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Helen Webster (HCE Ph.D. Student and SLU Health Law Alum '24) will be presenting at the Legal Scholars in Health Sciences Workshop in Atlanta which is an annual event held before the Health Law Professors Conference! @SLU_HealthLaw

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The piece led to a radio interview on May 29th with Coffee Hour on KFUO which is the national radio station for the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod of which Parviz is a member.
https://t.co/tfixg0hIbx

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Ben Parvis, (HCE Ph.D. Student) wrote a piece for the Intersections blog for the Center of Bioethics and Human Dignity called "Making Physician-Assisted Suicide Unthinkable | Intersections | The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity"

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Allison Bajada (SLU HCE Ph.D. student) recently published a piece on shared-decision making in adolescent contraceptive use.
And doctor makes three: A push for shared decision-making in adolescent contraceptive use - Allison Bajada, 2026

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Congratulations to Dr. Kirsten Dempsey, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation "From Device Paradigm to Spiritual Practice: Bodies, Pills and Fertility Awareness", with distinction!  Her committee included Dr. Jeffrey Bishop, Dr. Angela Franks, and Dr. Erica Salter.

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Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Harrison, who successfully defended his doctoral dissertation "Human Genetic Engineering and Catholic Ethics: Beyond Moral Distinctions Toward Integral Human Development as a Framework for Ethical Evaluation" with distinction!

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Joint-PhD student in Theology and Health Care Ethics Jordan Bauer was recently featured in 'Catholic Health World' about a recent webinar he gave to the Catholic Health Association: https://t.co/oIhf2yeXsv

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Yolonda Wilson, Ph.D. (Health Care Ethics) was mentioned in a Financial News article about hospitals using artificial intelligence to predict when a patient will die.s https://t.co/mLdqhRvGOj

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Here's a summary of Prof. Jason T. Eberl's Plunkett Lecture in Ethics at Australian Catholic University (ACU): https://t.co/Qdu2G8gUgu

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Dominic Robin, joint-PhD candidate in English and Health Care Ethics, has published an article in the journal 'South Central Review' titled "Ritual Cleansings: Authoritarian Rhetoric, Paternalism, and Illicit Persuasion in J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey"

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Prof. Jason Eberl delivered the annual @PlunkettCentre Lecture in Ethics at @ACUmedia on "Enhancing Human Beings: Possible? Desirable? Ethical?" A write-up of the lecture was published by @ABCReligion: https://t.co/3rNAZIAhWp

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As a sustaining sponsor of CMR, SLU's Department of Health Care Ethics was well represented at last week's Conference on Medicine and Religion. The conference featured seven presentations by SLU HCE PhD students and one by SLU HCE faculty.

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Our department was well represented at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics annual conference including Joel Cox, Allison Bajada, Mallory Wietrzykowski, Andy Baldassare, Matilda Ajibola, Agnieszka Romanowska, Peter Swindeman, Sam Berendes, and Dr. Jason Eberl.

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PhD Student in English and Health Care Ethics, Dominic Robin, has received a Saint Louis University Dissertation Fellowship for 2026-2027 for his dissertation entitled "Narrative as Technology: The Role of the Medical Humanities in Responding to Emerging Biomedical Technologies"

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The 13th Annual Health Care Ethics Student Research Conference will be held Friday March 6th following the Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Devan Stahl "Barriers to Care: How People with Disabilities Reveal Gaps in the American Healthcare System"

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Dominic Robin, PhD candidate in English and Health Care Ethics, has just published an article in the journal 'Medical Humanities' entitled "Narrative as Technology: The Role of the Medical Humanities in Responding to Emerging Biomedical Technologies": https://t.co/EvchKZBJuL