“It’s an understandable response out of frustration and anger, and it is completely contrary to the tenets of medical ethics, which have stood pretty firm since the Second World War,” said Matthew Wynia, Director of the Center for Bioethics and Humanities.  “We don’t use the medical-care system as a way of meting out justice. We don’t use it to punish people for their social choices.” 

Historian, ethicist and CBH Associate Professor Daniel Goldberg, JD, PhD concurs, "It is a fundamental principle of modern medicine that everyone has an equal claim to relief from suffering, no matter what they’ve done or haven’t done,”   Read article>>

Each year, the NIH Office of Disease Prevention recognizes one early-career prevention scientist who has made outstanding research contributions to their respective field and is poised to become a future leader in prevention research.  

Christine Baugh, PhD, MPH, is the 2022 ODP Awardee.  Dr. Baugh is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities.  She conducts multidisciplinary research at the intersection of health, policy, ethics, and sport. Much of her work focuses on the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of concussions and other sports injuries. Dr. Baugh is the author of 70 peer-reviewed research articles that have been collectively cited over 8,000 times in literature.  Presentation date will be announced soon.  NIH Announcement>>