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Columbia University's Bioethics MS & online programs train students for bioethics careers w/ faculty from Columbia medical, law & other Schools (Dr. Robert Klitzman, Dir.)
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5 stages of grief for our democracy: My new piece in @thehill.com

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November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Grateful for this new review of Doctor, Will You Pray for Me?: Medicine, Chaplains and Healing the Whole Person from the Journal of Palliative Medicine.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Thrilled to see several of our former Columbia University Bioethics Master's students at The University of Hong Kong!
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Review in the Hastings Center Report of my new book, Doctor, Will You Pray for Me?: Medicine, Chaplains, and Healing the Whole Person onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Link to book: amazon.com/Doctor-Will-...

#bioethics #chaplains #spirituality #religion #health #doctors
God 2.0?
Robert L. Klitzman's Doctor, Will You Pray for Me? Medicine, Chaplains, and Healing the Whole Person (Oxford University Press, 2024) offers a fervent apology for the increasingly crucial role of chap...
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September 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Conference in Paris, June 11–12, 2026.
I’ll be speaking there! Abstract submission deadline is 3 weeks from now.

Details: csb.eu.com/conference/

#bioethics #healthcare #refugees #climatechange #AI #Paris
Existential Threats and Other Disasters –International Conference
"Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges" at Reid Hall in Paris, France (June 11–12, 2026)
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September 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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The CRISPR Babies: My thoughts in the new Science History Podcast
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#bioethics #genetics #healthcare #eugenics
CRISPR: Big Breakthrough, Big Questions
CRISPR is a powerful technology, but altering the genes of children gave us pause.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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RFK, Jr., Congressional testimony raises many ethical concerns -- from @nytimes.com
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#vaccines #antivaxxers #Trump #publichealth #bioethics #measles #polio #healthcare
A Defiant Kennedy Defends Vaccine Changes and C.D.C. Shake-Up
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September 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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What really causes autism and what we should about it: my essay from the @hastingscenter.bsky.social forum
What Really Causes Autism and What We Should Do About It : The Hastings Center for Bioethics
There are crucial questions about what causes autism and how to prevent and address it.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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New AI abilities to 'read' ALS patient's words offers hope, but also raises important neuroethics questions--see @carlzimmer.com's piece in the @nytimes.com
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#bioethics #neuroethics #healthcare #neurology #brain #healthpolicy #law
For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible
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August 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Making America Great by Investing in Science: My thoughts in the @hastingscenter.bsky.social forum
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#trump #nih #nsf #maga #rfkjr #bioethics
To Make America Healthy Again, Stop Divesting from Science
Proposed cuts to federal research funding and attacks on universities imperil the longstanding global leadership of the United States in scientific and medical discoveries and raise profound bioethica...
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May 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM