bioethics

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: Interpre...

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 R...

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 Humanities...

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 bestowed...

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’ rese...

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 undergraduate...

Students considering a future in law should plan to attend the event, “Pandemic Policy: Who Makes the Rules,” Friday, Nov. 5, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in Sears Library Building, Room 333. At this seminar, Dean Jessica Berg will address her specialty: health law. She also will talk about the application...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University are invited to join representatives from the Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities and Master of Public Health programs as they discuss the options available with a dual degree in these fields. An information session on this dual degree pr...

Stuart Youngner first came to Case Western Reserve University in 1966 to attend medical school. He loved it so much, he decided to stay. After decades of teaching and sustained contributions to the evolution of bioethics knowledge and approaches in Cleveland and beyond, Youngner retired in July fro...