News Dr. De Matas co-authored a recent Publication February 11, 2025, 09:22 AM by Rachel McClere Dr. De Matas co-authored publication with Amy McGuire of Baylor and Hasan Yasin of UTMB on "Embracing Epistemic Humility: Rethinking Psychedelic Exceptionalism Through Diverse Perspectives." You can read the publication at the link below. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39804325/ Our call for epistemic humility challenges us to embrace a broader bioethics which can result in a less rigid and more flexible appreciation for the potential benefits (broadly conceived) of psychedelics, leading to more respectful and patient-centered care. Dr. Yu published a commentary at the Journal of Medical Ethics February 11, 2025, 09:18 AM by Rachel McClere Dr. Yu published a commentary at the Journal of Medical Ethics with Daniel T. Kim entitled "Impermissibility of euthanasia and self-regarding duties to stay alive". Clinical Ethics Fellow Callie Terris and faculty member Emma Tumilty publish in Journal of Health Care Law February 11, 2025, 09:16 AM by Rachel McClere Clinical Ethics Fellow Callie Terris and faculty member Emma Tumilty publish “High Hopes: Legal and Ethical Issues with Post-Trial Access to Psychedelics Drugs” in Journal of Health Care Law and Policy outlining some raising significant risks for participants given the legal environment that psychedelic medicine is being trialed in and proposing some harm reduction approaches to managing these risks. You can read their paper here: High Hopes: Legal and Ethical Issues with Post-Trial Access to Psychedelic Drugs Grad student Vishnu Subrahmanyam passes Qualifying Exams February 3, 2025, 11:29 AM by Rachel McClere Congrats to Vishnu who is now officially a PhD candidate! Medical students and faculty mentor Dr. Lisa Campo-Engelstein share research at Reproductive Ethics Conference February 3, 2025, 11:23 AM by Rachel McClere Aylia Rizvi, Paloma Rodriguez Paramo, and Celeste Traub presented “Global Perspectives on Non-Medical Sex Selection via Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis" Grad student Tiffany Bystra presents poster at the Reproductive Ethics Conference February 3, 2025, 11:20 AM by Rachel McClere Tiffany Bystra shared her poster on "Community and Social Service Organizational Roles in Mitigating Oncofertility Access Disparities". Grad student Lorenah Vasquez shares research at the Reproductive Ethics Conference January 31, 2025, 11:53 AM by Rachel McClere Lorenah Vasquez shared her poster "An Institution of Violence: Immigrant Detention Centers Further Reproductive Injustices Against Latines and Other Women of Color". Postdoc Dr. Jessica Olivares gives talk at the Reproductive Ethics Conference January 31, 2025, 11:46 AM by Rachel McClere Dr. Olivares presented on "Applying a Feminist Bioethics Lens to Enhance Evaluation of Addiction Recovery Programs for Pregnant and Post-Partum Women" MPH Bioethics track student alumna and research assistant Carmen Haynes presents at the Reproductive Ethics Conference January 31, 2025, 11:41 AM by Rachel McClere Carmen Hayes Presented on "Violent Legacies, New Threats: Protecting Black Motherhood in the Age of Artificial Womb Technology" Grad student Hannah Carpenter presents a paper and poster at the Reproductive Ethics Conference January 28, 2025, 09:36 AM by Rachel McClere Grad student Hannah Carpenter presents a paper and poster at the Reproductive Ethics Conference. Hannah's paper is titled “Policing Pregnancy Loss and Personhood: Examining U.S. Fetal Disposition Laws Post-Dobbs”. Hannah's poster is titled "Analyzing the Impact of Fetal Exceptionalism on Pregnancy Exclusion in Clinical Research”. A Fantastic 9th Annual Reproductive Ethics Conference! January 21, 2025, 16:16 PM by Rachel McClere We heard terrific talks from the two keynotes Drs. Jen James and Louise King Dr. Aparicio published an article in Biogerontology January 14, 2025, 10:14 AM by Rachel McClere This article explores how longevity biotechnology is framed in surveys assessing public attitudes toward life extension. It advocates for expanding the understanding of the public's motivations to accept and embrace interventions aimed at extending lifespan. Student Tiffany Bystra Published in Culture and Arts in Medicine January 7, 2025, 10:41 AM by Rachel McClere Tiffany Bystra recently published a short story under the Culture and Arts in Medicine section of Tourniquet: Tejas Journal for Medicine and the Arts called "An Angel Summoned in a Rural King Parking Lot". https://tourniquet-ojs-uh.tdl.org/tourniquet/article/view/33/Angel Dr. Jarrel De Matas and Students Ginika Oguagha and Francis Amuzu Co-Author a New Publication January 2, 2025, 08:18 AM by Rachel McClere Dr. Jarrel De Matas and Students Ginika Oguagha and Francis Amuzu Publish "Expanding community, vitality and