Current Graduate Students
The Department of Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University attracts students from throughout the nation and the world to SLU.
Our students complete research in diverse fields, including the philosophy of medicine, sexual and reproductive ethics, death and dying, professionalism, public health ethics, neuroethics and Catholic health care.
Graduate assistant and Ph.D. student (joint philosophy and bioethics)
- B.A. in philosophy, Kogi State University, Nigeria
- M.A. in ethics, peace and human rights, American University, Washington, D.C.
Research interests: bioethics, biotechnology and human enhancement, human rights
Master's and Ph.D. student
- B.Sc. in sociology and anthropology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
- M.Sc. in sociology and anthropology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
- Ph.D. in anthropology, Durham University
Research interests: Clinical ethics, health care practices, health care utilization, mental health and hospital ethnography
Ph.D. student
- B.S. and M.S., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- MBA, Washington University in St. Louis
Research Interests: genomics research in the clinical setting
Graduate assistant and Ph.D. student (joint theology and health care ethics)
- B.A. in biology and philosophy, Boston College
- M.A. in moral theology and ethics, Catholic University of America
Research interests: Catholic moral theology and bioethics, trust and the doctor-patient relationship
Graduate assistant and Ph.D. student
- B.A. in philosophy, Villanova University
- B.S. in psychology, Villanova University
Research interests: Catholic biomedical ethics, sexual and reproductive ethics, pediatric ethics, bioethics and the law
Ph.D. student (joint philosophy and health care ethics)
- B.S. in mechanical engineering and philosophy, Northeastern University
- M.A. in philosophy, University of Houston
Research interests: Clinical ethics, gender theory, ethics of care
Ph.D. student (joint theology and health care ethics)
- B.S. in Biology, Villanova University
- M.A. in Theology, Villanova University
Research interests: transhumanism and techo-optimism, emerging biotechnology, clinical ethics, Augustinianism, and Catholic moral theology
Graduate assistant and Ph.D. student
- B.A. in philosophy and theology, Marian University (Indianapolis)
Research interests: clinical ethics, organ donation, ethics and genomics and reproductive ethics.
Graduate teaching assistant and Ph.D. student
- M.S. in occupational therapy, Washington University in St.
- M.A. in philosophy, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Research interests: clinical ethics, end-of-life care, neuroethics, well-being, disability studies
Ph.D. student (joint theology and health care ethics)
- B.A. in classics (ancient Greek), University of Virginia
- M.T.S., Loyola University Maryland
Research interests: ancient medicine and suffering
SLU Diversity Fellow, graduate teaching assistant and Ph.D. student (joint philosophy and bioethics)
- B.A. in philosophy and medical humanities, Baylor University
Research interests: phenomenology of illness, virtue ethics, metaphysics of health and illness, clinical reasoning, models of clinical care, philosophical anthropology, embodiment, and pathocentric epistemic injustice
Graduate assistant and Ph.D. student (joint philosophy and bioethics)
- B.A. in philosophy and history, Pepperdine University
Research interests: ethics of autonomy, emerging autonomy, analytic metaethics, abortion, clinical ethics, epistemology, divine command theory, platonic defenses of democracy in the republic
Ph.D. Student
- B.A.s in political science and English, Truman University
- M.A. in English-creative nonfiction, University of Missouri
- M.S. in narrative medicine, Columbia
Research Interests: Narrative, narrative ethics, health humanities, medical humanities, critical theory, literature, documentary, film, pedagogy
Ph.D. student
- B.A. in religious and theological studies and philosophy, Salve Regina University
Research interests: Catholic biomedical ethics, clinical ethics, disability and impairment, Thomistic theology, death and dying, organizational ethics
Graduate teaching assistant and Ph.D. student
- B.A. in philosophy, Elmhurst University (minors in medical humanities and religion)
- M.A. in bioethics, Wake Forest University
Research interests: reproductive ethics, end-of-life ethics, clinical ethics
Ph.D. student
- B.A. in theology and philosophy, Quincy University
- M.A. in theology, Aquinas Institute of Theology
Research interests: clinical ethics, end-of-life care, pain and suffering, virtue ethics, Catholic social teaching
Ph.D. student
- B.A. in philosophy, Wake Forest University
- M.A. in bioethics, Emory University
Research interests: Clinical ethics, pediatric ethics, end-of-life care, medical aid in dying, enhancement ethics
Ph.D. student
- B.A., Quest University Canada
- M.Sc. in medical humanities from King’s College from the University of London
Research interests: clinical ethics, metaethics, hermeneutics, phenomenology narratives medical law, end of life
Graduate teaching assistant, Ph.D. student
- B.A. in philosophy, Cardinal Glennon College
- M.A. in theology, Kenrick School of Theology
- M.Div., Kenrick School of Theology
- M.S. in bioethics, University of Mary
Research interests: Catholic moral tradition, catholic health care, natural law
SLU Diversity fellow and Ph.D. student (joint philosophy and bioethics)
- B.A. in philosophy and literature, University of California, Santa Cruz
Research interests: Aristotle, virtue ethics, aesthetics, business ethics, clinical ethics, public philosophy
SLU Presidential Fellow, Graduate teaching assistant, and Ph.D. student (joint theology and health care ethics)
- B.S.N. in nursing, Emory University
- B.A. in philosophy and German, University of Georgia
- M.S.N. in nurse midwifery, Emory University
- M.T.S. in theological studies, Duke Divinity School
Research Interests: Virtue ethics, virtue epistemology, phenomenology, clinical decision-making, perinatal care
Graduate teaching assistant and Ph.D. student
- B.A. in philosophy, Saint Louis University
- B.A. in gender studies, Saint Louis University
- J.D. with a concentration in health law, Saint Louis University
Research interests: Legal epidemiology, law and bioethics, addiction ethics
Ph.D. student
- B.A. in sociology, University of Colorado
- M.S. in bioethics, University of Mary
Research interests: Trauma-informed care (TIC) ethics, intentionality and embodied perception, language phenomena, scholastic metaphysics tradition, and beatitude in health care mission
Ph.D. student
- B.A. in bioethics and health studies, Saint Louis University
Research interests: Reproductive technology, biopower and biopolitics, sociology, disability studies, feminist bioethics, and incarceration
Ph.D. student (Joint Philosophy and Bioethics)
- B.A. in Philosophy, Agnes Scott College
- M.A. in Philosophy and Social Policy, George Washington University
Research Interests: Clinical Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, Feminist Ethics, Bioethics, Reproductive Ethics, End of Life Ethics and Care, Healthcare Provider-Patient Relationship Ethics
Ph.D. student (joint theology and health care ethics)
- B.A. in biology, Westmont College
- M.A. in Theology and Leadership, Gonzaga University
Research interests: Catholic healthcare ethics, medical technology, theology of medicine, the intersection of creation and medicine, Aquinian concepts of medicine and healthcare.
