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May 2024

Foundation Announces Greenwall Faculty Scholars Class of 2027

The Foundation’s flagship Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics helps build the next generation of leaders in bioethics by supporting early-career faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research, and by building an intellectually rich and active community.

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.

Aug 2023

Bioethics Bookshelf, August 2023: A Year-plus of Books from Greenwall Faculty Scholars

Just in time for the last weeks of summer reading, we’re highlighting the books that have been published or edited by Greenwall Faculty Scholars and Alums since our first installment of Bioethics Bookshelf in March 2022.

Jul 2023

Dr. Lisa Harris Recognized with Bernard Lo, MD Award in Bioethics for Forging Connections Across Division

Lisa H. Harris, MD, PhD, has been named the recipient of The Greenwall Foundation’s 2023 Bernard Lo, MD Award in Bioethics. The Lo Award recognizes Dr. Harris for forging connections across division through bioethics.

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...

Feb 2023

Faculty Scholar Alum Jodi Halpern Brings Message of Empathic Curiosity to Major South American Science Conference

In January, Greenwall Faculty Scholar Alum Jodi Lauren Halpern, MD, PhD, traveled to Santiago, Chile to give a keynote address to the Congreso Futuro titled, “The Power of Empathic Curiosity in...

Aug 2021

Helping Patients Make Difficult Choices About Treatment Options

Receiving a life-changing diagnosis presents many challenges, including a potential choice among several treatment options. Deciding on a treatment option can be complicated by clinician preference...

Scholars

Ryan Antiel, MD, MSME

Class of 2027 Duke University

Emily A. Largent, JD, PhD, RN

Class of 2023 University of Pennsylvania

Daniel B. Kramer, MD, MPH

Class of 2019 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School

Monica Peek, MD, MPH

Class of 2018 University of Chicago

Lori Freedman, PhD

Class of 2017 University of California, San Francisco

Neal W. Dickert, MD, PhD

Class of 2016 Emory University School of Medicine

Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, MA, PhD

Class of 2014 Baylor College of Medicine

Jon Tilburt, MD

Class of 2014 Mayo Clinic

Gretchen Schwarze, MD, MPP

Class of 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison

Alexander A. Kon, MD, HEC-C, FAAP, FCCM

Class of 2007 University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Thomas H. Gallagher, MD, MACP

Class of 2006 University of Washington

Jason Karlawish, MD

Class of 2005 University of Pennsylvania

Grants

When Parents Refuse or Delay Childhood Vaccines: Implications for Shared Decision-Making

Douglas John Opel, MD, MPH University of Washington School of Medicine

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

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

Variance on the Margins of Religion and Medicine

Farr Curlin, MD Duke University

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

Ethical Issues in High Risk Surgery with a Focus on Advance Directives

Gretchen Schwarze, MD, MPP University of Wisconsin-Madison

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2007-2008

What Makes Health Care Gatekeeping Ethical?

Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

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

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

Informed Consent for Catholic Hospital Patients Regarding Effects of Doctrine on Care

Lori Freedman, PhD University of California, San Francisco

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

Clinical Ethics, Communication, and Physician Aid-in-Dying

Mara Buchbinder, PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

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

Enhancing the Disclosure of Medical Errors

Thomas H. Gallagher, MD, MACP University of Washington

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

Understanding and navigating claims of child suffering in pediatric ethics and practice

Tyler Tate, MD, MA Stanford University

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

A New Era in Alzheimer's Disease: Examining the Ethics of Anti-Amyloid Treatment

Justin Clapp, PhD University of Pennsylvania

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: sping 2024

Moving Away from Race-Ethnicity Based Clinical Care of Early Female Puberty Towards Race and Ethnicity Conscious Puberty Justice

Camilia Kamoun, MD University of North Carolina

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: sping 2024

Prenatal Diagnosis in the Post-Roe Era (PD-PRE)

Asha Talati, MD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2023

Trusting Each Other: Enhancing Trust in Health Care Relationships

Matthew Wynia, MD University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2023

Post-Roe Indiana: An Ethnography of Patient Treatment During Pregnancy Losses, Termination, and Complications

Lori Freedman, PhD University of California, San Francisco

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2022

Bioethics in Community Health: Understanding Ethical Challenges of Community Health Centers

Carolyn Neuhaus, PhD The Hastings Center

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2022

Developing Practical Guidance for Integrating Sustainability and Conservation Ethics into Clinical Decision-Making

Andrew Hantel, MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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

Sharing Electronic Health Information with Adolescents and Parents: Evaluating the Ethical and Practical Challenges

Bryan Sisk, MD Washington University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2021

The Chatbot Is In: Ethics and Conversational AI in Health Care

Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2021

Physicians' Moral Stress During COVID-19: A Qualitative Analysis of Systems Factors

