Loyola’s Mark Kuczewski Named a Hastings Center Fellow

Around the world, there are only a few hundred people who hold the title of Hastings Center Fellow. In 2019, Loyola University Chicago’s own Mark Kuczewski, PhD, HEC-C, joined the list of fellows recognized for their outstanding accomplishment and scholarship in the field of bioethics.

Kuczewski is the director of the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy at Loyola’s Stritch School of Medicine. He holds the Father Michael I. English, S.J., Professorship in Medical Ethics and was the founding chair of the department of medical education.

With the help of Kuczewski, Stritch became the first medical school in the nation to welcome applications from young undocumented immigrants who are protected under the Deferred Action for Children Arrivals Act (DACA). His continuous efforts have led to the creation of resources that are available to clinicians across the country at many health systems, clinics, and the Sanctuary Doctoring website.

"I am humbled and honored to have my name included among a group of people well-known for their scholarship and actions to advance ethics and social justice in health care, science, and society."

Kuczewski is one of 12 fellows elected by the Hastings Center in 2019. Founded in 1969, the Hastings Center is the first bioethics research institute to address fundamental ethical and social issues in health, health care, science, and technology.

Join Loyola in congratulating Mark Kuczewski for this prestigious recognition. Below is a list of the other 12 Hastings Center Fellows of 2019:

• Eli Y. Adashi, MD, professor of medical science at Brown University, former dean of medicine and biological sciences.
• Robert M. Arnold, MD, Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine in the division of general internal medicine, chief of the section of palliative care and medical ethics at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Joanne M. Braxton, Ph.D, M.Div, Frances L. and Edwin L. Cummings Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at William & Mary, former David B. Larson Fellow in Spirituality and Health at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.
• Reshma Jagsi, MD, D.Phil, Newman Family Professor, deputy chair in the department of radiation oncology at the University of Michigan, director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine
• Kathy Kinlaw, M.Div, HEC-C, associate director of Emory University Center for Ethics, director of the Center's Program in Health, Science, and Ethics
• Ruipeng Lei, PhD, executive director of the Center for Bioethics, professor of bioethics at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China
• Amy Lynn McGuire, JD, PhD, Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics, director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine
• Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D., FCAHS, president and CEO of the Council of Canadian Academies,) a non-profit organization that conducts independent, authoritative, evidence-based expert assessments of leading policy topics for the Canadian government
• Christine Mitchell, RN, MS, MTS, FAAN, executive director of the Center for Bioethics, lecturer in the department of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School
• Lisa S. Parker, PhD, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Professor of Bioethics at the University of Pittsburgh, director of the Center for Bioethics and Health Law; Master of Arts in Bioethics; and the School of Medicine’s concentration in humanities, ethics, and palliative care
• Jenny Reardon, PhD, professor of sociology, founding director of the Science and Justice Research Center at University of California, Santa Cruz