Health care/Science policy

Blog & Updates

Nov 2024

Study Reveals Policymakers’ Unmet Need for Bioethics Insight in Public Health Decisions

Are policymakers open to receiving bioethics guidance in tackling public health challenges? A recent study by Adam Seth Levine, PhD, and funded by The Greenwall Foundation explored this question. Read about this work in an interview with the Foundation.

Sep 2024

Foundation Announces 2024 Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking Grants

The Greenwall Foundation is pleased to announce the latest awards under its Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking initiative: three projects that seek to bridge the divide between bioethics research results and policymaking.

Jun 2024

Bridging the Gap: How Bioethics Researchers are Influencing Policy

On June 17, The Greenwall Foundation hosted a webinar to showcase the work of three grantees who are taking the knowledge gained from their respective research projects directly to those making policy in that space.

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.

May 2024

New Greenwall Foundation Webinar—Bringing Bioethics to Policymakers: Learning from Experience

On Monday, June 17, The Greenwall Foundation will host a webinar to discuss approaches to increase bioethics’ impact on policymaking.

Mar 2024

From Ethical Inquiry to Legislative Impact: The Bioethics-to-Policy Pipeline

The journey from bioethics research to policy impact is multifaceted, with many paths that lead from academic effort to influence in the policy debate.

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.

Sep 2023

Foundation Announces 2023 Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking Grants

The Foundation is pleased to announce the latest awards under its Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking initiative: two projects that seek to bridge the divide between bioethics research results and policymaking.

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.

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.

May 2023

Foundation Announces Greenwall Faculty Scholars Class of 2026

May 2023

Announcing a Greenwall Foundation Webinar—Beyond COVID: The Broader Reach of Bioethics Research from the Pandemic

With the federal COVID-19 public health emergency over, many of the bioethics questions raised during the pandemic remain. What can we take away from bioethics research from the pandemic as we move forward?

Apr 2023

Promoting Vaccine Information in the Texas Legislature

In 2022, the Foundation announced a new grant initiative that seeks to support the innovative and practical integration of bioethics into policy. Among the first of these Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking (BBRP) grants is "Disseminating vaccine information and increasing equity during the 2023 Texas state legislative session," helmed by PI Kirstin R.W. Matthews, PhD, of Rice University.

Apr 2023

Bioethics and Climate Change: Exploring the Intersection of Health and the Environment

For decades, bioethics has included philosophical explorations of the relationship between humans and the environment—explorations that closely relate to the medical and health-related pursuits by...

Nov 2022

How Can State Medical Boards Better Protect the Public? A Dispatch from the ASBH Annual Conference

State Medical Boards (SMBs) help protect the public by using various methods of accountability to ensure that physicians practice medicine ethically and responsibly. However, some SMBs have failed...

Oct 2022

Greenwall Faculty Scholar Community Weighs in on Restoring Trust in the FDA

In September, The Greenwall Foundation hosted a panel discussion about the state of public trust in the FDA. The participants, which included four members of the Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program community and moderator, journalist Adam Feuerstein, discussed whether and how trust has been lost in the agency, and how it might be won back.

Oct 2022

Foundation Announces 2022 Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking Grants

In summer 2022, the Greenwall Foundation announced its newest grant initiative, Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking, to support innovative and practical integration of bioethics into...

Oct 2022

Bioethics, Health Policy, and Media Experts Weigh in on Restoring Trust in the FDA

On September 29, 2022, The Greenwall Foundation hosted a panel discussion about the state of public trust in the FDA: Has it been lost? If so, why? And how might it be won back? The panel was moderated by Adam Feuerstein, senior writer at STAT, co-host of “The Readout LOUD” podcast, and winner of the 2021 George Polk Award for investigative medical journalism. Feuerstein was joined by Greenwall Faculty Scholar community members Jason Karlawish, MD, Aaron Kesselheim, MD, JD, Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, and Keith Wailoo, PhD.

Oct 2022

Making a Difference Grantees: ASBH 2022 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. A schedule of their...

Sep 2022

Faculty Scholars Take on Hot Topics in Bioethics: Prescription Drugs and the Inflation Reduction Act

The past few years have underscored the essential role bioethics plays in helping us navigate health crises and controversies. From the tsunami of COVID-19 to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v....

Sep 2022

Faculty Scholars Take on Hot Topics in Bioethics: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

The past few years have underscored the essential role bioethics plays in helping us navigate health crises and controversies. From the tsunami of COVID-19 to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v....

