Michael J. Deem PhD

Dr. Michael Deem joined the Duquesne University faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2017, holding a joint appointment in the School of Nursing and the Center for Healthcare Ethics. His main areas of research are bioethics, philosophy of biology and medicine, and public health ethics.

Dr. Deem completed a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame in 2015 and an M.A. in Philosophy from Texas A&M University in 2009. He then served as the 2015-16 Pediatric Ethics and Genomics Fellow at Children's Mercy Hospital, where he worked with the Center for Bioethics and Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine on an NIH-funded study of the clinical use of rapid whole-genome sequencing in the neonatal intensive care unit. Additionally, through the Children's Mercy Division of Clinical Genetics, he accrued over 100 observation hours in genetic counseling at Children's Mercy Hospital, Midwest Perinatal Associates, and The University of Kansas Cancer Center.

Dr. Deem's additional clinical training includes completion of the Children's Mercy Hospital Pediatric Bioethics Certificate, the MedStar Washington Hospital Clinical Ethics Immersion, and the Center for Conflict Resolution in Healthcare's Conflict Resolution and Clinical-Setting Mediation Training for Healthcare.