Members
Below is a list of all Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities members. View individual profiles of our members – with publication and contact information, research and/or clinical specialties, and more – via the links below.
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Salomon, Bonnie
Health System Clinician of Emergency Medicine
Scharle, Elizabeth A
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Shah, Seema K
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care) and School of Law
Bio
Seema K. Shah, JD, Associate Professor in Pediatrics at Northwestern University Medical School and an Associate Director of the Bioethics Program at Lurie Children’s Hospital, is an expert in the fiel... [more]
Sheehan, Diane Dudas
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Bio
Family Nurse Practitioner with years of experience in nursing, rehabilitation, wound care and orthopaedics.
Sheldon, Mark
Distinguished Senior Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Description of Interests
The focus of Mark Sheldon's research is the point at which the interests of children, the prerogatives of parents, and the obligations of the state often come into conflict in relation to medical deci... [more]
Smith, Maureen E
Associate Professor Emeritus of Medicine (Cardiology)
Bio
I am interested in ethical issues associated with conducting large-scale genetic research including consenting, data sharing, privacy, return of results, recontact and education of research participan... [more]
Soulakis, Nicholas Dean
Adjunct Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
Bio
Nicholas Soulakis is a public health scientist whose research focus lies at the intersection of epidemiology and informatics with an emphasis on understanding the expanding, data-rich environment crea... [more]
Starren, Justin B
Adjunct Professor of Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics)
Bio
Dr. Starren is founding Chief of the Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics, Deputy Director of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS) and Director o... [more]
Tarsney, Preya S
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Bio
Preya Sharma Tarsney, JD, is a Bioethicist in the Donnelley Ethics Program at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. She is a Lecturer in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Northwestern University Feinberg S... [more]
Teven, Chad
Reconstructive Microsurgeon, Northwestern Medicine