Dr. Diekema is Director of Education at the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, and Chair of the Seattle Children’s Hospital Institutional Review Board Committee. He is a Professor of Bioethics and of Emergency Medicine, an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Humanities, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Diekema is also an Adjunct Professor for the Department of Health Service.

1. Lewis-Newby, M, Wightman, AG, Banker, KA, Dudzinski, DM, Handley, SJ, Mazor, RL et al.. Extracorporeal Life Support: Making Ethically Sound Allocation Decisions for a Limited Resource. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2024;25 (12):e449-e458. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003608. PubMed PMID:39630074 .
2. Passaretti, CL, Bischoff, W, Chan, J, Diekema, DJ, Doron, S, Estelle, C et al.. Respiratory equality: let's stop playing favorites with COVID-19 in the healthcare setting. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024; :1-2. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.197. PubMed PMID:39628050 .
3. Lin, V, Callado, GY, Pardo, I, Gutfreund, M, Hsieh, MK, Pereira, AMR et al.. Diagnostic stewardship and dermatology consultation in cellulitis management: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Arch Dermatol Res. 2024;317 (1):61. doi: 10.1007/s00403-024-03515-x. PubMed PMID:39614879 .
4. Dains, A, Baker, S, Kobayashi, T, Holley, S, Diekema, D, Brust, K et al.. Integrating an industrial hygienist into the infection prevention and control program. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024; :1-2. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.123. PubMed PMID:39506488 .
5. Waked, R, Coats, L, Rosato, A, Yen, CF, Wood, E, Diekema, DJ et al.. Clinical outcome of combination of vancomycin and ceftaroline versus vancomycin monotherapy for treatment of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection. BMC Infect Dis. 2024;24 (1):1212. doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-10107-7. PubMed PMID:39468491 PubMed Central PMC11514869.
6. Wright, B, Kang, D, Schuette, A, Ward, MA, Krasowski, MD, Scherer, AM et al.. SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among healthcare professionals in a rural state. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024;4 (1):e190. doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.420. PubMed PMID:39465214 PubMed Central PMC11505257.
7. Pardo, I, Maezato, AM, Callado, GY, Gutfreund, MC, Hsieh, MK, Lin, V et al.. Effectiveness of heterologous and homologous COVID-19 vaccination among immunocompromised individuals: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024;4 (1):e152. doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.369. PubMed PMID:39346662 PubMed Central PMC11427957.
8. Ryder, JH, Van Schooneveld, TC, Diekema, DJ, Fabre, V. Every Crisis Is an Opportunity: Advancing Blood Culture Stewardship During a Blood Culture Bottle Shortage. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024;11 (9):ofae479. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae479. PubMed PMID:39238843 PubMed Central PMC11376067.
9. Kobayashi, T, Ford, B, Diekema, DJ, Sekar, P. Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infection successfully treated with a clofazimine-containing regimen and long-term follow-up after discontinuing treatment. IDCases. 2024;36 :e01991. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e01991. PubMed PMID:38846029 PubMed Central PMC11154623.
10. Navin, MC, Wasserman, JA, Diekema, DS, Pope, TM. Limits on Parental Discretion in Medical Decision-Making: pediatric intervention principles converge. Perspect Biol Med. 2024;67 (2):277-289. doi: 10.1353/pbm.2024.a929023. PubMed PMID:38828604 .
11. Olthoff, M, Kobayashi, T, Parsons, MG, Ford, B, Prasidthrathsint, K, Non, L et al.. Impact of metagenomic next-generation sequencing on clinical decision-making at an academic medical center, a retrospective study, Iowa, 2020-2022. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024;4 (1):e39. doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.31. PubMed PMID:38562514 PubMed Central PMC10983051.
12. Singh, HK, Claeys, KC, Advani, SD, Ballam, YJ, Penney, J, Schutte, KM et al.. Diagnostic stewardship to improve patient outcomes and healthcare-associated infection (HAI) metrics. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024;45 (4):405-411. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.284. PubMed PMID:38204365 PubMed Central PMC11007360.
