Dr. Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman Essay Competition Annual Essay Competition in Biomedical Ethics Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics Dr. Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman Our annual essay contest is named in memory of Dr. Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman, an Alumna of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Class of 1983. Following her untimely death in 1990, her family endowed a fund in her honor to support the study of biomedical ethics in the aim of furthering her ideals. Undergraduate students currently enrolled in any U.S. or Canadian college or university are eligible to submit an essay based on this year’s theme. Three essays will be selected and may be published on our website and social media platforms with monetary awards of $1,000 (first place), $750 (second place), and $250 (third place). Essay Guidelines: Students may only submit one essay and it must be based on assigned theme. Students should present their essay topic in the form of a thesis statement with well-structured argument(s) supported by applicable ethical frameworks or ethical theories. Essays should also identify and respond to relevant counterarguments. Essays must be the student’s original work with expectation that any works consulted will be properly cited. Essays should be approximately 800 to 1,200 words in length (citations not included in word count). Essays must be submitted as an attached word document or pdf from your college/university email account. Email submissions must include student’s full name and telephone number as well as the name of your college/university, the degree program you are enrolled in, and your academic year in school. Submission Deadline: Essay must be submitted via email to patrick.herron@einsteinmed.edu no later than 5:00pm (ET) on Friday, January 17th, 2025. Please include “STF Essay Competition” in the subject line of your email. Competition Finalists 2025 Dr. Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman Essay Competition First Place: Vera Fotopoulos, Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) Second Place: Hallie Young, University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, Texas) Third Place: Abigail Murphy, University of Guelph (Guelp, Ontario, Canada) 2025 Honorable Mentions Anuli Onyemaechi, Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) Alex Zheyuan Xue, Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) 2025 Semi-Finalists Yaniya Battle, Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) Jennifer Huang, University of Illinois Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) Maayan Kahan, Yeshiva University (New York City, New York) Hannah Lasky, Lewis and Clark College (Portland, Oregon) William C. Selby, University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida) Arnav Shandilya, University of Illinois Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) Gloria Yao, Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) 2024 Dr. Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman Essay Competition First Place: Elijah Deters, University of Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky) Second Place: Kyler Squirrell, Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) Third Place: Henry Mondschein, American University (Washington, D.C.)
