BHH Research Areas of Concentration We focus on applied ethics, translational humanities, and social justice. Below are specific areas of strength, associated faculty, and selected recent publications. Applied Ethics Expand All Collapse All Clinical Ethics Drs. Campo-Engelstein, Farroni, Tumilty, and Yu 2023Campo‐Engelstein, L. (2023). No clitting! We need to talk about clitoris transplantation. Bioethics, 37(9), 838–845. Campo-Engelstein, L., & Paz, A.M (2023). Who’s your daddy? An ethical argument for disclosure to donor conceived children. Andrology, 11(7), 1232–1236. Jackson, G. R.G, & Farroni, J. S. (2023). Circumscribing Morality: The Spheres and Their Limits. American Journal of Bioethics, 23(12), 39–41. Martin, D. E., Forlini, C., & Tumilty, E. (2023). Certainty, Science, and the Brain-Based Definition of Death. AJOB Neuroscience, 14(3), 279–282. Nguyen, M. T., Campo-Engelstein, L., Lee, R. H., & Nguyen, B. T. (2023). An Ethical Argument for Health Insurance Coverage of Paternal Prenatal Genetic Testing. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 141(1), 11–14. Wellesley, J.G, & Tumilty, E. (2023). Autonomy requires more curiosity less deference to risk. Journal of Medical Ethics, 49(11), 749–750. 2022Campo-Engelstein, L., & Andaya, E. (2022). Clinicians’ criteria for fetal moral status: Viability and relationality, not sentience. Journal of Medical Ethics. Tumilty, E. (2022). Chapter 14 - Ethical Frameworks for Practice. In S. Pairman, S. K. Tracy, H. Dahlen & L. Dixon (Eds), Midwifery – Preparation for Practice (pp. 324-335). 5th Edition, Elsevier. Research Ethics and Integrity Drs. Aparicio, Farroni, Molldrem, Smith, Tumilty 2024Aparicio, A. (2024). Accept no limits: Biocontainment and the construction of a safer space for experimentation in xenobiology as a legacy of Asilomar. BioSocieties. Smith, E. M. R., Molldrem, S., Farroni, J. S., & Tumilty, E. (2024). Articulating the social responsibilities of translational science. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 85. Smith, E. M., Rakestraw, C.G, & Farroni, J. S. (2024). Scientific priorities and relational dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. Accountability in Research, 31(4), 356–376. Subrahmanyam, V.G, & Tumilty, E. (2024). Conflicts of Integrity: Research Ethics Practice and Environmental Justice. The American Journal of Bioethics: AJOB, 24(3), 62–64. 2023Kotarba, J. A., Molldrem, S., Smith, E., Spratt, H., Bhavnani, S. K., Farroni, J. S., & Wooten, K. (2023). Exploring team dynamics during the development of a multi-institutional cross-disciplinary translational team: Implications for potential best practices. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 7(1), e220. Resnik, D. B., & Smith, E. (2023). Should authorship on scientific publications be treated as a right? Journal of Medical Ethics, 49(11), 776–778. Smith, E. (2023). “Technical” Contributors and Authorship Distribution in Health Science. Science and Engineering Ethics, 29(4), 22. Smith, E. M. R., Rakestraw, C.G, & Farroni, J. S. (2023). Research integrity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives of health science researchers at an Academic Health Science Center. Accountability in Research, 30(7), 471–492. Tumilty, E., & Smith, E. (2023). “A Community-Engaged Approach to Address Collateral Findings in Embedded Research.” The American Journal of Bioethics, 23(8), 61–63. 2022Smith, E., & Anderson, E. E. (2022). Reimagining IRB review to incorporate a clear and convincing standard of evidence. Accountability in Research, 29(1), 55–62. Tumilty, E., Spratt, H., Cestone, C., Wooten, K., Aronson, J., Hommel, J., Hellmich, M. R., & Chao, C. (2022). Developing future translational scientists through authentic learning and assessments. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 3, 100151. Translational Humanities Expand All Collapse All Historical Perspectives of Health Drs. Molldrem, Moses, and Rich 2023Moses, J. D., Arnold-Forster, A., & Schotland, S. V. (2023). Introduction: Healthcare Practitioners’ Emotions and the Politics of Well-Being in Twentieth Century Anglo-America. