Penn Medical Ethics and Health Policy | In the News

October 23, 2020 | STAT

Science journal editors shouldn’t contribute to politicizing science

The risks of science journals advocating for or against candidates are obvious.

October 22, 2020 | The Hill

Older adults deserve to vote too — here's the support they need

In a democracy, voting is a most sacred right for adult citizens. It binds us together, not as partisans, but as Americans. In this upcoming presidential election, exercising this essential right will be more challenging than usual, especially for older adults.

October 16, 2020

Dr. Zeke Emanuel Wins ASBH Lifetime Achievement Award

Our department’s Zeke Emanuel, MD, PhD, has been honored with the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) Lifetime Achievement Award, which is the Society’s highest honor and recognizes longstanding achievement in bioethics and/or the medical humanities.

October 14, 2020

Dr. Atheendar Venkataramani Launches Opportunity for Health Lab

Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD, has launched the Opportunity for Health Lab, whose mission is to eliminate health disparities by bolstering economic opportunity.

October 12, 2020

Our Faculty to Present at 2020 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) Annual Conference

Find a list of ASBH presentations featuring our faculty members here.

October 12, 2020

Dr. Zeke Emanuel Wins 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation David E. Rogers Award

Congratulations to our department’s Zeke Emanuel, MD, PhD, who has won the 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation David E. Rogers Award, which is jointly sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

October 9, 2020

Dr. Amol Navathe Launches Payment Insights Team

Amol Navathe, MD, PhD, has launched the Payment Insights Team, an interdisciplinary team of experts based in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania that uses insights from economics and behavioral science to analyze existing policy effects and design, test, and evaluate financial and non-financial interventions that can improve care in pragmatic, real-world settings

October 8, 2020 | The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ahead of a divisive election, this Penn doctor is working to ensure people with dementia can vote

Jason Karlawish’s interest in ensuring that Americans with dementia can vote goes back 20 years to another contentious election, the one between George W. Bush and Al Gore that made the “hanging chads” on Florida ballots famous.

October 7, 2020 | The Hill

Restoring the American Dream will make America healthier

For many Americans, the loss of hope for a better future has harmed their health.

October 6, 2020

Why a Hospital Might Shun a Black Patient

The way medical professionals are paid keeps structural racism alive. It’s unethical and it must change.

September 29, 2020

Department Members Help Launch COVID Alert PA App

Members of our Health Policy Department have been assisting the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) with COVID Alert PA, a free app designed to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.

September 29, 2020

Policy makers should ‘set their sights higher’ on U.S. drug pricing regulations, researchers say

A review published in JAMA found that bills introduced into the House and Senate don't go nearly as far as existing drug pricing regulations other countries. The researchers listed eight key lessons from six nations.

September 25, 2020

Aging and the costs that come with it

Junior Darcey Hookway delved into the complexities of aging in a Penn Undergraduate Research Mentorship Program-supported summer internship with the laboratory of the Perelman School of Medicine’s Norma Coe.

September 23, 2020

In Memoriam: Renée Fox

We write with the sad news that our dear colleague and beloved friend, Renée Fox, died today at the age of 92. The cause of death was leukemia, which came on very suddenly. We take some solace in...

September 12, 2020 | PennLive

Recreational cannabis, racial justice, and an ethical way forward for Pennsylvania

Legalizing recreational cannabis to support economic relief should be a no-brainer.

September 11, 2020

Team Awarded R01 to Study Gun-Safe Interventions in Pediatric Primary Care

A team led by Rinad Beidas has won an R01 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to test strategies to increase implementation of a universal safe firearm storage program in pediatric primary care.

September 10, 2020

Penn Development Research Initiative Launches

The Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI) is an interdisciplinary community of scholars at the University of Pennsylvania whose research seeks to identify solutions to the challenges facing developing countries.

September 3, 2020

Zeke Emanuel and Group of International Researchers Develop Ethical Framework for Global Vaccine Allocation

Read this Science Magazine piece that explains the "Fair Priority Model."

September 2, 2020

Team Wins 2 Grants from NIA to Look at Tailoring Nudges to Improve Vaccination and Cancer Screening

A team that includes our department's Dr. Amol Navathe has won two grants from the National Institute on Aging to study nudges in cancer care and vaccination.

September 2, 2020

A Tribute to Chuck Bosk

We share the sad news that Chuck Bosk died suddenly this past Sunday, and to offer a few reflections on him and his career.