Bioethics, health care ethics, public health ethics, feminist ethical and political theory
Lisa Eckenwiler, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at George Mason University, where she teaches courses in bioethics and global health ethics. Her research centers broadly on vulnerability and global structural health injustice. She has special interests in humanitarian health ethics, especially issues facing migrants. Some of her current projects focus on the ethical closure of humanitarian projects, a new theoretical framework for humanitarian health ethics (“an ethic of the temporary”), and a collection of case studies and original essays on migration and structural health justice. Prof. Eckenwiler also has a significant body of work on the ethical significance of place for health justice, and what she calls “ethical place making”. She is at work on a book tentatively entitled Placemaking for Health Justice, with Routledge. Her previous books include Long-term Care, Globalization and Justice: Migrant Care Workers, Aging, and Families (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012) and The Ethics of Bioethics: Mapping the Moral Landscape, co edited with Felicia Cohn (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007). Professor Eckenwiler is a co-founder and current chair of the Resisting Borders network; a founding member of the Independent Resource Group for Global Health Justice; a member of the Humanitarian Health Ethics Network. She is a Collaborator with the Ethics and Health research axis at le Centre de Recherche en Éthique at the University of Montréal. Prof. Eckenwiler is a Fellow of the Hastings Center, and also currently serves as Vice President of the International Association of Bioethics.
Nancy Berlinger, Lisa Eckenwiler, Verina Wild, “Responding to Low-Wage Migrant Workers’ Health During COVID-19: A Normative Framework and Practical Toolkit for Using “Grey Literature” as a Source of Promising Practices and Policy Ideas” Paper prepared for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Ethics Network (PHEPREN) and the Ethics and Governance Unit, World Health Organization, 2020-2021 (Epidemic Ethics/WHO initiative which has been supported by FCDO/Wellcome Grant 214711/Z/18/Z)
Matthew Hunt, Lisa Eckenwiler (Co-Investigator), John Pringle, Lisa Schwartz, Shelley-Rose Hyppolite, and Mayfourth Luneta, “A Qualitative Inquiry into the Ethics of Closing Humanitarian Projects in the Philippines, Focusing on Moral Experiences of Community Stakeholders,” Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2020-2022
“Humanitarian Health Ethics and Global Health Justice for the Long-term Displaced: Comprehensive Services and Epistemic Justice,” Faculty Research and Development Award, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, George Mason University, 2020-2021
Ryoa Chung, Lisa Eckenwiler (Co-Investigator), and Matthew Hunt, Vulnérabilité Structurelle de Santé et Justice Sociale. Étude de Cas: Les Enjeux Ethiques Concernant la Santé des Réfugiés Handicapés au Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2018-2022
“Care Worker Migration and Transnational Justice,” Journal of Public Health Ethics, Vol. 2, no. 2 (July 2009): 171-183
with Zahra Meghani, “Care for the Caregivers?: Transnational Justice and Undocumented Non-Citizen Care Workers,” International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, vol. 2, no. 1 (Spring 2009): 77-101
“The WHO Code on the Recruitment of International Health Personnel: We’ve Only Just Begun,” Developing World Bioethics vol. 9, no. 1 (April 1, 2009): ii-v
Michael Goodyear, Lisa Eckenwiler, and Carolyn Ells, “Mapping a Fresh Course for Helsinki” BMJ 337 (October 17, 2008): 2128
with Carolyn Ells, Dafna Feinholz, and Toby Schonfeld, "Hopes for Helsinki: Re-thinking Vulnerability," Journal of Medical Ethics vol. 34, no. 10 (October 2008): 765-766
with Carolyn Ells, Dafna Feinholz, and Toby Schonfeld, "Helsinki through a Feminist Lens," International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring 2008): 161-177
FUNDED PROJECTS
Nancy Berlinger, Lisa Eckenwiler, Verina Wild, “Responding to Low-Wage Migrant Workers’ Health During COVID-19: A Normative Framework and Practical Toolkit for Using “Grey Literature” as a Source of Promising Practices and Policy Ideas” Paper prepared for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Ethics Network (PHEPREN) and the Ethics and Governance Unit, World Health Organization, 2020-2021 (Epidemic Ethics/WHO initiative which has been supported by FCDO/Wellcome Grant 214711/Z/18/Z)
Matthew Hunt, Lisa Eckenwiler (Co-Investigator), John Pringle, Lisa Schwartz, Shelley-Rose Hyppolite, and Mayfourth Luneta, “A Qualitative Inquiry into the Ethics of Closing Humanitarian Projects in the Philippines, Focusing on Moral Experiences of Community Stakeholders,” Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2020-2022
“Humanitarian Health Ethics and Global Health Justice for the Long-term Displaced: Comprehensive Services and Epistemic Justice,” Faculty Research and Development Award, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, George Mason University, 2020-2021
