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Bioethics Bowl Team Wins Second National Title at 2016 Competition
Pictured left to right: (Top) Dr. Jennifer Parks; Annalise Norling; Kathleen Lantto; Reid Tinker; (Bottom) T.A. Robert Budron; Paul Burghard; Mary Katherine Brueck; Dr. Brandon Morgan-Olsen
Loyola’s Bioethics Bowl team secured the University's second national win in the past three years at the National Bioethics Bowl competition in April. The team also won the national competition in 2013, where they also beat Georgetown University by a single point.
This year's competition was held at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio the weekend of April 8 to 10, and drew 14 teams from around the country to offer competitive presentations on a variety of healthcare-related ethics cases ranging from complex end of life situations, to uterine transplants, to human germ line editing. Loyola went 2-1 in the preliminary rounds to secure a spot in the single elimination rounds on Sunday, April 10.
In the quarterfinal match Loyola defeated the University of Denver, the only team to which they lost in the preliminary rounds. The case presentation by freshman Paul Burghard and sophomore Kathleen Lantto allowed the team to move on to the semifinal match. There, they proceeded to defeat Macalester College with a presentation led by junior Reid Tinker and team captain, Mary Kate Brueck.
The final round pitted LUC against Georgetown University, with sophomores Kathleen Lantto and Annalise Norling ’s presentation on Japanese stem cell trials edging out Georgetown’s presentation on CRISPR-CAS 9, an accessible gene editing tool.
