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Dr. Amy Caruso Brown would like to share this opportunity with you. Please see information below.</div>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> Amy E. Caruso Brown <BrownAmy@upstate.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 5, 2025 11:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Susan Anderson <AndersSu@upstate.edu>; Dana Mihaila <MihailDa@upstate.edu>; Matthew D. Mason <MasonM@upstate.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fw: [EXTERNAL] [ASBH] Bioethics Essay Competition for Undergraduates</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Amy E. Caruso Brown, MD, MSc, MSCS, HEC-C (she/her/hers)</p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chair, Center for Bioethics and Humanities</p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Medical Alumni Association Endowed Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities </p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Associate Professor of Pediatrics</p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">SUNY Upstate Medical University</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>From:</b> ASBH <</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><u><a style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA8f5350f5-afc0-3f32-a78c-8912e201581d" href="mailto:asbh-bounces@listserve.com">asbh-bounces@listserve.com</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">>
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<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [ASBH] Bioethics Essay Competition for Undergraduates</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 1pt; color: white;">Hello, On behalf of the faculty and staff of the Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics, I’d like to share with you our call for student submissions
for the 2026 Dr. Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman Annual Essay Competition in Biomedical Ethics!</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">On behalf of the faculty and staff of the
<b>Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics</b>, I’d like to share with you our call for student submissions for the 2026<b> Dr. Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman Annual Essay Competition in Biomedical Ethics</b>!</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Our annual essay contest is named in memory of Dr. Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman, an Alumna of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Class of 1983.
Following her untimely death in 1990, her family endowed a fund in her honor to support the study of biomedical ethics in the aim of furthering her ideals. Three essays will be selected and may be published on our website and social media platforms with monetary
awards of $1,000 (first place), $750 (second place), and $250 (third place).</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Our theme this year is Conscientious Objection</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For our 2025-2026 essay competition, we invite students to submit an essay exploring an issue or examining a question related to the topic of conscientious
objection. Is conscientious objection ethically justifiable if/when it conflicts with legal or professional obligations? Essay must explore and discuss the ethical, legal, and societal implications of allowing individuals to refuse duties based on moral or
spiritual beliefs and consider how society should balance personal conscience with the common good. Students should use ethical theories and examples to support their arguments and counterarguments.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Essay Guidelines:</b></span></p>
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<b>Our essay competition is open to students who are currently enrolled, either full-time or part-time, in an
<u>undergraduate program</u> (associate’s or bachelor’s degree) at an accredited college or university in the United States or Canada.</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">• Students may only submit one essay, and it must be based on the assigned theme of conscientious objection.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">• Students should present their essay topic in the form of a thesis statement with well-structured argument(s) supported by applicable ethical frameworks
or ethical theories. Essays should also identify and respond to relevant counterarguments.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">• Essays must be student applicant’s original work with expectation that any works consulted will be properly cited.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">• Essays should be approximately 800 to 1,200 words in length (citations not included in word count).</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">• Essays must be submitted as an attached word document or pdf from your college/university email account.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">• Email submissions must include the student's full name and telephone number as well as the name of your college/university, the degree program you are
enrolled in, and your academic year in school.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Submission Deadline:</b></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA01a16059-028b-a2a0-d9f3-b01e2767de26" href="mailto:patrick.herron@einsteinmed.edu">patrick.herron@einsteinmed.edu</a></u></b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> no
later than <b>5:00pm (ET) on Friday, January 16th, 2026</b>. Please include <i>“STF Essay Competition”</i> in the subject line of your email.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For more information:
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA6854107f-5e00-6242-976a-c04f22dbe3f4" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/einsteinmed.edu/education/bioethics/news/trachtenberg-essay-competition__;!!GobTDDpD7A!KiNK-5JwZ84fwumnZxhVuv0h3Q2wh9O8gcJ-Liv8S2tphjetYDj6ZU0JbYQ8CFgl7ZQZxSBqtSpm8KbC9Q$">https://einsteinmed.edu/education/bioethics/news/trachtenberg-essay-competition</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">Patrick D. Herron, DBe, HEC-C (he/him/his)<br>
Assistant Director, Bioethics Graduate Education<br>
Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics<br>
Office: 718-920-7320<br>
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Associate Professor, Department of Family & Social Medicine<br>
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health<br>
Albert Einstein College of Medicine<br>
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<i>My work day/week may be different than your own. Please do not feel obligated to respond outside of your normal working hours.</i></span></p>
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