Rosie Duivenbode, MD, Uppsala University, Sweden
Dr Duivenbode is an interdisciplinary researcher and (Islamic) bioethicist, working at the intersection of medicine, law, and religion. She has a joint medical and clinical research degree from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, a graduate degree in religious studies from the University of Chicago, and she has completed postdoctoral training in Muslim health and Islamic bioethics at the University of Chicago’s Initiative on Islam and Medicine. She is currently a PhD student in Medical Humanities at Uppsala University’s sociology department. Her publication “Criminalizing medically unnecessary child genital cutting in Western countries: the terms of the debate and some reasons for caution” received both a Reader’s and Editor’s Choice distinction.
Aasim I. Padela, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Dr Padela is an emergency medicine clinician, community health researcher, and bioethicist whose scholarship aims at improving health equity by better accommodating religious values in healthcare delivery. Using Muslim Americans as a model, he studies how Islam (i) impacts patient health behaviors and healthcare experiences, (ii) informs the professional identities and workplace experiences of clinicians, and (iii) furnishes bioethical guidance to patients, providers, policymakers, and religious leaders. This knowledge is subsequently mobilized towards educational and policy interventions. Methodologically, his expertise spans community-engaged research, religiously-tailored & faith-based message design, educational interventions aimed at health behavior change, discourse analysis, clinical ethics, and Islamic theology and law. He has authored over 140 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and is an editor/co-editor of four books Medicine and Shariah: A Dialogue in Islamic Bioethics (UND Press 2021), Islam and Biomedicine (Springer 2022), Organ Donation in Islam: The Interplay of Jurisprudence, Ethics and Society (Lexington Books 2022) and Islam, Muslims, and COVID-19: The Intersection of Ethics, Health, and Social Life in the Diaspora (Brill 2024).
Inass Shaltout, MD, Cairo University, Egypt
Dr Shaltout, MD, serves as President of the Arabic Association for the Study of Diabetes and Metabolism (AASD) with a background in internal medicine and diabetes spanning over twenty years. She is founder of AASD professional diabetes diploma in collaboration with Newgiza University, Egypt and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). She has previously worked as an honorary lecturer at Cardiff University, United Kingdom, in the Diabetes Diploma program. She is currently holding a professorship at Cairo University and consulting roles at the Ministry of Interior and New Kasr Al Eini Teaching Hospital. With many published research papers, Dr Shaltout demonstrates a strong commitment to advancing diabetes care, further evident in her leadership of international conferences and memberships in key medical societies.