13. Thom, KA, Rock, C, Robinson, GL, Reisinger, HRS, Baloh, J, Chasco, E et al.. Alcohol-based decontamination of gloved hands: A randomized controlled trial. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024;45 (4):467-473. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.243. PubMed PMID:37994538 PubMed Central PMC11007359.
14. Kingsley, J, Clark, J, Lewis-Newby, M, Dudzinski, DM, Diekema, D. Navigating parental requests: considering the relational potential standard in paediatric end-of-life care in the paediatric intensive care unit. J Med Ethics. 2023; :. doi: 10.1136/jme-2023-108912. PubMed PMID:37968108 .
15. Epstein, L, Diekema, DJ, Morgan, DJ, Fakih, MG, Lee, F, Gottlieb, L et al.. Diagnostic stewardship and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: Lessons learned for prevention of emerging infectious diseases in acute-care settings. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024;45 (3):277-283. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.195. PubMed PMID:37933951 .
16. Thom, KA, Rock, C, Robinson, GL, Reisinger, HS, Baloh, J, Li, S et al.. Direct Gloving vs Hand Hygiene Before Donning Gloves in Adherence to Hospital Infection Control Practices: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6 (10):e2336758. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.36758. PubMed PMID:37883088 PubMed Central PMC10603500.
17. Harrington, EM, Trautman, K, Davis, MB, Varzavand, K, Meacham, H, Dains, A et al.. Descriptive epidemiology of central line-associated bloodstream infections at an academic medical center in Iowa, 2019-2022. Am J Infect Control. 2024;52 (4):436-442. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2023.09.021. PubMed PMID:37827243 .
18. McAdam, AJ, Diekema, DJ. The Editors' reply to "Letter responding to performance of updated Enterobacterales piperacillin-tazobactam breakpoints on the MicroScan antimicrobial susceptibility testing system". J Clin Microbiol. 2023;61 (11):e0069223. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00692-23. PubMed PMID:37823659 PubMed Central PMC10662355.
19. Diekema, DJ, Nori, P, Stevens, MP, Smith, MW, Coffey, KC, Morgan, DJ et al.. Are Contact Precautions "Essential" for the Prevention of Healthcare-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus?. Clin Infect Dis. 2024;78 (5):1289-1294. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad571. PubMed PMID:37738565 .
20. Ku, TSN, Al Mohajer, M, Newton, JA, Wilson, MH, Monsees, E, Hayden, MK et al.. Improving antimicrobial use through better diagnosis: The relationship between diagnostic stewardship and antimicrobial stewardship. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023;44 (12):1901-1908. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.156. PubMed PMID:37665212 .

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Dr. Glover is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, and Director of the Humanities, Ethics and Professionalism (HEP) thread in the School of Medicine curriculum. Dr. Glover serves on the ethics committees and the ethics consult services at the University of Colorado Hospital and the Children’s Hospital Colorado as well as the research ethics consult service. She organizes the Clinical Ethics Leads from the Children’s Hospital and the University of Colorado Hospital in their Quality Improvement Efforts.

1. Holter-Chakrabarty, J, McNally, L, Levine, J, Ferrara, J, Vesely, SK, Kanakry, CG et al.. ¹⁸F-FLT PET and Blood-based Biomarkers for Identifying Gastrointestinal Graft versus Host Disease after Allogeneic Cell Transplantation. Radiol Imaging Cancer. 2025;7 (1):e240096. doi: 10.1148/rycan.240096. PubMed PMID:39670843 .
2. McGuire, A, Rancher, C, Glover, J, Smith, DW. Large-Scale Evaluation of Satisfaction, Intent to Use, and Confidence with an Online Learning Course for a Well-Established, Evidence-Based Trauma Treatment: TFCBTWeb2.0. Evid Based Pract Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2024;9 (3):379-394. doi: 10.1080/23794925.2024.2324760. PubMed PMID:39524530 PubMed Central PMC11545253.
3. Glover, J, Hagerty, M, Pimpinella, E, Carozza, C, Berka, N. A Novel HLA Class I Allele, HLA-C*12:424, Identified Using Next-Generation Sequencing. HLA. 2024;104 (5):e15749. doi: 10.1111/tan.15749. PubMed PMID:39501806 .