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 78(4), 341–351. Rich, M. (2023). Monstrosity in Medical Science: Race-Making and Teratology in the Nineteenth-Century United States. Isis, 114(3), 513–536. 2022Arnold-Forster, A., Moses, J. D., & Schotland, S. V. (2022). Obstacles to Physicians’ Emotional Health—Lessons from History. New England Journal of Medicine, 386(1), 4–7.Arnold-Forster, A., Moses, J. D., & Schotland, S. (2022). Reading The National Plan For Health Workforce Well-Being Through The Lens Of History. Health Affairs Forefront. https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20221215.89479/full/2021Molldrem, S. (2021). Beyond the Depathologization of Homosexuality: Reframing Evelyn Hooker as a Boundary Shifter in Twentieth-Century US Sex Research. Journal of the History of Sexuality, 30(1), 48–91. Public Health Studies Drs. Molldrem, Smith, and Tumilty 2023Molldrem, S. (2023). Research on the Development of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Variants of Concern in People With Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease Should Highlight Structural Conditions and Avoid Harmful Stereotypes. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 76(9), 1701–1702.Molldrem, S., Bagani, S., Subrahmanyam, V.G, Permar, R.G, Matsiri, O., Caiphus, C., Kizito, B., Modongo, C., & Shin, S. S. (2023). Botswana tuberculosis (TB) stakeholders broadly support scaling up next-generation whole genome sequencing: Ethical and practical considerations for Botswana and global health. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(11), e0002479. Molldrem, S., Smith, A. K. J., & McClelland, A. (2023). Advancing Dialogue About Consent and Molecular HIV Surveillance in the United States: Four Proposals Following a Federal Advisory Panel’s Call for Major Reforms. The Milbank Quarterly, 101(4), 1033–1046. Molldrem, S., Smith, A. K. J., & McClelland, A. (2023). Predictive analytics in HIV surveillance require new approaches to data ethics, rights, and regulation in public health. Critical Public Health, 33(3), 275–281. 2022Goodman, M. L., Molldrem, S., Elliott, A., Robertson, D., & Keiser, P. (2023). Long COVID and mental health correlates: A new chronic condition fits existing patterns. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 11(1), 2164498. Smith, E. M., Anderson, E. E., Deer, R., Prochaska, J., Bohn, K., & Croisant, S. (2022). Reviewing fair subject selection considerations for the unique case of post sequelae COVID-19 translational studies. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 6(1), e91. Tumilty, E., Doolan-Noble, F., Gauld, R., Littlejohns, P., & Stokes, T. (2022). Is PHARMAC’s decision making fair? Findings from an evaluation of decision-making in the New Zealand health system. The New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1550), 170–177. Science and Technology Studies Drs. Aparicio, Molldrem, Moses, and Rich 2024Aparicio, A. (2024). Missing the “We” in Precision Medicine. The American Journal of Bioethics, 24(3), 96–98. Molldrem, S. (2024). What to do with the new molecular publics: The vernacularization of pathogen genomics and the future of infectious disease biosocialities. BioSocieties. Molldrem, S., Moses, J. D., Aparicio, A., & Subrahmanyam, V.G (2024). For Analytics Beyond “Personhood,” Bioethics Should Look Toward Science and Technology Studies (STS). The American Journal of Bioethics, 24(1), 46–48. 2023Moses, J. D. & Vidan, G. (2023, May 8). An AI Moratorium Probably Is Not the Answer. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2023/05/08/artificial-intelligence-moratorium/.2022Aparicio, A. (2022). The road ahead: Narratives and imaginaries of the value of biodiversity in shaping bioeconomy policy in Colombia. Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society, 5(1), 2059137. Social Justice Expand All Collapse All Feminist Studies Drs. Campo-Engelstein, Molldrem, Moses, Rich, and Tumilty 2024Olivares, J.P, Tumilty, E., Campo-Engelstein, L., & Cunningham, K. A. (2024). Confidence in Care Instead of Capacity: A Feminist Approach to Opioid Overdose. The American Journal of Bioethics, 24(5), 51–53. 