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Miriam Shapiro

Dr. Miriam Shapiro joins the Center for Bioethics as an Affiliate Faculty Member

The Center for Bioethics welcomes the addition of Pediatrics' Assistant Professor Miriam Shapiro, MD to our list of Affiliate faculty members. Dr. Shapiro works on the ethical issues inherent in pediatric chronic critical illness. The care…
Joel Wu

Welcome Joel Wu as Clinical Ethics Adjunct Professor!

The Center for Bioethics is excited to call Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C our Clinical Ethics Adjunct professor! Wu has been an affiliate faculty member of the Center since 2018. In this new position, Joel will be supporting our clinical…
Meritxell Mondejar Pont

Integrative Palliative Care Summer Fellow

Meritxell Mondejar Pont, a doctoral student at Vic University, will be joining the Center for Bioethics this summer and next summer to research Integrated Palliative Care. Meri, who studies in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare at…
Fernanda Rodriguez

Nutrition and Bioethics in Ghana: Beyond food insecurity

Amos Laar, MA, PhD, was featured in an article by the Lancet's Diabetes & Endocrinology journal naming him "One of the most active voices in [Ghana's obesity] crisis." Laar is a senior lecturer of public health ethics and nutrition at…
Legal

Want to learn more about Healthcare Legal Partnerships?

On April 24, Eileen Weber, DNP, JD, BSN, PHN, RN presented the concept of Healthcare Legal Partnerships at the Center for Bioethics' Mini Bioethics Academy. If you couldn't make it to that event or simply want to know more about the topic…
Palombi Award

Laura Palombi, PharmD, MPH, PAT, AE-C Honored with Public Health Achievement Award

Congratulations to Laura Palombi, PharmD, MPH, PAT, AE-C who received the St. Louis County Public Health Achievement Award in recognition of her extensive work in substance abuse prevention and intervention. Palombi is also an assistant…
Eileen Weber

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Eileen Weber, DNP, JD, presented for the Department of Medicine's Grand Rounds on: “Healthcare Legal Partnerships: Advancing Health Equity." 
Ian Wolfe

Recent Graduate Receives Exciting Fellowship

Congratulations to one of our (very) recent graduates, Ian Wolfe, RN, CCRN, MA for receiving the prestigious Pediatric Ethics Fellowship at Children's Mercy in Kansas City! Through this opportunity, Ian is able to work with Dr. John Lantos…
Turner

Study: Some medical crowdfunding campaigns could be dangerous

"...more than 1,000 online medical crowdfunding campaigns have raised nearly $6.8 million intended for several treatments that are either potentially dangerous or yet to be scientifically supported as effective."Leigh Turner, PhD is quoted…