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We're thrilled to announce we're recruiting for our #T32 #ELSI postdoc. Position starts Summer 2026. Please spread the word!

Learn more and apply: medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/elsipostdoc

Join @hollylynchez.bsky.social this morning at 9:15 am PT for her panel presentation: Reasonableness as the Key to Defining, Measuring, and Improving IRB Quality in room B119.

Molly Sinderbrand closes out the day for our department with her presentation: “Bioethics Beyond the Prose: Creating Music and Verse to Make a Point," at 3:45 pm PT in room A107-109.

Manon Lefevre presents again this afternoon at 2:30 pm PT in room C124: "The Ethics of Polygenic Embryo Screening: Perspectives from Genetics Professionals." #ASBH25

#T32 postdoc, @margaretrutheby.bsky.social, presents: "Towards Ethical Implementation of AI in Genomics Research," at 2:30 pm PT in room B112. #ASBH25

@haraldschmidt.bsky.social presents: "Tuberculosis control, AI and medication adherence caught in the crosswinds of contemporary immigration policy" at 1:15 pm PT in room B113-114. #ASBH25

Join @hollylynchez.bsky.social at 1:15 pm PT for her panel presentation: Psychedelic Ethics: Learning from the Past to Inform the Future in the Oregon Ballroom 201-202. #ASBH25

At 12:00 pm PT in room A105, Molly Sinderbrand presents: “What Jewish Bioethics Can Bring to Secular Medicine” with the Jewish Bioethics Affinity Group. #ASBH25

Join @haraldschmidt.bsky.social at 10:45 am PT for his paper presentation: "Clarifying confusions around discrimination, equity and disadvantage indices in current anti-DEI efforts," in room B115-116. #ASBH25

#T32 postdoc, Andy Murray, presents his paper: "The Illusive Ecosystem: How the ‘Innovation Ecosystem’ Obscures Ethical Challenges in Precision Medicine," at 9:15 am PT in room A103-104. #ASBH25

Our #T32 postdoc, Manon Lefevre, kicks off the day with her paper presentation: "The Expanding Role of Genetic Testing in IVF: Ethical Stakes and Clinical Implications." Join Manon at 9:15 am PT in room B117-118.

Join Aliza Narva at 2 pm PT for the presentation: When duties collide: Navigating the competing commitments in the care of undocumented patients in room B119. #ASBH25

Autumn Fiester starts off the day with her panel presentation: A Dialogue on the Work of Nancy Neveloff Dubler (1941-2024) at 9 am PT in B117-118.

Today at 5 pm PT, Autumn Fiester will lead her pre-conference workshop: Managing Challenging Conversations through Skilled Facilitation in A105. #ASBH25

#ASBH25 starts today! We're so excited for our faculty and fellows presenting. Stay tuned for updates.

In @natmed.nature.com, Caleb Rhodes (@pennmedicine.bsky.social), @hollylynchez.bsky.social (@pennmehp.bsky.social / Penn Law) & @reshmagar.bsky.social (@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social) outline strategies to help strengthen the integrity of @US_FDA drug approval decisions www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Delighted to share our Medical Ethics Division is the 2025 recipient of the ASBH Cornerstone Award! For more than 30 years, Penn Bioethics has been a leader in bioethical scholarship, teaching and training, public policy and engagement, and service. We look forward to carrying on this tradition!

STATUS List | Holly Fernandez Lynch Holly Fernandez Lynch, a bioethicist and lawyer, studies drug development and what happens when the needs of patients and pharma companies don't align.

A huge congratulations to @hollylynchez.bsky.social on being named to the @statnews.com STATUS List of 2025, which features "50 influential people shaping the future of health and life sciences across biotech, medicine, health care, policy, and health tech.” www.statnews.com/status-list/...

STATUS List | Holly Fernandez Lynch Holly Fernandez Lynch, a bioethicist and lawyer, studies drug development and what happens when the needs of patients and pharma companies don't align.

Very proud of my brilliant and caring @pennmehp.bsky.social colleague @hollylynchez.bsky.social - she’s on the 2025 STATUS List of 50 influential people shaping the future of health and life sciences!
www.statnews.com/status-list/...

Thank you to everyone who applied for our Assistant Professor in Health Policy position. We had a record number of strong applicants this year and are now in the flyout stage. We wish everyone who applied best of luck with your job search.

Derek Griffith appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor | Penn Today Griffith is an innovator in the study of health equity, and will teach in the School of Nursing and the Perelman School of Medicine.

Thrilled to welcome Dr. Derek Griffith, our newest Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, to @pennmehp.bsky.social & the Penn School of Nursing. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/derek-g...

Join our MEHP faculty group (Emily Largent, Matt McCoy, and @hollylynchez.bsky.social) participating in panel "The Ethics of Patient and Public Engagement in Drug Development, Approval, and Access, in room Regency A (First Floor) at 8:45 am CT. #ASBH24

At 10:15 am CT, Emily Largent presents during the panel: "Responding to people facing dementia: improving interprofessional learning and practice in aging societies," in room New York/Illinois Central (Second Floor). #ASBH24

Connie Ulrich starts of the day at 8:15 am CT participating in the panel: "Investigating Moral Distress in the Reproductive Healthcare Workforce post Dobbs," in room Grand A (First Floor). #ASBH24

T32 fellow, Jonathan LoTempio, presents during the #ELSI Affinity Group: "Ethics choices during the Human Genome Project reflected their policy world, not ours," at 5:45 pm CT in room Frisco Burlington (Second Floor). #ASBH24

Molly Sinderbrand presents her paper “A Virtue Theory of Organizational Bioethics” at 4:30 pm CT in room Midway 6 (First Floor). #ASBH24

@haraldschmidt.bsky.social presents during the panel "Equitable chances: a novel weighted lottery approach to crisis standards of care," at 4:30 pm CT in room Midway 5 (First Floor). #ASBH24

At 3 pm CT, @domsisti.bsky.social presents during panel "How Psychedelics Challenge Core Assumptions about Medicine, Ethics, and Humanity" in room Grand D-F (First Floor). #ASBH24

T32 fellow, Andy Murray, presents his paper “Technology Transfer and Bioethics of the Public Good in Genomic Biomedicine” at 10:45 am CT in room Midway 5 (First Floor). #ASBH24 #ELSI

At 10:45 am CT, Jen Walter presents during the panel "Caring for a patient or violating a corpse? The new brain death guidelines and unsettled questions about personhood and power" in room Grand A (First Floor). #ASBH24