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

  • Clinical Ethics

    Drs. Campo-Engelstein, Farroni, Tumilty, and Yu

    2023

    • Campo‐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.

    2022

    • Campo-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

      2024

      • Aparicio, 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.

      2023

      • Kotarba, 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.

      2022

      • Smith, 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

    • Historical Perspectives of Health

      Drs. Molldrem, Moses, and Rich

      2023

      • Moses, 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.

      2022

      • Arnold-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/

      2021

      • Molldrem, 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

      2023

      • Molldrem, 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.

      2022

      • Goodman, 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

      2024

      • Aparicio, 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.

      2023

      2022

      • Aparicio, 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

    • Feminist Studies

      Drs. Campo-Engelstein, Molldrem, Moses, Rich, and Tumilty

      2024

      • Olivares, 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.

        2023

      • Jayawickrama, 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.

      2022

      • Campo-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

      2024

      • Campo-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.

       

      2023

      • Campo-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

      2024

      • Carpenter, 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.

        2023

      • Gibson, 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.

      2022

      • O’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