The Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University attracts students from throughout the nation and the world.
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.
Ph.D. candidate
M.D. from Guilan University of Medical Sciences
M.A. in ancient languages and culture from the University of Tehran
M.A. in religious studies from the University of Virginia
M.A. in health care ethics from Saint Louis University
Research interests: Virtue epistemology, virtue ethics, philosophy of medicine and U.S.-Iran policy.
Ph.D. candidate & graduate assistant
Th.M. in doctrinal theology from Regent College
M.A. in theology from Regent CollegeB.A. in advertising and public relations from Drury University
Research interests: Philosophy of technology, transhumanism and bioethics, theological aesthetics, philosophical personalism/theology of the body, media studies
Ph.D. candidate
American Fellowship from the American Association of University Women
B.A. in biology from Agnes Scott College
Research interests: Biopolitics, neuroethics, mental health care ethics and philosophy of medicine
Ph.D. candidate
B.A. in philosophy from Saint Louis University
Research interests: Clinical ethics, pediatric ethics and Catholic health care
Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant
B.A. in international business and marketing from Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College
B.S. in biology from New Jersey City University
M.A. in health care ethics from St. Joseph's University
Post-graduate certificate in health administration from St. Joseph's University
Research interests: Reproductive and Sexual health ethics, Nursing ethics, Public health ethics, Geriatric ethics/End-of-life/Death & Dying.
Ph.D. student
M.T.S. from Loyola University Maryland
B.A. in classics (ancient greek) from the University of Virginia
Research interests: Ancient medicine and suffering
Graduate assistant
M.A. in theological ethics from Saint Louis University
B.A. in theology and finance from Benedictine College
Research interests: Goods of aging, geriatric care, economics / business and medicine, catholic bioethics, moral theology, end of life care / decision making, clinical ethics
Graduate assistant
MSc in medical humanities from King’s College - University of London
B.A. from Quest University Canada
Research interests: Clinical ethics, metaethics, hermeneutics, phenomenology narratives medical law, end of life
Graduate assistant
M.A. in philosophy from the University of Oklahoma
B.A. in philosophy from Azusa Pacific University
Research interests: Virtue ethics, feminist ethics, medical humanities
Graduate/teaching assistant
B.S. in philosophy and chemical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute
M.A. in philosophy from Duquesne University
Research interests: Benthamite Utilitarianism, biophilosophy, critical theory, animal ethics, machine ethics, philosophy of mind, moral motivation, phenomenology
Graduate/teaching assistant
B.A. in politics from the Catholic University of America
M.S. in health care ethics from Creighton University
Research interests: Ethics in psychiatric care, palliative care, end-of-life care, autonomy, and definitions and boundaries of the self
Ph.D. candidate and graduate assistant
B.A. in cultural anthropology and religious studies from Colby College
Research interests: Pediatric ethics, end-of-life care and decision making, clinical ethics, and death and dying
Ph.D. candidate
B.A. in biochemistry and policy studies from Rice University
M.D. from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Research interests: Philosophy of medicine, medical ethics education, virtue ethics, clinical ethics and end-of-life care
Ph.D. candidate
B.S. in physical therapy from Saint Louis University
M.A. philosophy with teaching ethics emphasis from University of Montana
First place winner of the 2019 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities student paper award for her paper titled: "Particularizing an Internal Morality of Physical Therapy"
Research interests: philosophy - epistemology and ethics - of physical therapy/rehabilitation, biopolitics and disability studies, feminist bioethics and women's and gender studies, and teaching ethics for professional formation
Ph.D. candidate
B.A. in philosophy from Azusa Pacific University
Research interests: Medical humanities, platonic/scholastic metaphysics, Nietzsche/Girard, biopolitics
Ph.D. candidate
B.A. in biology from Carroll College
M.A. theology from Aquinas Institute of Theology
Research interests: Catholic health care, clinical ethics, catholic moral theology, sexual and reproductive ethics, virtue ethics
