Aasim I. Padela
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Aasim I. Padela
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I am an ER doc & academic scholar with research foci at the intersection of bioethics, public health, and religion. Most notable for scholarship on Islam and biomedicine
🧵 #CancerScreening #HealthEquity
Just returning from the UK with exciting results from a 3-year project to Improve Muslim women's CANcer screening [IMCAN] funded by @cancerresearchuk.org with Dr. Floor Christie from Sunderland University & Prof. Katie Robb
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
October 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Congrats to UNESCO Bioethics Chair in Rome on the publication from our last conference! Has some good reflections on ecology in there (including mine)
#IslamicBioethics
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
After an extraordinary journey through science, faith, and the mystery of being human, our expedition comes to its final destination. 🌌

In this concluding episode of Big Questions About the Human Being, I invite you to reflect on one last question:
Are humans unique in the universe?
October 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I am humbled to speak tomorrow night (US) Wed morning (Malaysia time) on philosophy of healthcare delivery through the preservation of religion at the 1st ASEAN Conference on Shariah Compliant Healthcare at International Islamic University Malaysia.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The 4th episode drops on the mora limits to medicine and the future of humankind! Join us on the podcast about Big questions about humanity: Islam and bioscience in dialogue
youtu.be/fkoN0qbqCeI?...
Episode 4 Promo | What is the Future of Humankind?
YouTube video by The Medic And The Mufti
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October 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Can machines truly think? Are we just biological beings? What makes us human? Episode 3 of our Big Questions podcast Big Question about the Human Being has dropped
preview below
youtu.be/cYXsBqNW5Sg?...
and more info and episodes here: medicineandislam.org/the-medic-an...
Episode 3 Promo | What Does it Mean to Be Human?
YouTube video by The Medic And The Mufti
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October 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
What you don't see will harm them. Join me and Dr. Chelsey Patten, Director of Clinical Ethics at the Center for Bioethics & Humanities at the University of Colorado
Register here
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@medicineandislam.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Episode 2 of our podcast Big Questions about the Human Being: Bioscience & Islam in Dialogue is out!
This time we focus on The Question of Human Origin"

here is a clip: youtu.be/DHoh3YgzVqA?...

🎧 Listen now on YouTube, Spotify, Anghami, and more.
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#BigQuestionsPodcast
October 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It's almost here! Big Questions about the Human Being: Bioscience and Islam in Dialogue
As with all journeys of discovery, episode #1 will focus on epistemology: how can we know anything at all?
Follow us on YouTube, Spotify, Anghami, & more.
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Episode 1 Promo | Science and Religion: How Can We Know Anything at All?
YouTube video by The Medic And The Mufti
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
As xenotransplantation comes online religious bioethical considerations need to be assessed; #IslamicBioethics a good piece in @nytimes.com about the nuance of this modality with conditional permissibility in the Islamic tradition.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/h...
Pig Organ Transplants May Pose a Dilemma for Some Jews and Muslims
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Reposted by Aasim I. Padela
World Premiere Launch! 'Big Questions About the Human Being: Bioscience and Islam in Dialogue' with Dr. Aasim Padela, kicking off with a live webinar.

📅 Sept 14 | ⏰ 3 PM Chicago / 9 PM London

📺 Live Webinar on YouTube: linke.to/qf8j9

@draasim.bsky.social
Social Media: Livestream: Big Questions About The Human Being
linke.to
September 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
September 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In Indonesia to join the Federation of Islamic Medical Associations conference in parallel with Consortium of Islamic Medical Colleges and Islamic Hospital Consortium Meetings
looking forward to discussing how to instill hikmah in healthcare through medical education
@medicineandislam.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM