Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Staff Publications
The Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy researches and influences policy on today’s most pressing ethical issues.
The center focuses on conducting cutting-edge multidisciplinary research on perennial and emerging ethical issues arising in clinical practice and in biomedical research in a changing healthcare environment. Our research informs our teaching, clinical practice and contributions to the development of health and science policy at the local, national and international levels.
Our staff is dedicated to creating a shared, sustainable, intellectual environment in which all stakeholders can critically reflect on and respond to ethical challenges in healthcare and biomedical research.
Submissions from 2023
A Novel Tailed Primer Nucleic Acid Test for Detection of HPV 16, 18 and 45 DNA at the Point of Care, Megan M Chang, Ariel Ma, Emilie Newsham Novak, et al.
A Novel Use of Bar Code Medication Administration Data to Assess Nurse Staffing and Workload, Melissa K Knox, Paras D Mehta, Lynette E Dorsey, et al.
A Phase II Window of Opportunity Study of Neoadjuvant PD-L1 versus PD-L1 plus CTLA-4 Blockade for Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, Hyun-Sung Lee, Hee-Jin Jang, Maheshwari Ramineni, et al.
A Population-Based Assessment of Metastatic Hepatoblastoma in Texas Reveals Ethnic Disparities, Andres F Espinoza, Michael E Scheurer, Tiffany M Chambers, et al.
A Precision Environmental Health Approach to Prevention of Human Disease, Andrea Baccarelli, Dana C Dolinoy, and Cheryl Lyn Walker
A Qualitative Exploration of Patient Perspectives on Psychosocial Burdens and Positive Factors in Adults With Osteogenesis Imperfecta, W Conor Rork, Alyssa G Hertz, Andrew D Wiese, et al.
A Randomized, Controlled Phase 1b Trial of the Sm-TSP-2 Vaccine for Intestinal Schistosomiasis in Healthy Brazilian Adults Living in an Endemic Area, David J Diemert, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, Carlo Geraldo Fraga, et al.
A Recombinant Protein XBB.1.5 RBD/Alum/CpG Vaccine Elicits High Neutralizing Antibody Titers against Omicron Subvariants of SARS-CoV-2, Syamala Rani Thimmiraju, Rakesh Adhikari, Maria Jose Villar, et al.
A Reduced Pancreatic Polypeptide Response is Associated With New-onset Pancreatogenic Diabetes Versus Type 2 Diabetes, Phil A Hart, Yogish C Kudva, Dhiraj Yadav, et al.
Are Human Papillomavirus Knowledge and Vaccine Uptake Associated With HIV Status and Social Determinants of Health in Young Sexual Minority Men?, Trisha L Amboree, Alan G Nyitray, John Schneider, et al.
Association of atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes, and Hyperlipidemia With Gulf War Illness among Gulf War Veterans, Sarah T Ahmed, Ruosha Li, Peter Richardson, et al.
Association of Chronic Pancreatitis Pain Features With Physical, Mental, and Social Health, Dhiraj Yadav, Robert L Askew, Tonya Palermo, et al.
Associations Between Birth Defects and Childhood and Adolescent Germ Cell Tumors According to Sex, Histologic Subtype, and Site, Jeremy M Schraw, Pagna Sok, Tania A Desrosiers, et al.
Associations Between Birth Defects With Neural Crest Cell Origins and Pediatric Embryonal Tumors, Eugene C Wong, Philip J Lupo, Tania A Desrosiers, et al.
A Systematic Review of Treatments for Misophonia, Seth A Mattson, Johann D'Souza, Katharine D Wojcik, et al.
Atrial Septal Defect Closure Is Associated With Improved Clinical Status in Patients ≤ 10 kg With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Melissa K Webb, Milenka Cuevas Guaman, S Kristen Sexson Tejtel, et al.
Automated In Vivo High-Resolution Imaging to Detect Human Papillomavirus-Associated Anal Precancer in Persons Living With HIV, David Brenes, Alex Kortum, Jennifer Carns, et al.
Benefits of Sharing Neurophysiology Data From the Brain Initiative Research Opportunities in Humans Consortium, Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, Kathryn Maxson Jones, Mary A Majumder, et al.
Big Advocacy, Little Recognition: The Hidden Work of Black Patients in Precision Medicine, Lynette Hammond Gerido, Kenneth Resnicow, Elena M Stoffel, et al.
Big Advocacy, Little Recognition: The Hidden Work of Black Patients in Precision Medicine, Lynette Hammond Gerido, Kenneth Resnicow, Elena M Stoffel, et al.
Birth Defects in Offspring of Adolescent and Young Adults with a History of Cancer: A Population-Based Study of 27,000 Women, Caitlin C Murphy, Andrea C Betts, Sandi L Pruitt, et al.
Bringing Car T Cell Therapy Trials to Underserved Populations, Hoda Badr, Rayne Rouce, Michael E Scheurer, et al.
Burnout During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Report on Pediatric Residents, Linessa M Zuniga, Abigail Schuh, Alan Schwartz, et al.
CancerHERVdb: Human Endogenous Retrovirus (HERV) Expression Database for Human Cancer Accelerates Studies of the Retrovirome and Predictions for HERV-Based Therapies, Erik Stricker, Erin C Peckham-Gregory, and Michael E Scheurer
Cannabis-Assisted Psychotherapy for Complex Dissociative Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Report, Anya Ragnhildstveit, Miriam Kaiyo, Matthew Brian Snyder, et al.