4. Cleland, JGF, Pellicori, P, Graham, FJ, Lane, R, Petrie, MC, Ahmed, F et al.. Adjudication of Hospitalizations and Deaths in the IRONMAN Trial of Intravenous Iron for Heart Failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024;84 (18):1704-1717. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.08.052. PubMed PMID:39443013 PubMed Central PMC11496827.
5. Ticer, TD, Tingler, AM, Glover, JS, Dooley, SA, Kendrick, J, Zackular, JP et al.. Bacterial metabolites influence the autofluorescence of Clostridioides difficile. Front Microbiol. 2024;15 :1459795. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1459795. PubMed PMID:39439940 PubMed Central PMC11493716.
6. DeLor, B, Glover, JJ, Hartman, TJ, Manzey, LL, Ateya, M, Kelsh, S et al.. Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants and Potential Inconsistencies with FDA-Approved Dosing for Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Retrospective Real-World Analysis Across Nine US Healthcare Systems. J Gen Intern Med. 2024; :. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-09106-w. PubMed PMID:39424771 .
7. Escribá, R, Beksac, M, Bennaceur-Griscelli, A, Glover, JC, Koskela, S, Latsoudis, H et al.. Correction: Current Landscape of iPSC Haplobanks. Stem Cell Rev Rep. 2024; :. doi: 10.1007/s12015-024-10804-5. PubMed PMID:39422809 .
8. Hunnisett, LM, Nyman, J, Francia, N, Abraham, NS, Adjiman, CS, Aitipamula, S et al.. The seventh blind test of crystal structure prediction: structure generation methods. Acta Crystallogr B Struct Sci Cryst Eng Mater. 2024; :. doi: 10.1107/S2052520624007492. PubMed PMID:39405196 .
9. Nufer, MI, Coates, BS, Abel, CA, O'Neill, P, McCracken, M, Jain, D et al.. Anatomy of a pest control failure: introgression of cytochrome P450 337B3 alleles from invasive old-world bollworm into native corn earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). J Insect Sci. 2024;24 (4):. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/ieae094. PubMed PMID:39348592 PubMed Central PMC11441577.
10. Escribá, R, Beksac, M, Bennaceur-Griscelli, A, Glover, JC, Koskela, S, Latsoudis, H et al.. Current Landscape of iPSC Haplobanks. Stem Cell Rev Rep. 2024;20 (8):2155-2164. doi: 10.1007/s12015-024-10783-7. PubMed PMID:39276260 PubMed Central PMC11554736.
11. Magnan, B, Chen, XH, Rashid, S, Minard, A, Chau, W, Uyesugi, T et al.. Asymmetric Dynamics Drive Catalytic Activation of the Hsp90 Chaperone. J Phys Chem B. 2024;128 (35):8388-8399. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c03363. PubMed PMID:39186634 .
12. Mazzini, L, De Marchi, F, Buzanska, L, Follenzi, A, Glover, JC, Gelati, M et al.. Current status and new avenues of stem cell-based preclinical and therapeutic approaches in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2024;24 (9):933-954. doi: 10.1080/14712598.2024.2392307. PubMed PMID:39162129 .
13. Isasi, R, Bentzen, HB, Fabbri, M, Fuhr, A, Glover, JC, Mah, N et al.. Dynamic governance: A new era for consent for stem cell research. Stem Cell Reports. 2024;19 (9):1233-1241. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2024.07.006. PubMed PMID:39151430 PubMed Central PMC11411296.
14. George, J, Glover, JP, Perera, OP, Reddy, GVP. Role of Endophytic Entomopathogenic Fungi in Mediating Host Selection, Biology, Behavior, and Management of Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus lineolaris (Hemiptera: Miridae). Plants (Basel). 2024;13 (15):. doi: 10.3390/plants13152012. PubMed PMID:39124130 PubMed Central PMC11313774.
15. Bloemen, EM, Gottesman, E, Furfari, K, Glover, J, Gabbay, E, Cox, S et al.. Examining ethical issues that arise in providing ED/hospital care for patients experiencing elder mistreatment and approaches to address them. J Elder Abuse Negl. 2024;36 (4):395-412. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2024.2365341. PubMed PMID:38867518 PubMed Central PMC11333161.
