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

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

June 17, 2024

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Aas co-authors bioethics textbook, article in Journal of Medicine & Philosophy

Along with Collin O’Neil and Chiara Lepora, Sean Aas, Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and an Assistant Professor of Philosophy Department, has-…

May 13, 2024

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Reynolds speaks at GU/MedStar research and education symposium on how to improve care for disabled patients

On Monday, April 29, 2024 KIE Senior Scholar Joel Michael Reynolds, PhD, MA, spoke at the 2024 MedStar Health-Georgetown University Research and Education Symposium at the…

May 2, 2024

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Senior Scholar John Keown, DPhil, PhD, DCL in The Critic (UK) on the ethics of lockdowns

Senior Scholar John Keown, DPhil, PhD, DCL, has published an op-ed in The Critic (UK) on the ethics of lockdowns. David Paton and John Keown, ‘Were Lockdowns Ethical?&; …

February 7, 2024

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Reynolds quoted in Wall Street Journal story about ethical implications of advances in reproductive technologies

KIE’s Joel Michael Reynolds, assistant professor of philosophy and disability studies, was quoted in an October 28, 2023 Wall Street Journal essay titled “What If Men…

November 22, 2023

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KIE scholar publishes first-of-its-kind disability bioethics reader

Senior Research Scholar Joel Michael Reynolds (new window) and Christine Wieseler, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the California State…

May 31, 2023

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KIE scholar Joel Michael Reynolds elected as a fellow of The Hastings Center 

Senior Research Scholar Joel Michael Reynolds (new window) has been recognized by The Hastings Center for his groundbreaking work on disability in the field of…

March 3, 2023

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Remembering Prof. Dr. phil. Hans-Martin Sass (1935-2023)

Prof. Dr. Phil. Hans-Martin Sass*December 4, 1935 –  †February 6, 2023 With sadness, we share news of the passing of Prof. Dr. phil. Hans-Martin Sass on February 6, 2023…

March 1, 2023

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KIE scholar named Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholar in Bioethics

Senior Research Scholar Joel Michael Reynolds was recently named a Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholar in Bioethics. Considered one of the top…

June 7, 2022

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KIE Senior Scholar Founds The Journal of Philosophy of Disability

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics celebrates the inaugural issue of The Journal of Philosophy of Disability (JPD), released Thursday, November 18th. Joel Michael…

November 22, 2021