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Philosophical Bioethics Consortium and Web Hub
Blumenthal-Barby, Ph.D., M.A. from the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy developed a Philosophical Bioethics Hub with support from the and Consortium partners at the , , and . The Hub website includes: Greenwall Philosophical Bioethics Seminar Series, normative-empirical bioethics tookit, events and web-based lecture series in philosophy and bioethics.
Houston/Galveston Philosophical Bioethics Network
The Houston/Galveston Network is comprised of philosophers working at the intersection of philosophy and bioethics. The network is a collaborative between philosophy faculty and post-docs in The BCM Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, , and .
The network meets in the Fall and Spring for works-in-progress Workshops. Contact Dr. Blumenthal-Barby at jennifer.blumenthal-barby@bcm.edu if you are a philosopher (faculty or post-doc) in Houston/Galveston interested in joining the group.
Recent topics have included consciousness and value, addiction and blameworthiness, the moral authority of experience, fetal pain and personhood鈥攁mong others.
Philosophy Book Reading Group
The group reads and discusses (through five-six meetings) one new book in philosophy with relevance to bioethics each semester (fall, spring).
Philosophical Bioethics Scholarship
Check out recent philosophical bioethics scholarship from the center鈥檚 faculty, post-docs, and staff:
Shea, M. 鈥溾 HEC Forum 37 (2025): 389颅鈥410.
Brummett, A., Eberl, J.T., Shea, M. 鈥." Journal of Medical Ethics 26:52 (2026): 22鈥23.
Omelianchuk A., Smolenski J., Kaplan H., Shea M., Smith J.N., Bibler T., Horner C., Malek J. 鈥溾 The American Journal of Bioethics (2025). 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2025.2571408.
Kitts M., Smolenski J. 鈥溾 The Journal of Clinical Ethics (2025). 36:2, 112-120. https://doi.org/10.1086/734766.
Smolenski J. 鈥溾 Monash Bioethics Review (2024). 42:1, 115-136. doi: 10.1007/s40592-024-00203-4.
Smith J.N., Smolenski J., Lang, B.H., Blumenthal-Barby, J. 鈥溾 The American Journal of Bioethics(2024) 24:5, 8鈥10. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2329496.
Dougherty R., Smolenski J., Smith J.N. 鈥溾 AJOB Neuroscience (2024) 15:1, 29-31. doi: 10.1080/21507740.2023.2292506
Blumenthal-Barby J, Bibler T, Kaplan H, Omelianchuk A, Smolenski J. Can I Get a Witness? The Ethical Dimensions of Family Presence in Patient Suffering. Hastings Center Report, forthcoming.
Moore B, McCoy M, Nelson R, Stahl R, Taylor L, Ubel P, Blumenthal-Barby, J. What Can We Ask of Hospitals? Conceptual Foundations for an Ethics of Healthcare Organizations. The American Journal of Bioethics (target article, forthcoming).
Moore, B., Blumenthal-Barby, J., & Nelson, R. H. (2025). . The American Journal of Bioethics, 25(11), 1鈥2.
Blumenthal-Barby J. . The American Journal of Bioethics, 25(9), 2025: 1-2.
Lang, B. H., Kostick-Quenet, K., Smith, J. N., Hurley, M., Dexter, R., & Blumenthal-Barby, J. (2025). . AJOB Empirical Bioethics, 1鈥12.
Blumenthal-Barby J. . Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 2025 March 18: 1-9.
Kelley A, Blumenthal-Barby J. . The American Journal of Bioethics, 25(2), 2025: 1-2.
Smith, Jared N., Anne Barnhill, Julian Savulescu, S. Matthew Liao, Matthew McCoy, and Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby. 鈥溾 AJOB Empirical Bioethics, 2025: 1鈥13..
Hurley ME, Lang BH, Kostick-Quenet KM, Smith JN, Blumenthal-Barby J. . The American Journal of Bioethics, Published Online First 17 Sept 2024, 1鈥13.
Nelson, R. H., Kious, B., Largent, E., Moore, B., & Blumenthal-Barby, J. American Journal of Bioethics, Published Online First 6 June 2024, 1鈥8.
Blumenthal-Barby, J, Fletcher F, Taylor L, Nelson R, Moore B, Saloner B, Ubel P. . American Journal of Bioethics 24 (7), 2024:1-2.
Blumenthal-Barby J., Ubel P. . Journal of Medical Ethics, May 2024: 670-675.
