Paige Comstock Cunningham, JD, PhD
- In June, taught CBHD’s Intensive Bioethics Summer Institute.
- In June, guest lectured on bioethics for the 360 Leadership Institute at Trinity International University.
- Presented “Exploration, Proficiency, and Mastery: How Evangelical Pastors Become Confident Leaders in Bioethics” for a parallel paper session at CBHD’s annual summer conference.
- Interviewed in August on the Biola University podcast “Think Biblically” with Scott Rae and Sean McDowell discussing faith and bioethics.
- Interviewed about fertility treatments, CRISPR, and plastic surgery for men on “Brian and Kathleen” (Moody Radio Cleveland) and “Let’s Talk with Mark Elfstrand” (WYLL Chicago)
Michael Sleasman, PhD
- In June, taught the Advanced Bioethics Summer Institute, and guest-lectured in several other bioethics courses leading up to CBHD’s summer conference.
- In June, guest lectured on technology for the 360 Leadership Institute at Trinity International University.
- Presented “Bioethics and Being Human: Reframing the Discussion” at CBHD’s annual summer conference.
- Joined the editorial board of Mirabilia Medicinae along with Paige Cunningham in September.
Heather Zeiger, MS, MA
- Published “Young & Restless” in the Summer 2018 issue of Salvo.
- Published articles on brain death and autonomous weapons for MercatorNet in July and August.
International Bioethics Scholars Program Update
Launched in 2009, the Center’s International Bioethics Scholars Program (IBSP, formerly the Center’s Global Bioethics Education Initiative, GBEI) was pleased to hosted its 11th global scholar this past summer, Stephen Ombok Muhudhia, MBChB, MMed. Dr. Muhudhia is a pediatrician in Kenya and has completed graduate degrees in bioethics in South Africa and Pakistan. In addition to his clinical load and work in medical education, he is involved at a national level in setting up and guiding requirements for hospital ethics committees. In addition to serving as the 2018 IBSP scholar for CBHD, he also will be working to coordinate a cohort of professionals from Kenya who are enrolling in the MA Bioethics at Trinity Graduate School this academic year as part of an African Bioethics Initiative.
Strategic Partnerships
In September 2018, CBHD became a partner with the online journal Mirabilia Medicinae. The journal’s founding editor, Hélio Angotti Neto, MD, PhD, was one of the 2016 global scholars hosted through the Center’s International Bioethics Scholars Program (formerly GBEI). The journal explores ethical issues in the medical humanities with a specific emphasis on facilitating interdisciplinary dialogue to strengthen bioethical engagement among Brazilian scholars.
