2014 Summer Seminar Faculty
The Faculty (in alphabetical order)
Dieter Birnbacher, PhD
Professor of philosophy
Institute of Philosophy
Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
Practical Philosophy
CEO, Beit Rivka Geriatric Rehabilitation Hospital
Co-Director, Minerva Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the End of Life,
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Internal Medicine and Geriatrics; End of life; Caring for care givers
Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, PhD, ABPP
Professor, Department of Health Promotion
School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine,
Tel-Aviv University
Co-Director, Minerva Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the End of Life
Psychology; Gerontology; Health Promotion.
Andrea Marlen Esser, PhD
Professor of philosophy
Department of Philosophy
Philipps University of Marburg
Ethics and Practical Philosophy
Professor of social anthropology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Tel Aviv University
Co-Director, Minerva Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the End of Life
Anthropology, Aging, Suicide.
Ralf J. Jox, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor for Medical Ethics
Institute of Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine
Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich
Interdisciplinary Center for Palliative Medicine, University of Munich
Neurology, Palliative Care, Bioethics
Professor of law
Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
Co-Director, Minerva Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the End of Life
Sociology of Law
Vincent Mor, PhD
Florence Pirce Professor of Community Health
Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice
The Brown School of Public Health
Senior Health Scientist Providence, RI Veteran's Administration Medical Center,
Health Services Research service
Health Services Research
Silke Schicktanz, PhD
Professor of Cultural and Ethical Studies of Biomedicine
Department for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
University Medical Center Göttingen
Crosscultural Biomedicine and Bioethics