16. Oh, JDH, Freem, L, Saunders, DDZ, McTeir, L, Gilhooley, H, Jackson, M et al.. Insights into digit evolution from a fate map study of the forearm using Chameleon, a new transgenic chicken line. Development. 2024;151 (13):. doi: 10.1242/dev.202340. PubMed PMID:38828852 PubMed Central PMC11234372.
17. Li, A, Brock, Z, Glover, J. Opportunities for de-escalation of aspirin therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation at high stroke risk receiving direct oral anticoagulants. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2024;64 (4S):102128. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2024.102128. PubMed PMID:38796161 .
18. O'Shaughnessy, M, Glover, J, Hafizi, R, Barhi, M, Clowes, R, Chong, SY et al.. Porous isoreticular non-metal organic frameworks. Nature. 2024;630 (8015):102-108. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07353-9. PubMed PMID:38778105 PubMed Central PMC11153147.
19. Glover, J. Explaining novel scientific concepts to people whose technical acumen does not extend to turning it off, then turning it on again. Nature. 2024; :. doi: 10.1038/d41586-024-01405-w. PubMed PMID:38750198 .
20. Browning, BD, Kirkland, AE, Green, R, Liu, H, Glover, JS, Ticer, TD et al.. Adolescent alcohol use is associated with differences in the diversity and composition of the oral microbiome. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2024;48 (6):1025-1035. doi: 10.1111/acer.15331. PubMed PMID:38631877 PubMed Central PMC11178446.

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A former President of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, Dr. Lantos is the founding director of the Children’s Mercy Bioethics Center, and was the inaugural holder of the John B. Francis Chair in Bioethics at the Center for Practical Bioethics. He is currently the Director of Pediatric Bioethics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, where he is also a Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Lantos spent 20 years on the faculty of The University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine, is an advisor to the American Academy of Pediatrics on bioethics, and a former associate editor of three journals; he has published five books and over 250 journal articles and book chapters in the eld of bioethics.

1. Verhagen, E, Lantos, J. The Dutch model for regulating paediatric euthanasia. Arch Dis Child. 2024; :. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-326998. PubMed PMID:39603708 .
2. Lantos, JD. Neonatal bioethics, AI, and genomics. Early Hum Dev. 2024;198 :106130. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106130. PubMed PMID:39405800 .
3. Libor, L, Pécsy, B, Szűcs, E, Lantos, J, Bakos, A, Lázár, G et al.. Effect of transbronchial or intravenous administration of indocyanine green on resection margins during near-infrared-guided segmentectomy: a review. Front Surg. 2024;11 :1430100. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1430100. PubMed PMID:39011052 PubMed Central PMC11246956.
4. Lantos, JD. The slow, necessary growth of pediatric palliative care. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2024;54 (1):101570. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2024.101570. PubMed PMID:38388282 .
5. Joren, CY, Aris-Meijer, JL, Verhagen, AAE, Lantos, J. How to move forward in shared decision-making in pediatric palliative care. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2024;54 (1):101569. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2024.101569. PubMed PMID:38355343 .
6. Zivot, JB, Katz, NT, Deckelbaum, RJ, Lantos, JD, Teitel, JM. Gaza and the complexity and context of suffering. Lancet. 2024;403 (10423):244-245. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02836-2. PubMed PMID:38219772 .
7. Joren, CY, Aris-Meijer, JL, Verhagen, AAE, Lantos, J. Pediatric palliative care across continents: Communication and shared-decision-making. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2024;54 (1):101552. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2023.101552. PubMed PMID:38155022 .
8. Farkas, A, Csókási, T, Fabó, C, Szabó, Z, Lantos, J, Pécsy, B et al.. Chronic postoperative pain after non-intubated uniportal VATS lobectomy. Front Surg. 2023;10 :1282937. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1282937. PubMed PMID:38026483 PubMed Central PMC10679439.