Ph.D. candidate
M.D. from University of Chicago
B.A. in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame
Research interests: Philosophy of medicine, end-of-life care, medical humanities, virtue ethics and Catholic health care ethics
Graduate assistant
B.A. in philosophy from the University of Washington
M.A. in philosophy from Ohio University
Research interests: Informed consent, organ donation, reproductive ethics, and clinical ethics
Ph.D. candidate
B.A. in theology from Azusa Pacific University
Research interests: Theology, disability studies, childbirth, and medical humanities
Ph.D. candidate
J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law
B.A. in international studies from University of Denver
Research interests: Decisionmaking in psychiatric care, policy, the intersection of law and bioethics, and neuroethics
Graduate assistant
M.Div. from McAfee School of Theology
B.A. from Belmont University
Research interests: Philosophy and ethics of technology, the role of clinical ethicists, sacramental theology and embodiment, and phenomenology
Ph.D. student
B.A. in bioethics from Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow - Poland
B.A. in philosophy from Jesuits School of Philosophy in Krakow - Poland
M.A. in biotechnology from Wroclaw University - Poland
M.A. in theology from Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow - Poland
Research interests: Catholic health care, catholic moral theology, death and dying, and end-of-life care and decision making
Ph.D. candidate & Graduate assistant
B.A. in philosophy and english from Rockhurst University
M.A. in philosophy from Texas A&M University
Research interests: Thomistic metaphysics, catholic moral tradition, ethical theory and reproductive ethics
Ph.D. candidate and graduate assistant
B.A. in biblical and theological studies & B.S. in philosophy from Wheaton College
M.A. in bioethics from Trinity International University
M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
First place winner of the 2018 Harold O.J. Brown Student Scholarship Award for his essay titled: “From the Waters of Babylon: Frankenstein, Transhumanism, and Cosmogony.”
Research interests: Ethics epistemology, christian scripture and ethics, hermeneutics, technology and eschatology, bioethics in the church, end of life, genetics and public policy
Ph.D. candidate
B.A. in political science from University of Notre Dame
M.A. bioethics from Wake Forest University
Research interests: Narrative medicine, relationships, and the proper use of information and communication technologies in health care
Graduate assistant
B.A. in philosophy and theology from Wheeling Jesuit University
M.A. in theology from the University of Dayton
Research interests: Catholic spirituality, Catholic ethics, death and dying, rural health, and transhumanism
Teaching assistant
B.S. in professional writing from Taylor University
M.A. in bioethics from Trinity International University
Research interests: Clinical ethics, mediation and consultation, psychology and mental health care ethics, and end-of-life care
SLU presidential fellow
B.A. in Catholic studies from Seton Hall University
M.A. in theology from Seton Hall University
Research interests: Catholic health care, systematic theology, animal research ethics, mental health care ethics, and sexual and reproductive health ethics
Graduate/teaching assistant
B.S. in biology from Butler University
M.A. in bioethics from Case Western Reserve University
MSPH in health policy and health services research from Emory University
Research interests: Clinical ethics, pediatric ethics, Medical ethics education, law and ethics, public health and genetics
Graduate assistant
M.T.S. in theology and the arts from Vanderbilt University
B.A. in english from Harding University
Research interests: Pain and suffering, spirituality and medicine, clinical decision making, public health, embodiment and incarnational theology
Graduate assistant
B. A. in medical humanities from Baylor University
Research interests: Advance care planning, end-of-life care, latin american medicine, bilingual medicine/interpretation, catholic social teaching, health care reform
Graduate assistant
B.A. in philosophy from Texas A&M University
M.A. in theology from Aquinas Institute of Theology
Research interests: philosophical and theological anthropology, philosophy of medicine, virtue ethics and neuroethics
Ph.D. candidate and graduate assistant
B.A. in philosophy from Azusa Pacific University
Research interests: Continental philosophy, philosophy of science, gender studies and virtue ethics