Graduate assistant and Ph.D. student (joint philosophy and bioethics)
- B.A. in philosophy, Montana State University
- B.A. in psychology, Montana State University
Research interests: Philosophy of medicine, metaethics, end-of-life care, health disparities
Graduate teaching assistant and Ph.D. student (joint philosophy and bioethics)
- B.A. in theology, Concordia University Chicago
- M.A. in theological studies, Saint Louis University
- M.A. in philosophy, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Research interests: Hope and human flourishing
Ph.D. student (joint theology and health care ethics)
- B.A. in Spanish for international service, Catholic University of America
- B.S. in biology, Catholic University of America
- M.P.H. in global health, Saint Louis University
Research interests: Theological ethics, global and public health, research ethics, Catholic social teaching, medical education, clinical ethics, and Ignatian pedagogy
Ph.D. student (joint English and bioethics)
- B.A in English, College of the Ozarks
- M.A. in English, University of North Florida
Research interests: Medical humanities, medicine and literature, health humanities, disability studies, death and dying, literature and philosophy, 20th-century English literature, narrative ethics
Ph.D. student (joint theology and health care ethics)
- B.A. in theology, College of Saint Benedict
- M.T.S. (systematic theology), Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary
Research interests: Bioethics, moral theology, clinical ethics, systematic theology, human dignity, health equity, liberation theology, solidarity, health care reform
Graduate assistant and Ph.D. student
- M.Jur. in faculty of law and administration, Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland)
- M.S. in bioethics, University of Warsaw (Poland)
Research interests: Clinical ethics, ethics of consent, ethics of new technologies (ethics of the use of AI in medicine), organizational culture in the context of healthcare systems
Ph.D. student
- B.S. in Studio Art (Ceramics), University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
- MBA in Healthcare Management, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Research Interests: geriatric ethics; ethics of eating disorders
Ph.D. student
- B.S. in biochemistry, Messiah University
- M.P.H. in biostatistics and epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University/Bloomberg School of Public Health
- M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- M.A. in philosophy of medicine, King's College (London)
Research interests: Ethics, causation, placebo
Ph.D. student (joint theology and health care ethics)
- B.A. in catholic studies, Seton Hall University
- M.A. in theology, Seton Hall University
Research interests: Catholic health care, systematic theology, animal research ethics, mental health care ethics, and sexual and reproductive health ethics
Graduate assistant and Ph.D. student (joint theology and health care ethics)
- B.S. in mechanical engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
- B.A. in theology, Marian University (Indianapolis)
- M.A. in theology, Aquinas Institute of Theology
Research interests: Christian ethics, the common good, sexual and reproductive ethics, and Thomistic metaphysics.
Graduate assistant and J.D./Ph.D. student
- B.A. in biology with a minor in philosophy, Davidson College
Research interests: Intersection of law and bioethics, neuroethics, clinical ethics, data and genetic privacy
Ph.D. student (joint philosophy and bioethics)
- B.A. in philosophy, Grand Valley State University
- M.A. in philosophy, Kent State University
Research interests: Ethics, applied ethics, public health ethics, biomedical ethics, feminist philosophy, ethics of sport
Graduate teaching assistant and Ph.D. student
- B.S. in human biology, Biola University
- M.A. in philosophy, Talbot School of Theology/Biola University
Research interests: End-of-life care, geriatric care, death and dying, palliative care, patient autonomy, dignity, clinical ethics/decision making and disability studies
Graduate teaching assistant and Ph.D. student (joint philosophy and bioethics)
- M.A. in philosophy, Arizona State University
Research Interests: virtue ethics, ethics of care, applied ethics, bioethics, public health ethics, political philosophy
Ph.D. student
- B.A. in Sport Management, Minors in Bioethics and Philosophy, Belmont Abbey College
- M.A. in Bioethics and Science Policy, Duke University
Research Interests: Clinical ethics, pediatric ethics, end-of-life care
Ph.D. student
- B.A. in philosophy, St. John Vianney College Seminary
- M.A. in philosophy, Franciscan University
Research interests: Clinical ethics, organ donation, doctor-patient relationship, beginning and end-of-life issues