Ryoa Chung, Lisa Eckenwiler (Co-Investigator), and Matthew Hunt, Vulnérabilité Structurelle de Santé et Justice Sociale. Étude de Cas: Les Enjeux Ethiques Concernant la Santé des Réfugiés Handicapés au Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2018-2022
Matthew Hunt, Ryoa Chung, Lisa Eckenwiler (Co-Investigator), and John Pringle, Ethics and the Closure of Humanitarian Health Projects, Réseau de Recherche en Santé des Populations du Quebec 2018-2019#
Agomoni Ganguli Mitra, Ayesha Ahmad, Ryoa Chung, Lisa Eckenwiler (Co-Principal Investigator), Matthew Hunt, Jackie Leach Scully, and Lisa Schwarz, Gender, Vulnerability, and Global Health Emergency Wellcome Trust, 2018-2019^
Counterterrorism, Ethics, and Global Health, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Research and Development Award, 2013
Matthew Hunt, Lisa Eckenwiler (Co-Investigator), John Pringle, and Lisa Schwartz, An Ethics Framework for Research in Low-Resource Disaster Settings, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, 2012-2017
Research Group Member, The Ethics of Care and Place, Center for Humans and Nature, 2011-2014
Ivy Bourgeault, Ron Labonte, Lisa Eckenwiler (Consultant), et al., Source Country Perspectives on the Migration of Highly Trained Health Personnel: Causes, Consequences, and Responses, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, 2010-2015
Jack Hadley, Lisa Eckenwiler (Co-Investigator), and Tim Waidman, Economic and Ethical Analysis of Age-Based Premiums in a Health Insurance Purchasing Pool, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2009-2010
Source Countries for Nurses and Care Workers in the U.S.: Ethical Implications, Center for Global Studies, George Mason University Faculty Research Grant, 2009
Caregiving in the Context of Globalization, George Mason University Faculty Summer Research Grant, 2008
Member, Responsible Conduct of Research Task Force, Council on Graduate Studies, 2005-2006
Co Applicant, Symposium: Fighting the Global War on Terror: Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Detainees, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 2005
The Ethics of Bioethics: Mapping the Moral Landscape, Old Dominion University Faculty Summer Research Grant, 2005
Moral Reasoning and the Review of Research Involving Human Subjects, Old Dominion University Faculty Summer Research Grant, 2000
COURSES TAUGHT
Bioethics (undergraduate and graduate)
Crisis and Disaster in a Global Context: Health and Ethics (undergraduate)
Ethical Issues in Public Health (graduate)
Ethical Issues in Global Health (undergraduate and graduate)
Ethical Issues in Health Administration and Policy (undergraduate)
Gender and Ethics (undergraduate)
Global Justice and Solidarity (graduate)
Humanitarian Health Ethics (undergraduate and graduate)
Migration, Health, and Social Responsibility (Honors undergraduate)
Refugees, Migrants, and Health Justice (undergraduate and graduate)
University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Ph.D. Philosophy with concentration in Bioethics, 1997
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A. Behavioral Science and Law, 1989
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED
with Samia Hurst-Manjo (and assistance of Ethan Linehan), Resisting Borders: Refugee Health and Responsibilities(again online), June 16-18, 2020
with Samia Hurst-Manjo and Sean Philpott-Jones, Resisting Borders: Refugee Health and Responsibilities (a no travel, virtual conference), October 9-11, 2017
with Verina Wild, Jan-Christoph Heilinger, and Ryoa Chung, Global Structural Injustice and Global Health Ethics: Exploring the Legacy of Iris Marion Young, Munich Centre for Ethics, Munich, Germany, July 8 and 9, 2016
with Matthew Hunt, Counterterrorism and Global Health: Toward Ethical Policy and Practice, Fondation Brocher, Geneva, Switzerland, May 21-23, 2014
Care Labor Migration, Global Justice, and the G8, Health Equity: Our Shared Responsibility, Canadian Conference on International Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 25, 2009
Caring about Long-term Care, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC, July 9, 2007
Co-Chair, Annual Meeting, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, 2005
PRESENTATIONS
PLENARY SESSIONS AND KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
“Health Justice and Place-Making in Humanitarian Settings for the Displaced,” Paradise or Purgatory: Refugee Camps and Accommodations, Health and Ethics, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany (and online), June 10-11, 2021
“Global Structural Injustice and the International Refugee Regime,” Global Structural Injustice, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, March 18, 2020 (cancelled)
“Justice for Refugees Living under Long-term Displacement,” Oxford Global Bioethics Conference, Oxford, UK, July 1-2, 2019
“A Relational Model of Research Responsibility in Humanitarian Settings,” Ethical Issues in Global Health Research, McGill University, Montréal, Canada, November 11, 2016
