John Hardt, Ph.D.
Neiswanger Institute for
Bioethics & Health Policy
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
2160 S. First Ave., Bldg. 120, Room 280
Maywood, IL 60153
John Hardt,
Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Bioethics in the Neiswanger Institute
for Bioethics and Health Policy. He holds a doctorate in theological ethics
from Boston College and was a fellow at the University of Chicago’s MacLean
Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Professor Hardt’s research interests
include theological contributions to genetic ethics, the ethics of
biotechnology, and communication in ethics case consultation. His recent
publications have focused on end-of-life care in the Catholic tradition and
the role of conscience in the clinical encounter.
On July 27, 2009, Loyola University Chicago's
President Michael Garanzini, S.J., announced the appointment of John Hardt,
PhD, as the University's new assistant to the president for mission and
identity. In this new role, Dr. Hardt will work across all University
divisions to nurture our Jesuit and Catholic identity by promoting dialogue
and program initiatives. Dr. Hardt will continue to serve as assistant
professor in the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy at the
Stritch School of Medicine.
Professor Hardt
teaches courses in genetic ethics, religion and bioethics, and theological
methods of analysis in the online Master of Arts program. He directs the
ethics and genetics curriculum in the Stritch School of Medicine and
provides clinical ethics consultation to the Loyola University Health
System.
On November 8, 2007, John Hardt, PhD was
invited to address the
President's Council on Bioethics on the topic of physician
conscience and the ends of medicine.
Selected Publications
Hardt J.
"Birth Plan. Chronicle of a Brief Life Foretold." America,
November 16, 2009; 201(15).
Hardt J.
The Conscience Debate: Resources for Rapprochement from the Problem's
Perceived Source. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2008;
29(3): 151-60.
Hardt J.
Church Teaching and My Father's Choice.
America January 21, 2008
O'Rourke K, Hardt J.
Nutrition and Hydration: The
CDF Response, In Perspective. Health Progress Nov-Dec 2007; 88(6): 44-7.
Hardt J.
The Necessity of Conscience and the Unspoken Ends of Medicine.
The American Journal of Bioethics June 2007;
7(6):18-9.
