Bioethics Graduates and Current Students
Graduates
Rebecca Ballard
Received a B.S. in Microbiology from Southwest Texas State University in 1999. In
August 2006, she completed her M.A. and has the distinction of being the first recipient
of the combined J.D. and M.A. degrees with concentrations in health law and
bioethics. Her capstone project focused on ethical and legal issues concerning genetic
testing of third parties as a means of discovery in civil lawsuits. She also worked with Dr.
Jason Eberl on a research project concerning the ethical implications of creating animalhuman chimeric embryos. In 2005-06, she was awarded a graduate assistantship at the IU
Center for Bioethics. Having passed the Indiana Bar Examination in July 2006, she has
served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert D. Rucker at the Indiana Supreme Court
and was also appointed an adjunct faculty member of the IU School of Law-Indianapolis,
where she taught a course concerning research on human and nonhuman subjects. She
has worked as the conflicts of interest manager at the Weill Cornell Medical College in
New York and is currently the research compliance officer at Kansas City Veterans
Administration Medical Center and an adjunct faculty member of the Kansas City
University of Medicine and Biosciences.
PUBLICATIONS
 (w/ J.T. Eberl) “Metaphysical and Ethical Perspectives on Creating AnimalHuman Chimeras,” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 34:5 (2009).
 “Animal/Human Hybrids and Chimeras: What are They? Why Would Scientists
Create Them? And What Attempts Have Been Made to Regulate Them?”
Michigan State University Journal of Medicine and Law 12 (2008): 297-319.
 (w/ J.T. Eberl) “Exercising Restraint in the Creation of Animal-Human
Chimeras,” American Journal of Bioethics 8:6 (2008): 45-6.
 “You Get a Line, I’ll Get a Pole We’ll Go Fish’n in the Plaintiff’s Gene Pool,”
Defense Counsel Journal 74 (2007): 22-34.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
 (w/ J.T. Eberl) “The Creation and Use of Animal-Human Chimeric Embryos:
Metaphysical and Moral Ambiguities,” Bioethics Research Rounds, IU Center for
Bioethics, April 2006.
 (w/ J.T. Eberl) “The Creation and Use of Animal-Human Chimeric Embryos:
Metaphysical and Moral Ambiguities,” Health Care Ethics Seminar, IU
Bloomington Poynter Center, March 2006.
Robin Bandy
Received a B.A. in Political Science from IUPUI in 2006. In December 2009, she
completed combined-degrees in Law and Philosophy (J.D./M.A.) with a concentration in
bioethics. Her capstone research project concerns incapacitated adult patients who require
court-appointed guardians during their hospital stay. In Spring 2008, she was awarded a
legal internship with the Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics, and was also awarded a
Clinical Ethics Fellowship at the Fairbanks Center for 2009-10. She was recently
acknowledged by Dr. David Orentlicher for her research assistance in the following
publications:
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“Health Care Reform: Beyond Ideology” JAMA 301:17 (2009).
“Presumed Consent to Organ Donation: Its Rise and Fall in the United States”
Rutgers Law Review 61:2 (2009).
Robin initiated the IUPUI Bioethics Journal Club in 2007 and facilitated it for the next
two years. She is a certified guardian with the National Guardianship Association and a
member of the Indiana State Guardianship Association. Robin is currently employed by
Wishard Memorial Hospital to direct the Wishard Volunteer Advocates
Program, which uses court-appointed volunteer advocates to act as limited guardians for
hospitalized, incapacitated patients. She is also an ethics consultant for Wishard.
PUBLICATIONS
 (w/ A.M. Torke, P.R. Helft, and R.W. Bandy) “Medical Decision-making during
the Guardianship Process for Incapacitated, Hospitalized Adults: A Descriptive
Cohort Study” Journal of General Internal Medicine (April 27, 2010).
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
 (w/ A.M. Torke, P.R. Helft, and R.W. Bandy) “Socio-demographic and Medical
Characteristics from a Descriptive Cohort Study of Adult, Incapacitated Patients
Requiring Court-appointed Guardians,” American Society for Bioethics and
Humanities Annual Meeting, October 2009.