“Ethical Place-Making for Global Health and Health Justice,” International Association of Bioethics, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 15, 2016
“Women on the Move: Migrant Women, Elder Care and Global Justice,” International Network of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Singapore, June 26-28, 2010
“An Ecological Conception of Global Health Equity,” Ethics Special Interest Group, American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, November 6-10, 2010
“Ethical Principles for Sustainable Long-Term Care in a Global Context: Justice for Paid Care Workers,” On Lok Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 22, 2008
"Caring about Long-Term Care: Ethical Principles for Caregiving in a Global Context," National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, Arlington, VA, October 21, 2007
PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS - PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
“’Vulnerability’ and Epistemic Injustice in Humanitarian Response to Crisis,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Anaheim, CA, October 19, 2018
“’Vulnerability” and International Humanitarian Health Organizations: Advancing or Undermining Justice?” Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health, Edinburgh, Scotland, May 16-20, 2018
“’Vulnerability’” and International Humanitarian Health Organizations: Understanding and Operationalization?” World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 28, 2017
“Ethical Place-Making,” Future of Places Leadership Summit, Vancouver, BC, September 15, 2016
Donal O’Mathuna (organizer), Matthew Hunt, John Pringle, “Challenges in Humanitarian Research Ethics,” International Association of Bioethics, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 18, 2015
Panel with John Pringle and Matthew Hunt, “Real-Time Responsiveness for Investigator Ethical Engagement in Disaster Research,” Canadian Conference on Global Health, Montréal, Canada, November 5, 2015
Panel with Ayesha Ahmad and Jonathan Marks, “Ethical Principles for Counterterrorism Policy and Practice,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Houston, Texas, October 23, 2015
Co-authored with Verina Wild and Christine Bally-Zenger, “Exporting the Elderly for Long-term Care: Ethical Implications for Elders, Families, States and Global Health Equity,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Houston, Texas, October 24, 2015
“Real-time Responsiveness and Ethical Oversight of Disaster Research,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, San Diego, CA, October 19, 2014
“Ethical Place-Making and Global Health Equity,” International Studies Association, Toronto, Ontario, March 19, 2013
“In Good Company? Family Leave Policy in the US, Liberia, and New Guinea,” Impact Ethics Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 25, 2013
“Meet the Author,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Washington, DC, October 19, 2012
“A Social Connection Model for Research Responsibility,” with Carolyn Ells, Network for Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 26, 2012
“Global Solidarity, Migration, and Global Health Inequities,” Canadian Bioethics Society, Montreal, Québec, June 2, 2012
“Ecological Subjects and Varieties of Democratic Governance,” Décroissance, Montréal, Québec, May 15, 2012
“Solidarity in Global Health,” with Christine Straehle and Ryoa Chung, Canadian Conference on International Health, Montréal, Québec, November 13-16, 2011
“Health Worker Migrations: Re-thinking the Meaning of “Community” and the Grounding of Responsibility,” American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, October 28-November 3, 2011
“The Migration of Long-term Care Workers and Theorizing Responsibilities for Global Health Equity,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, San Diego, CA, October 21-24, 2010
“Care Labor Migration and Feminist Conceptions of Global Justice,” Workshop on Feminist Ethics and Global Justice, Canadian Philosophical Association, Montréal, Québec, May 30-June 2, 2010
“A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Ethical Issues Raised by Labiaplasty,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Washington, D.C., October 15-18, 2009 (moderator)
“Health Worker Migration: Epistemologies and Sorting out Responsibilities,” International Studies Association, New York, NY, February 15-18, 2009
“Health Worker Migration and Transnational Justice,” Manchester Workshop in Political Theory and Public Health, Manchester, United Kingdom, September 10-12, 2008
“Bioethics and Suicide Bombing,” International Association of Bioethics, Rijeka, Croatia, September 5-8, 2008
“The FAB Voice in Research Ethics: Revising the Declaration of Helsinki,” (Plenary Session) International Network of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Rijeka, Croatia, September 3-5, 2008
“Care for the Caregivers?: Transnational Justice and Undocumented Non-Citizen Care Workers,” International Network of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Rijeka, Croatia, September 3-5, 2008
