Travis Rieder

Travis Rieder serves as Associate Research Professor and Director of Education Initiatives at Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, with joint appointments in Philosophy and Health Policy & Management. His scholarship addresses pressing ethical dilemmas in healthcare and society.

Key research areas include opioid crisis ethics, pain management policy, and moral decision-making in complex systems. Recent book Catastrophe Ethics (2024) examines individual responsibility in global challenges, while In Pain critiques pharmaceutical regulation failures.

Upcoming 2025 speaking engagements focus on opioid policy at the University of Utah, energy ethics at University of Pennsylvania, and nursing ethics for the American Nursing Association.