Dr. Alex Zambrano

Lecturer (PhD, University of Colorado Boulder)

Areas of Specialization:
Biomedical Ethics, Ethics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion

Research Interests:
Dr. Zambrano focuses primarily on issues in bioethics as well as clinical and nursing ethics and the public health professions. He is particularly interested in ethical issues that arise in organ transplantation, the allocation of scarce medical resources, and the nature of moral status and how it informs issues in applied and professional ethics.

Select Publications:
'Organ conscription and greater needs' (2023), Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 32(1): 1–11.
'Fewer mistakes and presumed consent' (2021), Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 46(1): 58–79.
'Covert moral bioenhancement, public health, and autonomy' (2019), Bioethics 33(6): 725–728.
'Should consent be required for organ procurement?' (2018), Bioethics, 32(7): 421–429.

Recent Teaching:
PHIL403: Medical Ethics