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 Georgetown. Her scholarly work brings into conversation the fields of theology, medicine, bioethics, and global health. Her books include:  Theological Bioethics (Cascade Press, 2026); A Prophet to the Peoples: Paul Farmer’s Witness and Theological Ethics  (Pickwick Press, 2023, co-edited with Jennie Weiss Block and Alexandre A. Martins); Biopolitics after Neuroscience: Morality and the Economy of Virtue  (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, co-authored with Jeffrey P. Bishop and Andrew Michel, 2021 Expanded Reason Award); Catholic Bioethics and Social Justice: The Praxis of US Healthcare in a Globalized World  (Liturgical Press, 2019, co-edited with Michael McCarthy, 2019 Catholic Press Association Award), Caritas in Communion: The Theological Foundations of Catholic Health Care  (Catholic Health Association, 2014); On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives on Medical Ethics , 3^rd edition (Eerdmans, 2012, co-edited with Joseph Kotva); and Gathered for the Journey: Moral Theology in Catholic Perspective  (Eerdmans, 2007, co-edited with David Matzko McCarthy, 2008 Catholic Press Association Award). Dr. Lysaught is a founding member and Editor of the Journal of Moral Theology  and a member of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life.

Christine Grady, RN, PhD, FAAN (N’74, G’93), bioethicist and former chief of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health, has been appointed to the faculty of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics and  to the faculty of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) as a Research Scholar. Her primary appointment will be as senior advisor to the Executive Vice President for Health Sciences on bioethics and neuroethics, and as a professor of neuroscience in the School of Medicine. She holds a secondary appointment in Georgetown’s College of Arts & Sciences as an affiliated faculty member in the department of Philosophy, and will also also work closely with Berkley School of Nursing faculty to collaborate and amplify bioethics and clinical scholarly output.
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