Gabriella Nutter, MA

  • Medical Student, Drexel University College of Medicine

Gabriella Nutter graduated from the MA Program in Bioethics in 2023 and entered Drexel University College of Medicine as a medical student. Gabriella’s thesis, Anosognosia in Hemiplegia: Toward a Process of Surrogate Decision-Making, investigated whether and how patients with anosognosia in hemiplegia may be allowed to authorize or refuse treatment or enroll in research for their hemiplegia. Though patients with anosognosia in hemiplegia fail to appreciate the experience and implications of paralysis, Gabriella demonstrates that these patients can be involved in the decision-making process and that doing so assists surrogate decision-makers in reconstructing these patients’ values and preferences. During her enrollment in the MA Program, Gabriella additionally earned a certificate in Mental Health and The Gut from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and previously earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (with a concentration in Neuroscience) from Denison University.