Five PennWest students gave oral presentations at the Duquesne-PennWest Conference on Global Bioethics, held at Duquesne University's campus in Pittsburgh from November 7-9.

Students presented their research findings in the field of bioethics and engaged with the audience by answering questions. Their research studies were supervised by Dr. Kiarash Aramesh, instructor of the Introduction to Bioethics course and the director of the James F. Drane Bioethics Institute.

Garrett Hamm, who studies at the Edinboro campus, presented “A Bioethical Analysis of Health Misinformation and Propositions and Countermeasures.” Augusta Kosco, also of the Edinboro campus, spoke on “The Future of Medicine: Stem Cells.” Edinboro’s Riley Rohland, presented “A Comparative Study Between the Hippocratic Oath and the Modern Nursing Code of Ethics.”

Amanda Fetsko, from the Clarion campus, delivered her research presentation titled “Bioethical Issues of Organ Donation.” Polia Vladeva, also from Clarion, researched “’Sarco’ Pod: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide.”

To support their participation, the James F. Drane Bioethics Institute at PennWest University awarded each student the $250 Dr. Russell B. Roth Prize to help cover their travel expenses to the conference venue.

The Duquesne-PennWest Conference on Global Bioethics was organized by Duquesne University's Center for Global Health Ethics and PennWest University's James F. Drane Bioethics Institute. World renowned scholars in global bioethics gave speeches at the conference.