David Toole, Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health and Global Health Major and Associate Professor of the Practice of Theology, Ethics, and Global Health and Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society

David Toole has a joint appointment in the Global Health Institute, the Divinity School, and the Kenan Institute for Ethics. His recent courses include Global Health Systems, Global Health as a Moral Enterprise, Challenges of Living and Ethical Life, and Life, the Universe, and Everything: How to Ask the Right Questions in a World without Answers. His research centers on questions concerning what it means to be human, and on the role of mission hospitals in African health systems.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	310 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710
Office Phone:	(919) 660-3475
Email Address:
Division:	Divinity Faculty

Teaching (Fall 2021):

• ETHICS 101.01, CHALLENGES LIVING ETHICAL LIFE Synopsis

  West Duke 101, MW 01:45 PM-03:00 PM

  (also cross-listed as POLSCI 120.01)

• GLHLTH 345.01, GLHLTH AS ETHICAL ENTERPRISE Synopsis

  Trent 040, MW 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

  (also cross-listed as ETHICS 344.01)

Education:

Ph.D.

Duke University

1996

Keywords:

Africa, East • Environmental ethics • Environmental Policy • Ethics • Hospitals--Anecdotes • Religion and the humanities • Rural hospitals