Leah Jeunnette, PhD

Associate Director of Education, Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Department of Bioethics
Director, MA in Bioethics and Medical Humanities Program
Department of Bioethics
School of Medicine
Senior Research Associate 2
Department of Bioethics
School of Medicine
Adjunct Instructor
Department of Bioethics
School of Medicine

Dr. Jeunnette is the Director of the MA in Bioethics and Medical Humanities program and the Assistant Director of Education for Bioethics and Medical Humanities in the Department of Bioethics at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. She is a Clinical Ethicist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.

Dr. Jeunnette has been part of the Department of Bioethics since 2016, when she initially served as the primary clinical ethicist at the Center for Biomedical Ethics at MetroHealth. She joined the education team in 2018, and has continued to expand the MA program and the study abroad courses for the department. In 2023, she was made the Director of the MA in Bioethics and Medical Humanities program. Dr. Jeunnette is the course coordinator for Foundations in Bioethics and Medical Humanities I and II and Clinical Ethics: Theory and Practice courses. She also directs the Ethics in Health Care Delivery course in the Physician Assistant program at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½.

Dr. Jeunnette has expertise in clinical ethics, adolescent ethics, and ethics education. She has published articles on clinical ethics consultation and student clinical ethics rotations experiences in a county jail. She previously worked creating online learning content management software and ethics education content to create and develop customized curricula for hospital ethics committees and interprofessional ethics simulations for medical, dental, and pharmacy schools.

Teaching Information

Teaching Schedule

Course Information

  • BETH 401 Foundations in Bioethics and Medical Humanities I, Course Coordinator
  • BETH 402 Foundations in Bioethics and Medical Humanities II, Course Coordinator
  • BETH 405 Clinical Ethics Rotations, Course Director
  • BETH 422, Clinical Ethics: Theory and Practice, Course Coordinator and Co-Instructor
  • PAST 406, Ethics in Health Care Delivery, Course Director

Professional Memberships

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions
Ohio Hospital Association

External Appointments

Title
Clinical Ethicist
Organization/Publication
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Education

PhD
Duquesne University
Healthcare Ethics
Master of Arts
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
Bioethics
BS
Youngstown State University
Biology