Author Archives: Brandy Elsenrath

Bioethics from the Global South Bioethics from the Global South was published in mid-January 2025 by Springer. The editors, Lillian Omutoko and Walter Jaoko, are graduates of the Advancing Research Ethics in Southern Africa (ARESA) program, an NIH-funded master’s program collaboratively run by the Division of Medical Ethics and Law at...

In a recent episode of the Children’s Mercy Bioethics Center Pediatric Ethics Podcast, Tyler Clay, who previously served as co-leader of CEDG, shared insights from his new publication, “A Narrative Approach to Assent in Pediatrics,” which was featured in the Journal of Pediatric Ethics. Dr. Ian D. Wolfe facilitated the...

Stuart Rennie, PhD, is a professor in social medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine Center of Bioethics. His current work focuses on research ethics, public health ethics, and medical ethics, particularly in the context of the developing world.

The PREPARE (PRomoting Equity for Pregnant Adolescents in REsearch) research team participated in AIDS 2024, the 25th Annual AIDS Conference sponsored by the International AIDS Society in Munich, Germany.  A day prior to the conference the PREPARE team convened the first meeting of the PREPARE Working Group for a half-day workshop. Members...

Bioethics Forum Essay “Was This Job Market Study Ethical?”, Douglas MacKay, PhD, and Katherine Saylor, PhD, address concerns on a recent job market study conducted on Twitter that raised ethical questions on the Hastings Bioethics Forum.

On May 30, Savithri Nageswaran, MBBS, MPH, presented “Collaborative Decision Making: A Useful Model to Guide Families About Life-Sustaining Treatments for Children with Medical Complexity” as the Annual Pediatric Visiting Ethics Scholar. The recording is now available.

To raise awareness and assist couples with job searches, UNC-Chapel Hill researchers launched an evidence-based tool showing how research-intensive institutions rank in partner hiring – providing insights on where they may be excelling and where they may be deficient. Jill Fisher, PhD, professor of social medicine at the UNC School...

Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD, MA, “Ethics and Research in Pregnancy–A Shifting Paradigm” Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics Hot Topics in Research Ethics Webinar Series

Karen Meagher, PhD – ELSI and the Virome: Bugs, Drugs, and Precision Viral Care.  

Elaine Hsieh, Ph.D., J.D. Communicating Across Cultures: Why Our Traditional Approaches May Fail to Inform and Empower Patients