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, HEC-C JD
Baccalaureate Bioethics and Humanities Educators Affinity Group
Andrea L. Kalfoglou, PHD BA; Hajung Lee, PHD JD MBE
Bioethics and Christian Theology
Kimbell Kornu, HEC-C MD PHD; Tyler Tate, MD
Clinical Ethics Consultation
Thomas V. Cunningham, PHD; Joyeeta G. Dastidar, HEC-C
Clinical Research Ethics Consultation
Donna T. Chen, MD MPH
Conflict Resolution and Bioethics
Stacy C. Smith, MLS BSN RN CHPPN
Current and Former Clinical Ethics Fellows
Sarah Wieten, PhD
Dental Ethics
David A. Anderson, HEC-C DDS
Disability Ethics
Christopher Ralston, PhD; Devan Stahl, PHD
ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Implications)
Aaron Goldenberg, MPH PhD; Gabriel Lazaro-Munoz, JD PHD
Environmental Bioethics
Cristina Richie, PhD
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, HEC-C PHD; Elizabeth Lanphier, HEC-C PHD MS
Health and Science Policy
Kirstin RW Matthews, PhD
History of Medical Ethics
Susan Lederer, PhD; Kathleen E. Powderly, PhD CNM
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
Elizabeth Nilson, HEC-C MD MPH; Kimberly Sawyer; Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir, MD
Military, Humanitarian and Disaster Medicine
Sheena M. Eagan, PhD MPH
Neuroethics
Nada Gligorov, PhD
Nursing
Angela Knackstedt, BC BSN RN
Organizational Ethics
Melissa Bottrell, MPH PHD; Matthew Wynia, MD MPH FACP
Pediatric Ethics
Amy E. Brown, HEC-C MD MS; Ian D. Wolfe, HEC-C PHD RN
Pharmacy and Ethics
Amy Reese, MA
Philosophy
Gerard Vong
Philosophy of Medicine
Allison M. McCarthy, PhD;Matthew Shea, PhD; Heidi Storl
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Laura Guidry-Grimes, PhD; Harold Braswell, PhD
Public Health
Karen M. Meagher, PhD
Race & Culture/Ethnicity
Faith E. Fletcher, PhD MA; Jennifer McCurdy, PhD RN MH
Religion, Spirituality and Bioethics
Jeff S. Matsler
Reproduction
Cristie Cole Horsburgh, JD; Lauren Flicker, JD MA
Rural Bioethics
Elizabeth Held Dobos; Justin Hersom, LCSW
Sexuality & Gender Identity: LGBT and Queer Bioethics
Lance Wahlert, PhD
Social Work
Valerie B. Satkoske, PhD; Amy M. VanDyke, MSW LSW PhD
Student Interest
Bethany Bruno
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.