Affinity Groups
These special interest groups are a great way to connect with other ASBH members who share your academic or clinical focus or practice in a similar setting.
ASBH affinity groups plan presentations and educational programs; develop position papers, guidelines, and practice standards; monitor and recommend responses to regulatory legislation and ethical issues; and review and recommend research priorities.
If you wish to participate in an Affinity Group, join ASBH now and then follow these steps to join as many affinity groups as you like.
- Log into "My Account" with your ASBH Username and Password.
- On the left navigation, find "Affinity Groups" under "Membership and Participation."
- Choose any group(s) that interest you by selecting the boxes to the left of each listing.
- Click the "Save" button at the bottom.
Affinity Groups and Their Leaders
Animal Bioethics
Providenza Loera Rocco, JD HEC-C
Astro-Ethics
Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, PhD
Baccalaureate Bioethics and Humanities Educators Affinity Group
Andrea L. Kalfoglou, PhD; Hajung Lee, PhD JD MBE
Bioethics and Christian Theology
Kimbell Kornu, MD PhD HEC-C; Tyler Tate, MD
Clinical Ethics Consultation
Thomas V. Cunningham, PhD
Clinical Research Ethics Consultation
Donna T. Chen, MD MPH
Conflict Resolution and Bioethics
Bruce Tizes, MD JD MPH
Current and Former Clinical Ethics Fellows
Sarah Wieten, PhD HEC-C
Dental Ethics
David A. Anderson, DDS HEC-C
Disability Ethics
Christopher Ralston, PhD; Devan Stahl, PhD MDiv HEC-C
ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Implications)
Kadija Ferryman, PhD; Gabriel Lazaro-Munoz, JD PhD
Environmental Bioethics
Paul J. Cummins
Ethics and Humanities Educators in the Health Professions and Residency Training
Patrick D. Herron, DBe; Ruchika Mishra, PhD
Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
Georgina D. Campelia, PhD HEC-C; Elizabeth Lanphier, PhD MS HEC-C
Health and Science Policy
Aaliyah Eaves, JD PhD HEC-C
History of Medical Ethics
Robert Baker, PhD
Holocaust Genocide Contemporary Bioethics
William Silvers, MD
Hospice & Palliative Care
Janice Firn, PhD MSW HEC-C; Carla Keirns, MD PhD HEC-C; Sirisha Perugu, MD HEC-C
Jewish Bioethics
Carol Gerson, MD
LatinX Bioethics
Joanne Suarez, MBE; Gabriel Lazaro-Munoz, JD PhD
Law & Bioethics
Elizabeth Pike
Literature & Medicine
Jamie C. Watson, PhD MA HEC-C; Angela Scott, MD PhD
Medical Decision Making
Elizabeth Nilson, MD MPH HEC-C; Kimberly Sawyer; Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir, MD
Military, Humanitarian and Disaster Medicine
James Giordano, PhD
Neuroethics
Nada Gligorov, PhD
Nursing
Angela Knackstedt, BSN RN
Organizational Ethics
Melissa Bottrell, PhD MPH; Matthew Wynia, MD MPH FACP
Pediatric Ethics
Amy E. Brown, MD MS HEC-C; Bryanna Moore PhD HEC-C
Pharmacy and Ethics
Caitlin Leach
Philosophy
Gerard Vong, PhD
Philosophy of Medicine
Allison M. McCarthy, PhD;Matthew Shea, PhD; Heidi Storl PhD MA HEC-C
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Laura Guidry-Grimes, PhD HEC-C; Harold Braswell, PhD
Public Health
Karen M. Meagher, PhD
Race & Culture/Ethnicity
Jennifer McCurdy, PhD BSN HEC-C; Jennifer James, PhD MSW MS
Religion, Spirituality and Bioethics
Jeff S. Matsler
Reproduction
Benjamin J. Krohmal, JD HEC-C; Bethany Bruno, MD MA
Rural Bioethics
Elizabeth Held Dobos HEC-C PA-C
Sexuality & Gender Identity: LGBT and Queer Bioethics
Theodore Schall, MSW MBE
Social Work
Sophia Fantus, PhD MSW
Student Interest
Adrienne Feller Novick, MS MSW HEC-C
Surgical Ethics
Andrew G. Shuman, MD HEC-C; Carrie Thiessen, MD PhD
Visual Arts & Cultural Representations
ListServes
Many affinity groups offer participation in ListServes in specialized areas. ASBH members may also participate in the ASBH ListServe in which members share announcements of scholarly meetings and events of general interest to the field of bioethics and humanities. Refer to the benefits of ASBH membership for more information.
Leaders can connect with ASBH Education and Operations Coordinator Lauren Winters at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any questions.