MBE Graduate
Harvard University
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Tessa Youngner, MS, is a bioethicist-in-training whose work aims to advance community-based research, policy, and programs for marginalized communities who face debilitating illness among other injustices. She recently received a Master of Science degree in Bioethics from Harvard Medical School's Center for Bioethics and previously received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government with a concentration in Political Theory and minor in Psychology from the College of William & Mary. The majority of Tessa's career has focused on serving the sickle cell community, first by supporting the launch of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) Cure Sickle Cell initiative in 2018 and most recently by leading the American Society of Hematology's (ASH) Sickle Cell Disease Coalition. These experiences deepened her understanding of the multi-faceted challenges facing individuals living with sickle cell, as well as the responsibilities and opportunities for diverse stakeholders to ethically and collaboratively address these issues. Tessa aims to continue serving the sickle cell community by contributing to evidence-based and ethically-informed initiatives that touch on the topics of genomics, disability rights, socio-political determinants of health, shared decision-making, and reproductive rights.
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Monday, June 10, 2024
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET