Bioethics Impact Stories Archive
A Columbia Gap Year
Medical student Elizabeth Ng (right) took a chance on the SPS program in Bioethics. Here’s what she learned.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
Bioethics Alumna Shami-Iyabo Mitchell Considers Six Medical School Acceptances
"The Columbia Bioethics program gives students broad exposure to law, medicine, research, and philosophy."
Karla Childers: Working in Bioethics During a Pandemic
Karla Childers, alumna of Columbia’s Bioethics program, discusses being a bioethicist during a pandemic.
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.
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."
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.
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.