Mark M. Lambert

Dr. Lambert is Assistant Professor of Behavioral Medicine, Medical Humanities, and Bioethics at Des Moines University, where he teaches the medical ethics curriculum in the College of Osteopathic Medicine. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago Divinity School where he focused on religion and medicine. Dr. Lambert’s teaching and research has crossed the traditional boundaries of bioethics, indigenous studies, the history of medicine and religious studies. Focusing on leprosy (Hansen’s disease) and its modern history in the United States, especially Hawai’i, Dr. Lambert studies the impact of stigmatizing diseases—HIV/AIDS, mental illness and neglected tropical diseases—upon already marginalized communities. Having grown up in Kirksville, MO, Dr. Lambert is very familiar with osteopathic medicine and is also researching the historical development of osteopathy.