Sep 2022

The Greenwall Foundation Presents a Live Webcast, “Restoring Trust in the FDA,” Moderated by STAT’s Adam Feuerstein, on September 29

The Greenwall Foundation will host a live webcast panel, “Restoring Trust in the FDA,” on Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 12:30pm EDT. The webcast is open to the public. Registration is...

Jun 2022

Greenwall Co-sponsors Consensus Study to Develop Governance Framework for Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation

Rapid developments in emerging technologies raise exciting possibilities and important questions about ethics, access, and equity. With science racing ahead, it’s critical to ask even if we can...

Jun 2022

Greenwall-funded Special Report Calls on Bioethics to Lead the Charge Against Racial Injustice and Health Inequities

“[B]ioethics has a moral obligation to address the long-standing challenges that racism has posed to the overall health and well-being of Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people and other people of...

May 2022

Bioethics &: Research in Action

Bioethics brings thoughtful solutions to tough problems. It helps us think carefully about big questions, such as: How do we address significant disparities in health care? Should we be able to...

Apr 2022

Making a Difference Grantees Use Bioethics to Address Critical Issues Raised by COVID-19

It’s been more than two years since COVID-19 was declared a national emergency. Still, the pandemic continues to impact the health and well-being of people across the globe and accentuate...

Jan 2022

The Aduhelm Problem: Greenwall Faculty Scholars Weigh in on New Alzheimer’s Treatment

On June 7, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a novel Alzheimer’s treatment called aducanumab, known by its brand name, Aduhelm. The drug was licensed by Biogen Inc. in 2007 and...

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...

Oct 2021

Make Room, the Next Generation Is Bringing Bioethics to the Table

Should the United States focus on distributing COVID-19 booster shots or sharing its vaccine supply globally? How do we distribute resources when unvaccinated people fill up ICUs because of...

Sep 2021

Announcing the 2021 Stubing Memorial Lecture

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, ethical issues have been critical and very real, with bioethics discussed daily in the national news and around dinner tables. In this extraordinary year, Dr....

Aug 2021

National Academy of Medicine Selects 2021 Greenwall Fellow in Bioethics

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) selected Kavita Shah Arora, MD, as the 2021 Greenwall Fellow in Bioethics. Dr. Arora serves as the UNC division director of general obstetrics and...

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...

Apr 2021

In Scripting Death, Faculty Scholar Alum Mara Buchbinder Maps the Real-World Impact of End-of-Life Care

Medical aid-in-dying is a complex and layered issue. For decades, the subject has dominated social and political discussions around end-of-life decision-making. Over the last five years,...

Mar 2021

Greenwall Faculty Scholars and Grantees Investigate the Ethics of Remote Monitoring

From assessing the performance of pacemakers to tracking a patient’s location and actions, modern technology is increasingly being...

Jan 2021

As Opioid Use Disorder in the U.S. Soars, Making a Difference Grantees Suggest Ways to Improve Treatment

In December 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released provisional data showing a distressing trend: drug overdose deaths are on the rise. Over 81,000 overdose deaths...

Dec 2020

Who's First in Line for a COVID-19 Vaccine? Greenwall Faculty Scholars Examine Urgent Ethical Issues in Vaccine Allocation

After almost 11 months of research and billions of dollars invested, vaccines designed to protect people against one of the most serious health threats in a century are starting to enter the...

Nov 2020

Video: 2020 William C. Stubing Memorial Lecture Offers Historical Perspective on Pain, Prejudice, and Pandemics

Now available on video, The Greenwall Foundation’s 2020 William C. Stubing Memorial Lecture, Whose Pain Matters?: Reflections on Race, Social Justice, and COVID-19's Revealed Inequalities, drew...

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...

Oct 2020

Greenwall Community Members Debate Psychiatric Aid-in-Dying at ASBH Conference

Greenwall Faculty Scholar Program Committee Member Dr. Daniel Sulmasy, Faculty Scholar Dr. Brent Kious, Faculty Scholar Alum Dr. Scott Kim, and Prof. Margaret Battin debated a difficult and...

Oct 2020

Whose Pain Matters? Reflections on Race, Social Justice, and COVID-19's Revealed Inequalities

COVID-19 continues to impact health and economies around the globe, but the pandemic has had another effect: exposing entrenched inequalities in society...

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...

Mar 2020

Faculty Scholars Tackle Ethical Issues in COVID-19 Pandemic

The unprecedented public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic raises many complex ethical issues – from putting in place public health restrictions on individual liberty, to allocating...

Dec 2019

2019 William C. Stubing Memorial Lecture - Video

The 2019 William C. Stubing Memorial Lecture featured Dr. Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania and Chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues...

