CDE director Laura DeNardis receives Pellegrino Medal from Samford University
Professor DeNardis receiving the Pellegrino Medal from Dr. Scott Bickel, PT, PhD, Associate Dean, School of Health Professions and Director, Office for Faith and Health at the College of Health Sciences at Samford. (photo credits: Samford University)
CDE director and Endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society Laura DeNardis received the Pellegrino Medal from the Samford University College of Health Sciences on February 7, 2025, in Birmingham, Alabama.
The medal is awarded annually to honor individuals recognized nationally as leaders “for contributions to healthcare ethics in the selfless spirit of Edmund D. Pellegrino.”
Under Professor DeNardis’s leadership, the Center for Digital Ethics is part of the newly-forming Emergent Ethics Network, a collaboration among four ethics-focused centers at Georgetown studying the intersections of ethical issues across bioethics, environmental ethics, and digital ethics. The Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Environmental Justice Commons, and Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics form the Network together with the Center for Digital Ethics.
Samford University’s Pellegrino Medal is named after Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, who founded the Pellegrino Center at Georgetown and had directed the Kennedy Institute of Ethics from 1983-89.
The award was presented at a conference hosted by the Samford University Healthcare Ethics and Law Institute, which supports “the unique, complex relationships among patients, healthcare providers, patient care decision makers, and institutional ethics committees who offer advice and counsel.”
At the conference, Professor DeNardis gave a presentation on “AI Ethics: Wellbeing in the Age of Digital Deception.”