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"The most interesting thing for me was to see how health care has changed in the past 20 years since I began in the business. At this point in my career I was ready to immerse myself back into the medical field."

-Kevin Blanchet
'99 Fellow

 

 

 

 







"Teaching is about stories.   Students learn more from real life experiences than text books.  This experience will only enhance my teaching."

Hugh F. Lena, PhD
'99 Fellow

1999  FELLOWS*



Jason Arnold, J.D., M.P.H.
Mr. Arnold is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and Columbia University School of Public Health.  Mr. Arnold has participated in a variety of health law and ethics related activities, including work in the Division of Bioethics at Montefiore Medical Center and The New York State Task Force on Life and the Law.  He is currently interested in investigating barriers to effective pain management.  Mr. Arnold is also a senior policy analyst for Choice in Dying, Inc. - a national, not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering communication about complex end-of-life decisions.


Kevin Blanchet
Mr. Blanchet  is an entrepreneur, medical writer, editor, and medical communications consultant. He has served as senior managing editor of AIDS Patient Care and STDs for the past ten years in addition to establishing  the clinical journal Alternative & Complementary Therapies. Mr. Blanchet is also an ordained minister.


Robert H. Blank, Ph. D.
Dr. Robert H. Blank is a professor of political science at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Dr. Blank has published broadly in journals and has written numerous books on health policy, ethics and law. His particular interests have included reproductive technology, including genetic engineering and maternal-fetal relations.


Hugh F. Lena, Ph.D.
Dr. Hugh F. Lena  is a professor of sociology at Providence College in Rhode Island, specializing in medical sociology. In addition to teaching and research on issue related to the sociology of illness and health care, Dr. Lena is actively involved in integrating community service into higher educational curricula. His work with the Feinstein Institute for Public and Community Service Studies has lead to the creation of the first baccalaureate program in the nation that combines academic study with community service.


Robert M. Stolick, Ph.D.
Dr. Stolick is a graduate of the University of Tennessee program in philosophy and bioethics. His dissertation focused on training medical students to care compassionately. He teaches philosophy as an instructor at two state colleges in Tennessee.


Angela Wasunna, LL. M.,
Ms. Wasunna  is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, where she practices health law. Ms. Wasunna is the first Kenyan to complete a post graduate degree in law with an emphasis in bioethics. She has a special interest in health policy in developing nations and legislative reform in international public health. She plans to establish the first health law curriculum in sub-Saharan Africa at the University of Nairobi Faculty of Law in Kenya.



*  Please note that biographies are current only at the time of selection.   For more information on fellows activities, please contact the program office.



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