9. Szabo, Z, Fabo, C, Szarvas, M, Matuz, M, Oszlanyi, A, Farkas, A et al.. Spontaneous Ventilation Combined with Double-Lumen Tube Intubation during Thoracic Surgery: A New Anesthesiologic Method Based on 141 Cases over Three Years. J Clin Med. 2023;12 (20):. doi: 10.3390/jcm12206457. PubMed PMID:37892595 PubMed Central PMC10607362.
10. Escandon, R, Lantos, J. Challenges in accelerated approvals for gene therapies. Mol Ther. 2023;31 (9):2572-2574. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2023.08.004. PubMed PMID:37597515 PubMed Central PMC10492019.
11. Lantos, JD. The Future of Newborn Genomic Testing. Children (Basel). 2023;10 (7):. doi: 10.3390/children10071140. PubMed PMID:37508635 PubMed Central PMC10378699.
12. Lantos, JD, Janvier, A. The Dilemmas of Artificial Wombs: Conventional Ethics and Science Fiction. Am J Bioeth. 2023;23 (5):82-85. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2023.2191057. PubMed PMID:37130396 .
13. Lantos, JD, Brunelli, L, Hayeems, RZ. Understanding the Clinical Utility of Genome Sequencing in Critically Ill Newborns. J Pediatr. 2023;258 :113438. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113438. PubMed PMID:37088180 .
14. Lantos, J, Janvier, A, Barrington, K. Reply to Letter about whole genome sequencing in newborns. Hum Genet. 2023;142 (2):165-166. doi: 10.1007/s00439-022-02499-w. PubMed PMID:36607419 .
15. Lantos, J, Furák, J, Zombori-Tóth, N, Zombori, T, Bihari, K, Varga, E et al.. [Changes of the T cell composition in the thymus during the COVID-19 pandemic]. Orv Hetil. 2022;163 (52):2062-2066. doi: 10.1556/650.2022.32664. PubMed PMID:36566438 .
16. Rachmasari, KN, Strauss, SB, Phillips, CD, Lantos, JE, An, A, Cisse, B et al.. Posterior hypothalamic involvement on pre-operative MRI predicts hypothalamic obesity in craniopharyngiomas. Pituitary. 2023;26 (1):105-114. doi: 10.1007/s11102-022-01294-0. PubMed PMID:36462067 .
17. Strauss, SB, Stern, S, Lantos, JE, Lin, E, Shin, J, Yao, P et al.. High-Resolution T2-Weighted Imaging for Surveillance in Postoperative Vestibular Schwannoma: Equivalence with Contrast-Enhanced T1WI for Measurement and Surveillance of Residual Tumor. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2022;43 (12):1792-1796. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A7685. PubMed PMID:36423954 .
18. Lantos, JD. Should We Aspire to Be Rational About Letting Babies Die?. Am J Bioeth. 2022;22 (11):51-53. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2022.2123984. PubMed PMID:36332043 .
19. Oei, JL, Blythe, S, Dicair, L, Didden, D, Preisz, A, Lantos, J et al.. What's in a name? The ethical implications and opportunities in diagnosing an infant with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Addiction. 2023;118 (1):4-6. doi: 10.1111/add.16022. PubMed PMID:36084928 .
20. Szabo, Z, Fabo, C, Oszlanyi, A, Hawchar, F, Géczi, T, Lantos, J et al.. Anesthetic (r)evolution from the conventional concept to the minimally invasive techniques in thoracic surgery-narrative review. J Thorac Dis. 2022;14 (8):3045-3060. doi: 10.21037/jtd-22-80. PubMed PMID:36071785 PubMed Central PMC9442516.

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Dr. Mercurio is a Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) and Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine; he is the Director of the Program for Biomedical Ethics at the Yale School of Medicine, and Director of the Yale Pediatrics Ethics Program. Dr. Mercurio oversees the ethics education of Yale medical students, and participates in ethics education for attending physicians, fellows, residents, nurses, and physician associate students. He has more than 25 years of experience as a clinical neonatologist, actively involved in the training of fellows and residents in the Newborn ICU, and over 20 years’ experience in clinical ethics consultation in pediatrics and adult medicine.

1. Mercurio, M, Spina, G, Galasso, O, Gasparini, G, Segura-Garcia, C, De Fazio, P et al.. The Association Between Antipsychotics and Bone Fragility: An Updated Comprehensive Review. Diagnostics (Basel). 2024;14 (23):. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14232745. PubMed PMID:39682653 .