Emily Barker-Krueger
Received a B.A. in Philosophy from IUPUI in 2006. In June 2010, she completed her
M.A. with a concentration in bioethics. During her studies, she worked as a graduate
assistant and taught as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Philosophy. She has
worked as a member of AmeriCorps at the Marion County Health Department in the
Fetal Infant Mortality Review program and a grants writer for Health and Hospital
Corporation. During her career as a grants writer, she assisted staff at Wishard Health
Services with the development of grant-related research methodologies and activities that
included high-risk populations. Also, during her employment at Health and Hospital
Corporation of Marion County she participated on its internal Research Review
Committee, which reviews research studies involving Health and Hospital Corporation of
Marion County patients, clients, and community members. The focus of the committee is
to protect the rights of the underserved/vulnerable populations in Marion County,
Indiana. She currently works as the Indiana State Department of Health Program
Coordinator for the Social Immersive Media Project for Life Education (SIMPLE)
Program, which will offer an innovative social marketing approach to increase public
awareness of the importance of integrating the life-course perspective into preconception
planning and care.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
 “Physician-Patient Relationships: The Variables of Beneficence, Autonomy, and
Trust,” Great Lakes American Studies Association Conference, University of
Notre Dame, March 2009.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
 “Assessment of Maternal Obesity using Body Mass Index (BMI) in a sample of
fetal and infant deaths in Marion County, IN 2004-2007,” Indiana Perinatal
Network Annual Conference, April 2008; Health Bound Indiana AmeriCorps
Conference, April 2008.
Patrick Barrett
Received a B.A. in Religious Studies from Wabash College in 2004. In May 2009, he
completed combined-degrees in Medicine and Philosophy (M.D./M.A.) with a
concentration in bioethics. He was awarded a graduate assistantship at the IU Center for
Bioethics for 2007-08 and received the Medical Humanities Student Essay Award in
2008 for his paper, “Dueling Autonomy - An Analysis of the Relationship between
Patient and Physician Autonomy.”
Brandon Brown
Received a B.A. in Political Philosophy from the University of Dallas in 2003. In August
2008, he completed combined-degrees in Medicine and Philosophy (M.D./M.A.) with a
concentration in bioethics. His thesis on natural embryonic function was entitled “Ergon
and the Embryo,” and was directed by Dr. Jason Eberl. He was awarded a graduate
assistantship at the IU Center for Bioethics for 2005-06 and received the Medical
Humanities Student Essay Award in 2006 for his paper, “The Industry of Fertility.” In the
fall of 2008, he studied Catholic bioethics at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum
University in Rome, Italy. He completed a transitional medical internship at St. Vincent
Hospital in Indianapolis in 2009, and is currently a radiology resident physician at
Indiana University Hospitals. He has taught as adjunct faculty member of the Philosophy
Department at Butler University since 2008. He is a lecturer for the Indiana University
School of Medicine in the courses, “Radiology” and “Introduction to Clinical Medicine,”
as well as for the Indiana University Radiologic Sciences Programs.
PUBLICATIONS
 (w/ J.T. Eberl) “Brain Life and the Argument from Potential: Affirming the
Ontological Status of Human Embryos and Fetuses” A Critical Analysis of ProChoice Arguments: Persons, Moral Worth, and Embryos, ed. Stephen Napier
(Springer, forthcoming).
 (w/ B. Hawley et al.) Magill’s Medical Guide, 6th ed. (Salem Press, 2010).
 (w/ E.D. Morrell, R. Qi, K. Drabiak, and P.R. Helft) “The Do-Not-Resuscitate
(DNR) Order: Associations with Advance Directives, Physician Specialty, and
Documentation of Discussion 15 Years after the Patient Self Determination Act,”
Journal of Medical Ethics 34:9 (2008): 642-647.
 (w/ R.B. Gunderman) “Affliction is a Treasure,” The Pharos (Spring 2008).
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(w/ R.B. Gunderman) “Pandemic Influenza,” Radiology 243:3 (2007): 629-632.
