bioethics

An accomplished physician who served at-risk populations across the United States, Anne Templeton Zimmerman (MED ‘74) later spent time working to improve the lives of people around the world as an advocate for human rights and religious freedom. Zimmerman’s philanthropic spirit and passion for…

Erin Benay, associate professor of early modern art and director of undergraduate studies and Deepak Sarma, professor of religious studies and professor of bioethics have been named inaugural Distinguished Scholars in the Public Humanities. Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III made…

The Department of Bioethics will host a talk with Charles Rotimi, scientific director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 11 a.m. to noon in Wolstein Research Building, Room 1413. Rotimi will present “Why diversity in genome…

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a collaborative research grant for a project co-directed by Erin Gentry Lamb, a professor of medical humanities and an associate professor of bioethics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Titled “The Meanings of Dementia:…

Maxwell Mehlman, Distinguished University Professor, the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, was appointed bioethics reviewer for the Department of Defense Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health…

Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, is a visiting scholar at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Department of Bioethics in Washington, D.C., during her spring semester sabbatical. As a…

Interested in the challenges that emerge in the development of new technologies and advances in clinical, translational and health studies? What about the ethical controversies in off-label usage, international research or publication? If so, consider attending the Bioethics and Medical…

Research is central to Case Western Reserve University’s mission. Across the university, faculty contribute their expertise to their respective fields—from the arts and sciences to the humanities, medicine and everything in between. Each year, the Faculty Distinguished Research Awards are…

Julia Knopes, research associate and adjunct instructor in the Department of Bioethics, was recently recognized by the Greenwall Foundation with its Making a Difference grant. The $123,059 grant will fund Knopes’ research proposal, “Peers in mental health: Role boundaries and ethics.”  Knopes’…

Ever wonder where a Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities can take you? The School of Medicine’s Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities program is designed to prepare full-time or part-time students for a variety of career paths. Some examples include: Recent…