Voices in Bioethics Podcast

Animal Ethics and Swine Herding with Harko Mulder

Harko Mulder is currently a Swine Herd Manager at Columbia Center for Translational Immunology. He is a candidate for an MS in Bioethics and holds and MS in Animals Science: Production Physiology and Product Quality, and a BS in Animal Science. He talks to us about animal ethics in research, gene editing of animals, and xenotransplantation. The opinions reflected in this podcast…

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Nicole Wells Discusses Liver Transplantation

Jennifer Cohen interviews Nicole Wells, MA, Program Manager, Pediatric and Rare Liver Diseases at Global Liver Institute, who discusses her experiences with liver transplantation, her advocacy, and her interest in healthcare policy. Nicole is a native of Kentucky and taught school in the US Virgin Islands. As a transplant recipient herself, Nicole provides valuable insights…

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Precision Genetics with Dr. Farhat Moazam

Dr. Farhat Moazam is Professor and founding Chairperson of the Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture (CBEC) of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation in Karachi, Pakistan. She is an American board-certified pediatric surgeon with an MA in Bioethics and a doctorate (2004) from the Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia, USA. Dr.…

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Jay Shaw Discusses the Ethics of Narrow AI

Camille Castelyn interviews Professor Jay Shaw about which ethics and values underlie the current design of narrow AI. The discussion focuses on his team’s research on design ethics and a community-integrated approach to healthcare and digital systems in light of an often-dominant capitalist design approach. Jay Shaw is Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy…

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Dr. Sarosh Saleem Discusses Culture and Bioethics

Camille Castelyn and Professor Sarosh Saleem, MBBS, MS, PhD discuss religion, cultural views, and traditional gender roles in the context of organ donation and clinical ethics consultations in Pakistan. Dr. Saleem held the the first postgraduate Fellowship in Pediatric Bioethics in Pakistan and is the Founder of Pakistan’s only Bioethics Department involved in teaching and…

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