“Christian Bioethics,” in Masterplots II: Christian Literature (Salem Press, 2007).
(w/ J.T. Eberl) “Ethical Considerations in Defense of Embryo Adoption,” in The
Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition, ed. S.-V. Brakman and D.
Weaver (Springer Academic Press, 2007).
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
 (w/ R.B. Gunderman) “Affliction is a Treasure: Suffering and Hope in Donne’s
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions,” Suffering and Hope, Center for Thomistic
Studies, University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, November 2005.
Rachael Eckles
Received a B.A. in Philosophy from IUPUI in 2004. In June 2009, she completed
combined-degrees in Law and Philosophy (J.D./M.A.) with a concentration in bioethics.
She has served as a research assistant and project manager under Dr. Paul Helft at the IU
Cancer Center and the Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics. She was also awarded a
graduate assistantship at the IU Center for Bioethics in 2004, as well as a visiting
scholarship at Eli Lilly & Company. She has conducted research concerning the use of
hospital ethicists as expert testimony in probate cases and is employed as Manager of
Global Public Policy for Eli Lilly & Company.
PUBLICATIONS
 (w/ P.R. Helft, V.L. Champion, C.S. Johnson, and E.M. Meslin) “Cancer Patients’
Attitudes toward Future Research Uses of Stored Human Biological Materials,”
Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 2:3 (2007):15-22.
 (w/ E.M. Meslin, M. Gaffney, and P.R. Helft) “Medical Ethics Education: Where
are We? Where Should We Be Going? A Review,” Academic Medicine 80:12
(2005): 1143-52.
 (w/ P.R. Helft, C. Stair Johnson-Calley, and C.K. Daugherty) “Use of the Internet
to Obtain Cancer Information among Cancer Patients at an Urban County
Hospital,” Journal of Clinical Oncology 23 (2005):4954-62.
Jill Lauren Kauffman
Received a B.A. in English Language and Literature from the University of Maryland at
College Park in 2002. In July 2009, she completed her M.A. with a concentration in
bioethics. Her thesis is entitled “Poetry ‘Found’ in Illness Narrative: A Feminist
Approach to Patients’ Ways of Knowing and the Concept of Relational Autonomy,” and
was directed by Dr. Peg Brand. She received the Medical Humanities Student Essay
Award in 2009 for her paper, “The Vigil of Breathing and Decay: The Prose Poetics of
Illness, Body, and Ethics.” Jill is currently enrolled in a post-baccalaureate pre-medical
program at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
 “The Vigil of Breathing and Decay: The Prose Poetics of Illness, Body, and
Ethics,” Imaging America, Great Lakes American Studies Conference, University
of Notre Dame, March 2009.
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“Physician-Authored Pathography as an Answer to Issues of Empathy Loss
Resulting from Traditional Medical Socialization,” Cancer Stories: The Impact of
Narrative on a Modern Malady, Indianapolis, IN, November 2008.
Madeleine Kennedy
Received a Ph.D. in Inquiry Methodology (Applied Statistics) in 1980, an M.S. in
Applied Linguistics in 1977, and a B.A. in Linguistics and German in 1975, all from
Indiana University. She has been employed at Eli Lilly & Company and, in December
2008, completed her M.A. with a concentration in bioethics. Most recently, she has been
working for PAREXEL International, being responsible for Operations Quality
Management, supporting the clinical research organization in identifying and mitigating
quality-related risks, resolving quality issues during the lifecycle of the clinical trials
conducted for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and organizing a
bioethics committee for the company. Madeleine has been accepted to the Professional
Doctoral Degree Program in Bioethics at the Neiswanger Institute at Loyola University
Chicago.
Mitchell Klopfenstein
Received a B.A. in Philosophy and English from IUPUI in 2003, and served in the United
States Marine Corps. In July 2008, he completed his M.A. with a concentration in
bioethics. His thesis is entitled “Towards and Ethical Community Response to Pandemic
Influenza,” and was directed by Dr. Jason Eberl. Throughout his studies, he has been
employed at the Indiana State Department of Health and has served as the Bioethics
Liaison for the ISDH Pandemic Influenza Planning Committee working with Dr. Eric
Meslin and the IU Center for Bioethics on projects to address ethical issues in pandemic
influenza preparedness and response. He is currently a Senior Bioethics Associate at Eli
Lilly & Company.
