Dr. Gayle E. Woloschak

Professor of Bioethics

Dr. Gayle Woloschak is currently a professor of Radiation Oncology at Northwestern University in Chicago and an adjunct professor of Religion and Science at Lutheran School of Theology Chicago, and at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Toledo (Medical College of Ohio), and a D.Min. in Eastern Christian Studies from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Her laboratory interests include molecular biology, radiation biology and nano-biotechnology, and her science-religion fields include biological evolution, stem cell reasearch, and ecology.

View Dr. Woloschak's faculty profile on the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine's Website.

Educational Background

B.S., Youngstown State University
Ph.D., Medical College of Ohio
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic
M.S., University of Balamand
D. Min., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Teaching Interests

Science and Religion topics
Bioethics
Evolution
Environment

Current Projects and Research Interests

Book in progress with Dr. Leonard Hummel (Lutheran) on pastoral aspects of cancer
Working on science-religion project with several scholars at Lutheran School of Theology

Recent Courses Taught at SVOTS

D.Min. course on Bioethics

Selected Publications

“Have we replaced the Holy Spirit with Ideology?,” The Wheel, issue 4, pp. 4-11, 2016
“Becoming Human: Weaving Together Genetics and Personhood,” article in: Embracing the Ivory Tower and Stained Glass Window: A Festschift in honor of Archbishop Antje Jackelen, ED: Jennifer Baldwin, Springer, 2015
“Reflections on Life: Lessons from evolutionary biology,” with insights from Sergius Bulgakov chapter 4, in: Issues in Science and Theology: What is Life? (EDS Dirk Evers, Michael Fuller, Antje Jackelen, Knut-Willy Saether), Springer, 2015, pp. 43-55
“Biblical Literalism” in: Reintroducing Christianity, ED by Amir Azarvan, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2016, pp 77-84.
Chance, Necessity, Love: An Evolutionary Theology of Cancer, Zygon, 2016, in press, co-authored with Dr. Leonard Hummel

Recent Conference Presentations and Activities

Member, Advisory Board for The Wheel
Member, Advisory Board, Fordham University Orthodox Christian Studies Program, Publications group
President, Orthodox Theological Society of America; organizer, annual meeting Fordham University, June 25-27 2015; Chair of special Conference, May 26-27 2016
President, Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology and Religion; chaired meeting November 5-7 2015
Invited speaker, “Science-Religion Dialogue,” Science-religion conference Windber, PA, June 30-July 2 2015
Invited speaker and panel participant, Orthodox Theological Program, House of Studies, Antiochian Orthodox Church, Ligonier, PA, September 3-6 2015
Invited speaker, Greek Orthodox Young Adult League, “Science and Faith in Perspective”, Chicago 2016
Invited participant, Ecumenical Patriarchate meeting of Orthodox Scholars, 06-07 January 2016, Istanbul
General Secretary, Archdiocesan Advisory Committee on Science and Technology, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
Member, Advisory Board, Science and Orthodox Around the World (SOW), Athens, Greece; first conference to be held in February 2017
Member, Joint Publication Board for Zygon journal
Member, Advisory Board, Science, Theology and Philosophy journal
Vice-President, Center for Advanced Study in Religion and Science, 2013-present

Recent Awards

2014: Landiss Lecture in Science and Religion, Georgia Tech
2014: Patricia Durbin Distinguished Lecturer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2014-present: named delegate representing the United States of America at United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR); appointment by US State Department
2014: Research Award in Radiation Oncology Department named: Gayle E. Woloschak Research Award
2015: Emory University Distinguished Lecturer in Radiology