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Georgetown “Ask a Professor” series features DeNardis/Sheehan collaboration on AI ethics and health care

This month, Georgetown’s popular “Ask a Professor” series features Laura DeNardis, Inaugural Endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society and Director of the Center for Digital Ethics, and Myles Sheehan, SJ, MD, David Lauler Chair in Catholic Health Care Ethics and Director of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics. In response to recent news about the ability of AI to bioengineer live viruses, Drs. DeNardis and Sheehan explored emergent ethical questions in the increasingly prevalent intersection of AI and health care.

August 26, 2026

Announcements

Therese Lysaught joins the faculty of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics; Christine Grady appointed at the Kennedy Institute and the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

M. Therese Lysaught, PhD has been appointed the Rose F. Kennedy Chair in Christian Ethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, and Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at…

July 31, 2026

Events

2026 Distinguished Lecture: Cristina Richie, scholar of “green bioethics” and ethics of technology

Followed by a conversation with Dr. Jason Farr, Assistant Teaching Professor at the Earth Commons Institute and Fellow at Ethics Lab, Kennedy Institute of Ethics

March 16, 2026