what is permissible: African cultural knowledge and Afro-Caribbean religions in bioethical discourses of euthanasia" Dr. Campo-Engelstein discussed her forthcoming edited book collection December 30, 2024, 08:35 AM by Rachel McClere Dr. Lisa Campo-Engelstein, along with one of her coeditors, Dr. Rene Almeling, discussed their forthcoming edited volume Seminal: On Sperm, Health, and Politics with the Broadly Conceived seminar series based in the UK Grad student Mikaela Kim published an article for AJOB Empirical Bioethics December 13, 2024, 08:58 AM by Rachel McClere This is an article for AJOB Empirical Bioethics titled “Whether to offer interventions at the end of life: What physicians consider and how clinical ethicists can help”. Mikaela co-wrote with Dr. Janet Malek from Baylor College of Medicine and Dr. Joelle Robertson-Preidler from The University of Texas Health Science Center. Grad student Mikaela Kim published an article in the American Journal of Bioethics December 12, 2024, 08:56 AM by Rachel McClere This article is an OPC for the American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB) titled “Exceptional Stigma: Parallels Between Marginalized Groups and Psychedelic Medicine” co-written with fellow UTMB students Hannah Carpenter, Suzy Lee, Grayson Jackson, and Institute director Dr. Campo-Engelstein. Grad student Johnna Wellesley published an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics December 6, 2024, 10:27 AM by Rachel McClere This article raises important ethical questions about what happens when a patient doesn't believe the information a doctor tells them and whether this affects their capacity to make medical decisions. https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2024/11/13/jme-2024-110365 View the blog about the article in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/how-a-court-ruled-that-patients-have-a-right-to-disbelieve-doctors-242090 Grad student Hannah Carpenter received the John McPhee Law Student Essay Prize! December 5, 2024, 14:38 PM by Rachel McClere Hannah recently attended the Australasian Association of Bioethics & Health Law Conference in Sydney Australia where she received the John McPhee Law Student Essay Prize at the conference. Dr. Lisa Campo-Engelstein presents to the VA December 4, 2024, 09:37 AM by Rachel McClere She presented “Conscientious Objection and Discrimination Against LGBTQ Individuals” to the Veterans Health Administration National Center for Ethics in Health
Dr. De Matas co-authored a recent Publication February 11, 2025, 09:22 AM by Rachel McClere Dr. De Matas co-authored publication with Amy McGuire of Baylor and Hasan Yasin of UTMB on "Embracing Epistemic Humility: Rethinking Psychedelic Exceptionalism Through Diverse Perspectives." You can read the publication at the link below. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39804325/ Our call for epistemic humility challenges us to embrace a broader bioethics which can result in a less rigid and more flexible appreciation for the potential benefits (broadly conceived) of psychedelics, leading to more respectful and patient-centered care.
Dr. Yu published a commentary at the Journal of Medical Ethics February 11, 2025, 09:18 AM by Rachel McClere Dr. Yu published a commentary at the Journal of Medical Ethics with Daniel T. Kim entitled "Impermissibility of euthanasia and self-regarding duties to stay alive".
Clinical Ethics Fellow Callie Terris and faculty member Emma Tumilty publish in Journal of Health Care Law February 11, 2025, 09:16 AM by Rachel McClere Clinical Ethics Fellow Callie Terris and faculty member Emma Tumilty publish “High Hopes: Legal and Ethical Issues with Post-Trial Access to Psychedelics Drugs” in Journal of Health Care Law and Policy outlining some raising significant risks for participants given the legal environment that psychedelic medicine is being trialed in and proposing some harm reduction approaches to managing these risks. You can read their paper here: High Hopes: Legal and Ethical Issues with Post-Trial Access to Psychedelic Drugs
Grad student Vishnu Subrahmanyam passes Qualifying Exams February 3, 2025, 11:29 AM by Rachel McClere Congrats to Vishnu who is now officially a PhD candidate!
Medical students and faculty mentor Dr. Lisa Campo-Engelstein share research at Reproductive Ethics Conference February 3, 2025, 11:23 AM by Rachel McClere Aylia Rizvi, Paloma Rodriguez Paramo, and Celeste Traub presented “Global Perspectives on Non-Medical Sex Selection via Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis"
Grad student Tiffany Bystra presents poster at the Reproductive Ethics Conference February 3, 2025, 11:20 AM by Rachel McClere Tiffany Bystra shared her poster on "Community and Social Service Organizational Roles in Mitigating Oncofertility Access Disparities".
