Baruch A. Brody Lecture in Bioethics

Successful applicants will have:

• Made rigorous, philosophically-informed, conceptual contributions to the field of bioethics that are of clinical and practical import
• Demonstrated leadership in, and commitment to, the field of bioethics
• Been appointed to a faculty appointment at an academic institution

• $10,000 award (SSN or ITIN required)
• Spending three days as a Visiting Scholar at the Baylor College of Medicine Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, offering an opportunity to build collaborations at Houston Methodist Hospital System and Rice University Department of Philosophy (e.g., deliver various one-off talks, one on one meetings with faculty, etc.)

Nominations for the 2023-2024 Award and Lecture are now closed. Thank you to all who submitted nominations! 2024-2025 nominations will open this summer. 

• Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, Ph.D., M.A., Cullen Professor of Medical Ethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
• Rabbi Shlomo Brody, PhD, Executive Director, Ematai
• Janet Malek, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine; Director, Houston Methodist Biomedical Ethics Program
• Laurence McCullough, Ph.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zucker School of Medicine of Hofstra/Northwell; Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
• Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
• Charles Millikan, D. Min., Vice President for Spiritual Care and Values Integration, Houston Methodist Hospital
• Samuel Reis-Dennis, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Rice University

Learn more about Dr. Brody. If you are interested in contributing to the Baruch A. Brody Lecture in Bioethics or the Baruch A. Brody Outstanding Student Award, given to Baylor Medical Ethics Pathway students whose capstone projects best demonstrate ways to apply ethical thinking to medical settings and situations, visit the donation page.