PUBLICATIONS
 “Pandemic Influenza and the Duty to Treat: The Importance of Solidarity and
Loyalty,” American Journal of Bioethics 8:8 (2008): 41-3.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
 “Ethics and Pandemic Influenza Planning,” National Public Health Preparedness
Summit, Atlanta, GA, February 2008.
 “Pandemic Influenza: An Exercise for the Rural Community,” Indiana Rural
Health Conference, Evansville, IN, June 2007.
 “Ethics in Public Health,” Indiana Mid-America Public Health Training Center,
December 2007
Mary Mattern
Received a B.S. in Biology from Loyola University-Chicago in 2005. In August 2007,
she completed her M.A. with a concentration in bioethics. Her thesis is entitled “Prenatal
Screening: Quality Control and the Genetics Gateway,” and was directed by Dr. Jason
Eberl. In 2006-07, she was awarded a graduate assistantship at the IU Center for
Bioethics. She is currently enrolled in medical school at the University of Illinois-
Chicago.
Brooke McMillen
Received a B.S. in Biology from Butler University in 2005. In January 2008, she
completed her M.A. with a concentration in bioethics. Her thesis is entitled “Embryo
Adoption: Implications on Personhood, Marriage, and Parenting,” and was directed by
Dr. Peg Brand. She is currently working with the Fairbanks Institute for Healthy
Communities.
Eric Morrell
Received a B.A. in English from Indiana University in 2003. In June 2008, he graduated
with combined M.D./M.A. degrees. His thesis is entitled “Who Are You Calling
Normal!: The Relationship between Species Function and Health Care Justice,” and was
directed by Dr. Peter Schwartz. In addition to his publication listed below, he has been on
a dozen peer-reviewed published journal articles relating to hypoxic pulmonary
vasoconstriction, pulmonary hypertension, and right heart failure. He also received the
Medical Humanities Student Essay Award in 2006 for his paper, “Dysfunctional
Definitions of Dysfunction.” He is currently deployed in Afghanistan as medical doctor
for Fox Company of the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Battalion.
PUBLICATIONS
 (w/ B. Brown, et al.) “The Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Order: Associations with
Advance Directives, Physician Specialty, and Documentation of Discussion 15
Years after the Patient Self Determination Act,” Journal of Medical Ethics (in
press).
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
 “Do-Not-Resuscitate Ordering Patterns Among Physician Specialties,” Joint
Ethics Conference of the 18th Canadian Bioethics Society Conference and the 3rd
International Conference on Clinical Ethics and Consultation, Toronto, Canada,
June 2007.
Emily Munson
Received a B.A. in Political Science from Hanover College in 2006. In May 2010, she
completed combined-degrees in Law and Philosophy (J.D./M.A.) with a concentration in
bioethics. Emily is primary interested in advocating for individuals with disabilities. She
is a founding member of the student organization A.B.L.E. (Active Bodies Lobbying for
Equality). In Fall 2008, she was awarded a legal internship with the Fairbanks Center for
Medical Ethics. Emily was also selected as “Ms. Wheelchair Indiana 2009” and was
awarded the 2010 Robert Ross Personal Achievement Award from the Muscular
Dystrophy Association.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
 “Contemporary Eugenics: How Stereotypical!” Disability and Ethics through the
Life Cycle: Cases, Controversies and Finding Common Ground, sponsored by
Albany Law School, The Bioethics Program of Union Graduate College and
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and The Rapaport Ethics Across the Curriculum
Initiative of Union College, May 2010.
