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
Counts, Incidence Rates, and Trends of Pediatric Cancer in the United States, 2003–2019, David A Siegel, Jessica B King, Philip J Lupo, et al.
COVID-19 Vaccines and the Pandemic: Lessons Learnt for Other Neglected Diseases and Future Threats, Peter J Hotez, Sarah Gilbert, Melanie Saville, et al.
Data to Action: Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Concerns about Metal Air Pollution in Overburdened Neighborhoods near Metal Recycling Facilities in Houston, Elaine Symanski, Heyreoun An Han, Sheryl McCurdy, et al.
Deactivation of Left Ventricular Assist Devices at the End of Life: Narrative Review and Ethical Framework, Danish Zaidi, James N Kirkpatrick, Savitri E Fedson, et al.
Declining Autozygosity Over Time: An Exploration in Over 1 Million Individuals From Three Diverse Cohorts, Sarah M C Colbert, Frank R Wendt, Gita A Pathak, et al.
Deep Brain Stimulation for Pediatric Dystonia: Clinicians' Perspectives on the Most Pressing Ethical Challenges, Kristin M Kostick-Quenet, Lavina Kalwani, Laura N Torgerson, et al.
Delays in Hepatitis B Immunization Series Completion in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Daanish Sheikh, Kristen A Staggers, Jennifer Carey, et al.
Deployment and Assessment of a Deep Learning Model for Real-Time Detection of Anal Precancer With High Frame Rate High-Resolution Microendoscopy, David Brenes, Alex Kortum, Jackson Coole, et al.
Depressive Symptoms in Autistic Youth with Anxiety Disorders, Rebecca L Greenberg, Andrew G Guzick, Sophie C Schneider, et al.
Detection and Characterization of Constitutive Replication Origins Defined by DNA Polymerase Epsilon, Roman Jaksik, David A Wheeler, and Marek Kimmel
Development and Pilot Testing of Internet-Delivered, Family-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders in Autistic Youth, Andrew G Guzick, Sophie C Schneider, Amanda B Perozo Garcia, et al.
Development of a Clinical Prediction Model for Diabetes in Chronic Pancreatitis: The PREDICT3c Study., Christie Jeon, Phil A Hart, Liang Li, et al.
Differential Co-Expression Networks of the Gut Microbiota Are Associated With Depression and Anxiety Treatment Resistance Among Psychiatric Inpatients, Dominique S Thompson, Chenlian Fu, Tanmay Gandhi, et al.
Disparities in Antifibrotic Medication Utilization Among Veterans With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Bhavika Kaul, Joyce S Lee, Laura A Petersen, et al.
Distinct Serum Immune Profiles Define the Spectrum of Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis From the Multicenter Prospective Evaluation of Chronic Pancreatitis for Epidemiologic and Translational Studies (PROCEED) Study, Bomi Lee, Elaina K Jones, Murli Manohar, et al.
Distinct Transcriptomic Profiles in Children Prior to the Appearance of Type 1 Diabetes-Linked Islet Autoantibodies and Following Enterovirus Infection, Jake Lin, Elaheh Moradi, Karoliina Salenius, et al.
Divergent Clinical Presentations and Outcomes Among Children and Adolescents With Kaposi Sarcoma in Malawi and Tanzania, Liane R Campbell, Allison Silverstein, Erin Peckham-Gregory, et al.
Effect of Exogenous L-Carnitine on Aortic Stiffness in Dyslipidemic Adolescents: Design of a Quadruple-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Interventional Trial, Justin P Zachariah, Sandra Pena, Philip J Lupo, et al.
Effect of HIV and Antiretroviral Therapy Use on Body Weight Changes in a Cohort of U.S. Veterans Living With and Without HIV, Jose M Garcia, Yongquan Dong, Peter Richardson, et al.
Efficacy and Safety of Azithromycin Versus Placebo To Treat Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Associated With Low Procalcitonin: A Randomised, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Non-Inferiority Trial, Ephraim L Tsalik, Nadine G Rouphael, Ruxana T Sadikot, et al.
Effortful Control Moderates the Relation Between Negative Emotionality and Child Anxiety and Depressive Symptom Severity in Children with Anxiety Disorders, Elizabeth M Raines, Andres G Viana, Erika S Trent, et al.
Emerging Challenges to Cellular Therapy of Cancer, Premal D Lulla and Malcolm Brenner
Engineering T Cells To Suppress Acute Gvhd and Leukemia Relapse After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Feiyan Mo, Norihiro Watanabe, Kayleigh I Omdahl, et al.
Enhancing Reciprocity, Equity and Quality of Ethics Review for Multisite Research During Public Health Crises: The Experience of the COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition Ethics Working Group, Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, Jennyfer Ambe, and Jantina de Vries
Epigenetic Age Acceleration Among Survivors of Pediatric Medulloblastoma and Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor, Rachel D Harris, Melissa A Richard, Maria Monica J Gramatges, et al.