Naomi Scheinerman, PhD

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Biography

I am an assistant professor in the Division of Bioethics within the Department of Biomedical Education and Anatomy at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. My academic background is in political theory and philosophy, and my work focuses on how law, institutions, and ethics can, and should, shape new and emerging technologies.

Toward that end, I have three main research areas. The first concerns the importance of democratic deliberation in regulating technologies, including gene editing, prenatal testing, and newborn screening. The second explores the ontology, normativity, and political implications of the concept of exploitation across several domains and labors including participants in clinical trials, wage labor, and the gig economy. And finally, I am working in the intersection of AI and several applications of medicine, including in clinical research design and in genetics and genomics applications, such as for polygenic risk scores. Other research projects include the mass expansion of GLP-1s, the conversation around Mitochondrial DNA Transfer, and prenatal testing ethics.

I am actively engaged in interdisciplinary scholarship and service, contributing to ethics focused initiatives across the university including at the Center for Ethics and Human Values (CEHV) and the Institute for Democratic Education and Accountability (IDEA) and collaborating with colleagues in philosophy, law, and public affairs. I also support ethics education through mentoring and advisory roles that encourage thoughtful engagement with complex moral issues in health and society, including by coaching OSU’s Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Team.

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