Mary Ott
Received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994, and a B.A. in Political
Science from Princeton University in 1990. She completed a residency in pediatrics and
fellowship in adolescent medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Ott
is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Section of Adolescent Medicine,
Department of Pediatrics, IU School of Medicine. She joined the M.A. program as part of
a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Ott’s
interest in research ethics focuses on sensitive issues with vulnerable populations. Her
master’s research project examines young women’s narratives of longitudinal STD
research participation through procedural bioethics, developmental and feminist
lenses. Her interest in clinical ethics focuses on emerging decision-making capacity,
vulnerability, and relationship ethics. Dr. Ott is co-chair of the new Pediatrics Ethics
Consultation Sub-committee at Riley Hospital for Children. She is also a member of the
Clarian Ethics Consultation Sub-committee and the IUPUI-Clarian IRB. In June 2010,
she completed her M.A. with a concentration in bioethics.
PUBLICATIONS
 “It Takes Two to Tango: Ethical Issues Raised by the Study of Topical
Microbicides with Adolescent Dyads,” Journal of Adolescent Health 42:6 (2008):
541-2.
 (w/ J.G. Rosenberger and J.D. Fortenberry) “Parental Permission and Perceived
Research Benefits in Adolescent STI Research,” Journal of Empirical Research
on Human Research Ethics (JERHRE) (under review).
PAPER/POSTER PRESENTATIONS
 (w/ E.J. Pfeiffer, E.M. Meslin, P.Z. Brand, T. Johnson, and J.D. Fortenberry)
“Time to Rethink Benefit-Harm Approaches to Research with Adolescents on
Socially Sensitive Topics?” Pediatric Bioethics Conference, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA, July 2009.
 (w/ J.G. Rosenberger and J.D. Fortenberry) “Someone to Talk To...Adolescent
Boys & Parents Perceive Benefits, not Harms, of STI Research,” Pediatric
Bioethics Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, July 2009.
 (w/ J.G. Rosenberger and J.D. Fortenberry) “Reasons Parents Permit Adolescent
Participation in Longitudinal STI Research,” Pediatric Academic Societies and
Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting, Honolulu, HI, May 2008.
Diana Popov
Received a B.A. in Philosophy from IUPUI in 2002. In July 2008, she completed her
M.A. with a concentration in bioethics. Her thesis is entitled “HIV Positive Children in
Medical Research: Ethics of Disclosure and Assent,” and was directed by Dr. Richard
Gunderman. She has taught as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Philosophy and
is currently studying for her B.S.N. at the IU School of Nursing. She also volunteers as a
consenter at the Tissue Bank of the IU Simon Cancer Center.
Daniel Rieger
Received a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Michigan in 2005. In September
2007, he completed his M.A. with a concentration in bioethics. During his studies, he
worked with Dr. Eric Meslin on issues related to international research ethics. He also
received the Medical Humanities Student Essay Award in 2007 for his paper, “Standard
of Care in Guidelines, Literature, and Developing Countries.” Daniel was accepted to
pursue doctoral studies in Philosophy at the University of South Carolina.
Michelle Ruben
Received a B.A. in Religious Studies from IUPUI in 2004 and completed her M.A. with a
concentration in bioethics in December 2007. During her studies, she has worked with
Dr. Jason Eberl on the concept of ordinary vs. extraordinary treatment applied to the use
of Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Since 2005, she has been a graduate assistant in the
Department of Philosophy and is currently preparing for studies to be a physician
assistant.
David Ryan Smock
Received a B.A. in Philosophy from IUPUI in 2009 and completed his M.A. with a
concentration in bioethics in May 2010. During his studies, Ryan taught as an adjunct
instructor in the Department of Philosophy.
Milton Turner
Received a B.A. in History from Wabash College in 2005. In August 2010, he completed
combined-degrees in Law and Philosophy (J.D./M.A.) with a concentration in bioethics.
He has practiced as a licensed Emergency Medical Technician for St. Joseph Hospital
and Health Care Center and received a commendation from Governor Frank O’Bannon in
2001 for independently volunteering more than 2,000 hours in the emergency room, as
well as pioneering an in-house internship program for Kokomo-area youth. He was a
2007 Indiana Conference for Legal Educational Opportunity Fellow and was nominated
by the Indiana Black Expo for a 2009 Diversity Volunteer Award. As Moot Court Chief
Justice, he organized the IU School of Law’s hosting of a national moot court
competition in 2011 concerning the topic of legal ethics. He is currently employed at Lee,
Cossel, Kuehn, and Love LLC and will be entering the US Army JAG Corps in 2011.
