Bioethics & Identity

Central Considerations • What is “consent” (definition and components)?  • How does the framework of informed consent in Bioethics apply to sexual consent and, how can we promote these elements to inform healthy sexual communication? In the field of Bioethics, informed consent is a process of communication whereby a patient is enabled to make an […]

I am exciting to announce a new initiative that I am leading! The Medical Student Forum on Female Sexual Dysfunction is an organization to facilitate Chicago area medical students to collaborate, learn, and educate their academic peers about female sexual dysfunction (FSD). Female sexual function is impacted by countless medical conditions. This knowledge is a […]

This December, I was featured on the Medicus Podcast of the Stritch School of medicine at Loyola University. Episode Summary: Welcome to “Medical Myths,”  a new series on the Medicus podcast where we explore misinformation and common misunderstandings in the healthcare world, with the goal to help dispel common myths and promote education and awareness. […]

Central Consideration for this Article: How can a museum act as an institution that shapes knowledge and perceptions to create destigmatized narratives about peoples’ bodies? The featured guest for this Q&A is Florence Schechter. She started the project to build the Vagina Museum and is a science communicator by trade with a BSc in Biochemistry. She […]

Event Description As a member of the Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC (PPMW) Ambassador Program, I organized a free panel titled “I LIKE IT: A Conversation on Female Pleasure and Sexual Communication” on raising the consciousness of how women can more readily identify and communicate what is pleasurable for them in their own lives. […]

Central Consideration for this Article: How can storytelling of health experiences be an important way to promote connectedness, healing, and empowerment? The guest for this Q&A is Jenn Montooth. She is a public historian, storyteller, and writer based Washington, DC. She received her MA in Public History from UMBC, where she studied the Black Power Movement. She […]

  Central Considerations for this Article: What barriers do patients and their health care providers face in recognizing and treating vestibulodynia? How can an untreated illness that originates in the vestibule lead to a changing set of beliefs about the image one has of oneself? The featured guest for this Q&A is SexMed Advocate. She […]

Central Consideration for this Article: If people are engineered for perfection, what is the role of grit in developing ourselves, if characteristics and capabilities are believed to be pre-determined by genes and gene editing? This article was originally published on The Triple Helix’s online publication January 2017 at triplehelixblog.com We are at an unprecedented point […]

  Central Consideration for this Article: How can understanding the difference between knowledge and wisdom promote people to make more ethically sound decisions? Emily Hagen graduated from Cornell University in May 2017, with a degree in Human Development.  In college, she realized her passion for bioethics and conducted research on the topics of wisdom and […]

  Central Consideration for this Article: How can a consideration of someone’s cultural identity and the cultural meaning in food inform how health care professionals discuss dietary changes with patients? Caroline Frier is a recent graduate of the George Washington University and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Nutrition and Education at Teachers […]

Jen: Tamirra, thanks so much for joining us today! Tamirra: Yes, no problem, so happy to be here. J: Could you tell us a little bit about your background in health and education? T: Starting with my undergraduate degree, I went to University of Alabama and I majored in kinesiology and I liked it so […]