13th International Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable Conference

Call for Abstracts

13th International Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable Conference

September 14-18, 2026

Virtual

Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh 

Conference Dates

September 14: Pre-conference workshop on the philosophy of diagnosis

September 14: Keynote talks 

September 15-18: Selected Talks

Venue

The 13th International Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable will be held online, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Keynote speakers

Lisa Sanders (Yale School of Medicine)

Gurpreet Dhaliwal (University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine) 

Call for Abstracts: Main Conference Program

We welcome philosophical talks on all aspects of health and medicine, broadly construed. 

Please submit a 500-word abstract tohttps://forms.gle/fenNHJ982oNzKW42Aby March 15, 2026. Abstracts will undergo blinded review by the scientific committee. Accepted papers will be allocated a 30 min speaking slot (including Q&A). 

An individual may be listed as an author on more than one abstract. However, they may only submit one abstract on which they are listed as a presenter (and may only present once in the main program).

Special issue

Presenters at the Roundtable will be invited to submit a paper version of their talk to a special section of the journal Philosophy of Medicine (https://philmed.pitt.edu). Details will be provided to presenters.

Important dates

Submission deadline: March 15, 2026

Notification of acceptance: by the end of April 2026

Conference dates: September 14-18, 2026

Contacts

Questions regarding submissions or the Roundtable conference generally should be directed to [email protected].

Local Organizers

Jonathan Fuller, Raphael Scholl, Laura Matthews, Sloane Wesloh, Rose Gatfield-Jeffries (University of Pittsburgh, Department of History and Philosophy of Science) 

Scientific Committee

Atocha Aliseda, Rachel Ankeny, Robyn Bluhm, Giovanni Boniolo, Kirstin Borgerson (Chair), Raffalla Campaner, Jonathan Fuller, Elselijn Kingma, Maël Lemoine, Benjamin Smart (Secretary)