Elizabeth Lanphier

Elizabeth Lanphier is a moral philosopher and bioethicist. She earned her PhD in philosophy from Vanderbilt University and an MS degree in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. Dr. Lanphier completed a postdoctoral clinical ethics fellowship with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and now works as an ethicist and scholar in the Ethics Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, with academic appointments in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and University of Cincinnati Philosophy Department. Her articles published in The Conversation reflect her scholarship and research expertise and not the views or opinions of any institution with which she may be or have been affiliated.

Experience

  • 2026–present
    Associate Professor, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center & University of Cincinnati
  • 2020–2026
    Assistant Professor , Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center & University of Cincinnati

Education

  • 2020 
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Fellowship, Clinical Ethics
  • 2019 
    Vanderbilt University , PhD, Philosophy
  • 2013 
    Columbia University, MS, Narrative Medicine

Professional Memberships

  • American Philosophical Association
  • American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
  • North American Society for Social Philosophy
  • Bioethics Network of Ohio
  • Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
  • American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Bioethics

Contact Elizabeth for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision