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Bander Center Research

Saint Louis University School of Medicine’s Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics facilitates research among University faculty, fellows, residents and medical students. 

Collaborative Research Opportunities

Informed by SLU’s Catholic, Jesuit values, the University’s Department of Healthcare Ethics fosters respectful, authentic dialogue about moral issues in healthcare delivery, biomedical research and public health. With the Bander Center, School of Medicine students and faculty collaborate on impactful research through projects on issues in medical business ethics.

For more information on research opportunities, email Li Ern Chen, M.D., at [email protected].  

Poster and Presentation Highlights

2019
  • Anne Sescleifer and Jason Keune. “Are Clinical Microaggressions Responsible for Disparities in Outcome by Race?” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Annual Meeting October, 2019.
    Harold Braswell and Jason Keune. “Gut Bioethics” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Annual Meeting October, 2019.
  • “Experiential Knowing: A Course in Medicine for PhD Students in Health Care Ethics”. Ninth Cambridge Consortium for Bioethics Education. Reid Hall, Paris, France. July 5, 2019.
2018
  • “Woodruff’s Reverence as a Foundational Virtue for Bioconservatism” 14th World Congress of Bioethics. Bengalore, India. December 6, 2018
  • “True Patient-Centered Care Needs the Strong Objectivity of Sarah Harding to Obtain” 12th Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Conference. Bangalore, India. December 3, 2018.
  • Markee, M; Ascencio, C; Brugger-Gardner, L; Keune, J; van den Berg, S; Matsuo, H. (2018, October). Healthcare Perceptions from Consumers, Healthcare Providers, and Health Insurance Providers: a Grounded Theory Approach. Washington University Institute for Public Health 11th Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO.
  • “Contextualizing Surgery in a Twenty-First Century Catholic Health Care System: Pope Francis” The Catholic Theological Society of America 2018 Convention. Indianapolis, IN. Saturday, June 9, 2018
2017
  • Graca M, Keune JD. The CMS Quality Payment Program; a New Financial Conflict of Interest of Physicians. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.   October 25, 2017: San Diego, CA. (Poster)
  • Graca M, Keune JD. The CMS Quality Payment Program; a New Financial Conflict of Interest of Physicians. American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Conference. October 22, 2017: Kansas City, MO. (Abstract)
  • Graca M, Keune JD. The CMS Quality Payment Program; a New Financial Conflict of Interest of Physicians. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. October 25, 2017: San Diego, CA. (Poster)
  • Keune JD. Beyond "Disinfectant": Entanglement in Physician-Industry Relationships. American Society of Bioethics and Humanities. October 21, 2017: Kansas City, MO. (Abstract)
  • O'Brien G, Keune JD, Bakanas E. Who Selects Quality Measures in the 21st Century? Washington University Institute for Public Health Annual Conference. September 27, 2017: St. Louis, MO (Poster)
2016
  • Zahrli T. Rectifying Key Problems to Advance the Medical Professionalism Movement. Academy for Professionalism in Health Care (APHC). April 29, 2016: Philadelphia, PA.
  • Zahrli T. Developing the Professional Decision-Making in Medicine (PDM) Measure. Academy for Professionalism in Health Care (APHC) Regional Meeting. April 28, 2016: Philadelphia, PA.
  • Zahrli T, Dineen K. Practical Strategies for Improving Professional Decision-Making in Medicine. American Physician Scientists’ Association (APSA) 2016 Annual Meeting. April 16, 2016: Chicago, IL.
  • Zahrli T, Bendtsen K. Bound by Bias: Current Limits of Medical Professionalism. Annual Health Care Ethics Research Conference. February 26, 2016: St. Louis, MO.
2015
  • Zahrli T, Bach M, Dubois J, Dineen K. Virtue Ethics and Medical Professionalism: Something Lost in Translation. American Physician Scientists’ Association (APSA) 2015 Regional Meeting. October 24, 2015: St. Louis, MO.
  • Yandamuri T, Zahrli T. Interdisciplinary Support for the Shared Decision-Making Model. American Physician Scientists’ Association (APSA) 2015 Regional Meeting. October 24, 2015: St. Louis, MO.
  • Dineen K. Exploring Integrity in Medicine: The Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics Casebook. Panel presentation at: 2015 Annual Health Law Professors Conference. June 9, 2015; St. Louis, MO.
  • Zahrli T, Dineen K, Volpe R. Exploring Integrity in Medicine: The Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics Casebook. Workshop presented at: 2015 Annual International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation. May 21, 2015; New York, NY.
  • Zahrli T, Bakanas E, Dineen K, Volpe R. Exploring Integrity in Medicine: The Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics Casebook. Workshop presented at: Academy for Professionalism in Healthcare 2015 Annual Conference. May 9, 2015: Louisville, KY.
  • Zahrli T. APSA Local Chapter Initiative. American Physician Scientists’ Association 11th Annual Meeting. April 25, 2015: Chicago, IL.
  • Zahrli T. A Movement Towards Insincerity in Modern Medicine? Second Annual Health Care Ethics Research Conference. March 27, 2015: St. Louis, MO.
  • Bakanas E, Zahrli T. Teaching Medical Business Ethics: An Introduction to the Bander Center’s Casebook. Medical Education. 2015; 17(8): 744-749.