Baruch A. Brody Lecture in Bioethics

Successful applicants will have:

• Made rigorous, philosophically-informed, conceptual contributions to the field of bioethics that are of clinical and practical import
• Demonstrated leadership in, and commitment to, the field of bioethics
• Been appointed to a faculty appointment at an academic institution

• $10,000 award (SSN or ITIN required)
• Spending three days as a Visiting Scholar at the Baylor College of Medicine Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, offering an opportunity to build collaborations at Houston Methodist Hospital System and Rice University Department of Philosophy (e.g., deliver various one-off talks, one on one meetings with faculty, etc.)

Nominations for the 2024-2025 Award and Lecture are open June 3 to July 15, 2024. Late applications will not be accepted. 

Award nomination can be by self-nomination or peer-nomination. The following information must be submitted:

• Nomination form
• Nominee CV
• Nominee publication: a piece of scholarship (i.e., an academic paper) published in the last 1-3 years that demonstrates strong conceptual/normative/philosophical work that has or should have significant practical impact on clinical practice or policy. Papers must have been published from 2021 to the present (this includes accepted and in press). Nominee must be the single author or first author of the publication. Submissions must be article or chapter length
• If self-nominated: a personal statement that describes (1) the paper’s main important conceptual contribution in your paper and its significance for clinical practice, clinical research, and/or policy, and (2) how you would develop these ideas in a public lecture (for a broad audience including practicing clinicians, philosophers, bioethicists, etc.) were you to win the award (500-word)
• If peer-nominated: (1) a letter of support from the nominator that describes the nominee’s main important conceptual contribution to the field of bioethics and its significance for clinical practice, clinical research, and/or policy (500-word) and (2) a personal statement from the nominee that describes how you would extend the thoughts in the paper in your public lecture (for a broad audience including practicing clinicians, philosophers, bioethicists, etc.) were you to win the award (250-word)

The nomination packet, including all the items listed above, should be compiled into a single PDF document and sent to klfrumov@bcm.edu. Nomination packets are due July 15, 2024. Late applications will not be accepted.

The Selection Committee members will video interview the top three candidates and choose an award recipient.

• Rabbi Shlomo Brody, Ph.D., Executive Director, Ematai
• Robert Howell, Ph.D., Yasser El-Sayed Professor of Philosophy and Chair, Department of Philosophy, Rice University
• Janet Malek, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine; Director, Houston Methodist Biomedical Ethics Program
• Laurence McCullough, Ph.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zucker School of Medicine of Hofstra/Northwell; Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
• Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
• Charles Millikan, D. Min., Vice President for Spiritual Care and Values Integration, Houston Methodist Hospital
• Samuel Reis-Dennis, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Rice University

Learn more about Dr. Brody, and hear directly from Dr. Brody about the Center. If you are interested in contributing to the Baruch A. Brody Lecture in Bioethics or the Baruch A. Brody Outstanding Student Award, given to Baylor Medical Ethics Pathway students whose capstone projects best demonstrate ways to apply ethical thinking to medical settings and situations, visit the donation page.