Annual Conference

ASBH 2025 Annual Conference

As American culture becomes increasingly polarized, the need for interdisciplinary collaboration, high-quality research, and ethical practices grows ever stronger. How can the past guide our present? How can diverse perspectives offer unique insights into perennial issues? We encourage you to explore the intersections between bioethics and humanities and consider how their intersection may be greater than the sum of their parts.

Schedule-at-a-Glance

The full 2025 schedule will be available closer to the conference date. Check back soon for more information!

Wednesday, Oct 22: Pre-conference workshops
Thursday, Oct 23:Welcome to ASBH session, opening plenary session, concurrent sessions, affinity group meetings, enrichment hubs, opening reception, Networking Hall
Friday, Oct 24: Concurrent sessions, affinity group meetings, enrichment hubs, Newcomers’ Social, Networking Hall
Saturday, Oct 25:Closing plenary session, concurrent sessions, enrichment hubs, affinity group meetings, post-conference workshops

Who Should Attend

The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) Annual Conference is designed for physicians, nurses, attorneys, historians, philosophers, professors of literature and the humanities, members of the clergy, hospital chaplains, social workers, and others engaged in endeavors related to clinical and academic bioethics and the health-related humanities.

Exhibits/Advertising/Support
Plenary Sessions
Registration
Travel Information
Accessibility
Past/Future Conferences

Productive Engagement

ASBH supports an environment of productive engagement, where the free expression of diverse points of view occurs in an atmosphere of scholarly exchange and mutual respect. Conference attendees, participants, and vendors are expected to observe common sense norms for public behavior, personal interaction, and common courtesy. Abusive, harassing, or threatening behavior is not acceptable.

2025 Program Committee

Shilpa Shashidhara, PhD, Chair
Sutter Health

Lori Bruce, DBe MA MBe HEC-C
Yale University

Armand H Matheny Antommaria, MD PhD HEC-C
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medicine Center

Julia Knopes, PhD MA
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Nicole Martinez-Martin, JD PhD
Stanford University

Valerie Satkoske, PhD MSW HEC-C
UPMC Health System

Board Liaisons

Toby Schonfeld, PhD
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Patrick Smith, PhD
Duke University