Biomedical and behavioral research

Blog & Updates

Oct 2023

Faculty Scholars, Alums, and Committee Members: ASBH 2023 Annual Conference Presentations

Several members Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program community will present their work at this year’s American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Conference. Read more for a schedule of their presentations.

Oct 2023

Making a Difference Grantees: ASBH 2023 Annual Conference Presentations

Some recent Making a Difference grantees will present their Foundation-funded work at this year’s American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Conference. Read more for a schedule of their presentations.

Jun 2023

Lessons Learned from Bioethics Research During the Pandemic—Video

How did bioethics research change as the impact and our understanding of COVID-19 progressed? What lessons can we take with us as we move forward? Watch the Greenwall Foundation's webinar on these topics here.

Mar 2023

“Popularly Enthralling and Ethically Disquieting”: As Psychedelics Research and Medicine Goes Mainstream, Greenwall Faculty Scholars Weigh In

After a half-century of relative dormancy, there has been a recent, tremendous surge in the clinical use and research of psychedelics like ketamine and psilocybin. The legal and cultural...

Nov 2021

Foundation Announces Fall 2021 Making a Difference Grants

The Foundation will fund six new research projects from the Fall 2021 cycle of its Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas grant program.
The Making a...

Jun 2021

Foundation Announces Spring 2021 Making a Difference Grants

The Foundation will fund five new research projects from the Spring 2021 cycle of its Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas grant program.
The Making a...

Nov 2020

Foundation Announces Fall 2020 Making a Difference Grants

The Greenwall Foundation will fund five new research projects from the Fall 2020 cycle of its Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas grant...

Sep 2020

Ensuring the Ethical Inclusion of Pregnant Women in HIV Research

Many OB/GYNs frequently must make treatment recommendations for pregnant patients – including patients living with or at risk for HIV – based on insufficient evidence...

Scholars

Emily A. Largent, JD, PhD, RN

Class of 2023 University of Pennsylvania

Danielle M. Wenner, PhD

Class of 2022 Carnegie Mellon University

Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE

Class of 2022 University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Miranda R. Waggoner, PhD

Class of 2022 Rice University

Paul P. Christopher, MD

Class of 2021 Brown University

Govind Persad, JD, PhD

Class of 2021 University of Denver, Sturm College of Law

Andrew Peterson, MA, PhD

Class of 2021 George Mason University

Sean Aas, MA, PhD

Class of 2020 Georgetown University

Jessica L. Roberts, JD

Class of 2018 Emory University, School of Law

Douglas John Opel, MD, MPH

Class of 2018 University of Washington School of Medicine

Efthimios Parasidis, JD, MBE

Class of 2017 The Ohio State University

Gidon Felsen, PhD

Class of 2017 University of Colorado School of Medicine

Neal W. Dickert, MD, PhD

Class of 2016 Emory University School of Medicine

I. Glenn Cohen, JD

Class of 2015 Harvard Law School

Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, MA, PhD

Class of 2014 Baylor College of Medicine

Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, MBioethics

Class of 2011 University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Scott Y. H. Kim, MD, PhD

Class of 2009 National Institutes of Health

Amy Lynn McGuire, JD, PhD

Class of 2009 Baylor College of Medicine

Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD, MA

Class of 2007 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Leslie E. Wolf, JD, MPH

Class of 2006 Georgia State University College of Law

Jason Karlawish, MD

Class of 2005 University of Pennsylvania

Anna C. Mastroianni, JD, MPH

Class of 2005 Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

Grants

Informed Consent in Research Involving Children

Alexander A. Kon, MD, HEC-C, FAAP, FCCM University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2003 - 2004

The ethics of severe brain injury

Andrew Peterson, MA, PhD George Mason University

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2017 - 2018

Policy Gaps and Conflicts in the Use of Stem Cells, Embryos and Related Technologies

Anna C. Mastroianni, JD, MPH Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2001 -2002

