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Disability Studies Program hosts Erik Parens for February 25 talk

Tuesday, February 255:00 – 6:15 pmMcShain Room, McCarthy Hall The Disability Studies Program, which is led by the KIE’s Joel Michael Reynolds, hosts  Erik Parens,Â…

February 20, 2025

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Reynolds presents webinar on disability and health disparities at Catholic Health Association

On January 8, 2025 Joel Michael Reynolds, PCCB faculty member, Kennedy Institute of Ethics senior scholar, and associate professor of philosophy and disability studies, presented…

February 14, 2025

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KIE Director Sulmasy quoted on spirituality in health care on NPR and on the Hippocratic Oath in MedScape

KIE Director Dan Sulmasy, MD, PhD, has been interviewed for two recent news stories on contemporary approaches to longstanding medical practice: addressing the spiritual needs of…

January 23, 2025

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Sheldon Rubenfeld, MD speaks on “Medicine After the Holocaust” Jan. 27 in recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Co-sponsored by This seminar aimed to address both the central and indispensable role of the German medical profession in the design and implementation of the Holocaust and…

January 6, 2025

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Reynolds co-edits volume on disability scholarship in public health ethics and disaster ethics

Joel Michael Reynolds, Senior Research Scholar, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies, and Director of the Disability Studies Program has co-edited Disability…

December 11, 2024

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Keown-authored report on physician-assisted suicide widely cited in advance of vote in UK

Update: Letters to the editor from Professor Keown on the subject of the bill legalizing assisted dying have been published in the London Times (29 November 2024) and the Daily…

November 22, 2024

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Call for Applications: Rose F. Kennedy Chair in Christian Ethics

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University is seeking nominations and applications for the Rose F. Kennedy Chair in Christian Ethics, a tenure-track position to…

October 24, 2024

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Reynolds discusses clinical import of 2023 NIH decision on disabled people and health disparity

Senior Research Scholar Joel Michael Reynolds  published a new article in JAMA Health Forum, a journal of the American Medical Association. In it, they discuss the larger…

June 17, 2024

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Sulmasy recognized for Excellence in Medical Ethics by Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)

Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD, André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, received the Society for…

June 12, 2024

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Carl Elliott MD, PhD speaks on whistleblowing and unethical medical research June 21st

Why They Blow the Whistle: Book Talk with Carl Elliott, MD, PhD  12:00 pm on Friday, June 21, 2024 at the Herman Room in theHealey Family Student Center, Georgetown…

June 10, 2024