Grad student Lorenah Vasquez shares research at the Reproductive Ethics Conference January 31, 2025, 11:53 AM by Rachel McClere Lorenah Vasquez shared her poster "An Institution of Violence: Immigrant Detention Centers Further Reproductive Injustices Against Latines and Other Women of Color".
Postdoc Dr. Jessica Olivares gives talk at the Reproductive Ethics Conference January 31, 2025, 11:46 AM by Rachel McClere Dr. Olivares presented on "Applying a Feminist Bioethics Lens to Enhance Evaluation of Addiction Recovery Programs for Pregnant and Post-Partum Women"
MPH Bioethics track student alumna and research assistant Carmen Haynes presents at the Reproductive Ethics Conference January 31, 2025, 11:41 AM by Rachel McClere Carmen Hayes Presented on "Violent Legacies, New Threats: Protecting Black Motherhood in the Age of Artificial Womb Technology"
Grad student Hannah Carpenter presents a paper and poster at the Reproductive Ethics Conference January 28, 2025, 09:36 AM by Rachel McClere Grad student Hannah Carpenter presents a paper and poster at the Reproductive Ethics Conference. Hannah's paper is titled “Policing Pregnancy Loss and Personhood: Examining U.S. Fetal Disposition Laws Post-Dobbs”. Hannah's poster is titled "Analyzing the Impact of Fetal Exceptionalism on Pregnancy Exclusion in Clinical Research”.
A Fantastic 9th Annual Reproductive Ethics Conference! January 21, 2025, 16:16 PM by Rachel McClere We heard terrific talks from the two keynotes Drs. Jen James and Louise King
Dr. Aparicio published an article in Biogerontology January 14, 2025, 10:14 AM by Rachel McClere This article explores how longevity biotechnology is framed in surveys assessing public attitudes toward life extension. It advocates for expanding the understanding of the public's motivations to accept and embrace interventions aimed at extending lifespan.
Student Tiffany Bystra Published in Culture and Arts in Medicine January 7, 2025, 10:41 AM by Rachel McClere Tiffany Bystra recently published a short story under the Culture and Arts in Medicine section of Tourniquet: Tejas Journal for Medicine and the Arts called "An Angel Summoned in a Rural King Parking Lot". https://tourniquet-ojs-uh.tdl.org/tourniquet/article/view/33/Angel
Dr. Jarrel De Matas and Students Ginika Oguagha and Francis Amuzu Co-Author a New Publication January 2, 2025, 08:18 AM by Rachel McClere Dr. Jarrel De Matas and Students Ginika Oguagha and Francis Amuzu Publish "Expanding community, vitality and what is permissible: African cultural knowledge and Afro-Caribbean religions in bioethical discourses of euthanasia"
Dr. Campo-Engelstein discussed her forthcoming edited book collection December 30, 2024, 08:35 AM by Rachel McClere Dr. Lisa Campo-Engelstein, along with one of her coeditors, Dr. Rene Almeling, discussed their forthcoming edited volume Seminal: On Sperm, Health, and Politics with the Broadly Conceived seminar series based in the UK
Grad student Mikaela Kim published an article for AJOB Empirical Bioethics December 13, 2024, 08:58 AM by Rachel McClere This is an article for AJOB Empirical Bioethics titled “Whether to offer interventions at the end of life: What physicians consider and how clinical ethicists can help”. Mikaela co-wrote with Dr. Janet Malek from Baylor College of Medicine and Dr. Joelle Robertson-Preidler from The University of Texas Health Science Center.
Grad student Mikaela Kim published an article in the American Journal of Bioethics December 12, 2024, 08:56 AM by Rachel McClere This article is an OPC for the American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB) titled “Exceptional Stigma: Parallels Between Marginalized Groups and Psychedelic Medicine” co-written with fellow UTMB students Hannah Carpenter, Suzy Lee, Grayson Jackson, and Institute director Dr. Campo-Engelstein.
Grad student Johnna Wellesley published an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics December 6, 2024, 10:27 AM by Rachel McClere This article raises important ethical questions about what happens when a patient doesn't believe the information a doctor tells them and whether this affects their capacity to make medical decisions. https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2024/11/13/jme-2024-110365 View the blog about the article in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/how-a-court-ruled-that-patients-have-a-right-to-disbelieve-doctors-242090
Grad student Hannah Carpenter received the John McPhee Law Student Essay Prize! December 5, 2024, 14:38 PM by Rachel McClere Hannah recently attended the Australasian Association of Bioethics & Health Law Conference in Sydney Australia where she received the John McPhee Law Student Essay Prize at the conference.
Dr. Lisa Campo-Engelstein presents to the VA December 4, 2024, 09:37 AM by Rachel McClere She presented “Conscientious Objection and Discrimination Against LGBTQ Individuals” to the Veterans Health Administration National Center for Ethics in Health