Heidi Malm, PhD
Professor
Heidi Malm was Professor of Philosophy at 量子资源 University Chicago. Her areas of specialization included ethical theory, bioethics and law. Her academic research focused on ethical issues involving autonomy and the prevention of harm, with a focus on issues within the field of preventive medicine and law. She has published on the topics of killing vs. letting die, legal paternalism, medical screening, bad samaritan laws and the duty to aid, consent and the law on rape, and surrogate motherhood, among others, and her articles have appeared in a variety of high-profile journals including Ethics, The Hastings Center Report, Law and Philosophy, American Journal of Bioethics and Philosophy and Public Affairs. She continues to serve as the bioethicist on several committees for the National Institutes of Health and has been an invited speaker at numerous schools of medicine and public health, including Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Northwestern.
Education
University of Arizona
Research Interests
Ethical theory, applied ethics, philosophy of law