TMC Seminar (Online): “Food Insecurity in the United States: A call to action” with Norbert Wilson, PhD
WebinarProfessor Wilson’s research touches on several food issues, such as access, choice, and food waste. Wilson is an ordained vocational deacon in the Episcopal Church, USA. Additionally, his work is moving to explore equity in food access. He has published in AEA Papers and Proceedings, World Development, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Public
TMC Seminar (Online): “Hoping for a Medical Miracle in Pediatric Care and Beyond” with Ryan Antiel, MD, and Alex Lion, DO
WebinarRyan Antiel, MD, MSME is a pediatric surgeon, researcher, and ethicist focused on improving the lives of children and families confronted with difficult surgical decision-making and end-of-life issues. He is Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine and Faculty Investigator at the Indiana University Center for Bioethics. His research combines empirical
TMC Seminar (Online): “Side By Side: Towards a Spirituality of Accompaniment” with Jennie Weiss Block, OP
WebinarDr. Jennie Weiss Block, OP is a Dominican laywoman and a practical theologian. She has served as chief advisor to Dr. Paul Farmer since 2009 and was his chief of staff in his role as United Nations Deputy Special Envoy under President Bill Clinton. In her current role as chief advisor, she provides strategic guidance
TMC Seminar (Online): “Background Beliefs and Bioethics” with Gilbert Meilaender, PhD
WebinarGilbert Meilaender is Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University. He taught at the University of Virginia (1975-78), at Oberlin College (1978-96), and at Valparaiso University (1996-2014), where he held the Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics. He holds the M.Div. (1972) from Concordia Seminary (St. Louis) and the Ph.D. (1976) from Princeton University. Professor Meilaender
TMC Seminar (Online): “God v. Mammon: Neuroscience, Economics, and the Biopolitics of Morality” with M. Therese Lysaught, PhD
WebinarM. Therese Lysaught, PhD, is Professor of Moral Theology and Healthcare at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Care Leadership at the Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago. Her scholarly work brings into conversation the fields of theology, medicine, bioethics, and global health. Her books include Biopolitics after Neuroscience: Morality and the Economy
TMC Seminar (Online): “Churches Promoting Recovery: Faith-Based Responses to Substance Use Issues” with Dr. Brett McCarty
WebinarBrett McCarty is a theological ethicist whose work centers on questions of faithful action within healthcare. He is associate director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School, and he holds a joint appointment in the School of Medicine’s Department of Population Health Sciences. Professor McCarty is also a faculty fellow
TMC Seminar (Online): “The Art of Living as Creatures” with Dr. Brian Volck and Dr. Martha Carlough
WebinarThis seminar is being held at 3:00pm ET, in conjunction with TMC's Practice & Presence Gathering. Brian Volck is a pediatrician who received his undergraduate degree in English Literature and his MD from Washington University in St. Louis and his MFA in creative writing from Seattle Pacific University. He is the author of a poetry
TMC Seminar (Online): “Reimagining a Theology of Medicine” with Dr. Kristin Collier
WebinarKristin Collier, MD, FACP is an associate professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Michigan where she serves as the director of the University of Michigan Medical School Program on Health, Spirituality and Religion. She is also an associate program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the
TMC Seminar (Online): “Can a Pill Do What the Holy Spirit Could Not?: Psychiatric Medication, Personhood and Living Faithfully with Mental Health Challenges” with Dr. John Swinton
WebinarJohn Swinton is Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care and Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen. For more than a decade he worked as a registered mental health nurse. He also worked for a number of years as a hospital and community mental health Chaplain alongside of people
TMC Seminar (Online): “The Science of the Good Samaritan” with Dr. Emily R. Smith
WebinarDr. Emily Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine/Surgery at Duke University and an Assistant Professor of Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute. Her research interests include pediatric global surgery, health economics, and advocacy with research sites across sub-Saharan Africa. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she started a Facebook