The Institute of Catholic Bioethics at SJU
Bioethics In The News:
April 3-5, 2008 Global Health Education Conference
Peter A. Clark, S.J., Director of the Institute of Catholic Bioethics, Ann Maie Jursca, Associate Director of the Faith -Justice Institute, Krysta Contino '09-Biology major and Giulia Rosanova '09-Biology major attended the 17th Annual Global Health Education Conference (GHEC) in Sacramento, California from April 3-5. The topic of the conference was "Global Health Ethics and Human Rights: Practical Applications to Multicultural Healthcare at Home and Abroad." Krysta Contino was asked to be part of a symposium next year on the Ethics of Migration Issues in California. She will present her summer research project entitled: "Health Care Access for Migrant Farm Workers: A Paradigm for Better Health."
March 26, 2008
Peter A. Clark, S.J., Director of the Institute of Catholic Bioethics and Professor of Theology, gave Grand Rounds to the Medical Interns and Residents at Drexel University College of Medicine at the Medical Center. The topic was "The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services" What Interns and Residents Need to Know Working in a Catholic Hospital."
Naples, Florida - February 8-10, 2008
Father Peter A. Clark, Director of the Institute of Catholic Bioethics gave a two day seminar to University trustees, faculty, adminstrators and alumni from Saint Joseph's University for a special Destination Weekend in Naples, Florida.
Father Clark's topic was Bioethics: Past, Present and Future
Dominican Republic Trip, January 2008
The trip to the Dominican Republic is the culmination of a semester long course Just Health Care in Developing Nations. It is team taught by Peter A. Clark, S.J., Ph.D Professor of Theology and Ann Marie Jursca, Assistant Director of Faith Justice.
The study-tour course entitled "Just Health Care in Developing Nations" to the Dominican Republic is designed to give our undergraduates in the pre-medical field a better understanding of how faith and justice can work hand-in-hand in health care.
Catholic Bioethics Institute initiates a new permanent international research site in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - June 1-30, 2007
The Initiation of a permanent international research site for the Institute of Catholic Bioethics at the St. John the Baptist Parish, Luhanga Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where three distinct research projects will be ongoing--Mandatory neonatal male circumcision to prevent HIV/AIDS, water purification systems to prevent Typhoid and HIV/AIDS Prevention programs.
For the month of June, 2007, Peter A. Clark, S.J., worked in a Dar es Salaam, Tanzania clinic along with Justin Eisenman, a third year Medical student at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Luke Surry, a 2007 graduate from Saint Joseph's University and a first year Medical student at Georgetown University, and Stephen Szapor, presently a junior a Biology major at Saint Joseph's University
Institute of Catholic Bioethics forms Consortium of Jesuit Bioethics Programs - July 19-20, 2007
Consortium of Jesuit Bioethics Program
The Bioethics Institute at Saint Joseph's University has joined six other Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States to create a new Consortium of Jesuit Bioethics Programs. Peter A. Clark S.J., Ph.D. of the Bioethics Institute, is one of the founding members of this Consortium, which held its first meeting at St. Louis University in July. The current member universities besides St. Joseph's University are: Georgetown University, Loyola University Chicago, Regis University, Loyola Marymount University, Creighton University, and St. Louis University.
The Consortium of Jesuit Bioethics Programs (CJBP) embraces the following mission and objectives:
We exist to promote education, research and expertise in bioethics consistent with the values of Jesuit higher education and in service to the Church and our society. We will accomplish this through collaboration among Jesuit bioethics programs in the United States.
To this end, the following objectives are established by its members:
- To explore how best to integrate our Jesuit, Catholic mission as we make public statements, conduct research, provide consults, and train ethicists and healthcare professionals
- To share information about resources, strategies, delivery issues, and the needs of those in the fields of academic bioethics and healthcare
- To foster the strength of our programs by jointly creating an identity for Jesuit bioethics programs and by developing a strong positive voice in our universities, the Church and society
- To increase the visibility of our programs and to grow and recruit students and faculty for Jesuit bioethics programs
- To collaborate on projects (e.g., a conference series) that foster and reinforce the identity of Jesuit bioethics programs
- To pursue resources to support our shared mission
- To foster and encourage international collaboration among Jesuit bioethics programs
- To collaborate with the Catholic Health Association and the larger Catholic health ministry in identifying and pursuing our concrete service goals for healthcare
Congratulations to Lauren Vasta and Peter Clark S.J., on the publication of their Journal Article in:
The Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare and Ethics. 2007. Volume 5 Number 1.
The Ashley Treatment: An Ethical Analysis.
Is it medically and ethically appropriate to shorten and sterilize a six-year old girl to make it easier for her parents to properly care for her now and in the future? This is the question that confronted Seattle’s Children’s Hospital when the parents of a six-year old girl named Ashley approached the Ethics Committee requesting approval for various procedures that would improve the quality of life of their daughter.
Click on link below to view article:
Award Received from the Academic Council on Mission and Identity:
The Institute of Bioethics has been awarded $5000.00 from The Academic Council on Mission and Identity in order to continue its efforts to examine the roll of Traditional Healers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Increasing or decreasing the spread of HIV/AIDS?
Click here to access 2006 News and Events.