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Steven Miles, MD is recognized for fearless and humanitarian leadership
Congratulations to Steve Miles, MD, for being awarded the 2019 Shotwell Award from the Twin Cities Medical Society Foundation for his fearless leadership as a humanitarian!
Meet Tankut Atuk: CBE fellow studying dynamics of Turkish HIV epidemic
In 2019, the Center for Bioethics welcomed Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow Tankut Atuk, a third-year PhD student in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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."