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 2026
Anything but Endo: Diagnostic Buck-Passing in Endometriosis Diagnosis, Rita Dexter, Megan Kitts, Heather Welty, et al.
Designing Inclusive Newborn Sequencing Research: Insights From Parents in Underrepresented Communities, Maya C Del Rosario, Sheyenne A Walmsley, Barbara W Harrison, et al.
Ethical Controversies in Organ Procurement: A National Survey on Public Perceptions of Thoracoabdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion, Trevor M Bibler, Jill Oliver Robinson, Adam Omelianchuk, et al.
Post-Dobbs Realities: Ethical Imperatives for Data Transparency and Trust in Maternal Health Care, Faith E Fletcher, Sophie L Schott, Kelley Akhiemokhali, et al.
Putting the L in ELSI: Legal Methods for Bioethics Research, Anya E R Prince, Benjamin Berkman, Donald Ford, et al.
Reported Safety Practices of Publicly Advertised Psychedelic Retreats, Amy L McGuire, Logan Neitzke-Spruill, Jill O Robinson, et al.
Stakeholder Perspectives on Humanistic Implementation of Computer Perception in Health Care: Qualitative Study, Kristin M Kostick-Quenet, Meghan E Hurley, Syed Ayaz, et al.
Submissions from 2025
A Caution Against Customized AI in Healthcare, Kristin M Kostick-Quenet
Adolescent and Caregiver Preparation for Legal Changes at Age 18, Blanca Sanchez-Fournier, Jordyn Babla, Mary Majumder, et al.
Advancing Medical Applications of Cancer Nanotechnology: Highlighting Two Decades of the NCI'S Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory Service to the Research Community, Rachael M Crist, Yechezkel Barenholz, Ahuva Cern, et al.
Against the Phrase "Aggressive Care", Trevor M Bibler
A Historical Cohort Comparison After Inpatient Admission for Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa: Feasibility of Virtual Group Therapy, Elizabeth V Franklin, Margaret Mathias, Rachel Wolfe, et al.
A Honduran Prevalence Study on Soil-Transmitted Helminths Highlights Serological Antibodies to Tm-WAP49 as a Diagnostic Marker for Exposure to Human Trichuriasis, Neima Briggs, Leroy Versteeg, Rojelio Mejia, et al.
A Hybrid Cloud Data Lake Architecture Supporting the Integration of Clinical and Genomics Data, Apollo McOwiti, Heidi Dowst, Fei Zheng, et al.
A Landscape Analysis of Psychedelic Retreat Organizations Advertising Online, Logan Neitzke-Spruill, Caroline S Beit, Jill Oliver Robinson, et al.
Altering the Intracellular Trafficking of Necator americanus GST-1 Antigen Yields Novel Hookworm mRNA Vaccine Candidates, Athos Silva De Oliveira, Leroy Versteeg, Neima Briggs, et al.
A Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Yield and Clinical Utility of Genome and Exome Sequencing in Pediatric Rare and Undiagnosed Genetic Diseases, Rajshree Pandey, Noemi Fluetsch Brennan, Kalliopi Trachana, et al.
Amniocentesis in Pregnancies at or Beyond 24 Weeks: An International Multicenter Study, Roni Zemet, Mohamad Ali Maktabi, Alexandra Tinfow, et al.
A Multipronged Effort to Incorporate Professionalism Into Campuswide Programming Through a Center for Professionalism, Kyler M Godwin, Asma Ali, Larry Laufman, et al.
A Multi-site Study of Clinician Perspectives in the Lifecycle of an Algorithmic Risk Prediction Tool, Rita Dexter, Kristin Kostick-Quenet, and Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby
A Narrative Review of Dual Loyalty Conflicts in Custodial Settings and Implications for Community Practice, Michelle Suh, Marc David Robinson, and Holland Kaplan
A Novel Cardiomyopathy Phenotype Linked to a CHD7 Missense Variant, In Young Park, Chih-Wei Hsu, Karim Bouazoune, et al.
A Novel Method for Semi-quantitative Detection of HPV16 and HPV18 mRNA With a Low-Cost, Open-Source Fluorimeter, Kathryn A Kundrod, Mary E Natoli, Chelsey A Smith, et al.
A Phase 2 Trial of Short-Term Intravenous N-acetylcysteine in Biliary Atresia After Kasai Portoenterostomy, Sanjiv Harpavat, Kristin A Borovsky, Michael E Scheurer, et al.
A Qualitative Exploration of Child, Caregiver, and Clinician Perspectives on Mental Health in Children With Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Justin H Qian, Andrew D Wiese, Clarissa Gonzalez, et al.