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Claire Brock, a 4+1 Bioethics dual degree student, was one of three Emory University student-athletes selected as winter recipients of the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship as announced by the NCAA. The award, which is a $10,000 scholarship that can be applied toward their current or future graduate degree programs, is annually bestowed upon student-athletes who excel academically and athletically while also serving as leaders in the community. Claire is expected to graduate from the Masters of Arts in Bioethics program during the Summer 2024 term. Next year, she will pursue a doctoral degree at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Katherine Riedel, an MA in Bioethics student, was mentioned in Dean Arriola's 2023 Commencement remarks for her outstanding work on her thesis. "Her thesis focused on the 'The Harm of Media in Pediatric Intensive Care Conflicts,' and it included strategies to mitigate pediatric intensive care unit conflict without the need for media attention in order to put a sick child's human rights of dignity, privacy and their future welfare first," said Dean Arriola. "The future looks brighter with Katherine looking out for our children's wellbeing."

Congratulations to our very own Jennifer Jin. As a current MA in bioethics student, Jennifer is helping to advance the understanding of preserving medical decision making for those with a diminished capacity. Jennifer will be giving a presentation at the International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting and joining others to help advance issues of social justice in neuroethics.

We continue to be proud of the work our students and alumni are doing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bryan Medilien, a 4+1 Bioethics dual degree student, has been working as a Program Assistant at Core Response. In this role, he has been administering free COVID-19 testing for underserved populations in Fulton County, GA and provides translation services for Spanish and French patients.

We get so excited to hear our students and alumni talking about their work. Emily Michels, Ethics/Communications Officer at Electronic Environments and Bioethics MA alumna co-authored a paper in the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. This paper addresses the payment types and amounts for risky human subject work in biomedical and sociobehavioral human research studies.

Congratulations to Diana Cagliero, one of our MA in Bioethics alumnae, for her recent article “Ethical Implications of Cultural Barriers to the Depression Diagnosis: Conversations with Primary Care Physicians” published in the Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology.

Emory professor and MA in Bioethics student Rosemarie Garland-Thomson presented at the Disability and the Future: Conserving and Promoting Human Diversity event. She was joined by disability activists, scholars, and bioethicists from across America.

Bioethics student, Samera Ahmad, won best paper of the session at the Eye Bank Association of America Annual Meeting on June 8th. Her presentation was titled 'Ethics in Eye Banking: Understanding Attitudes Toward Industry Changes'. She collaborated with Rebecca Pentz, Yousuf Khalifa and Gerard Vong on this research.

Congratulations to Rachel Kolb, one of our Bioethics Doctoral Certificate students, for her co-authored article "Gene-editing tool raises questions about what is disease" published yesterday in the San Francisco Chronicle.

To complement the bioethical education offered by our more traditional classes, the MA in Bioethics Program also organizes special events related to healthcare and ethics. One of our most recent events of this kind was organized in collaboration with T.R.A.C.E.: The Renaissance Academy @ Center for Ethics and the Carlos Museum. On March 31st, 2017, we hosted a creative evening for bioethics and healthcare professional students focused on exploring images of the shaman (healer) and disability in the art of the Americas at the Carlos Museum. Elizabeth Hornor, the Carlos Museum’s Marguerite Colville Ingram Director of Education, offered a tour of specific art pieces. The tour was followed by guided reflection, wine and cheese. In addition to involving students from bioethics, it also involved students from medicine, nursing and physiotherapy.

Emory professor and bioethics student Rosemarie Garland-Thomson's recent piece, Becoming Disabled, in The New York Times.

Congratulations to Emory Bioethics alum Kevin Wack on his new position as the Medical Ethicist at Grady Health System!