Medical Ethics

Steven Joffe of the Perelman School of Medicine says that there aren’t enough safeguards in place to ensure that medical professionals are selling products to patients in patients’ best interests.

Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine supports the FDA’s recommendations that scientists running drug studies consider having an independent monitor such as a clinician unaffiliated with the trial’s sponsor oversee consent procedures. 

PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel says that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed other underlying problems within the U.S. health care system.

Aaron Schwartz of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the alleged thefts of human remains by a former Harvard Medical School manager are a breach of trust.

PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel says that the pharmaceutical industry has a bias but that he doesn’t necessarily see an overreliance on industry money in research.

David Asch of the Perelman School of Medicine worries about ChatGPT’s overly confident communication and the amplification of medical misinformation.

Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine hopes that blood-based tests will lower two long-standing barriers to the uptake of Alzheimer’s biomarker testing: high cost and high patient burden.

Jennifer Prah of the School of Social Policy & Practice and the Perelman School of Medicine says that any online group trying to function as a safe space needs to set clear guidelines that must be followed.

A report co-written by PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel sheds light on mistakes, data gaps, and dysfunctional organizational cultures that contributed to America’s loss of life during the COVID pandemic.