Scholars

Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD, MBe

Class of 2027 University of Michigan Medical School

Ryan Antiel, MD, MSME

Class of 2027 Duke University

Lauren Taylor, PhD

Class of 2026 NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Matthew McCoy, PhD

Class of 2025 University of Pennsylvania

Ronit Stahl, PhD, MA

Class of 2024 University of California, Berkeley

Craig Konnoth, JD, MPhil

Class of 2024 University of Virginia

Nicholas G. Evans, PhD, MSME

Class of 2023 University of Massachusetts Lowell

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

Daniel B. Kramer, MD, MPH

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

Jessica L. Roberts, JD

Class of 2018 Emory University, School of Law

Jeremy A. Greene, MD, PhD

Class of 2018 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Efthimios Parasidis, JD, MBE

Class of 2017 The Ohio State University

Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH

Class of 2016 Harvard Medical School

Debra JH Mathews, MA, PhD

Class of 2014 Johns Hopkins University

Alex Smith, MD, MS, MPH

Class of 2013 University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Steven Joffe, MD, MPH

Class of 2012 University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

David Winickoff, JD, MA

Class of 2010 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

Jeffrey Peppercorn, MD, MPH

Class of 2010 Massachusetts General Hospital

Michelle Mello, JD, PhD, MPhil

Class of 2008 Stanford University

Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD, MA

Class of 2007 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Jonathan Oberlander, PhD

Class of 2005 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Anna C. Mastroianni, JD, MPH

Class of 2005 Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

Grants

Access to drugs and devices that have limited supporting data: ethical implications for patients and physicians

Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH Harvard Medical School

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

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

Leading Responsible Change in Genomic Research: Stratified Consent as a Model for Balancing Privacy and Utility in the Public Release of Human Genomic Sequencing Data

Amy Lynn McGuire, JD, PhD Baylor College of Medicine

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

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

Beyond Coercion: An Ethical Framework for Mandated Substance Use Treatment

Brendan Saloner, PhD Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2022 - 2023

Ethical Implications of Post-market Surveillance and Remote Monitoring of Medical Devices: The Case of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

Daniel B. Kramer, MD, MPH Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2015 - 2016

The Basic Structure Model of Research Stakeholder Obligations

Danielle M. Wenner, PhD Carnegie Mellon University

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

Bioethics and Property Relations in University Life Sciences Research

David Winickoff, JD, MA Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

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

Implantable Brain-Interfacing Devices (IBIDs): Developing a Model of Technology Assessment When Changes in Personal Identity Are Both Benefit and Risk

Debra JH Mathews, MA, PhD Johns Hopkins University

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

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

Evaluating and Rethinking Financial Risk Protection in Health Care Systems: Framework Development and Analysis of Contemporary Health Insurance Options

Govind Persad, JD, PhD University of Denver, Sturm College of Law

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

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

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

Ethical Issues in Implementing Shared Decision Making in the Wake of Healthcare Reform

Jon Tilburt, MD Mayo Clinic

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

Rationing Medicine: The Oregon Health Plan and the Search for Justice in Health Policy

Jonathan Oberlander, PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

Generative AI Challenges for Health Data Sharing and Research Integrity

Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD, MBe University of Michigan Medical School

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

In Search of an Ethical Constraint on Hospital Revenue Generation

Lauren Taylor, PhD NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2022 - 2023

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

Ethics and Stratified Reproduction

Lisa H. Harris, MD, PhD University of Michigan

Grant Type: Faculty Scholars Program
Grant Cycle: 2009 - 2010

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

Forensic Biobanking: Investigating Law Enforcement Use of Genetic Biobanks

Natalie Ram, JD University of Maryland Carey School of Law

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

The Ethics of Warfighter Enhancement Research

Nicholas G. Evans, PhD, MSME University of Massachusetts Lowell

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

Troubling Conscience: Autonomy and Authority in Religious Hospitals

Ronit Stahl, PhD, MA University of California, Berkeley

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

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

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

Communication and Resolution Programs: Tackling the Critical Unanswered Ethical Questions

Thomas Gallagher, MD University of Washington

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2024

Psychotropic Medication Decision Making for Youth in Foster Care: Challenges, Barriers, and Facilitators to Informed Consent, Assent, and Refusal

Lauren Baker, PhD Washington University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2024

Hastings on the Hill: Informing Policy on AI in Health

Vardit Ravitsky, PhD The Hastings Center

Grant Type: Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking
Grant Cycle: 2024

Improving Bioethics in SDOH-Focused Medicaid Programs

Alex Sheff, MPA Health Care For All

Grant Type: Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking
Grant Cycle: 2024

