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Miles Meline

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BA in Philosophy and Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 2022

Master of Bioethics (MBE), Harvard University, 2023

I am a first-year PhD student in Philosophy. I completed my undergraduate work here at Penn SAS, where I completed majors in Philosophy (with a concentration in Philosophy & Science) and Biology (with a concentration in Molecular & Cell Biology) with minors in Hispanic Studies and Chemistry. I then completed my MBE at Harvard Medical School, before returning to Penn to work in health policy as a Policy Coordinator and Senior Policy Coordinator at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (Penn LDI) in the Wharton School.

As a PhD student, I plan to broadly focus on the moral and political philosophies of science and medicine as critical tools for justice.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/miles-meline

Research Interests

  • Philosophy of Science (with an emphasis on philosophy of biology, medicine, and race)
  • Moral and Political Philosophy
  • Bioethics and Health Policy

Specifically, I am interested in examining how matters of health, power, and human ontology metaphysically and epistemologically relate to Western social, political, and economic structures—with a commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in both theory and practice. For me, an example of how this manifests as an interest is critically contemplating our understanding of genetics and epigenetics, molecular ecology, patterns of adaptation, and eugenics.

Other Interests:

  • Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
  • Philosophy of the Natural Sciences 
  • Feminist Philosophy of Science
  • Africana Philosophy
  • Native American, African, and Indigenous Philosophies
  • Black, Latin American, and Hispanic Literature
  • Medicine and Medical Humanities

mmeline@sas.upenn.edu