2023Jayawickrama, S.M, Loutrianakis, G.G, Vincent, K., & Campo-Engelstein, L. (2023). Air Ball: Missing the Net on Female Elite Athletes’ Reproductive Health. IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 16(1), 21–33. Molldrem, S., & Crooks, R. N. (2023). Cultural Studies and AIDS Activists’ Archives: Considering Cifor’s Viral Cultures. Feminist Formations, 35(3), 195–204. 2022Campo-Engelstein, L., & Loutrianakis, G.G (2022). The Relational and Gendered Nature of Reproductive Medicine. The American Journal of Bioethics, 22(3), 62–63. MacKay, K., & Tumilty, E. (2022). Feminist Bioethics and Activism in the Wake of COVID-19. IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 15(1), 162–163. Tumilty, E., & Battle-Fisher, M. (2022). Transhumanism- entering an era of bodyhacking and radical human modification. (1st ed.). Springer Publishing. Queer Studies Drs. Campo-Engelstein, De Matas, Molldrem, and Moses 2024Campo-Engelstein, L., G.R. JacksonG, and J.D. Moses. (2024). “Breaking Binaries: The Critical Need for Feminist Bioethics in Pediatric Gender-Affirming Care.” Hastings Center Report 54(3).Jackson, G. R.G, Chen, D., Coyne, C., Donahue, K., & Campo-Engelstein, L. (2024). Ethics of pediatric gender-affirming care: A case study comparison. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 12(1), 104–113. 2023Campo-Engelstein, L., & Permar, R. M.G (2023). Ethical Considerations for Transgender and Non-Binary Reproduction. In M. B. Moravek & G. De Haan (Eds.), Reproduction in Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals (pp. 163–175). Springer International Publishing. Molldrem, S. (2023). HIV Data as Queer Data Biomedical Sexualities, Treatment-as-Prevention, and the New Sex Hierarchy for People Living with HIV. Queer Data Studies, 128-154.Moses, J. D., Schall, T. E., & Campo-Engelstein, L. (2023). Unjust Discrimination Between Cisgender and Transgender Gender-Affirming Care. Annals of Internal Medicine, 176(7), 991–992. Schall, T. E., & Moses, J. D. (2023). Gender‐Affirming Care for Cisgender People. Hastings Center Report, 53(3), 15–24. Reproductive Justice Drs. Aparicio, Campo-Engelstein, Rich, and Tumilty 2024Carpenter, H.G, Loutrianakis, G.G, Baker, P.G, Bystra, T.G, & Campo-Engelstein, L. (2024). Procreative loss without pregnancy loss: The limitations of fetal-centric conceptions of pregnancy. Journal of Medical Ethics, 50(5), 310–311. 2023Gibson, R. B.P, & Campo-Engelstein, L. (2023). Artificial Womb Technology and the Restructuring of Gestational Boundaries. The American Journal of Bioethics, 23(5), 106–108. Rowlinson, E., Da Silva, S. M., Olisa, N. P., & Campo-Engelstein, L. (2023). Should patients pay for sperm given for free?: Results from a pilot study on fertility clinics’ views on the charging for altruistically donated sperm. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 40, 1063–1070. 2022O’Brien, E., & Rich, M. (2022). Obstetric violence in historical perspective. Lancet, 399(10342), 2183–2185. Olisa, N. P., Campo-Engelstein, L., & Martins Da Silva, S. (2022). Male infertility: What on earth is going on? Pilot international questionnaire study regarding clinical evaluation and fertility treatment for men. Reproduction and Fertility, 3(3), 207–215. Saldaña-Tejeda, A., Aparicio, A., González-Santos, S. P., Arguedas-Ramírez, G., Cavalcanti, J. M., Shaw, M. K., & Perler, L. (2022). Policy landscapes on human genome editing: A perspective from Latin America. Trends in Biotechnology, 40(11), 1275–1278. Tumilty, E. (2022). Chapter 14 - Ethical Frameworks for Practice. In S. Pairman, S. K. Tracy, H. Dahlen & L. Dixon (Eds), Midwifery – Preparation for Practice (pp. 324-335). 5th Edition, Elsevier. Key — Bold: Bioethics and Health Humanities faculty *: Bioethics and Health Humanities graduate student+: Bioethics and Health Humanities postdoctoral fellow^: UTMB medical student