PUBLICATIONS
 “Recent Developments in Indiana Tort Law,” Indiana Law Review 43:1 (2010):
1053-87.
Matthew John Williams
Received a B.S. in Psychology (concentration in Industrial/Organizational Psychology)
from IUPUI in 2006. In May 2009, he completed his M.A. in Philosophy with a
concentration in bioethics. During his graduate studies, he completed a graduate
assistantship at the IUPUI Center for Service & Learning. His bioethical interests include
egalitarianism as it relates to health care, as well as health care reform policies. His
philosophical interests include theories of distributive justice (John Rawls and Norman
Daniels) and pragmatism (William James and John Dewey). He is currently working with
Prof. Eleanor Kinney and Dr. Jason Eberl on a project concerning the foundation for a
natural right to health care, and is employed as a research assistant at the IU Center for
Health Policy in Indianapolis. In addition, he is a J.D. candidate at the Indiana University
School of Law–Indianapolis.
John Witt, III
Received a B.A. in Biology from DePauw University in 2000. In July 2008, he completed
his M.A. with a concentration in bioethics. His thesis is entitled “Equipoise and
Skepticism: Past, Present and Future,” and was directed by Dr. Eric Meslin. He currently
works as the clinical laboratory general manager for Mira Vista Diagnostics and has been
appointed as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Philosophy.
David Zahl
Received a B.S. in Biology from Butler University in 2004. In December 2008, he
completed his M.A. with a concentration in bioethics. In 2006-07, he was awarded an
internship with the IUPUI Medical Humanities and Health Studies Program researching
eugenic practices in Indiana. During the summer of 2007, he was hired as an intern at the
Indiana Pharmacists Alliance to research and write the 125 year history of the
organization. He was also awarded a Sam H. Jones Community Service Scholarship from
the IUPUI Center for Service Learning in Fall 2007 and Fall 2008. He currently works as
a Curriculum Development and Clinical Skills Education Specialist at the IU School of
Dentistry.
PUBLICATIONS
 125 Years of Indiana Pharmacy: A History of Indiana’s Pharmacists Association
(Indianapolis: Indiana Pharmacists Alliance, 2007).
 “The Founding of the Indiana Pharmaceutical Association, May 9, 1882,” The
Indiana Pharmacist 88:3 (2007): 24-27, 35.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
 “The Seventeen Years War: Enacting Pharmacy Legislation in Indiana,” Indiana
Association of Historians 28th Annual Meeting, February 2008.
Odette Aguirre Zero
Received a B.S. in Biology from Universidad del Valle in Guatemala City in 1983, and
a D.D.S. from Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala City in 1989. She
completed a G.P.R. at Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, NY in 1991, and received an
M.S. in Anatomy from the University of Rochester in 1993. She has been Assistant
Professor in the Department of Oral Biology at IU School of Dentistry since 1999, where
she is also involved with the Professional Ethics course for dental students. In December
2009, she completed a Graduate Certificate in Bioethics.
Current Students
Ian Anderson
Received a B.A. in Philosophy from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne in
2008 with a minor in Applied Ethics. He completed a practicum working with the
Institutional Review Board at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN. He also studied
abroad at the Rene Cassin Institute for International Human Rights Law and was the
assistant director of the Purdue University Human Rights Institute. He is planning to
pursue combined J.D./M.A. degrees in health law and bioethics.
Lance Aschliman
Received a B.S. in Secondary Education from Purdue University in 2007 and has since
been a mathematics teacher for the Tippecanoe School Corporation in West Lafayette,
IN. He is interested in the intersection of ontological and ethical views concerning the
nature of human person, as well as the role of the state in regulating health care and other
health-related issues.
