Faculty & Staff
Core Faculty
Lauren Freeman, PhD
Professor of Philosophy and Program Director
Expertise: Feminist Bioethics; Feminist Philosophy
![Demetra Antimisiaris Demetra Antimisiaris](https://louisville.edu/healthcareethics/images/headshots/Antimisiaris.jpg)
Dr. Demetra Antimisiaris, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Kyle Brothers, PhD, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Endowed Chair of Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research
Expertise: Genetics and ethics; Ethics of health information technologies; Pediatric ethics; Research ethics
![Avery Kolers Avery Kolers](https://louisville.edu/healthcareethics/images/headshots/Kolers.jpg)
Avery Kolers, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
Expertise: Health justice; Solidarity
![Olivia Schuman](https://louisville.edu/healthcareethics/images/schumanbcmphoto.jpeg)
Olivia Schuman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Expertise: Bioethics; Reproductive ethics; Clinical ethics
Vilde Aavitsland, PhD
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Expertise: Bioethics; Political philosophy; Feminist philosophy
Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Ryan Combs
Assistant Professor
Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences University of Louisville School of Public Health & Information Sciences
Prof. Tim Hall
Professor
Brandeis School of Law
Dr. William Paul McKinney
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
School of Public Health and Information Science
![Jelani Kerr](https://louisville.edu/healthcareethics/images/headshots/UofLKerr_Headshot.jpg)
Dr. Jelani Kerr, PhD MSPH
Associate Professor
Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
Expertise: Racial/ethnic HIV inequities, HIV-related stigma, Criminal Justice policy and HIV inequities, Mental Health, and Intervention Development & Evaluation
Dr. Deborah Potter
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
![Shelby Pumphrey](https://louisville.edu/healthcareethics/images/headshots/pumphreyheadshot.jpg)
Dr. Shelby Pumphrey
Assistant Professor
Department of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Expertise: African American Women’s History; Reproductive Justice
![Dr. Tara Schapmire Dr. Tara Schapmire](https://louisville.edu/healthcareethics/images/headshots/Schapmire.jpg)
Dr. Tara Schapmire
Affiliated Associate Professor
Kent School of Social Work
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Dr. Beth Munnich, PhD
Associate Professor, Economics
Expertise: Health Economics
Staff
![Lisa Schonburg](https://louisville.edu/healthcareethics/images/headshots/eb64acd928a64d62a4371e1946af6d1f.jpeg)
Lisa Schonburg
Administrative Associate
Emeriti
![Robert Kimball Robert Kimball](https://louisville.edu/healthcareethics/images/headshots/Kimball.jpg)
Robert Kimball, PhD
Associate Professor of Philosophy
![Nancy Potter Nancy Potter](https://louisville.edu/healthcareethics/images/headshots/Potter.jpg)
Nancy Potter, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
![Mark Rothstein](https://louisville.edu/healthcareethics/about/R_Rothstien_image.jpg/@@images/2effa0ee-7b97-4818-8961-c8dafdb909a1.jpeg)
Mark Rothstein, JD
Herbert F. Boehl Chair in Law & Medicine and Professor of Law
![Hypatia](https://louisville.edu/healthcareethics/about/207pxHypatia_portrait.png/@@images/03bc7a7c-0bc6-4c3f-ae35-34996408f30e.png)
Dr. Nancy Theriot
Professor
Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
In Memoriam
![Paul Simmons Paul Simmons](https://louisville.edu/healthcareethics/images/headshots/Simmons.jpg)
Paul Simmons, PhD
(1936-2019)
Professor Emeritus, Family & Geriatric Medicine
Expertise: Religion & medicine; Clinical ethics; Abortion
![Osborne Wiggins Osborne Wiggins](https://louisville.edu/healthcareethics/images/headshots/51ebe2805c7e4e22abfae51132478c9c.jpeg)
Osborne Wiggins, PhD
(1943-2021)
Professor of Philosophy
Expertise: Psychiatry; Research ethics; End-of-life issue
Dr. Stuart Urbach
(1925-2021)
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
UofL School of Medicine