M.S. in Bioethics and Master of Public Health Dual-Degree Program graduate Michael Menconi shines light on the bridge between ...

Hear today's radio diary on an ER doctor's ethical dilemma amid the pandemic. The pandemic has been rife with ethical dilemmas: from patient care to vaccine distribution nationwide. We discuss how to ...

In this interview, Mr Eugenijus Gefenas (Lithuania), Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC), explains what bioethics encompasses and why UNESCO is a unique place for the ...

[Editor’s Note: M. Therese Lysaught is a tenured Professor at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Care Leadership and the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University Chicago. She ...

In 1927, the ethicality of eugenics faced a major test in the U.S. Supreme Court. Eugenics won, and Carrie Buck was the victim. The historic Buck v. Bell case legitimized the forced sterilization of ...

Susan Levin’s bright, spacious office in Dewey Hall reflects her approach to her scholarship. One wall is solidly lined with weighty volumes, while her desk is uncluttered except for two copies of her ...

I vividly remember the first lecture of my postgraduate degree in Bioethics back in 2015. The lecturer divided the students into groups of four and gave us a few questions to discuss between us. One ...

If the coronavirus pandemic taught us anything, it’s that existing social inequities have an outsized impact upon the health of certain populations. This creates a need to think even more broadly and ...

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. In the world of science and medicine, moral and ethical considerations abound. What does it mean to be “human?” When it comes to the promise of therapies and cures, do the ends ...

THERE IS A LONG TRADITION OF BIOETHICAL REASONING within the Roman Catholic faith, a tradition expressed in scripture, the writings of the Doctors of the Church, papal encyclical documents and ...