Gabriel Bosslet
Received an M.D. from Ohio State University in 2003 and a B.S. in Pre-professional
Studies with a concentration in Science, Technology, and Values from the University of
Notre Dame in 1999. He completed an Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency at
Ohio State University in 2007. He is currently a fellow in the division of Pulmonary,
Allergy, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine at the IU School of Medicine. He is
completing his M.A. in conjunction with a fellowship in clinical ethics at the Fairbanks
Center for Medical Ethics at Methodist Hospital. He is interested in the implications of
ethics education on medical professionalism.
PUBLICATIONS
 “Parental Procreative Obligation and the Categorization of Disease: The Case of
Cystic Fibrosis,” Journal of Medical Ethics (forthcoming).
Sean Brown
Received a B.A. in Philosophy from IUPUI in 2006. Sean graduated from the IUPUI
Master of Arts in Philosophy program with a concentration in American Philosophy in
June 2010. He is currently studying at the IU School of Law-Indianapolis and is pursuing
a Graduate Certificate in Bioethics. In 2010, Sean was named Chancellor’s Scholar for
the Graduate School – Master’s Programs.
Maureen Craney
Received an M.S. in Applied Health Sciences from Indiana University in 2005 and a B.A.
in Germanic Languages from Brigham Young University in 1984. She currently
facilitates the IUPUI Bioethics Journal Club.
Joshua Farrington
Received a B.A. in Philosophy from IUPUI in 2006.
Olivia Fisher
Received a B.A. in Biology from IUPUI in 2009 with a minor in Medical Humanities and
Health Studies. She has worked as a volunteer at Wishard Hospital and with an
HIV/AIDS prevention program.
Ian Grant
Received a Pre-Medicine B.S. from the University of Notre Dame in 2006 with a minor
in Psychology and is currently enrolled in the IU School of Medicine pursuing combined
M.D./M.A. degrees.
Casandra Greene
Received a B.A. in Political Science from IUPUI in 2010. She has been awarded a
graduate assistantship at the IU Center for Bioethics for 2010-11.
Michael J. Hope
Received a Bachelors Degree in General Studies with a minor in Philosophy from IUPUI
in 2008. He is interested in studying topics ranging from informed consent to animal
ethics. He participates in the Consortium for Health Policy, Law and Bioethics, and is a
founding member of the student organization A.B.L.E. (Active Bodies Lobbying for
Equality). He was awarded a teaching assistantship in the Department of Philosophy for
2009-10.
Holly Kloss
Received a B.A. in Biology from IUPUI in 2008. She has served as the president of the
American Medical Student Association Premedical Chapter at IUPUI and is pursuing
combined-degrees in Medicine and Philosophy (M.D./M.A.) with a concentration in
bioethics.
Sarah Lachenman
Received a B.A. in Environmental Ethics from IUPUI and graduated with the distinction
of IUPUI’s Top Female Student in 2006. During her studies, she has worked with Dr.
Jason Eberl on environmental ethics, with a focus on childhood development and
ecology. She has worked as an intern for an energy consultancy firm, done internship
work in environmental lead contamination with the Church Federation of Greater
Indianapolis, and taught high school for two years at Indianapolis Metropolitan High
School. She has been awarded a fellowship in the Department of Earth Sciences at
IUPUI, where she is pursuing climate change, energy, and policy research.
Amber Malcolm
Received B.A. in Political Science from Indiana University in 2006. She is currently
pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Bioethics in combination with her J.D. studies at the
Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. Amber has served as a law clerk for the
Indiana Supreme Court.
Tanya Martin
Received a B.A. in Philosophy from IUPUI in 2009 with a minor in Psychology. She is
also currently pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Professional Editing.
Britney McMahan
Received a B.A. in Religious Studies from IUPUI in 2009. She is currently pursuing
combined-degrees in Law and Philosophy (J.D./M.A.) with a concentration in bioethics.
She has worked in the health care field as a care tech at St. Vincent Hospital, a paramedic
for Wishard Hospital, and an EMT for Wayne Township Fire Department.
David Russell
Received a B.A. in Communications from Baylor University in 2006. He is interested in
the intersection of law and bioethics. He is currently working in the area of research
compliance in the IU Office of Research Administration.
