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Kirby Randolph, PhD

Assistant Professor of Bioethics

Kansas City University


Kirby Randolph, PhD is faculty in the Bioethics Department in the College of Medicine. She came to KCU in 2016 after having served as an administrator at Truman Medical Center, Behavioral Health for seven years. Originally an Air Force BRAT, Dr. Randolph is from the East Coast. She received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in History. She completed two postdoctoral fellowships in Healthcare Policy before joining the faculty at University of Kansas School of Medicine in the History and Philosophy of Medicine department. Her area of research is the history of psychiatry, race and mental disabilities. At KCU, Dr. Randolph teaches Bioethics I to the first year medical students. She also teaches History of Medicine, Health Care Policy and Difficult scenarios with Simulated Patients in the Bioethics Master’s degree program.

Dr. Randolph discloses that she has no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program or presentation.  She also discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests relative to the content of this presentation.