Year in Program: MY3
Mentor: Jacob Moses, PhD
Graduate Program: Bioethics & Health Humanities
Research Interests
Grayson's research interests lie at the intersection of bioethics, health policy, and science and technology studies (STS), particularly how modern rhetorics of evidence-based medicine and ethical principlism are marshaled to expand and constrain the boundaries of professional autonomy and legitimate medical practices. Some of Grayson's past research experiences include vaccine development for neglected tropical diseases and the social and political scientific approaches to vaccine hesitancy.
Honors & Awards
• The Arthur V. Simmang Scholarship Fund SPPH (2026)
• Chester R. Burns Institute for the Medical Humanities Alumni Award (2026)
• Dr. David C. Eiland, Jr. Scholarship Award in Health Care and Humanities (2026)
• Endowed Scholarship for the Institute for the Medical Humanities (2026)
• William Bennett Bean Scholarship in the Medical Humanities (2026)
• Delta Omega National Public Health Honor Society, Delta Nu Chapter (2025)
• Ann and John Hamilton Endowed Scholarship (2025)
• Jack Line Smith and Aline Mangum Smith Scholarship GSBS (2025)
• Billings Family Scholarship in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (2024)
• University Federal Credit Union – GSBS Scholarship (2024)
• Student Award in Oslerian Medicine, John P. McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine (2021-24)
• Robert Harriosn, MD, Memorial MD/PhD Endowment (2023)
• Truman G. Blocker Endowment for the MD/PhD Program (2022)
• Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Houston–Galveston Chapter (2021-22)
• Phi Beta Kappa, Zeta of Texas Chapter at Baylor University (2019)
Publications
1. Subrahmanyam, Vishnu R., and Grayson R. Jackson. “Trans Bodies, Multiplicity and the Limits of Digital Representation.” Journal of Medical Ethics 51, no. 12 (2025): 809–10. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2025-111178. 2. Jackson, Grayson R., Jacob D. Moses, and Lisa Campo-Engelstein. “Just Knowledge and Treatment: Formal and Epistemic Injustice in Pediatric Gender-Affirming Care.” American Journal of Bioethics 25, no. 6 (2025): 76–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2025.2497988.
3. Lee, Susan, Mikaela Kim, Grayson R. Jackson, Hannah Carpenter, and Lisa Campo-Engelstein. “Exceptional Stigma: Parallels Between Marginalized Groups and Psychedelic Medicine.” The American Journal of Bioethics 25, no. 1 (2025): 110–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2433426.4. Campo-Engelstein, Lisa, Grayson R. Jackson, and Jacob D. Moses. “Breaking Binaries: The Critical Need for Feminist Bioethics in Pediatric Gender-Affirming Care.” Hastings Center Report 54, no. 3 (2024): 55–56. https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.1591.
5. Crumbley, Christine, Zachary Chroust, David Clark, Jacob Harper, Grayson Jackson, Lisa Elferink, and Kathleen Everling. “A Student-Driven Approach to Course Revitalization.” Medical Science Educator 34, no. 3 (2024): 519–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-024-02028-6.
6. Jackson, Grayson R., Diane Chen, Claire Coyne, Kelly Donahue, and Lisa Campo-Engelstein. “Ethics of Pediatric Gender-Affirming Care: A Case Study Comparison.” Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology 12, no. 1 (2024): 104–13. https://doi.org/10.1037/cpp0000487.
7. Jackson, Grayson R., and Jeffrey S. Farroni. “Circumscribing Morality: The Spheres and Their Limits.” The American Journal of Bioethics 23, no. 12 (2023): 39–41. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2023.2272928.8. Leighton, Claire, Grayson Jackson, Tanner Israel, Joanna Chyu, Dayoung Jeon, and Christopher Garcia. “Designing an Interprofessional, Student-Led Clinic with the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Model.” Journal of Student-Run Clinics 8, no. 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.59586/jsrc.v8i1.354.
Presentations
1. Jackson, Grayson. “The Language of Reproduction: Connections Between the Criminalization of Gender-Affirming Care and Reproductive Health.” 10th Annual Reproductive Ethics Conference, March 2026.
2. Jackson, Grayson. “Medical Autonomy and Responses to Gender-Affirming Care Restrictions.” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 27th Annual Conference, October 2025.
3. Lee, Suzy, Cíntia L. Engel, and Grayson Jackson. “Putting Epistemic Justice into Practice: The Case of the Knowledge Encounter.” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 26th Annual Conference, September 2024.
4. Jackson, Grayson, and Jacob Moses. “A ‘World-Making’ Moment in Transgender Health Equity and the Turn to Global Authority.” 17th World Congress of Bioethics, June 2024.
5. Jackson, Grayson, and Jacob Moses. “The Historical Legacy of Trans Medicine in Galveston.” American Osler Society 54th Annual Meeting, May 2024.
6. Jackson, Grayson. “The Rhetoric of Criminalization: Critical Discourse Analysis of Restrictive Legislation on Gender-Affirming Care.” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 25th Annual Conference, October 2023.
7. Jackson, Grayson. “Then and Now: Osler, Vaccine Hesitancy, and Public Health Ethics.” American Osler Society 53rd Annual Meeting, May 2023.
8. Jackson, Grayson, and Jasmine Jones. “Exploring the Challenges of Professionalism in the Digital Age.” American Osler Society 52nd Annual Meeting, April 2022.
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