Ana Iltis, Associate Professor of Philosophy, was first author on a paper that just appeared in JAMA Psychiatry (formerly Archives of General Psychiatry). The paper, “Addressing Risks to Advance Mental Health Research,” provides mental health researchers with practical approaches to identify, communicate, manage and justify research risks. For further faculty publications click here
Emily Hoppes graduated with her MA in Bioethics from Wake Forest University in 2011. As a member of the Peace Corps, Emily lives in a tiny village in Tanzania with no electricity or running water, has learned to speak the local language, and attempts to fully integrate herself into the community. Upon graduation, Emily […]
Ana Iltis, PhD and Nancy King, JD, Co-Directors of the Center for Bioethics, Health & Society edited a group of articles in the Winter 2012 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, published by the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics. The articles resulted from the Center for Bioethic ‘s sponsoring of the November 2011 “Research Ethics Conference: […]
Please click on the following link to read the review published by JAMA: Bioethics, Public Moral Argument, And Social Responsiblity
Lisa Hammon, RN, BSN, MA, a recent graduate from the MA Program in Bioethics, has accepted an invitation to join the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) Professional Ethics Committee for a two year term starting in January 2013. The ASHRM Professional Ethics Committee is charged with the following: To investigate and make recommendations […]
On June 1 2012 Nancy King, JD, Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, School of Medicine; Director of the Program in Bioethics, Health & Society accepted the appointment to the Ethics Committee of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT).
The Fellows Council consists of eight Hastings Center Fellows, elected for two year terms, renewable once, and the Center’s President. The Fellows Council is responsible for facilitating Hastings Center Fellows’ involvement with the work of the Center and many other duties. Read more about the Hastings Center Fellows Council and Mark Hall.
Master of Arts in Bioethics graduate, Michael Tennison, published this essay in collaboration with Jonathan D. Moreno. Tennison’s work explores the ethics of neuroscience research when utilized for national security/military purposes. Mr. Tennison current serves as a Research Associate for the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. Read the full article here.
Mark A. Hall, JD, Co-Director of the Master of Arts in Bioethics program, observed in person the extended Supreme Court deliberations of the Affordable Care Act and offered his reflections to the New England Journal of Medicine. You can read Mark’s comments here. Learn more about Mark here.
Ana Iltis, PhD, Director of the WFU Center for Bioethics, Health & Society, comments in a WFMY story on the case of Amelia Rivera, whose mother claims that Amelia is being denied a kidney transplant because of Amelia’s mental disability. You can see the WFMY story here.