Bioethics News

Recent highlights

• Congratulations to the Center’s Clinical Bioethics Fellow, Dr. Esime Agbloyor, for matching into her Internal Medicine residency at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore!
• Dr. Asma Mobin-Uddin will lead a session at the 2024 Bioethics Network of Ohio (BENO) Annual Conference on April 18-19 entitled, “End-of-Life Medical Decision-making in the Muslim American Community: Engagement with Advance Directives”
• Dr. Shameka Poetry Thomas was recently invited to join the Medical Board of Advisors for the Sickle Cell Reproductive Health National Network.
• Dr. Naomi Scheinerman served as a panelist at the Center for Ethics and Human Values Civil Discourse Forum “Should Transgender Athletes be Permitted to Compete According to their Gender Identity?” on April 5, 2024 at OSU.
• Dr. Dónal O'Mathúna was a panelist on “The Ethics of Conducting Health Research in Humanitarian Settings: Principles, Practice, and Reflections from the Field,” presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University on April 4, 2024.
• Dr. Shameka Poetry Thomas served as a presenter at the Sickle Cell Reproductive Health Education Directive (SC RED) event on the Ethical Implications of Black Women & Reproductive Care.
• Dr. Asma Mobin-Uddin gave a response at the Columbus Faculty Roundtables at the Ohio State University: Conversations on Science and Religion, “Suffering and Hope: A Psychiatrist Ponders Neuroscience and Faith in the Academy” on March 22, 2024.
• Dr. Naomi Scheinerman served as a panelist on “Engaging the Public in Genomics: Cross-Continental Perspectives,” presented by the Australian ELSI Genomics Network on March 14, 2024.