Author Archives: Rhea Hebert

Douglas MacKay was part of the NIH Ethics Grand Rounds: The Ethics of Randomized Policy Experiments on November 20. MacKay presented with Dean Karlan (Northwestern University). Watch The Ethics of Randomized Policy Experiments

On November 11, Rami Major joined the Center for Bioethics as a Postdoctoral Fellow.  Rami has a background ranging from the tiniest creatures to the biggest ethical questions. We’re excited to have her join us and we look forward to working with her.  Get to know Rami in this Q&A....

The Advancing Research Ethics in Southern Africa (ARESA) Bioethics Leadership Program is proud to announce its latest graduates. Tiwonge Mtande is currently a Research Ethics Committee Analyst at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS). Her dissertation focuses on ethical issues related to cluster randomized trials conducted in Malawi. Her...

R. Jean Cadigan is a co-author on a new article in Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. In “Ready, Set, Sort! A User-Guide to Card Sorts for Community-Engaged Empirical Bioethics,” the authors demonstrate the “fruitfulness of using card sort activities as an engagement method” and include a user...

Rami Martina Major presented the poster “A stakeholder informed ethical framework for epigenetic editing” at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting. The abstract, co-authored by Major, Arlene Davis and Jean Cadigan, got a Reviewer’s Choice Award at the meeting! The meeting was November 5-9 in Denver, CO.

Mara Buchbinder is the first author on a new commentary article in Chest: “Organizational Resilience: A Systems-Based Approach for Addressing the Workforce Crisis in Intensive Care.” The researchers propose a novel, systems-based approach to addressing burnout, with a focus on works in intensive care environments. The commentary suggests organizational resilience...

Rebecca L. Walker is the author of chapter 41, “Physicians and Punishment: Ethics beyond oaths and codes” in The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Punishment, ed. Jesper Ryberg. Abstract: Despite orientation to goals that are in deep tension, medicine and state-sanctioned punishment have long cooperated. Involvement of physicians in...

Stuart Rennie is the first author on a new article in Public Health Ethics: “Ethics of Mathematical Modeling in Public Health: The Case of Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in Africa.” The authors call for greater research and reflection on the ethics of mathematical modeling public health. They use...

Stuart Rennie is a co-author on a new article in Research Ethics: “Exploring views of South African research ethics committees on pandemic preparedness and response during COVID-19.” The authors did in-depth interviews to explore the views of South African research ethics committees (RECs) on their COVID-19 pandemic preparedness and response....

The recording of Eric Meslin’s talk “How Artificial Intelligence Might Save Bioethics (And it’s not how you think)” is available now!