Individuals' Attitudes Regarding their Own Cryopreserved Embryos: Women's Voices, Women's Health, and Reproductive Health Policy

Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD, MA University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2003 - 2004

Bioethics in Movement Advocacy

Craig Konnoth, JD, MPhil University of Virginia

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2020 - 2021

The Basic Structure Model of Research Stakeholder Obligations

Danielle M. Wenner, PhD Carnegie Mellon University

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2018 - 2019

The Military Biomedical Complex: How National Security Impacts Military Medicine and Research

Efthimios Parasidis, JD, MBE The Ohio State University

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2013 - 2014

Autonomy on the Precipice of Cognitive Decline

Emily A. Largent, JD, PhD, RN University of Pennsylvania

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2019 - 2020

Decision Making: From Neuroscience to Public Policy

Gidon Felsen, PhD University of Colorado School of Medicine

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2013 - 2014

Do We Need Research Advance Planning and, If We Do, How Can We Do It?

Jason Karlawish, MD University of Pennsylvania

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2001 - 2002

The Ethics of Access to Experimental Therapy Outside of Clinical Trials in Oncology

Jeffrey Peppercorn, MD, MPH Massachusetts General Hospital

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2006 - 2007

Integrating Ethics into the Science of Behavior Change: An Ethical Framework for Clinicians and Policymakers

Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, MA, PhD Baylor College of Medicine

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2010 - 2011

Genetic Property & Personhood: The Role of Ownership in Genetic Research

Jessica L. Roberts, JD Emory University, School of Law

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2014-2015

Affective Forecasting and Respecting Subjective Values in Healthcare Decision-Making

Jodi Lauren Halpern, MD, PhD University of California, Berkeley

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2004 - 2005

An Issue of Trust: Addressing Conflicts of Interests in Research

Leslie E. Wolf, JD, MPH Georgia State University College of Law

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2002 - 2003

Researchers’ Obligations in Community-Based Research: Resolving Dilemmas of Care

Maria W. Merritt, PhD Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and Bloomberg School of Public Health

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2008 - 2009

Navigating Ethical Issues in Medical Venture Philanthropy

Matthew McCoy, PhD University of Pennsylvania

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2021 - 2022

Ethical Issues in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Michelle Mello, JD, PhD, MPhil Stanford University

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2004 - 2005

Tracing the Second Wave of Inclusion: Pregnant Women and Biomedical Research Ethics

Miranda R. Waggoner, PhD Rice University

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2018 - 2019

Neal W. Dickert, MD, PhD Emory University School of Medicine

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2012 - 2013

An Updated Empirically-informed Ethical Framework for Clinical Research Involving Prisoners

Paul P. Christopher, MD Brown University

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2017 - 2018

The Ethics of the Artificial Womb: Clinical Innovations at the Margins of Viability

Ryan Antiel, MD, MSME Duke University

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2023 - 2024

Surrogate Consent for Research with Significant Risks: A National Survey and a Deliberative Democratic Assessment

Scott Y. H. Kim, MD, PhD National Institutes of Health

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2005 -2006

Rights in Bodies: Theoretical Frameworks and Practical Applications

Sean Aas, MA, PhD Georgetown University

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2016 - 2017

Systems of Accountability in Clinical Research

Steven Joffe, MD, MPH University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2008 - 2009

Guiding Principles for Human Data Sharing and Use: Balancing Public and Scientific Values

Debra Mathews, PhD Johns Hopkins University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: sping 2024

Promoting High-Quality Ethics Review and Oversight of Psychedelic Research: Learning from Investigator Experience and IRB Perspectives

Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD University of Pennsylvania

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2023

Institutional Obligations for Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Developing A Normative Account and Practical Guidance

Stephanie Morain, PhD Johns Hopkins University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2023

Dilemmas of health equity in global health research: A study of research on climate-sensitive infectious disease

Maria Merritt, PhD Johns Hopkins University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2022

