We're thrilled to announce we're recruiting for our #T32 #ELSI postdoc. Position starts Summer 2026. Please spread the word! Learn more and apply: medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/elsipostdoc

Join @hollylynchez.bsky.social this morning at 9:15 am PT for her panel presentation: Reasonableness as the Key to Defining, Measuring, and Improving IRB Quality in room B119.

Molly Sinderbrand closes out the day for our department with her presentation: “Bioethics Beyond the Prose: Creating Music and Verse to Make a Point," at 3:45 pm PT in room A107-109.

Manon Lefevre presents again this afternoon at 2:30 pm PT in room C124: "The Ethics of Polygenic Embryo Screening: Perspectives from Genetics Professionals." #ASBH25

#T32 postdoc, @margaretrutheby.bsky.social, presents: "Towards Ethical Implementation of AI in Genomics Research," at 2:30 pm PT in room B112. #ASBH25

@haraldschmidt.bsky.social presents: "Tuberculosis control, AI and medication adherence caught in the crosswinds of contemporary immigration policy" at 1:15 pm PT in room B113-114. #ASBH25

Join @hollylynchez.bsky.social at 1:15 pm PT for her panel presentation: Psychedelic Ethics: Learning from the Past to Inform the Future in the Oregon Ballroom 201-202. #ASBH25

At 12:00 pm PT in room A105, Molly Sinderbrand presents: “What Jewish Bioethics Can Bring to Secular Medicine” with the Jewish Bioethics Affinity Group. #ASBH25

Join @haraldschmidt.bsky.social at 10:45 am PT for his paper presentation: "Clarifying confusions around discrimination, equity and disadvantage indices in current anti-DEI efforts," in room B115-116. #ASBH25

#T32 postdoc, Andy Murray, presents his paper: "The Illusive Ecosystem: How the ‘Innovation Ecosystem’ Obscures Ethical Challenges in Precision Medicine," at 9:15 am PT in room A103-104. #ASBH25

Our #T32 postdoc, Manon Lefevre, kicks off the day with her paper presentation: "The Expanding Role of Genetic Testing in IVF: Ethical Stakes and Clinical Implications." Join Manon at 9:15 am PT in room B117-118.

Join Aliza Narva at 2 pm PT for the presentation: When duties collide: Navigating the competing commitments in the care of undocumented patients in room B119. #ASBH25

Autumn Fiester starts off the day with her panel presentation: A Dialogue on the Work of Nancy Neveloff Dubler (1941-2024) at 9 am PT in B117-118.

Today at 5 pm PT, Autumn Fiester will lead her pre-conference workshop: Managing Challenging Conversations through Skilled Facilitation in A105. #ASBH25

#ASBH25 starts today! We're so excited for our faculty and fellows presenting. Stay tuned for updates.

In @natmed.nature.com, Caleb Rhodes (@pennmedicine.bsky.social), @hollylynchez.bsky.social (@pennmehp.bsky.social / Penn Law) & @reshmagar.bsky.social (@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social) outline strategies to help strengthen the integrity of @US_FDA drug approval decisions www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Delighted to share our Medical Ethics Division is the 2025 recipient of the ASBH Cornerstone Award! For more than 30 years, Penn Bioethics has been a leader in bioethical scholarship, teaching and training, public policy and engagement, and service. We look forward to carrying on this tradition!

A huge congratulations to @hollylynchez.bsky.social on being named to the @statnews.com STATUS List of 2025, which features "50 influential people shaping the future of health and life sciences across biotech, medicine, health care, policy, and health tech.” www.statnews.com/status-list/...

Very proud of my brilliant and caring @pennmehp.bsky.social colleague @hollylynchez.bsky.social - she’s on the 2025 STATUS List of 50 influential people shaping the future of health and life sciences! www.statnews.com/status-list/...

Thank you to everyone who applied for our Assistant Professor in Health Policy position. We had a record number of strong applicants this year and are now in the flyout stage. We wish everyone who applied best of luck with your job search.

Thrilled to welcome Dr. Derek Griffith, our newest Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, to @pennmehp.bsky.social & the Penn School of Nursing. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/derek-g...

Join our MEHP faculty group (Emily Largent, Matt McCoy, and @hollylynchez.bsky.social) participating in panel "The Ethics of Patient and Public Engagement in Drug Development, Approval, and Access, in room Regency A (First Floor) at 8:45 am CT. #ASBH24

At 10:15 am CT, Emily Largent presents during the panel: "Responding to people facing dementia: improving interprofessional learning and practice in aging societies," in room New York/Illinois Central (Second Floor). #ASBH24

Connie Ulrich starts of the day at 8:15 am CT participating in the panel: "Investigating Moral Distress in the Reproductive Healthcare Workforce post Dobbs," in room Grand A (First Floor). #ASBH24

T32 fellow, Jonathan LoTempio, presents during the #ELSI Affinity Group: "Ethics choices during the Human Genome Project reflected their policy world, not ours," at 5:45 pm CT in room Frisco Burlington (Second Floor). #ASBH24