Improving Long-Term Care Facility Design through Bioethical Peer Review

Diana Anderson, MD Boston University

Grant Type: Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking
Grant Cycle: 2024

Ethics and Effects of Individual Patient Testimonies in Public Health Decision Making

Aaron Kesselheim, MD, JD Brigham and Women's Hospital

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: sping 2024

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

Ethical Challenges in Physician Advocacy and Organ Allocation Policies: Analysis of Exception Letters for Heart Transplantation

Prateeti Khazanie, MD University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2023

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

Protecting the public from bad actors in medicine: A policy change workshop for State Medical Boards

Tristan McIntosh, PhD Washington University

Grant Type: Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking
Grant Cycle: 2023

Strengthening Genetic Privacy Law Through Bioethics

Anya Prince, JD University of Iowa

Grant Type: Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking
Grant Cycle: 2023

Policymakers’ Unmet Desire for Bioethicists

Adam Levine, PhD Johns Hopkins University

Grant Type: Other Foundation Supported Work
Grant Cycle: 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

Moral distress among obstetricians and gynecologists in the post-Roe era

Erika Sabbath, ScD Boston College

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2022

Disseminating vaccine information and increasing equity during the 2023 Texas state legislative session

Kirstin Matthews, PhD William Marsh Rice University

Grant Type: Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking
Grant Cycle: 2022

Housing America’s aging society: a bioethics standpoint for policy development

Nancy Berlinger, PhD The Hastings Center

Grant Type: Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking
Grant Cycle: 2022

Policies to improve assessment of inherited cancer risk

Robert Cook-Deegan, MD Arizona State University

Grant Type: Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking
Grant Cycle: 2022

From transparency to moral perception: Analysis of conflicts of interest arising from industry payments to advanced practice nurses and their practice networks

Quinn Grundy, PhD, RN University of Toronto

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2022

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

Integrating Bioethics into Public Health Practice and Covid-19 Policies

Efthimios Parasidis, JD The Ohio State University

Grant Type: Other Foundation Supported Work
Grant Cycle: spring 2021

Evidence and Uncertainty in COVID-19 Vaccination Policy-Making

Jason Schwartz, PhD Yale University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2020

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

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

Ethics-Informed Decision Making and the Return of College Sports amidst COVID-19

Christine Baugh, PhD, MPH University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus

Grant Type: Other Foundation Supported Work
Grant Cycle: fall 2020

Mass Administration of Antibiotics: Reaching Clinical and Community Equipoise

Anthony Deh-Chuen So, MD, MPA Johns Hopkins University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2020

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

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

Ethical Dimensions of Abortion Practice in the Context of New Laws

Anne D. Lyerly, MD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2014

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 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

Toward Policies that Accommodate the Concerns of African Americans in Resolving Disputes about the Use of Life-Sustaining Technology

Kimberly S. Johnson, MD Duke University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2014

Understanding the Lifecycle of the Perceived Legitimacy of Public Health Laws

Michelle Mello, JD, PhD Stanford University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2014

A Mutually Responsive Approach to Developing Technologies That Alter Shared Ecosystems

Kevin Esvelt, PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2016

Challenges and Opportunities Around the Oversight of the Aging Physician

Andrew White, MD University of Washington

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2016

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

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

Establishing ethical interpretations of not yet fully interpreted public health and evidentiary standards in the Federal Tobacco Control Act

Lawrence Gostin, JD Georgetown University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 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

Neurotechnologies and the Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions

Jonathan D. Moreno, PhD University of Pennsylvania

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2015

Public and Patient Perspectives Regarding the Ethics of Fundraising from Patients

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil University of Michigan

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2018

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

Ethical and Policy Issues for University Data Sharing in the Age of Big Data

Michelle Mello JD, PhD Stanford University

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

Helping State Medical Boards Effectively Protect Patients by Identifying and Promulgating Promising Practices and Essential Resources

Tristan McIntosh, PhD Washington University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2019

Late Career Practitioners: Balancing Patient Safety and Physician Autonomy

Thomas Gallagher, MD University of Washington

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2019

Toward Effective Cooperation between Clinical and Other Community Stakeholders Committed to Stemming the Opioid Epidemic

Farr Curlin, MD Duke University

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: spring 2019

Discrimination, Accommodation & Inclusion: Examining Muslim Clinician Experiences within Academic Medicine

Aasim Padela, MD, MSc University of Chicago | Medical College of Wisconsin

Grant Type: Making a Difference
Grant Cycle: fall 2019