Emory University Master of Arts in Bioethics Program

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Are you thinking about a career in healthcare? Emory's MA in Bioethics is "a career-enhancing graduate degree that is ideal for those that are interested in the social and ethical challenges facing medicine, health and the life sciences and want to be best prepared to respond to these challenges." - Dr. Gerard Vong, Director. RSVP for the in-person Open House at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OpenHouseSpring22

We are excited (and proud!) to announce that Jennifer Jin received this year's International Neuroethics Society award for Best Poster Contribution: Clinical Neuroethics. Always a great way to have your exemplary work acknowledged!

You can see her presentation here: https://vimeo.com/639786623

Happy Holidays!

Friendly reminder that the early admissions deadline for the MA-Bioethics degree is January 1, 2021! Learn more on our website: https://ethics.emory.edu/what-we-teach/masters-program.html

We've partnered with the Emory Transplant Center to bring you "A Kidney Donor's Experience in Donating to a Stranger" on January 12, 2021 at 11:30 am ET!

This presentation will allow Martha Gershun to tell her experience in volunteering to donate a kidney after reading a newspaper article about a woman who needed a transplant.

She and her friend John Lantos had many discussions about her decision and about some of the unexpected issues that arose during Martha's evaluation as possible donor. In this presentation, Martha will tell parts of her story and John will reflect on the history of bioethical controversies about kidney donation and allocation that may have shaped the current culture and preserved some archaic policies that may discourage donors and exacerbate disparities.

Hope to see you there! Join using this link information: https://bit.ly/3EhzdX0

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It is well established that le***an, gay, bisexual, transgender, q***r plus ( +) individuals face substantial health disparities compared to the general population:

Pronouns and Advocacy in Medicine This article considers one student’s experience after coming out as nonbinary and voicing that their pronouns are they/them.

Join Emory’s MA-Bioethics program and the Rollins School of Public Health for a virtual information session on November 3 from 12:00 pm (noon) – 1:00 pm EST. Participants will learn about the MPH/MA-Bioethics dual-degree application and degree requirements, as well as, how this degree prepares students to meet the needs of individual and community interests in healthcare. To register and receive Zoom details, please visit: https://sphadmissions.emory.edu/register/?id=7b8d5d99-5d1c-4459-9328-58ed9fd1b62a

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.

Joel Zivot, an alumnus of the MAB program here at the Emory Center for Ethics recently published this article on the the similarities between death rattle and capital punishment.

Leave your thoughts in the comments.

What the death rattle and capital punishment have in common - STAT Research on silencing the death rattle in a dying person raises questions about who benefits: dying people or those around them?

This week is the annual American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Conference. A number of our MAB faculty, students, alumni and Emory colleagues will be leading or co-facilitating sessions at the conference!

You can listen in on the virtual conference here: https://eventpilotadmin.com/web/planner.php?id=ASBH21