2. Mercurio, M, Cerciello, S, Corona, K, Guerra, G, Simonetta, R, Familiari, F et al.. Factors Associated With a Successful Return to Performance After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Multiparametric Evaluation in Soccer Players. Orthop J Sports Med. 2024;12 (10):23259671241275663. doi: 10.1177/23259671241275663. PubMed PMID:39430117 PubMed Central PMC11490974.
3. Baker, AC, Mercurio, MR. Navigating parental disagreement: ethical analysis and a proposed approach. J Perinatol. 2024; :. doi: 10.1038/s41372-024-02152-6. PubMed PMID:39406939 .
4. Cerciello, S, Mercurio, M, Corona, K, Proietti, L, Di Vico, G, Giordano, MC et al.. Posterior Cruciate Buckling Angle Variations Are Associated with Different Patterns of Medial Meniscus Tears in Anterior-Cruciate-Deficient Knees: Results of a Prospective Comparative Magnetic Imaging Resonance Study. Healthcare (Basel). 2024;12 (16):. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12161553. PubMed PMID:39201113 PubMed Central PMC11353355.
5. Mercurio, M, Minici, R, Spina, G, Cofano, E, Laganà, D, Familiari, F et al.. Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of combined Arthroscopic Microfracture and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Injection Versus Isolated Microfracture for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus: A Meta-Analysis of Comparative Studies. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2024; :. doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2024.08.011. PubMed PMID:39182822 .
6. Drago, MJ, Mercurio, MR. The Value of Parental Judgment in the Ethical Gray Zone of Periviability: Words Matter. Pediatrics. 2024;154 (3):. doi: 10.1542/peds.2024-065986. PubMed PMID:39108223 .
7. Baker, AC, Mercurio, MR, Donn, SM, Fanaroff, JM. Ethical and Legal Perspectives on the Treatment of Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Newborn. Clin Perinatol. 2024;51 (3):725-734. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2024.04.010. PubMed PMID:39095106 .
8. Mercurio, M, Cappelletti, P, Di Renzo, V, Grifa, C, Guarino, C, Izzo, F et al.. Geotraceability of Falanghina del Sannio (South Italy): Preliminary mineralogical and isotopic data. Data Brief. 2024;55 :110686. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110686. PubMed PMID:39071958 PubMed Central PMC11282966.
9. Mercurio, M, Gasparini, G, Cofano, E, Colace, S, Galasso, O. Revision Surgery for Shoulder Infection after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: Functional Outcomes and Eradication Rate-A Systematic Review. Healthcare (Basel). 2024;12 (13):. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12131291. PubMed PMID:38998826 PubMed Central PMC11241514.
10. Malone, JR, Mercurio, MR, Kopelman, LM. Pediatric Decision-Making: ethical aspects specific to neonates. Perspect Biol Med. 2024;67 (2):209-226. doi: 10.1353/pbm.2024.a929019. PubMed PMID:38828600 .
11. Polito, F, Di Mercurio, M, Rizzo, S, Di Vito, M, Sanguinetti, M, Urbani, A et al.. Artemisia spp. Essential Oils: From Their Ethnobotanical Use to Unraveling the Microbiota Modulation Potential. Plants (Basel). 2024;13 (7):. doi: 10.3390/plants13070967. PubMed PMID:38611496 PubMed Central PMC11013866.
12. Mercurio, M, Gasparini, G, Cofano, E, Zappia, A, Familiari, F, Galasso, O et al.. Knee Arthrodesis for Periprosthetic Knee Infection: Fusion Rate, Complications, and Limb Salvage-A Systematic Review. Healthcare (Basel). 2024;12 (7):. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12070804. PubMed PMID:38610226 PubMed Central PMC11011444.
13. Krause, KL, Brown, A, Michael, J, Mercurio, M, Wo, S, Bansal, A et al.. Implementation of the Modified Brain Injury Guidelines Might Be Feasible and Cost-Effective Even in a Nontrauma Hospital. World Neurosurg. 2024;187 :e86-e93. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.04.004. PubMed PMID:38608812 .