“An Ecological Approach to Global Health Disparities,” International Sociology Association and Canadian Medical Sociology Association, Montréal, Québec, May 13-16, 2008
"Professor Smith Goes to Washington: How Bioethicists Can Contribute to Policy," American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Washington, D.C., October 18-21, 2007
"Caregiving in the Context of Globalization: Toward Justice for All," American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Washington, D.C., October 18-21, 2007
"Defining Values for Bioethics and Bioethicists: Continuing the Dialogue," American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Washington, D.C., October 18-21, 2007
"Ecological Thinking and Global Health Inequalities," Setting an Ethical Agenda for Health Promotion, Ghent, Belgium, September 18-20, 2007
"Transnational Justice and Caregiving," Canadian Bioethics Society, Toronto, Ontario, May 30-June 3, 2007
“What Does Justice Require?: Public Health and Caregiving in the Context of Globalization,” American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, November 4-8, 2006
with Felicia Cohn, Judith Andre, Nancy M.P. King, and Laurie Zoloth, “Hearing and Heeding the Challenging Voices: Defining Values for Bioethics,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Denver, CO, October 23-26, 2006
“Justice and Caregiving in the Context of Globalization,” International Association of Bioethics, Beijing, China, August 6-9, 2006
“Ecological Epistemology and Transnational Justice for Caregivers,” International Network of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Beijing, China, August 4-6, 2006
“Justice and Caregiving in the Context of Globalization,” Association for Legal and Social Philosophy, Dublin, Ireland, June 28-July 1, 2006
“Caregiving in the Context of Globalization: The Need for an Ecological Approach,” Global Health Care Justice: A National Symposium, Hiram College, Hiram, OH, June 22-25, 2006
“The Ethics of Bioethics: Mapping the Moral Landscape,” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Albany, NY, April 7-8, 2005
"Biodefense Policy and Ethics in Science, Medicine and Public Health," Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Chicago, IL, September 6, 2004
"Social Moral Epistemology and Biodefense," Duke-UNC Bioethics Forum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, March 11, 2004
with Alan Fleischman, Carol Levine, and Jeremy Sugarman, “Research Oversight through New Lenses: The Consortium to Examine Clinical Research Ethics," American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Montreal, Canada, October 22-26, 2003
with Felicia Cohn, Francoise Baylis, Elisa Gordon, and Ashby Sharpe, "The Public Face of Bioethics: Watchdog or Show Dog?" American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Baltimore, MD, October 24-27, 2002
"Law and Public Policy for Pregnant Addicts: Equity and Particularity in Reasoning," Society for Women in Philosophy, Eastern Division, Cambridge, MA, April 5-7, 2002
"Ethics and Prenatal Diagnosis for Sex Selection," The End of Natural Motherhood? The Artificial Womb and Other Reproductive Technologies, Oklahoma State University Ethics Center, Department of Philosophy, Tulsa, OK, February 22-23, 2002
"Attention to Particularity and Moral Reasoning about Vulnerable Persons," American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Philosophy Interest Group, Nashville, TN, October 25-28, 2001
"Mercy and Justice for Pregnant Addicts: Two Arguments against Retribution" Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Charleston, SC, October 18-21, 2001
"Conceptions of Moral Reasoning in Research Review and the Ideals of Respect for Persons and Social Equality: Historical Reflections and Recommendations for Reform in the System for Participant Protection," International Association of Bioethics, Network for Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Annual Meeting, London, England September 17-23, 2000
"Moral Reasoning and the Review of Clinical Research," Bioethics in the 21st Century, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, April 6-8, 2000
"Exploring Conceptions of Democracy for Health Research," Association for Politics in the Life Sciences, Atlanta, GA, September 3-6, 1999
"Promoting Justice in Health Care for African-American Women: Storytelling, the 'Moral Point of View', and Ideals of Democracy, "Women in Africa and the African Diaspora, Indianapolis, IN, October 23-27, 1998
"Justice in Research with Humans: Lessons from the Debates on Women's Participation," Association for Politics in the Life Sciences, Boston, MA, September 3-6, 1998
"Women and the Ethics of Clinical Research: Broadening Conceptions of
Justice," Meeting of Society of Health and Human Values, Society for Bioethics Consultation, American Association of Bioethics, Baltimore, MD, November 5-9, 1997
"The Just Allocation of Combination Therapy for Persons Living with AIDS," Society of Health and Human Values, Society for Bioethics Consultation, American Association of Bioethics, Baltimore, MD, November 5-9, 1997
