Current Fellows
Fellowship Alumni
Trevor M. Bibler, Ph.D., M.T.S.
2014 - 2016
Trevor is an assistant professor of Medicine at the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. His current research focuses on the ways religious worldviews -- especially those that include ideas related to miracles -- influence clinical medicine. In 2014 he earned his Ph.D. in religious studies from Vanderbilt University. He received his Master of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt Divinity School in 2009.
2015 - 2017
Ashley completed her M.A. in Medicine, Health & Society at Vanderbilt University, an interdisciplinary program that critically examines the social foundations of health through political, social, cultural, and ethical lenses. Ashley is currently a clinical ethicist with Seton Healthcare Family, a member of Ascension Health, in Austin, Texas.
2016 - 2018
Peter is an assistant professor of philosophy at Villanova University. Dr. Koch's current research interests include patient welfare, patient harm, the metaphysics of death, and ethical issues surrounding brain death in the clinical setting. Beyond research and teaching, Dr. Koch is assisting in the development of a Clinical Ethics Consultation service for hospitals in the greater Philadelphia area. He previously worked as a Clinical Ethicist at the VA Hospital in Buffalo, NY, and received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from SUNY Buffalo in August of 2016.
2016 - 2018
Katarina is an assistant professor in the department of family medicine at the University of Manitoba and Clinical Ethicist at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg. She received her B.A. in Philosophy, cum laude from the University of Dallas, her M.A. in Bioethics from New York University, and her J.D. from the University of Minnesota, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif. Her primary academic interests include reproductive ethics specializing in assisted reproductive technologies, pediatric ethics, and comparative law.
2017 - 2019
Sophia is currently an assistant professor of social work at UT Arlington. She received her B.A. in Religion and Bioethics from the University of Toronto, her Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) from New York University, and her Ph.D. in Social Work and Bioethics from the University of Toronto. Her primary academic interests include reproductive ethics, specializing in LGBTQ advocacy and inclusivity, moral distress, and clinical social work ethics.
2018 - 2020
Jamie is a clinical ethicist with Advocate Aurora Health based in Chicago, Illinois. She received her B.A. (with high honors) in Integrative Humanities from Michigan State University, and a dual degree J.D. (summa cum laude)/M.A. in Bioethics from Case Western Reserve University. Her primary academic interests include best practices for clinical ethics consultation, ethical issues at the intersection of health law and clinical ethics, and hospital policy research and implementation.
2019 - 2021
Ryan is currently an assistant professor of Medicine at the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. His research addresses the role of values in medical science and practice, with a particular focus on disability, psychiatry, and end-of-life care. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Utah in 2019.
2019-2021
Bryanna is an assistant professor at the The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. She has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Monash University and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours I in Philosophy from the University of Queensland. She completed a postdoctoral fellowships at the Children's Mercy Bioethics Center in Kansas City. Her research interests span clinical ethics, medical decision-making, pediatric ethics, end of life issues, virtue ethics and moral psychology.
2020 - 2022
Joelle is currently an assistant professor of Medicine at the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. She focuses on promotion of ethical health care delivery and systematic justice. She received his Ph.D. in philosophy from University of Zurich.
2020 - 2022
Olivia is currently an assistant professor at University of Louisville, Department of Philosophy. She teach in the Philosophy Department & Health Care Ethics MA program, and is helping build clinical ethics capacity in the Norton system. She received her Ph.D. in philosophy from York University. Her areas of interest include applied ethics, philosophy of gender, race and sexuality.
