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| Matthew Baum, MD, PhD, DPhil |
Matthew Baum, MD, PhD, DPhil, of the Department of Psychiatry, received the Carol Davis Ethics Award from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in recognition of his book, The Neuroethics of Biomarkers: What the Development of Bioprediction Means for Moral Responsibility, Justice, and the Nature of Mental Disorder.
The Carol Davis Ethics Award promotes the educational role of the ethics process and is presented to an APA member who has authored an outstanding publication on ethics. Baum’s book observes that, for many disorders, what we really care about is not their presence but certain risks that they carry. He also clarifies practical ethical issues surrounding the definition of the term “mental disorder.”
Baum is a resident physician at the Brigham. He has taught medical ethics at Harvard Medical School and Oxford University. During residency, he hopes to develop an integrated scientific, neuro-ethical and clinical pursuit of immune-molecule dysfunction in psychosis.
The APA is an organization of psychiatrists working together to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental illness, including substance use disorders.