"Reframing Conceptions of Social Justice in Clinical Research for Women: Beyond the Paradigm of Distribution," International Association of Bioethics, Conference on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, San Francisco, CA, November 24-25, 1996
"Women and Communities in Clinical Research: Questioning the Influence of Communitarian Ideals," International Social Philosophy Conference, Saint Norbert College, De Pere, WI, August 15-18, 1996
"The Ethics of Clinical Research: Women and Broadened Conceptions of Justice," Politics of Caring III, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, November 10-12, 1995
"Cultural Pluralism and Intellectual Virtue in Health Care Ethics: Insights from Feminist Epistemologies," Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioethics Consultation, Pittsburgh, PA, October 7-9, 1994
"Cooperation and Conversation: Reconsidering Grice," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Memphis, TN, April 16, 1992
INVITED LECTURES AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS
“An Eco-structural Account of Health Justice and Ethical Placemaking,” Yale Bioethics Seminar Series, Yale University Center for Bioethics, October 27, 2021
“An Ethic of the Temporary: Ethical Placemaking and Health Justice for Asylum-Seekers,” Kawakeb Bioethics Seminar, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, September 15, 2021
with Jonathan Wolff, “Post-COVID Futures: Global Health Justice Beyond Pandemics,” Global Health Justice During and After the Pandemic, Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy, and Law, King’s College London with the Independent Resource Group for Global Health Justice, June 24, 2021
“Health Justice for the Chronically-Displaced,” Paradise or Purgatory: The Challenges of Accommodating Refugees, Zentrum fur Interdisziplinare Forschung, University of Bielefeld, June 10-11, 2021
“Beyond Nationalism: A Global Ecological Ethic of Care for Health Justice,” Oxford Global Health Justice Conference, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, with the Independent Resource Group for Global Health Justice, April 14-15, 2021
“A Global Ecological Ethic for Human Health Resources,” Department of Philosophy Seminar Series, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, November 6, 2020
“Trust, Trustworthiness, and Global Health Justice,” Beyond Biomedical Commodities, Independent Resource Group for Global Health Justice, with the Geneva Graduate Institute (Webinar), October 22, 2020
“Health Justice for Refugees Living under Long-term Displacement,” Fondation Brocher Alumni Bioethics Conference,Geneva, Switzerland, June 24-27, 2019
“Ethical Closure of Humanitarian Health Projects: A Guidance Note for Humanitarians,” Workshop on Ethical Closure of Humanitarian Health Projects, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, May 24, 2019
“Ethical Implications of Barriers to Migrant and Refugee Health,” Workshop on Migrants’ Health and Ethics, Fondation Brocher, Geneva, Switzerland, December 2-4, 2018
Testimony on federal public health ethics leadership and academic public health ethics, Conference call on a proposed office of public health ethics in DHHS, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, November 18, 2016
“Because We Dwell Together: Ethical Place-Making and Global Health Justice,” Global justice and Global Health Ethics: Exploring the Legacy of Iris Marion Young, University of Munich, Ludwig Maximillians University Centre for Ethics, Munich, Germany, July 8 and 9, 2016
“Ethical Place-making for Health,” Place-making Seminar, Pratt School of Design, New York, New York, June 1, 2016
“Ethical Place-Making” Panel Honoring Anne Donchin, New York Society for Women in Philosophy, New York, New York, September 18, 2016
“Real-time Responsiveness for Ethical Oversight during Disaster Research,” Humanitarian Health Ethics Workshop, Montreal Health Equity Research Consortium, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, November 7, 2014
“Ethical Place-Making and Bioethics,” Bioethics Colloquium, Pennsylvania State University, February 9, 2014
“Long-term Care and Global Justice,” Rabinowitz Symposium on Bioethics, University of Washington-Seattle, April 19, 2013
“Gender and Bioethics,” UNESCO Conference on Gender and Bioethics, Kazan, Russia, November 20-23, 2011
“Feminist Bioethics: Interventions,” Advancing Publicly Engaged Philosophy Conference, Washington, DC October 6-8, 2011
“An Ethics of Place-making for Global Health Equity,” Workshop on Health Inequalities and Global Justice, International Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 16-19, 2011
“Care Worker Migration and Transnational Justice,” Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, April 1, 2010
“Minding the Gap: A Theory of Responsibility for Research in War-torn Countries,” Research Ethics in War-torn and Developing Countries, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies, in collaboration with U.S. Department of Defense, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, November 19-20, 2009.
