Faculty & Staff
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Misha Strauss, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor E-mail: mstrauss@msu.edu Phone: (517) 353-7158 |
Misha Strauss, Ph.D. has joined the College of Human Medicine and the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Misha received her Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University in 2005. Her dissertation was entitled, "A Social Account of Integrity."
During graduate school Misha pursued her interest in biomedical ethics through
internships at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins University
where her collaboration with researchers led to a publication in The Hastings
Center Report.
Since moving to Michigan in 1999 to write a dissertation while raising her
3 children (ages 2, 6, and 9 years), Misha has taught at the University of
Michigan, Western Michigan University and Michigan State University in the
philosophy department. In addition, Misha has provided consulting services
to hospital ethics committees as both a paid consultant and a volunteer.
Current Research Interests:
Her research interests include the intersection of social justice and personal integrity, the ethics of genetic testing, and reproductive ethics.
Most recently Misha helped her husband start his own pediatric practice in
Chelsea, MI, an experience that has kindled a new interest in organizational
ethics as they relate to the delivery of healthcare, the use of technology
to improve patient safety and enhance the patient-physician relationship,
and understanding the primary care physician as a patient advocate within
our healthcare system.