14. Galasso, O, Mercurio, M, Mancuso, C, De Gregorio, D, Mantovani, M, Gasparini, G et al.. Kinematic stabilization after the Latarjet procedure: beyond the triple blocking effect. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2024;33 (10):e547-e558. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2024.02.022. PubMed PMID:38548097 .
15. Rava, A, Mercurio, M, Gargiulo, G, Fusini, F, Boasso, G, Galasso, O et al.. Conservative treatment of spinal tuberculosis in a retrospective cohort study over 20-year period: high eradication rate and successful health status can be expected. Ann Jt. 2023;8 :34. doi: 10.21037/aoj-22-54. PubMed PMID:38529251 PubMed Central PMC10929317.
16. Galasso, O, Mercurio, M, Gasparini, G, Cosentino, O, Massarini, A, Orlando, N et al.. Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in patients over 65 years of age: successful functional outcomes and a high tendon integrity rate can be obtained after surgery. JSES Int. 2024;8 (2):299-303. doi: 10.1016/j.jseint.2023.11.010. PubMed PMID:38464433 PubMed Central PMC10920122.
17. Wilcox, HM, Cummings, CL, Pope, TM, Mercurio, MR. Gestational Carrier Pregnancies: Legal and Ethical Considerations for Pediatricians. Pediatrics. 2024;153 (4):. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-062805. PubMed PMID:38439734 PubMed Central PMC10979293.
18. Familiari, F, Barone, A, De Gori, M, Banci, L, Palco, M, Simonetta, R et al.. Short- to Mid-Term Clinical and Radiological Results of Selective Laser Melting Highly Porous Titanium Cup in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty. J Clin Med. 2024;13 (4):. doi: 10.3390/jcm13040969. PubMed PMID:38398281 PubMed Central PMC10889807.
19. Familiari, F, Tollefson, LV, Izzo, A, Mercurio, M, LaPrade, RF, Di Vico, G et al.. A High-Grade Lachman's Exam Predicts a Ramp Tear of the Medial Meniscus in Patients with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear: A Prospective Clinical and Radiological Evaluation. J Clin Med. 2024;13 (3):. doi: 10.3390/jcm13030683. PubMed PMID:38337378 PubMed Central PMC10856171.
20. Mastrorocco, E, Terrin, M, Migliorisi, G, Masoni, B, Farinola, V, De Deo, D et al.. Gender authorship in major American and European gastroenterology journals: the gap is still unfilled. Endoscopy. 2024;56 (6):397-403. doi: 10.1055/a-2252-3958. PubMed PMID:38325395 .

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Christine Mitchell, executive director of the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, founded the ethics program at Boston Children’s Hospital, directed the ethics consultation service, and led the Ethics Advisory Committee for 30 years. She is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Nurses, and has served on numerous national committees and commissions, including the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities’ Clinical Ethics Consultation Committee and, most recently, the Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects Committee for the Human Brain Project funded by the European Commission.  She lectures nationally and internationally on issues in clinical ethics.  Her published work includes documentary filmmaking, a regular series for The Journal of Clinical Ethics, and broad publications in the bioethics and popular literature.

1. Choo, R, Corbin, K, Merrell, K, Stish, B, Pisansky, TM, Davis, BJ et al.. Five-year outcomes of moderately hypofractionated proton therapy incorporating elective pelvic nodal irradiation for high-risk prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024; :. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.11.115. PubMed PMID:39672515 .
2. Mcleod, JC, Lim, C, Stokes, T, Sharif, JA, Zeynalli, V, Wiens, L et al.. Network-based modelling reveals cell-type enriched patterns of non-coding RNA regulation during human skeletal muscle remodelling. NAR Mol Med. 2024;1 (4):ugae016. doi: 10.1093/narmme/ugae016. PubMed PMID:39669123 PubMed Central PMC11632610.
3. Singleton, AC, Partridge, SR, Hyun, KK, Mitchell, C, Raeside, R, Hafiz, N et al.. Text message intervention delivered from Australian general practices to improve breast cancer survivors' physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors: protocol for the EMPOWER-SMS-GP effectiveness implementation randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2024;14 (12):e090984. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090984. PubMed PMID:39663171 .