“Care Labor Migrants and Source Countries: The Transnational Division of Labor and Erosions of Agency and Equality,” Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Committee on the Status of Women Joint Panel: Interrogating Nationalism,
Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Washington, DC, October 31, 2009
“Article 15: The Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific Progress and Its Applications: An Ethical Assessment,” Committee on Scientific Freedom, Responsibility, and Law, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington, DC, September 10, 2009
"Health Worker Migration and Global Health Inequalities: Thinking Ecologically," The Migration of Health Professionals: Impact on Source Countries, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 29-30, 2009
“Care Work, Globalization, and Transnational Justice: A Social Connection Model of Responsibility,” Conference in Honor of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, New York, NY, November 14, 2008
Author Meets Critics Session on The Ethics of Bioethics: Mapping the Moral Landscape, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, San Antonio, TX, February 21-24, 2008
"Globalization, Women's Transnational Migration, and Health Equity," Health in an Unequal World, Toronto, Canada, January 24-26, 2008
“A History of Research Ethics,” Summer Behavioral Research Institute, Office of Social Science and Behavioral Research, Airlie Center, Warrenton, VA, July 22-27, 2007
"New Principles for Research Ethics," The Nazi Doctors' Trial and the Nuremberg Codes 60 Years Later: Implications for Clinical Research and Medical Ethics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, April 19, 2007
"Caring for the Elderly Worldwide: What More Should Governments, International Lenders, and Transnational Corporations Do?" Ball State University, Muncie, IN, April 16, 2007
"Health Care and the 2006 Election," American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Denver, CO, October 23-26, 2006
"Justice and Caregiving in the Context of Globalization," Bioethics Seminar Series, Biomedical Ethics Unit, McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Canada, September 29, 2006
“A History of Research Ethics,” Summer Behavioral Research Institute, Office of Social Science and Behavioral Research, Airlie Center, Warrenton, Virginia, July 9-14, 2006
“Mandated Myopia: Re-thinking the Assessment of the Social Implications of Research,” Medical Ethics and Humanities Seminar Series, University of Western Ontario, London Ontario, May 24, 2006
“The Rhetoric of ‘Responsibility’ and Abortion,” Abortion, Morality and Responsibility: A Dialogue, Center for American Progress and Catholics for Free Choice, Washington, D.C., March 3, 2006
“Biodefense, Social Justice, and the Ecological Imagination in Public Health,” Medical Humanities Seminar Series, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, May 25, 2005
"The Consortium to Examine Clinical Research Ethics: Re-envisioning Research Ethics," Drug Information Association, San Antonio, TX, June 18, 2003
"Participatory Research and IRBs," Dialogues for Improving Research Ethics in Environmental Health, Collaborative Initiative for Research Ethics in Environmental Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, May 30-June 1, 2003
"Emergency Health Workers and the Ethics of Crisis," National Defense and Human Research Protections, Baltimore, MD, October 21-23, 2002
“Thinking about the ‘Vulnerable’ in Research," Medical Humanities Forum, University of Maryland-Baltimore, October 17, 2002
"Bioterrorism Preparation and Public Health," Duke University and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Bioethics Faculty Forum, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, September 12, 2002
"Gender Equity in Research," Discrimination in Medicine, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, April 10, 2002
“Children and Decision Making in Health Research,” Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, March 20, 2001
"Research Involving Persons with Mental Disorders," Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, March 21, 2000
"Moral Reasoning and the Care of 'Undesirable' Patients in the Emergency Setting," Emergency Medicine Residents Lecture Series, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, March 16, 2000
"IRBs and the History of Research Ethics," Biological Honors Society, and the Pre-health Club, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, February 22, 2000
"Beyond Protectionism: Contemporary Issues in Research Ethics," Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, October 19, 1999
