Associate Professor, Department of Humanities
Director, Clinical Ethics Consultation Service
Vice Chair for Education
Dr. Volpe earned her Ph.D. from Saint Louis University’s Center for Health Care Ethics in 2011 and went on to complete a Clinical Ethics Fellowship at California Pacific Medical Center. Her primary research agenda centers on medical humanities education. Her areas of interest includes: 1) education outcomes in the humanities, 2) curriculum development and 3) medical humanities infrastructures in schools of medicine.
Clinical Ethics Consultation Service
Ethics Pocket Cards
Article in The Journal of Clinical Ethics:
Ethics Pocket Cards: An Educational Tool for Busy Clinicians
Books written by Dr. Volpe
Penn State PURE Portal
email: rvolpe@pennstatehealth.psu.edu