ASBH 2026 Annual Conference
Bioethics and the health humanities are evolving fields, in conversation with medical and social changes. While clinicians, academics, and other healthcare professionals continue to grapple with key ethical questions, such as end-of-life conflicts, ethical research design, and health disparities, the bioethics and health humanities communities also respond to an ever-changing political landscape that has tested the strength of our institutions and policies. Where do we go from here? How do we continue to advocate for humanistic and ethical care as we respond to systemic changes? What broad-reaching effects does the changing regulatory landscape have on our work and particularly on vulnerable communities? How do we move forward in medicine and humanities disciplines also facing scrutiny? We invite you to open your mind to new ideas, solutions, and perspectives on a changing world.
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.
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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.
2026 Program Committee
Lori Bruce, DBe MA MBe HEC-C, Chair
Yale University
Bethany Bruno, MD MA ACOG
County Obstetrics & Gynecology Group, Yale New Haven Hospital
Elizabeth Lanphier, PhD MS HEC-C
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, UC College of Medicine
Bryan Pilkington, PhD
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Valerie Satkoske, PhD MSW HEC-C
UPMC Health System
Elise Smith, PhD
University of Texas Medical Branch
Board Liaisons
Patrick Smith, PhD
Duke University
Lisa Campo-Engelstein, PhD
University of Texas Medical Branch