"Research Involving Persons with Mental Disorders that May Affect Decision-making Capacity: Report and Recommendations of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission," Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Sentara/Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA, October 13, 1999
"The Evolution and Moral Grounding of the US System for Subject Protection," Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, July 20, 1999
"Ethical Implications of Different Approaches to Treatment for Pregnant Addicts," Old Dominion University, Human Reproduction, Norfolk, VA, April 15, 1999
"Ethical Issues in Epidemiology," Graduate Program in Public Health, Eastern Virginia School of Medicine/Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, April 5, 1999
"Ethics in Pharmacy Policy and Practice," Annual Meeting, American Pharmaceutical Association, San Antonio, TX, March 9, 1999
"Research Involving Emergency Patients," Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, November 17, 1998
"Ethical Issues in Physical Therapy," Graduate Program in Physical Therapy, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, September 29, 1998
"Pregnant Women's Participation in Clinical Research: Ethical Ideals," Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, June 16, 1998
"Research Ethics in Emergency Medicine," Emergency Medicine Residents Lecture Series, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, April 30, 1998
"Women and the Ethics of Clinical Research: Broadening Conceptions of Justice," Women's Studies Junior Faculty Lecture, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, February 24, 1998
"Feminist Ethics and the Ideal of Impartiality," Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, March 10, 1997
"Women in Clinical Research: Beyond the Policy Resolutions," Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, January 29, 1997
"Reproductive Counseling: Economics, Autonomy, and Contraception," Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN, November 17, 1994
"Autonomy and Responsibility: HIV Infection in the Context of Pregnancy," Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University Center for Ethics in Public Policy and the Professions, Atlanta, GA, October 18, 1994
"Can There Be Consensus at the Limits of Viability?" Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN, July 14, 1994
"Ethical Issues in Neonatology," Pediatrics Grand Rounds, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN, March 31, 1994
"Cultural Pluralism in the Clinical Context: Negotiating Trust," Nursing Grand Rounds, Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, OK, December 29, 1993
"Proxy Decision Making for Incompetent Patients," Clinical Ethics Seminar, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN, November 3, 1992
BRIEFING FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF
“Bioethics and the 2006 Elections: Aging, Care, and Justice” Washington, D.C., March 6, 2006
MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND QUOTES
For Gender and Justice in Global Health Emergencies and Humanitarian Crises <https://www.ghe.law.ed.ac.uk>
“Migrant Care Workers and the 2020-2021 COVID 19 Pandemic”
MediaHopper: https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Just+Emergencies+Episode+16A+Covid-19+%26+Migrant+Care+Workers/1_79vh16ka/183542641
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-emergencies-podcast/id1534157594
Fodor’s Travel , on vaccine passports. https://www.fodors.com/news/news/vaccine-passports-might-be-on-the-way-but-there-are-some-big-problems-with-them
Readers Digest, June 19, 2020, on solidarity for public health. https://www.rd.com/list/why-2020-is-the-wake-up-call-we-needed/
The Globe Post, March 18, 2020, on migrant detainees’ vulnerability to COVID 19. https://theglobepost.com/2020/03/17/covid-19-us-migrant-detention/
The Verge, on ethical implications of hospitals’ emergency response to COVID 19. https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/27/21197397/coronavirus-covid-19-hospitals-emergency-services-heart-attack
The Break Room, Privia Health, on ethics and wearable health devices. http://www.priviahealth.com/blog/podcast-preview-the-murky-ethics-of-wearables/
American Journal of Nursing, on counterterrorism and humanitarian aid https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/FullText/2014/11000/Counterterrorism_or_Humanitarian_Aid_.18.aspx
Radio CREUM, on long-term care, health worker migration and global justice
http://www.lecre.umontreal.ca/17-radio-creum-daniel-weinstock-lisa-eckenwiler-et-chris-macdonald/