Director and Hubert Mader Chair in Health Care Ethics
Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics as Saint Louis University
Jason T. Eberl, Ph.D. is the Hubert Mäder Chair in Health Care Ethics, Professor of Health Care Ethics and Philosophy, and Director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University. His research interests include the philosophy of human nature and its application to issues at the margins of life; ethical issues related to end-of-life care, biotechnology, and healthcare allocation; and the philosophical thought of Thomas Aquinas. His current research projects concern human enhancement technology, conscientious refusals by health care professionals, and ethical concerns raised by the COVID-19 pandemic (including the development of crisis standards of care, triage withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, and vaccination). He is the author of Thomistic Principles and Bioethics (Routledge, 2006), The Routledge Guidebook to Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae (Routledge, 2016), and The Nature of Human Persons: Metaphysics and Bioethics (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020), as well as editor of Contemporary Controversies in Catholic Bioethics (Springer, 2017).
He has published articles in Annals of Internal Medicine, CHEST, Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, The Linacre Quarterly, Health Care Ethics USA, Health Progress, Review of Metaphysics, International Philosophical Quarterly, The Modern Schoolman, Journal of Catholic Social Thought, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Christian Bioethics, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, American Journal of Bioethics, and Bioethics.
His media appearances include Newsweek, BBC World, National Public Radio, St. Louis Public Radio, Catholic Radio Indianapolis, China Radio International, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Salt + Light Television, St. Louis Review, CRUX, National Catholic Reporter, America: The Jesuit Review, Catholic Health World, Neurology Today.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
5:45 PM – 6:45 PM CT