Several members of the Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program community will present their work at this year’s American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Conference, which will be held in Indianapolis from October 14-17, 2026. A schedule of their presentations is below.
To view this schedule as a PDF, click here. A full listing of presentations is publicly available online.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
1:30 – 4:00 P.M. EDT
Grant Writing for Interdisciplinary Bioethics Research in a Changing Funding Environment
Preconference Workshop
Douglas B. White, MD
Thursday, October 15, 2026
11:45 A.M. - 12:45 P.M. EDT
Floor or Ceiling: Should IRBs Be Restricted to Ensuring Regulatory Compliance?
Debate
Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD
Steven Joffe, MD
11:45 A.M. - 12:45 P.M. EDT
When Exceptions Become the Rule: Ethical Arguments for and Against the Permissibility of Allocation Out of Sequence for Deceased Donor Organs
Panel Presentation
Carrie Thiessen, MD, PhD
1:00 – 2:00 P.M. EDT
Autonomy, Authority, and the Dismantling of U.S. Federal Vaccine Policy: An Ethical Analysis
Panel Presentation
Douglas John Opel, MD
2:30 - 3:30 P.M. EDT
Medical Device or Consumer Technology? Dual-Use Research in Implanted Brain-Computer Interface Research
Paper Presentation
Anna Wexler, PhD
2:30 - 3:30 P.M. EDT
Pregnancy, Brain Death, and Fetal Personhood: Ethical and Legal Implications for Advance Care Plans
Panel Presentation
Faith Fletcher, PhD
3:45 - 4:45 P.M. EDT
Developing a Decision-Making Toolkit for Individuals Living with Cognitive Impairment and their Care Partners
Paper Presentation
Emily A. Largent, JD, PhD, RN
Friday, October 16, 2026
8:00 – 9:00 A.M. EDT
No Such Thing as a Free Comment? Conflict of Interest and Patient Voices at the FDA
Panel Presentation
Matthew McCoy, PhD
8:00 – 9:00 A.M. EDT
Reproduction in the Year 2026: Top 10 Developments in Reproductive Health Ethics
Panel Presentation
Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD
Jennifer James, PhD
Faith Fletcher, PhD
9:15 - 10:15 A.M. EDT
Bridging Bioethics Research and Policymaking: Translating Bioethics for the Public Policy Process
Panel Presentation
Michelle Groman, JD
1:15 - 2:15 P.M. EDT
Preventing Suicide: Dying for Good Reasons and Bad
Paper Presentation
Brent M. Kious, MD, PhD
1:15 - 2:15 P.M. EDT
The Ethics of Viral Discovery: Returning Results and Reporting Obligations in the Human Virome Program
Panel Presentation
Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD
Steven Joffe, MD
Amy McGuire, JD, PhD
2:30 - 3:30 P.M. EDT
Disability Bioethics on the Ground: Approaches to Teaching in the Health Professions
Panel Presentation
Joel Michael Reynolds, PhD
2:30 - 3:30 P.M. EDT
The Persistence of Eugenic Reasoning in 21st Century Health
Panel Presentation
Jennifer James, PhD
Saturday, October 17, 2026
9:15 - 10:15 A.M. EDT
“I Don’t Care if You Don’t Consent”: Hospitals Commercializing Patient Data
Panel Presentation
Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD
9:15 - 10:15 A.M. EDT
Immigration Enforcement - Legal Updates, Ethical Responsibilities, and Opportunities for Advocacy and Action
Panel Presentation
Katherine R. Peeler, MD
10:45 - 11:45 A.M. EDT
Beyond the Dead Donor Rule: Issues of Equity, Access, Trust, and Autonomy When Institutions Disagree About NRP
Panel Presentation
Carrie Thiessen, MD, PhD
10:45 - 11:45 A.M. EDT
Investing in Bioethics: A Roundtable Discussion About the Past, Present, and Future of Bioethics Funding
Panel Presentation
Michelle Groman, JD