The Research Team

Our interdisciplinary team approaches conceptual, clinical, and neuroscientific questions from a variety of perspectives. We are always looking for new collaborators - reach out!


Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health, Lehigh University

Affiliated Faculty, Lehigh University: Health, Medicine, and Society Program; Center for Community-Driven Assistive Technologies

Principal Investigator:

Ally Peabody Smith, PhD


In alphabetical order:

Ellie Anderson, PhD, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Pomona College

Natasha Ansari, PhD Candidate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Yevgeny Berdichevsky, PhD, Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Lehigh University

Leo Anthony Celi, MD, MS, MPH, Senior Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Austin Duncan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Community and Global Health, Lehigh University

Nanette Elster, JD, MPH, Professor, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University

Ashley Feinsinger, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Ethics Chair, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine

Debjani Muhkerjee, PhD, HEC-C, Associate Professor of Medical Ethics in Clinical Medicine, Cornell Weill Medical College

Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD, HEC-C, Professor of Bioethics & Health Policy, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Loyola University

Ian Peebles, PhD, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University

Sara Protasi, PhD, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Puget Sound

Rhonda Tucker, MSPT, Clinical Researcher, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation

Faculty and Clinician Collaborators


Current Graduate Students:

Stacie Brenner (PhD student)

Doria Wohler (PhD student)

Current Undergraduate Students:

Julia Grumet

Abha Dahal

Hannah Gonzales

Thomas Kaspereen

Gillian Spangler

Past Students:

Kudakwashe Mundove, MA

Chloe Domingues, BA

Lab Members

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