Bioethics Impact Stories Archive <<Back to Bioethics News & Impact Stories Category - Any -AlumniFacultyImpacts and InsightsIn the CommunityIn the MediaKnowledge BaseOffice of the DeanPress ReleaseResearch & PublicationsSchoolStaffStudent Alumni A Columbia Gap Year Medical student Elizabeth Ng (right) took a chance on the SPS program in Bioethics. Here’s what she learned. Student Bioethics Student Dr. Maya Dahan Co-Authors Neonatal Outcomes Op-Ed in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Journal Cognitive biases affect the way clinicians view neonatal outcomes, which, she writes, influences decision making. Alumni, Impacts and Insights Anna Vargo: A Recent Bioethics Alumna Reflects on Her Degree and Future Endeavors “Be sure to network and take advantage of all opportunities within the Bioethics program.” Faculty Bioethics Lecturer Harriet A. Washington Challenges the Medical Community to Shift the Narrative About Race and Research Washington author of Medical Apartheid, and winner of the National Book Critics’ Circle award, teaches Race & Bioethics. Alumni Bioethics M.S. Alumna Dr. Marie-Julie Trahan: Paused Her Five-Year Residency To Earn An M.S. in Bioethics From Columbia Don’t hesitate to deviate from the standard career path, says the Bioethics alumna. Alumni Dr. Naila Ramji: Integrating Bioethics into Maternal-Fetal Medicine Dr. Ramji discussed her time in the Bioethics program and how she applies her degree daily in her profession. Alumni Bioethics Alumna Shami-Iyabo Mitchell Considers Six Medical School Acceptances "The Columbia Bioethics program gives students broad exposure to law, medicine, research, and philosophy." Alumni Karla Childers: Working in Bioethics During a Pandemic Karla Childers, alumna of Columbia’s Bioethics program, discusses being a bioethicist during a pandemic. Faculty Bioethics Lecturer Wilmot James to Co-Moderate Symposium on Vaccines and Global Health: Melinda Gates, Tedros Gebreyesus, Jeremy Farrar, Anthony Fauci, Moncef Slaoui, and Ezekiel Emanuel to Give Keynotes "To beat a pandemic requires transparency, sharing of information and collaboration," says the Bioethics lecturer. Alumni Sayantanee Das: Bringing Prison HIV Care Research to the Global Stage at the World Bioethics Conference "The small class sizes and clear devotion from the professors fostered very meaningful connections." Alumni Sharon Feldman: Bioethics Alumna and Cleveland Clinic Fellow Seeks to Contribute to Australia’s Emerging Clinical Ethics Field Now a Fellow at the Cleveland Clinic, Feldman recalls the most enriching features of Columbia's M.S. in Bioethics program. Alumni Michael Menconi: Dual-Degree Bioethics/ Public Health Alumnus Aspires to Make Sound, Ethical Sense of New and Longstanding Dilemmas in Healthcare Menconi, who earned a Bioethics M.S. & M.P.H. from Columbia, credits the program with bolstering his law school application. Load More
