Jeffrey P. BISHOP

MD, PhD, holds the Tenet Endowed Chair in Bioethics and is Professor of Philosophy and of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. Trained as a physician and philosopher, he explores the philosophical, historical, and political foundations of contemporary scientific theories and practices in his scholarship, and contextualizes the truth claims of science, technology, medicine, and social science. He has published on wide-ranging topics such as medical humanities, science and religion, spirituality and medicine, as well as topics in the philosophy of technology from the use of AI in healthcare to the use of AI in automated weapon systems.
He previously served as Director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University, where he worked closely with healthcare professionals navigating complex ethical decisions, and helped develop ethics education within clinical settings. Earlier in his career, Bishop held faculty and leadership roles at Vanderbilt University and UT Southwestern Medical Center, practicing medicine and contributing to clinical ethics consultation and medical education.
He is the author of over 75 scholarly articles and two award-winning books: The Anticipatory Corpse, Notre Dame, 2011 (named the most important book published in 2011 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Religion and Ethics Page) and Bioethics after Neuroscience, (co-authored with M. Therese Lysaught and Andrew A Michel, Bloomsbury, 2022, winner of the Expanded Reason Award 2021). For his scholarship in bioethics, Bishop won the Engelhardt Award for his exploration of foundational questions in medicine and bioethics. In 2024, Bishop was awarded the Paul Ramsey Award for his commitment to keeping the human person at the center of his scholarly work.
Bishop serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy and of Christian Bioethics. He is a Life Member at Clare Hall Cambridge, and is an elected Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion. In the Spring semester of 2027, Bishop will be Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University’s McDonald Centre for Ethics and Public Life at Christ Church College.