Zeynep Salih
Received an M.D. from Ankara University in 1990. She is currently an Assistant
Professor in the Division of Neonatology in the Department of Pediatrics at the IU School
of Medicine and Riley Children’s Hospital. Dr. Salih completed a pediatric residency at
Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, IL and a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at
University of Wisconsin–Madison and Loyola University–Chicago. Having completed a
fellowship in clinical ethics at the Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics, she is a member
of the Clarian Ethics Consultation Sub-committee and the Pediatrics Ethics Subcommittee. Dr. Salih is interested in ethics education. She was the leading faculty
member in the development and implementation of a neonatology fellowship ethics
curriculum. She is also interested in team ethics and is developing a new team approach
to in-hospital resuscitation of neonates. Dr. Salih will present her paper, “Development of
a Bioethics Curriculum in a Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program,” at the
2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities in
Washington, D.C.
PUBLICATIONS
 “Education in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine in the United States,” Seminars in
Perinatology (in press).
David Stout
Received a B.A. in Philosophy and a B.S. in Psychology from IUPUI in 2004. He is
broadly interested in ethics, including philosophy of law, political philosophy,
philanthropy, bioethics, and ethical theory. He is currently interested in both bioethics
and pragmatism, particularly in regard to how pragmatism may be applied to the field of
bioethics and how a more useful ethical theory might be developed. Stout served as
president of graduate student government, president of the graduate philosophy club, and
is a member of an Institutional Review Board for biomedical research at Indiana
University/Clarian Health. From 2005 through 2008, he served as a judge in the Central
States Ethics Bowls. Prior to becoming a student, Stout worked for several years as a
volunteer Emergency Medical Technician, gaining field experience and familiarity with
this aspect of bioethics. As an undergraduate, he worked as a technical editor for several
philosophy texts on Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Plato.
Macey Leigh Thompson
Received a B.A. in Philosophy with a minor in Medical Humanities and Health Studies
from IUPUI in 2008. She is currently pursuing her M.A. and will graduate with her J.D.
from Indiana University Maurer School of Law-Bloomington in May 2011. She is a
fitness professional and living organ donor advocate with research interests that include
organ transplant ethics, physician assisted suicide, and end of life/palliative care. She was
recently nominated as a Region 10 member of the Executive Board of the United
Network for Organ Sharing and has also worked with the University of Michigan’s Adult
Ethics Committee.
International Research Ethics Students
Kalli McBride
Received a B.A. in Philosophy and Economics from Ball State University in 2007. She is
currently pursuing combined J.D./M.A. degrees in health law and international research
ethics. In 2009-10, she was awarded a graduate assistantship at the IU Center for
Bioethics. As part of her assistantship, she is collaborating on the IU-Moi Academic
Research Ethics Partnership and is developing an educational module focused on
Kenya’s ethical guidelines and regulations relating to human subject research. At the IU
School of Law-Indianapolis, she is a board member of both the International Human
Rights Law Society and the Feminist Law Society. During the summer of 2009, she was
awarded an internship from the Law School’s Program for International Human Rights.
For the first half of her internship, she spent time in Buenos Aires with Professor Eleanor
Kinney researching Argentina’s National Program for Sexual Health and Responsible
Procreation. She completed the second half of her internship in New York City working
for International Women’s Rights Action Watch – Asia Pacific, a non-governmental
organization based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is currently Program Manager for the
IU-Moi Academic Research Ethics Partnership.
H. Lynn Mullins-Owens
Received a B.A. in Philosophy from IUPUI in 2007 and graduated with a J.D. from the
University of Dayton in 2010 with pro bono honors. While studying at the University of
Dayton, Lynn served as President of the American Civil Liberties Union, and was a
Ramzi Nassar Social Justice Scholar. She also earned a Certificate in Chinese Legal
Systems from East China University of Political Science and Law in 2009. She is
currently working as a paralegal for Jocham, Hardin, Demick, Jackson PC, in the areas of
international adoption and surrogacy law.
Edythe Taylor
Received a B.A. in English from Oklahoma State University in 2004 and a J.D. from the
Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis in 2008. She is currently employed in the
Office of Research Administration at IUPUI.