About the Writing Prize

In collaboration with PBJ, the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) supports a writing prize. Nominations are given by the PBJ editorial board, and the winner is selected by an outside editorial committee from the Penn Bioethics Center.

Writing Prize Winners

Vol V Issue ii: Markley Foreman, University of Pennsylvania for "The TRIPS Agreement and Developing Countries"

Vol V Issue i: Benjamin Schanker, Boston University for "Ethical Issues in the Advent of Genetic Testing"

Vol IV Issue ii: Courtney Boeff, College of St. Catherine for "The Ethical Considerations of Nootropic Drugs"

Vol IV Issue i: Melinda Yang, Swarthmore College for "The Effects of Society on the Development and Categorization of Mental Illness"

Vol III Issue i: Frances McCorkle, University of Virginia for "Liberal Answers to Callahan’s Communitarianism"

Vol II Issue ii: Courtnee Lundy, University of Pennsylvania for "Methods to Identify and Address the Ethical Issues Associated with Managed Care"