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Adjunct Professor, Internal Medicine
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Distinguished Professor, Philosophy
Professional Service
- International Conference on End of Life and the Law.
Role: co-organizer.
Organizing Committee.
06/2023 - 04/2024
- American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division.
Role: Member.
Program Committee.
09/2015 - 04/2018
- University of Portland.
Tenure review.
11/01/2014 - 11/27/2014
- National Endowment for the Humanities.
Role: Reviewer.
Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science Collaborative Research Panel.
03/18/2014 - 03/18/2014
Internal Service
- Distinguished Professor Selection Committee.
Member,
06/2023 - 06/2024.
University service.
- Medical Humanities Major Development Committee.
Member,
06/2023 - 06/2024.
Department service.
Honors & Awards
- Gardner Prize.
Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters,
04/07/2017
- Honorable Mention, PROSE Award (American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence), Category Philosophy, for The Ethics of Suicide: Historical Sources (Oxford Univ. Press, 2015)
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Association of American Publishers,
02/2016
- University Professorship.
University of Utah,
06/2007
- Distinguished Honors Professorship.
University of Utah,
06/2002
- Rosenblatt Prize.
University of Utah,
06/2000
- Distinguished Research Award.
University of Utah,
06/1997
- Spinoza Chair.
University of Amsterdam Academic Medical Center,
03/1993
- First Prize for Book-length Collection of Short Stories.
Utah Arts Council,
01/1981
- Fellowship for Independent Study and Research.
National Endowment for the Humanities ,
07/1977
Affiliations
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The Ethox Center, Dept. Public Health, Oxford Univ.
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Fellow,
01/2010 - present
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European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care
(ESPMH),
Board, 2008-,
01/2008 - present
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The Hastings Center
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Fellow,
01/2008 - present
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International Association for Suicide Research
(IASR),
Ethics Committee,
01/2002 - present
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International Association for Bioethics
(IAB),
Board, 1997-2005,
01/1997 - present
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American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
(ASBH),
Board 93-96,
01/1993 - present
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American Association of Suicidology
(AAS),
Board of Directors; Chair Ethics Committee 92-95,
01/1979 - present
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American Philosophical Association
(APA),
Pacific Division Program Chair, 87 and Exec Cte. 94-97. Cte. Phil. and Medicine; Cte. Intl Cooperat,
01/1975 - present
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American Society for Aesthetics
(ASA),
President, Pacific Division, 85-86,
01/1975 - present
In the Media
- Access Utah, Utah Public Radio, interview as part of panel. 02/08/2017.
- Deseret News story, interviewing Margaret Battin and Gerda Saunders. 01/18/2017.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865671314/How-e...
- Robin Marantz Henig, The New York Times 6th Floor Blog, "Choosing to Die After a Struggle with Life.". 08/21/2013.
http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/choos...
- NPR Fresh Air, interview with Terri Gross, "For Bioethicist with Ailing Spouse, End-of-Life Issues Hit Home" . 07/25/2013.
http://www.npr.org/2013/07/25/205455599/for-bioeth...
- Interview with John Hockenberry, WNYC national morning radio news program “The Takeaway” . 07/23/2013.
http://www.thetakeaway.org/2013/jul/23/challenges-...
- Margaret Cheatham Williams, video for New York Times Magazine, “A Right to Die, A Will to Live”. 07/21/2013.
http://nyti.ms/1as1gAe
- Robin Marantz Henig,
A Life or Death Situation," The New York Times Magazine . 07/21/2013.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/magazine/a-life-...