Molly Sinderbrand presents her paper “A Virtue Theory of Organizational Bioethics” at 4:30 pm CT in room Midway 6 (First Floor). #ASBH24

@haraldschmidt.bsky.social presents during the panel "Equitable chances: a novel weighted lottery approach to crisis standards of care," at 4:30 pm CT in room Midway 5 (First Floor). #ASBH24

At 3 pm CT, @domsisti.bsky.social presents during panel "How Psychedelics Challenge Core Assumptions about Medicine, Ethics, and Humanity" in room Grand D-F (First Floor). #ASBH24

T32 fellow, Andy Murray, presents his paper “Technology Transfer and Bioethics of the Public Good in Genomic Biomedicine” at 10:45 am CT in room Midway 5 (First Floor). #ASBH24 #ELSI

At 10:45 am CT, Jen Walter presents during the panel "Caring for a patient or violating a corpse? The new brain death guidelines and unsettled questions about personhood and power" in room Grand A (First Floor). #ASBH24

At 4:30 pm CT, Autumn Fiester leads "Managing Challenging Conversations through Skill Facilitation" in room Grand B (First Floor). #ASBH24

Our Health Policy Division is hiring! Please apply or share with those interested in applying! apply.interfolio.com/152931. We are specifically looking for researchers interested in #populationhealth

Our Medical Ethics division is hiring! Please apply or share with those who might be interested in applying! apply.interfolio.com/152959

Emily Largent, Jason Karlawish, & @annawexler.bsky.social identify ethical & regulatory considerations across the digital health product-development lifecycle to help developers grapple with potential challenges & advance desirable outcomes. bmcdigitalhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Lots of debate re IAB's 2024 World Congress location (Qatar). Important. But the debate about global bioethics equity is broader: All need to actively engage in the next phase. Not engaging isn't neutral. It's being complicit in sustaining inequitable status quo jme.bmj.com/content/50/9...

"Rather than another empty, feel-good bill, both presidential candidates should commit to improving the options available to dying patients, avoiding false promises, and emphasizing equity," write @hollylynchez.bsky.social & Alison Bateman-House. www.statnews.com/2024/08/02/t...

The development has inspired new interest and predictions about the device. @annawexler.bsky.social expressed caution: “It certainly raises questions about what’s drawing these people into the studies and what they’re understanding about what they’re getting into.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

1/ Pleased to share a new Open Access paper in Clinical Trials, led by Emily Largent, on the value of community consultation in clinical trials that request waivers of the requirement for informed consent (threadlet). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Thanks to @annawexler.bsky.social for sharing her perspective, as the mother of a child with a rare genetic disease and as a bioethicist, on the invaluable role that rare-disease online forums play and on the ethical challenges that they raise. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Congratulations to Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy on his appointment to Division Chief of Health Policy effective July 1! Read the full announcement here: medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/events/in-th...

Congratulations to Dr. Emily Largent on her appointment to Division Chief of Medical Ethics effective July 1. Read the full announcement here: medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/events/in-th...

“Five years after the initial accelerated approval, you should have a definitive answer. Thousands of people are getting those drugs. That seems a mistake if we don’t know whether they work or not," said @zekeemanuel.bsky.social bit.ly/3xBUZHf

“The coming trials for the next generation of implantable neurotech devices will likely be a major step forward in producing better patient outcomes," says @annawexler.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/saibal...

Reading about how Penn's Master of Health Care Innovation transforms our students' professional lives is one reason I love my work. improvinghealthcare.mehp.upenn.edu/thought-lead... #healthcare #innovation #education #higherEd

#Healthcare is one of the largest industries in the US. Do workers see any $$ from rising sector finances? Our recent #JAMA study leverages #Medicaid expansion as a natural experiment, finding that only higher-wage workers (docs, nurses, managers) benefit from improving finances.

I wish it was to talk about better news, but I joined the folks at @statnews.bsky.social for the Readout LOUD podcast, discussing the disappointing Amylyx Ph3 results and what lessons the saga can teach us about regulatory flexibility, drug pricing, and more. www.statnews.com/2024/03/14/r...

Out today in JAMA, @akesselheim.bsky.social & I contextualize the mifepristone case by addressing 1) FDA's occasional difficulty balancing science+politics, 2) broader attacks on agency authority, and 3) FDA's role as nat'l drug regulator as states restrict abortion. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

"The system of food labeling in the United States does not make it easy for consumers trying to assess the nutritional value of the foods they buy. Now, the [FDA] can do something about it," writes Christina Roberto and colleagues. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Congrats to postdoc Blake Hereth on being awarded the prestigious Alvin Plantinga Prize by @amphilsociety.bsky.social, which recognizes original essays that engage philosophical issues about or in substantial ways related to theism. Read the full announcement: www.apaonline.org/news/661003/...

Higher levels of wealth are associated with increased longevity, but little is known about the impact of wealth redistribution. @atheendar.bsky.social explores potential changes in longevity based on different simulated distributions of wealth: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38285594/