Mara Buchbinder, PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2020

A Rubric for Algorithmic Fairness for Predictive Analytics in Healthcare

David M. Kent, MD, MSc Tufts Medical Center

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2020

Developing Ethically Sound Regulatory Strategies for Responding to Medical Injuries

Thomas Gallagher, MD University of Washington

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2013

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 and Legal Obligations of Hospice Staff When Their Patients Receive Aid in Dying

David Casarett, MD University of Pennsylvania

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2013

Ethically Responsible Choice Architecture in Medical Decision Making

Jennifer S. Blumenthal-Barby, PhD Baylor College of Medicine

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 Truthfulness in Primary Care: A Qualitative Exploration

Eric G. Campbell, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2014

The Prodromal Schizophrenia Empirical and Ethical Nexus (PSEEN): Normative Implications

Dominic A. Sisti, PhD University of Pennsylvania

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2015

What do Surrogate Decision Makers Mean by Goals of Care for Seriously Ill Older Adults?

Alexia M. Torke, MD Indiana University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2014

When the Fetus Becomes a Patient: The Ethics of Fetal Surgery

Ryan Antiel, MD Mayo Clinic

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2014

Addressing the Ethical Issues in HIV+ to HIV+ Organ Transplants

Jeremy Sugarman, MD Johns Hopkins University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2016

An Ethical Approach to Routine Tragic Choices: Radiotherapy Allocation in Rwanda

Rebecca DeBoer, MD, MA University of California, San Francisco

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2018

Autonomy in the Balance: Incorporating User Preferences for Ethical Decision-Making About Remote Monitoring Technologies in Elder Care

Clara Berridge, PhD Brown University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2015

CRP Certification: A Novel Approach to Accountability and Regulation Following Medical Error

Thomas Gallagher, MD University of Washington

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2015

Ethical analysis of overlapping surgery

Alexander Langerman, MD Vanderbilt University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2017

Ethical Issues in Prescription Drug Access under Restricted Distribution Programs

Ameet Sarpatwari, JD, PhD Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2015

Ethical Responsibilities of Physicians Who Care for Immigrants in Federal Immigration Detention

Sondra Crosby, MD Boston University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2018

Failure To Die In Time: Exploration of Experiences and Attitudes of Family Members of Donors Involved in Donation after Circulatory Death

Margaret (Gretchen) Schwarze University of Wisconsin

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2015

Identifying Potential Barriers to and Enablers of Development of Ethical Machine Learning for Health Care

Mildred Cho, PhD Stanford University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2018

Revive, Refuse, Repeat: Informed Refusal and the Opioid Crisis

Kenneth D. Marshall, MD, MA University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2018

The Ethical Acceptability of Deception in Physician-Patient Communication

Scott Halpern, MD University of Pennsylvania

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2016

The Ethics of Electronic Fetal Monitoring: the intersection of ethics, law, and everyday medical practice

Raymond De Vries, PhD University of Michigan

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2018

Understanding Key Stakeholder Attitudes Towards Novel Methods of Remotely Monitoring Medication Adherence after Transplantation

Harald Schmidt, MD, MA University of Pennsylvania

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2018

What We Talk about When We Talk about Surgery: Redesigning the Conceptual Framework for Preoperative Communication about Surgical Intervention

Margaret (Gretchen) Schwarze, MD University of Wisconsin

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2018

When patients demean healthcare providers

Alicia Fernandez, MD University of California, San Francisco

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2017

A Bioethical Framework to Inform Use of Novel Drugs, Devices, and Digital Health Technologies Approved with Incomplete Evidence

Rita F. Redberg, MD University of California San Francisco

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2019

Healthcare Ethics Consultation (HEC) in U.S. Hospitals: Current Practices and Perspectives of HEC Practitioners and Hospital Administrators

Ellen Fox, MD Altarum Institute

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2015

International Medical Graduates at the Crossroads: Ethics of Immigration Policy and Health Care in Underserved Areas

Kata Chillag, PhD Macalester College | Davidson College

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2018

Late Career Practitioners: Balancing Patient Safety and Physician Autonomy

Thomas Gallagher, MD University of Washington

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2019

Oncologists’ Views on the Ethics of Patient Recorded Visits

Rachel Jimenez, MD Massachusetts General Hospital

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2019

Compassionate End of Life Care in the ICU: Evaluating the Scalability, Transferability, Affordability, Sustainability and Value of the 3 Wishes Project

Deborah Cook, MD McMaster University

Grant Type: Other Foundation Supported Work
Grant Cycle: spring 2017

When Neuroscience Meets Disability Rights Law: An Ethical Mandate to Address the Clinical Needs of Patients with Severe Brain Injury

Joseph J. Fins, MD Weill Cornell Medical College

Grant Type: Other Foundation Supported Work
Grant Cycle: fall 2017