Exploring Decision-Making about Participation in an Industry-Sponsored in vivo Gene Therapy Clinical Trial for Fabry Disease

Alison Bateman-House, PhD New York University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2022

Who should be treated? The ethical challenges of administering opioid agonist treatment (OAT) for people who inject drugs during COVID-19

Roberto Abadie, PhD University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2021

Developing Practical Recommendations for Precision AI-enabled Clinically Embedded Research (PACER)

Justin Starren, MD, PhD Northwestern University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2021

Ethics in the Interim: Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic to develop ethical guidance for data and safety monitoring committees overseeing clinical trials

Seema Shah, JD Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2021

The Ethics of Implementing Coronavirus Vaccines: Independence, Transparency, and Social Confidence

William Feldman, MD, DPhil Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2021

Understanding perspectives on genomic research in an ethnically and racially diverse cohort of parents

Ingrid Holm, MD, MPH Boston Children’s Hospital

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2021

Preventing the initiation of, and deprioritizing the continuation of, uninformative clinical trials

Barbara Bierer, MD Brigham and Women's Hospital

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2020

The Normative Significance of the Optimistic Bias for Informed Consent to Clinical Research

Lynn A. Jansen, PhD Oregon Health & Science University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2014

Assessing the Impact of Videos and Comics on Knowledge and Attitudes About Randomization for Research on Medical Practices

Mildred Cho, PhD Stanford University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2014

Clinical Trial Participants' Attitudes Towards Expanded Access to Participant-Level Clinical Trial Data

Michelle Mello, JD, PhD Stanford University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2014

Consumer Responses to the Public Disclosure of Physician Payments

Genevieve Pham-Kanter, PhD University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2014

Does Comparative Effectiveness Research Promote Rationing or Rational Cancer Care?

Jeffrey Peppercorn, MD Duke University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2013

Ethical Implications of Excluding the Mentally Ill from Medical Treatment Research

Keith Humphreys, PhD Stanford University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2014

Ethical, Legal, and Practical Solutions for Research Combining Electronic Medical Records and Genomic Sequence Data

Henry T. Greely, JD Stanford University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2013

Evaluating Patient Perspectives to Inform the Ethical Implementation of a Rapid Learning System for Oncology Care

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil University of Michigan

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2014

Physician Disclosures in the Real World of Conflicting Interests and Off-Label Prescribing

Susannah Rose, PhD Cleveland Clinic

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2014

Research Ethics Reconsidered in the Context of Community-Engaged Research

Sarena D. Seifer, MD Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2014

Toward a Consensus Operational Definition of Child Assent for Research

Alan Robert Tait University of Michigan

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2015

A Collaborative Ethical Approach to Advancing the Science of Synthetic Living Models of Human Biology

Insoo Hyun, PhD Case Western Reserve University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2018

A new ethical and regulatory approach for the use of human challenge studies with emerging infectious diseases

Seema Shah, JD Seattle Children's Hospital | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2017

A patient-centered perspective on human subjects protections for deceased donor organ intervention research

Elisa J. Gordon, PhD Northwestern University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2017

A System for Academic Recognition of Data Generators

Barbara Bierer, MD Brigham & Women's Hospital

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2016

Drawing the line: Assessing and analyzing the US Rule on embryo research from ethical, political, and scientific perspectives

Kirstin Matthews, PhD Rice University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2017

Improving Understanding of Clinical Research Studies: An Experimental Study to Compare Two Simple Informed Consent Strategies to Traditional Informed Consent in the Context of Ongoing, Real Clinical Studies

Nancy E. Kass, ScD Johns Hopkins University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2016

Promoting Ethical Research with Stored Biospecimens as Science Evolves

Jeffrey Peppercorn, MD Massachusetts General Hospital

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2015

Re-Engaging Ethics: Ethical Issues in Engaged Research

Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2015

The MOST-consent study: Patient-driven consent for a multi-center adaptive trial in acute ischemic stroke

Neal Dickert, MD, PhD Emory University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2017