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.…
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…
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…
Sana Goldberg, NP, has worked in community, hospital and academic settings, helping others achieve quality of life from the perspective of social worker, nurse, researcher and provider. A public health advocate, she’s presented at World Congress, TEDx Harvard, and The Society for Neuroscience, with work featured on NPR, PBS, and in publications from The European Journal of Neuroscience to Real Simple. She is…
Dr. Wandile Ganya is an African medical doctor and bioethicist who focuses on the African notion of ubuntu (I am because you are). He applies ubuntu to emerging technologies such as embryo-like structures, AI, as well as decision-making capacity of children, and mandatory vaccination. He is a poet whose collections include The Dark Wood and…