Daniel J. Hurst

Husband | Father | USAF Officer | Bioethics PhD | Dept. Chair, Associate Professor, & Director of Medical Professionalism, Ethics, & Humanities @RowanVirtuaSOM

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Today is my birthday 🎂

Also, @LuzPadillaEPI and I have a new paper in @JAMAPediatrics: "Ethically Advancing Pediatric Cardiac Xenotransplant."

https://t.co/vAjn7Zx5yu

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For instance, "Since the beginning of this century, research using animal models shows that it is possible to change the underlying memory, for example by interfering with its consolidation or reconsolidation." 2/2
https://t.co/XcIenauPcI

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I've recently gone down the rabbit hole of memory consolidation / reconsolidaiton for some writing I'm working on in a military medical ethics context and, let me tell you, it's a wild world. 1/2

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@AdamOmelianchuk Catholic, primarily, with a strong Thomistic leaning. Uses some encyclicals but grounds a lot in the Summa and Scripture.

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Finished this this morning. It was spectacular. Left me with thankfulness and many questions along the way. I think that’s a hallmark of a good book.

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Memorial Day 🇺🇸

After 16 yrs of reserve service, I’ve lost friends to combat.

But what I’m thinking on more today are those lost to suicide. As a chaplain, I’ve sat at more dining room tables w/grieving parents & spouses than I care to remember.

If you need help, reach out.

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May we stop with this blasphemy. This is not coffee.

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As an ethicist who also doubles as a military chaplain, if you want to see what moral injury looks like, here it is.

[Shawn Ryan @ShawnRyan762]

“I have to live with that for the rest of my life. I was completely justified. I was completely clean with my ROE, and I killed two men that didn’t deserve it. So no, I’m not okay with sending people to war unless it is absolutely justified.”

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Footnotes > Endnotes.

Tyler Vanderweele out here doing the Lord’s work in his book “A Theology of Heath.”

Only thru the preface so far and this is shaping up to be a page-turner.

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My mate Nick Evans gave the keynote address today on cognitive enhancement at our research day!

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@HSRdirector Alongside a curious piece on the Church and xenotransplantation! 👀

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My colleagues are better than your colleagues cause they make me shirts.

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@Dr_AFrazier 100%

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In the year of our Lord 2026, if you review for a journal and don’t check at least some of the references to make sure they’re real, you’re doing it wrong.

Ask me how I know.

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@AdamOmelianchuk Made up citations from a close colleague…

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The Holy See Press Office has described me as a "xenotransplantologist." https://t.co/93Lw0t8pUK

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New article in Neuroethics: "The Viewpoints of Military Servicemembers toward Brain‑Computer Interfaces: A Scoping Review"

https://t.co/2qJcOlkYLQ

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@AndrewTWalker These are excellent points, Andrew. I've also learned that I need to schedule my writing. It isn't just going to organically happen anymore with many competing demands. Put it on the daily calendar and protect that time.

[Pontifical Academy for Life @PontAcadLife]

What is a human being, and who are we really?
Check out our recap of last week's event: "Quid est homo? Quis est homo?" where we explored the essence of humanity and our place in the world.
Read the full summary here: https://t.co/qgT1FCo1lO
#ICEEL #Humanity @PontAcadLife

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I was in Rome last week and had the opportunity to meet Pope Leo and also John Ioannidis, also pictured.

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My sweet wife got up early to watch me give a press conference at the Vatican.