University of Wisconsin–Madison

People Type: Affiliated Faculty at MHB

Miller, Robert D.

Biography Interests Pre-1919 consent and refusal of medical services and research, including mandates and prohibitions of medical services, with a focus on legal and institutional positions and actions. Curriculum Vitae Robert D. Miller’s C.V. Education M.S. Hyg., University of Pittsburgh, Health Law Training Program, 1975 J.D., Yale University Law School, Law, 1974 B.S., Iowa State …

Richert, Lucas

Biography Interests Lucas Richert (RICK-ert) studies intoxicating substances and the pharmaceutical industry. He also examines the history of mental health. Education Ph.D., University of London, School of Advanced Study, 2010 Books Lucas Richert and James H. Mills, Eds. Cannabis: Global Histories, Cambridge (The MIT Press, 2021). Lucas Richert, Break On Through: Radical Psychiatry and the …

Rubel, Alan

Interests: Information Ethics and Policy; Privacy and Surveillance; Intellectual Property; Bioethics.

Ruis, Andrew

Biography Andrew R. Ruis is Associate Director for Research in the Epistemic Analytics lab at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research and a fellow in the Department of Medical History and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is the author of Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat: The Origins of School Lunch in the United …

Saha, Krishanu

Interests: Stem cell engineering, Biosciences and bioethics.

Schwartz, Eben

Biography Dr. Schwartz is a neuropsychologist and assistant professor with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health specializing in memory disorders. He is board certified in clinical neuropsychology and earned his degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School. Dr. Schwartz focuses his …

Thiessen, Carrie

Biography Carrie Thiessen is a transplant surgeon and medical ethicist. Her Ph.D. dissertation assessed the moral implications of third-party harms and benefits of clinical research. She is a member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network’s Ethics Committee. Carrie applies normative and empirical methods to analyze ethical and policy issues in transplantation. Her current research …