Bioethics in the Margins
Kirk Johnson and Amelia Barwise
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Who we are: We are a collaborative of bioethics scholars interested in creating a more inclusive space to explore topics relevant to bioethics and the medical humanities while advancing equity and social change/restitution. Although we found our shared interests through our membership in the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Race Affinity Group, we are independent of ASBH and any other organization. The views expressed in this podcast are our own and the speakers and do not represent our employers, institutions, or professional societies. Mission: Bioethics in the Margins aims to include topics, guests and audiences who are not always highlighted in mainstream bioethics discourse. We will focus on structural inequity and the role bioethics can play in social change. We aim to move beyond traditional bioethics frameworks and intentionally draw on intersectionality, social justice, racial justice, disability ethics, women, LGBTQ ethics, and topics specific to Black, immigrant/refugee, Native American, Latinx populations.
Hosts: Kirk Johnson, Amelia Barwise
Team Members: Gargi Pandey, Creative Director; Madeline Mahoney, Sound Editor; Wendy Jiang, Social Media Manager; Nicolle Strand, Advisor; Liz Chuang, Producer
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Recent Episodes
S9E4 Ethics of Artificial Intelligence through a Cultural Anthropology Lens
For this episode, we are joined by Kadija Ferryman, an anthropologist who studies equity and policy in health risk prediction technologies. Dr. Ferryman is Faculty at the Berman Institute of…
S9E3 Human Rights Violations in US Immigration Detention
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Katherine Peeler, founding director of the Peeler Immigration Lab, to discuss her longstanding empirical work on human rights and US immigration systems. Dr.…
S9E2 Social, Ethical and Policy Implications of Genomic Tools
In this episode, our previous guest Dr. Daphne Martschenko returns with her co-author Dr. Sam Trejo to discuss their new book What We Inherit: How New Technologies and Old Myths Are Shaping Our…
S9E1 Commercial Determinants of Health
Season 9 is off to an exceptionally strong start with our recent discussion with Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Health at the City University of New York (CUNY)…
S8E4 Sanctuary Churches: A Moral Imperative
We close out Season 8 with a very special episode that is particularly poignant in this holiday season when people of many faiths are called to reflect on our core values. We are joined by Reverend…
S8E3 One Health Policy with Dr. Karen Meagher
This month we are joined by Dr. Karen Meagher, Assistant Professor of Health Justice and Bioethics at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Recently, Dr. Meagher was the Associate…
S8E2 Remaking Bioethics Together
We are thrilled that this podcast is airing right after the 2025 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities meeting. It is based on a 2024 ASBH workshop “Remaking Bioethics Together.” Our guests…
S8E1 What bioethicists should know about FEMA with Julia O'Brien
We welcome everyone back from a beautiful summer to kick off Season 8 with Julia O'Brien, the "grandmother" of geographic information systems (GIS). O'Brien was the Federal Emergency Management…
S7E9 "A Survey of Attitudes Toward Social Justice Obligations in the Field of Bioethics" a discussion with AJOB article authors
This episode of Bioethics in the Margins features a panel of bioethicists: Danielle Pacia of The Hastings Center, Sana Baban of UMass Chan Medical School, J. Wesley Boyd of Harvard Medical School,…
S7E8 Dental Ethics and Oral Health Justice with Dr. Carlos Smith
Dr. Carlos Smith, a general dentist and ethicist, is the Associate Dean of Ethics and Community Engagement and an Associate Professor in the Department of Dental Public Health and Policy at Virginia…
S7E7 Capital Punishment and the Physiology of Nitrogen Gas Executions
In this episode of Bioethics in the Margins, we delve into the topic of capital punishment by nitrogen gas. Dr. Robert Glatter is Editor at Large for Medscape Emergency Medicine and Assistant…
S7E6 Solidarity with Immigrants with Dr. Rachel Fabi
Our first ever repeat guest is Rachel Fabi, PhD, Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University. She is a Faculty Research Affiliate at the Syracuse University…
S7E5 Structural roots of firearm violence with Dr. Tanya Zakrison
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Tanya Zakrison, MD, PhD, Professor of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery and Director of Critical Trauma Research at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Her…
S7E4 Centering Reproductive Health of Black Women with Sickle Cell Disease with Dr. Shameka Poetry Thomas
Dr. Shameka Poetry Thomas is a medical sociologist with special interest in reproductive justice and genetics technology as well as the intersection of maternal healthcare with sickle cell disease.…
S7E3 Diversification of Bioethics with Donald Carter
Happy holidays from BITM! We are delighted to share this episode with you this week. Kirk and Amelia sat down with Dr. Donald Carter III, assistant professor at Mercer School of Medicine. Dr. Carter…
S7E2 Understanding and Responding to Book Bans with Laureen Cantwell-Jurkovic
We are so excited to have our very first librarian, Laureen Cantwell-Jurkovic, on the show to discuss the impact of and potential responses to the onslaught of book challenges and bans that have…
S7E1 Immigrant Health and the Work of Bioethics with Dr. Brian Tuohy
We are back with season 7, chatting with Brian Tuohy, PhD, a sociologist of immigration and health, assistant professor of bioethics, and co-director of education at the Lewis Katz School of of…
S6E5 Bodily Autonomy, Reproductive Justice, and Tear Gas with Asha Hassan
In this episode, Kirk and Amelia speak with Asha Hassan, MPH, a doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Together, they discuss her recent work on the link between…
S6E4 Medical-Legal Partnerships and Social Determinants of Health with Lynette Martins
In this episode, Amelia and Kirk speak with Lynette Martins who is co-leader of the ASBH immigration affinity group with Dr. Brian Tuohy and a recent graduate from Georgetown Law’s O’Neill Institute…
S6E3 Racial Inequities, Shared Decision-Making, and Trauma-Informed Critical Care with Dr. Deepshikha Ashana
In this episode, Kirk and Amelia speak with Dr. Deepshikha Ashana about her research on racial disparities present in shared decision-making practices in critical care. Dr. Ashana shares how her…
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Bioethics in the Margins has published 44 episodes since September 2021, covering topics in Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality.
Bioethics in the Margins is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 50m.
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