Lea C. Brandt, PhD, OTD, MA, OTR/L
Director, MU Center for Health Ethics; Medical Director, MUHC Clinical Ethics Consultation Service; Professor of Medicine
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Director, MU Center for Health Ethics
Medical Director, MUHC Clinical Ethics Consultation Service
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, School of Medicine
Dr. Lea C. Brandt is a Professor at the University of Missouri’s School of Medicine. In addition, she serves in leadership positions as the Director of the University of Missouri’s Center for Health Ethics and Medical Director of the Clinical Ethics Consultation Services for the health system.
Dr. Brandt earned a PhD from University of Missouri’s Sinclair School of Nursing, where her dissertation explored Transforming the Ethical Behavior of Clinicians through Pedagogical Innovation: Sensemaking as a means to promote ethical practice in the face of moral ambiguity. She has also earned a Master of Arts in Bioethics and Health Policy from Loyola University Chicago and a Post-Professional Doctorate in Occupational Therapy with an emphasis in Healthcare Ethics and Administration from Creighton University.
She teaches clinical ethics throughout the University of Missouri Health System and University of Missouri Graduate School. In her role with the Center, she sits on several ethics-related committees, serves as the ethics policy content expert, works as a clinical ethics consultant, chairs the clinical ethics committee, and serves as an investigator on multiple grants.
Dr. Brandt has authored and co-authored multiple publications and continuing education materials on ethics in practice. She also lectures nationally and internationally on the topics of clinical ethics, education, and professionalism in practice.
David A. Fleming, MD, MA, MACP
Clinical Ethicist and Senior Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics; Professor Emeritus and Chair Emeritus of Medicine
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Clinical Ethicist and Senior Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics
Professor Emeritus and Chair Emeritus of Medicine, University of Missouri, School of Medicine
David A. Fleming, MD, MA, MACP, is Professor Emeritus of Medicine at University of Missouri's School of Medicine, where he has served on faculty since 1980. From 1999-2001, he was a US Department of Health and Human Services Primary Care Research Fellow at the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University. He practiced internal medicine and geriatrics in North Central Missouri for nearly 20 years prior to that experience. Dr. Fleming served as Chair of Medicine at the University of Missouri's School of Medicine from 2007-2016 and was founding Director of the MU Center for Health Ethics. He is widely published and pursues research in end-of-life care, health disparity, health literacy, organizational ethics, health care access, and research ethics. Dr. Fleming also served as Chair of the Board of Governors and member of the Board of Regents for the American College of Physicians. He was president of the American College of Physicians from 2014-2015. He also served as a member of the Board of Regents for the National Library of Medicine from 2011-2015.
Clayton C. Clark, PhD, RN
Associate Director and Clinical Ethicist, MU Center for Health Ethics; Assistant Teaching Professor of Nursing
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Associate Director and Clinical Ethicist, MU Center for Health Ethics, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing
Grants and Professional Development, Continuing Education for Health Professions, Office of Health Outreach, Policy & Education (HOPE), University of Missouri
Ali Gorman, BS Ed, C-TAGME
Administrator, MU Center for Health Ethics
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Administrator, MU Center for Health Ethics, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Andrew Guinan, JD, EMT-P
Clinical Ethicist and Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics
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Clinical Ethicist and Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Racy Guinan, MD
Clinical Ethicist and Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics; Emergency Medicine Physician
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Clinical Ethicist and Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri Health Care
Julia S. Halsey, MD, MA
Clinical Ethicist, MU Center for Health Ethics; Associate Professor of Medicine
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Clinical Ethicist, MU Center for Health Ethics, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Jill B. Delston, PhD
Adjunct Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics; Assistant Professor of Philosophy
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Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Jill B. Delston has interests in social and political philosophy, normative ethical theory, applied ethics with a special emphasis on bioethics, and ancient Greek philosophy. She is affiliated with Gender Studies and the NextGen Precision Health Initiative at the University of Missouri system in addition to the MU Center for Health Ethics. Her monograph is entitled, Medical Sexism: Contraception Access, Reproductive Medicine, and Health Care. Delston is the co-editor of a textbook entitled Applied Ethics: A Multicultural Approach, Eds. 5, 6, and 7 (forthcoming). She has won UMSL's Legendary Triton Award (2016), the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award (2018), the College of Arts and Sciences NTT Faculty Member of the Year (2019), the Gerald and Deanne Gitner Excellence in Teaching Award (2024), and was a University of Missouri System Presidential Engagement Fellow (2021). She received her B.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Washington University in St. Louis. Before joining the department in 2012, she was visiting assistant professor of philosophy at Mount Holyoke College.
G. Richard Holt, MD, MSE, MPH, MABE, D-Bioethics, DHL
Adjunct Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics; Professor Emeritus and Chair Emeritus Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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Adjunct Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics
Adjunct Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Lori L. Popejoy, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Adjunct Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics; Dean and Professor Sinclair School of Nursing
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Adjunct Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Dean & Professor, Helen E Nahm Chair in Nursing; John A. Hartford Foundation Claire M. Fagin Fellow
Maggie Sevrin, DO, MA
Adjunct Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics; Clinical Instructor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
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Adjunct Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Clinical Instructor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Victoria A. Shaffer, PhD
Adjunct Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics; Professor of Psychology
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Adjunct Scholar, MU Center for Health Ethics, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Professor, Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences
