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
L. Syd Johnson, PhD; Tyler John
Baccalaureate Bioethics and Humanities Educators Affinity Group
Elizabeth Reis
Bioethics and Christian Theology
Devan Stahl, PhD; Matthew Vest
Clinical Ethics Consultation
Jeffrey Spike, PhD
Clinical Research Ethics Consultation
Kathryn Porter, JD, MPH
Conflict Resolution and Bioethics
Stacy C. Smith, MLS BSN RN CHPPN
Current and Former Clinical Ethics Fellows
Sarah Wieten, PhD
Dental Ethics
Laura Bishop, PhD
Disability Ethics
Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, PhD; April Dworetz, MD MPH
ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Implications)
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD; Aaron Goldenberg, MPH, PhD
Environmental Bioethics
Cristina Richie, PhD
Ethics and Humanities Educators in the Health Professions and Residency Training
Tom Harter, PhD; Marin Gillis, PhD LPh; Marianne Burda, MA MD PhD
Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
Lisa Campo-Engelstein, PhD; Barry DeCoster, PhD
Health and Science Policy
Kirstin RW Matthews, PhD
History of Medical Ethics
Robert Baker, PhD; Susan Lederer, PhD
Holocaust Genocide Contemporary Bioethics
William Silvers, MD
Hospice & Palliative Care
Richard Butin, MD
Jewish Bioethics
Jonathan K. Crane, PhD
LatinX Bioethics
Joanne Suarez; Katrina Munoz, MBE; Gabriel Lazaro-Munoz, JD PhD; Casey Rojas, JD
Law & Bioethics
Lynette Martins; Scott Schweikart, JD MBE
Literature & Medicine
Jamie C. Watson, PhD MA; Angela Scott, MD PhD
Medical Decision Making
Elliot M. Weiss
Military, Humanitarian and Disaster Medicine
Sheena M. Eagan, PhD MPH
Neuroethics
Anna Wexler, PhD; Christian Carrozzo, MA
Nursing
Angela Knackstedt, BC, BSN, RN
Organizational Ethics
Melissa Bottrell, MPH, PHD; Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH, FACP
Pediatric Ethics
Erin Paquette, MD JD MBe
Pharmacy and Ethics
Amy Reese, MA
Philosophy
Jeremy Garrett, PhD
Philosophy of Medicine
Heidi Storl
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Laura Guidry-Grimes, PhD; Harold Braswell, PhD
Public Health
Rachel E. Fabi, PhD
Race & Culture/Ethnicity
Faith E. Fletcher, PhD MA; Jennifer McCurdy, BSN MH
Religion, Spirituality and Bioethics
Amy DeBaets, PhD; Hajung Lee, JD PhD(c)
Reproduction
Cristie Cole Horsburgh, JD; Lauren Flicker, JD MA
Rural Bioethics
Jacob Dahlke
Sexuality & Gender Identity: LGBT and Queer Bioethics
Lance Wahlert, PhD
Social Work
Valerie B. Satkoske, PhD; Amy M. VanDyke, MSW LSW PhD
Student Interest
Leah Lomotey-Nakon
Surgical Ethics
Andrew G. Shuman, MD; Carrie Thiessen, MD PhD
Visual Arts & Cultural Representations
Nancy Tilson-Mallett
List Serves
Many affinity groups offer participation in list serves in specialized areas. ASBH members may also participate in the ASBH List Serve 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.