits and Promising Outcomes for Gene Editing. The American Journal of Bioethics; 23(7): 74-76.
Scheinerman, N. & Callahan, KP. 2023. Legal Discrepancies and Expectations of Women: Abortion, Fetal Therapy, and NICU Care. Hastings Center Report; 53(2):36-43.
Larisa Svirsky, Dana Howard & Micah L. Berman (2023) E-Cigarettes, the FDA, Public Health, and Harm Reduction: A Response to the Open Peer Commentaries, The American Journal of Bioethics, 23:1, W1-W4, DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2022.2134503
O’Mathúna D, et al. “Ethics and frontline nursing during COVID-19: a qualitative analysis.” Nursing Ethics. Epub 27 March 2023.
Larisa Svirsky, Dana Howard & Micah L. Berman (2023) E-Cigarettes, the FDA, Public Health, and Harm Reduction: A Response to the Open Peer Commentaries, The American Journal of Bioethics, 23:1, W1-W4, DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2022.2134503
Meurer A. Uneasy alliance: pediatric shared decision-making and maltreatment. Pediatric Ethicscope. Spring-Fall 2022;34(1-2).
MA student John LoCurto, JD recently published an article, “Medicare Advantage? If You Say So. Fraud, Waste, And Abuse In Medicare Part C” in The Journal of Healthcare Ethics & Administration.
Conference on Medicine and Religion
March 22-24, 2026
Martin Fitzgerald
Spectacular Bioethics: Guy Debord, the Society of the Spectacle, and the Odd Position of Modern Clinical Ethics Consultation
Matthew Vest
The Prophetic Voice of Principlism? Or, Can the Scientific Voice Ever Prophecy?
Asma Mobin-Uddin, Matthew Vest, Arshia Madni (MA student), and Courtney Thiel
Holding Space for the Sacred: Welcoming Scholarly Engagement with Religion in Bioethics Education, Research, and Clinical Consultation
Abraham Graber, Mackenzie Peterson (undergraduate minor student), and Ethan Detrick
Objective Standard of Medical Judgment: A Myth of (Texas) Abortion Law
Luke Batt (MA student)
The Web of Identity: Reframing Identity and Moral Obligation in Dementia Care
Ethan Schimmoeller (alumnus)
AI and Moral Skill in Medicine: Toward an Apologia for Sympathizing with Human Weakness
Peter Katz (alumnus)
Grappling with Vulnerability: MacIntyre in the Jiujitsu Gym and the Bedside
Students, alumni, and faculty, let us know if you are attending CMR and want to connect. Contact Professor Courtney Thiele at Courtney.Thiele@osumc.edu.
MA student John LoCurto, JD published an article, “Medicare Advantage? If You Say So. Fraud, Waste, And Abuse In Medicare Part C” in The Journal of Healthcare Ethics & Administration.
Congratulations to MA Bioethics alumna, Stephanie DiFilippo-King, who recently completed her Doctor of Professional Studies in Clinical Ethics at Albany Medical College.
Congratulations to MA Bioethics alumna, Eileen Phillips, who recently completed her Doctorate of Bioethics at Loyola University.