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 2024
A Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Reactogenicity, and Immunogenicity of Different Prime-Boost Vaccination Schedules of 2013 and 2017 A(H7N9) Inactivated Influenza Virus Vaccines Administered With and Without AS03 Adjuvant in Healthy US Adults, Christina A Rostad, Robert L Atmar, Emmanuel B Walter, et al.
Applying a Health Equity Lens to Better Understand End-of-Life Prognostication, Newsha Nikzad, Joelle Robertson-Preidler, and Faith E Fletcher
A Qualitative Interview Study To Determine Barriers and Facilitators of Implementing Automated Decision Support Tools for Genomic Data Access, Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, Jinyoung Baek, Jonathan Lawson, et al.
A Review of Olanzapine in the Treatment of Cancer Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome, Ivy O Poon, Veronica Ajewole, and Ursula K Braun
A Risk Is Not a Harm: Abortion Exceptions in State Laws, Trevor M Bibler and Alison Suen
Association of Common and Rare Variants With Alzheimer’s Disease in More Than 13,000 Diverse Individuals With Whole-Genome Sequencing From the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project, Wan-Ping Lee, Seung Hoan Choi, Margaret G Shea, et al.
Association of Deployment Characteristics and Exposures With Persistent Ill Health Among 1990–1991 Gulf War Veterans in the VA Million Veteran Program, Lea Steele, Rachel Quaden, Sarah T Ahmed, et al.
A Systematic Review of Naldemedine and Naloxegol for the Treatment of Opioid-Induced Constipation in Cancer Patients, Ursula K Braun, Leanne K Jackson, Mary A Garcia, et al.
A Trivalent Protein-Based Pan-Betacoronavirus Vaccine Elicits Cross-Neutralizing Antibodies Against a Panel of Coronavirus Pseudoviruses, Syamala Rani Thimmiraju, Rakesh Adhikari, JeAnna R Redd, et al.
A Use Case of ChatGPT: Summary of an Expert Panel Discussion on Electronic Health Records and Implementation Science, Seppo T Rinne, Julian Brunner, Timothy P Hogan, et al.
Autologous HER2-Specific Car T Cells After Lymphodepletion for Advanced Sarcoma: A Phase 1 Trial, Meenakshi Hegde, Shoba Navai, Christopher DeRenzo, et al.
Automated Electronic Health Record Data Extraction and Curation Using ExtractEHR, Tamara P Miller, Kelly D Getz, Edward Krause, et al.
A Virtual Scalable Model of the Hepatic Lobule for Acetaminophen Hepatotoxicity Prediction, Stelian Camara Dit Pinto, Jalal Cherkaoui, Debarshi Ghosh, et al.
Balancing Honest Assessment and Compassion for Learners Experiencing Burnout: A Workshop and Feedback Tool for Clinical Teachers, Gal Barak, Dana Foradori, H Barrett Fromme, et al.
Building Effective Mentoring Relationships During Clinical Ethics Fellowships: Pedagogy, Programs, and People, Trevor M Bibler, Ryan H Nelson, Bryanna Moore, et al.
Buprenorphine Use for Analgesia in Palliative Care, Leanne K Jackson, Ivy O Poon, Mary A Garcia, et al.
Case Sampling for Evaluating Hospital Postoperative Morbidity in US Surgical Quality Improvement Programs, Vivi W Chen, Tracey Rosen, Yongquan Dong, et al.
Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Induced Antigen Loss Protects CD5CART Cells From Fratricide Without Compromising On-Target Cytotoxicity, Royce Ma, Mae Woods, Phillip Burkhardt, et al.
Choosing Your “Healthiest” Embryo After Dobbs: Polygenic Screening and Distinctive Challenges for Truth in Advertising and Informed Consent, Dov Fox, Sonia Suter, Meghna Mukherjee, et al.
Churning the Tides of Care: When Nurse Turnover Makes Waves in Patient Access to Primary Care, Kelley Arredondo, Ashley M Hughes, Houston F Lester, et al.
Circulating Immune Signatures in Chronic Pancreatitis With and Without Preceding Acute Pancreatitis: A Pilot Study, Rasmus Hagn-Meincke, Dhiraj Yadav, Dana K Andersen, et al.
Clinical Characteristics of Probands With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder From Simplex and Multiplex Families, Monicke O Lima, Leonardo C Saraiva, Vanessa R Ramos, et al.
Combined Bioinformatic and Splicing Analysis of Likely Benign Intronic and Synonymous Variants Reveals Evidence for Pathogenicity, Owen R Hirschi, Stephanie A Felker, Surya P Rednam, et al.
Common Epilepsy Variants From the General Population Are Not Associated With Epilepsy Among Individuals With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Melissa A Richard, Philip J Lupo, Erik A Ehli, et al.
Comparing the Diagnostic Yield of Germline Exome Versus Panel Sequencing in the Diverse Population of the Texas KidsCanSeq Pediatric Cancer Study, Lauren R Desrosiers-Battu, Tao Wang, Jacquelyn Reuther, et al.