Devan Stahl will deliver the Trent Center's Annual Nancy Weaver Emerson lecture on Thursday, September 10th.
In an era of declining trust in medicine, science, and healthcare institutions, there is good reason to consider how to foster a more public conversation about the aims, goals, and ethics of medicine. Bioethics is not something that belongs only to academics, physicians, and policymakers but to everyone affected by healthcare decisions—which is to say, everyone. Dr. Stahl explores how public bioethics can help ordinary people navigate extraordinary moral questions by making ethical reflection accessible, inclusive, and grounded in real human lives.
Devan Stahl, PhD, MDiv, is an Associate Professor of Bioethics and Religion at Baylor University and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Education, Innovation, and Technology at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Stahl serves as the Associate Director of the Baylor Center for Ethics and volunteers as a clinical ethics consultant for Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Hospital. She is also the cohost of the popular podcast Bioethics for the People, now in its eighth season.
The Nancy Weaver Emerson Lectureship in Medical Ethics brings nationally-renowned speakers to Duke University to address important ethical issues in medicine. Established in 1997, the lectureship honors the late Nancy Weaver Emerson, an advocate who spread hope to many and was an unflagging example of how to find the “can” in cancer. Past recipients have included Lydia Dugdale, Victoria Sweet, Jeremy Sugarman, and Carl Elliott.