AY 2015-2016

Bioethics Competition

Loyola Bioethics Bowl Brings Home National Title

Loyola’s Bioethics Bowl team attended the National Bioethics Bowl at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio the weekend of April 8-10th, 2016. The competition drew 14 teams from around the country to offer competitive presentations on healthcare-related ethics cases. Loyola went 2-1 in the preliminary rounds to qualify for the elimination rounds. In the quarterfinal, Loyola defeated the University of Denver, the only team to beat them in the earlier round. The presentation by freshman Paul Burghard and sophomore Kathleen Lantto sent the team to the semifinal. There, they defeated 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. This is Loyola’s second national win in the past 3 years.