The Medical Ethics Symposium is a medical student driven event that allows for open discussion about pressing ethical issues in the healthcare sphere. Our 2nd annual symposium featured podium presentations and posters by medical students who explored a variety of real-world ethical challenges and engaged in robust discussion with fellow medical students, faculty, physicians, and ethicists.
A special thank you to the students who worked hard to make the event possible and to the faculty who participated as judges. And congratulations to the winners of best poster, Devarsh Desai and Laura Wild, and best presentation, Shashank Madhu and Briya Patel.
Abstracts Poster Presentations
Special thanks to the following students for their roles in organizing the 2026 Symposium:
Kate Stillman, MS3
Lauren Tierney, MS2
Luna Jiang-Qin, MS1
Ukamaka Ozed-Williams, MS1
Hema Talluri, MS1
2026 Ethics Symposium Prize Winners
Our judges – who serve as practicing physicians and ethicists – selected the first and second place Podium Presentations and Poster Presentations based on topic originality, relevance, depth of analysis, presentation quality, and the vitality of discussion generated by each presentation. Their decision was surely not an easy one!
First Place Podium Presentation: Shashank Madhu, MS3
Second Place Podium Presentation: Briya Patel, MS1
First Place Poster Presentation: Laura Wild, MS3
Second Place Poster Presentation: Devarsh Desai, MS1