4. Kinsler, P, Holman, S, Elliott, A, Mitchell, CN, Wilson, RE. Agent swarms: Cooperation and coordination under stringent communications constraint. PLoS One. 2024;19 (12):e0311513. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0311513. PubMed PMID:39661582 PubMed Central PMC11633978.
5. Duong, V, Pooladanda, V, Mitchell, C. Tissue Processing and Isolation of Primary Fibroblasts from the Human Vagina. J Vis Exp. 2024; (213):. doi: 10.3791/65864. PubMed PMID:39651758 .
6. Murray, EC, Hodge, GM, Lee, LS, Mitchell, CAR, Lombardo, AT. The Rho effector ARHGAP18 coordinates a Hippo pathway feedback loop through YAP and Merlin to regulate the cytoskeleton and epithelial cell polarity. bioRxiv. 2024; :. doi: 10.1101/2024.11.26.625473. PubMed PMID:39651219 PubMed Central PMC11623603.
7. Hamoodi, Z, Shapiro, J, Sayers, A, Whitehouse, MR, Watts, AC, NJR DQA-Elbows Collaborators et al.. The National Joint Registry Data Quality Audit of elbow arthroplasty. Bone Joint J. 2024;106-B (12):1461-1468. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.106B12.BJJ-2023-1372.R1. PubMed PMID:39618239 .
8. Kuckelman, J, Mitchell, C, Garcia, F, Breazeale, T, Wallace, R, Radowsky, J et al.. Injuries Associated With Mandated Wear of Body Armor in Iraq. Mil Med. 2024; :. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usae529. PubMed PMID:39602596 .
9. Guppy, B, Mitchell, C, Taylor, EB. Parameter Estimation and Identifiability in Kinetic Flux Profiling Models of Metabolism. Bull Math Biol. 2024;87 (1):7. doi: 10.1007/s11538-024-01386-x. PubMed PMID:39601930 PubMed Central PMC11602815.
10. Joyce, JB, Newbert, C, Guess, N, Fryer, K, Mitchell, CA, Bespala, L et al.. Identifying Key Moments in Type 2 Diabetes Management: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of People With Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetes Health Coaches. Health Expect. 2024;27 (6):e70108. doi: 10.1111/hex.70108. PubMed PMID:39572877 PubMed Central PMC11581956.
11. Huang, AR, Morales, EG, Arnold, ML, Burgard, S, Couper, D, Deal, JA et al.. A Hearing Intervention and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the ACHIEVE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7 (11):e2446591. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.46591. PubMed PMID:39570588 PubMed Central PMC11582982.
12. Leinheiser, AK, Mitchell, CC, Rooke, E, Strack, S, Grueter, CE. A dynamical systems model for the total fission rate in Drp1-dependent mitochondrial fission. PLoS Comput Biol. 2024;20 (11):e1012596. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012596. PubMed PMID:39556606 PubMed Central PMC11611272.
13. Mitchell, CB, Simmons, J, Neal, SJ, Cleveland, DC, Bar-Cohen, Y, Cleveland, JD et al.. ECG Features in Orthotopic Cardiac Xenotransplantation: Comparisons With Published Literature. Xenotransplantation. 2024;31 (6):e70005. doi: 10.1111/xen.70005. PubMed PMID:39552130 .
14. Morgan, RD, Wang, X, Barnes, BM, Spurgeon, L, Carrot, A, Netto, D et al.. Germline BRCA1/2 status and chemotherapy response score in high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Br J Cancer. 2024;131 (12):1919-1927. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02874-6. PubMed PMID:39550490 PubMed Central PMC11628596.
15. Parida, S, Yurasits, K, Cancel, VE, Zink, ME, Mitchell, C, Ziliak, MC et al.. Rapid and objective assessment of auditory temporal processing using dynamic amplitude-modulated stimuli. Commun Biol. 2024;7 (1):1517. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-07187-1. PubMed PMID:39548272 PubMed Central PMC11568220.
16. Wu, KC, Hong, S, Cross, FL, Sypher, I, McLoyd, VC, Huntley, ED et al.. Increasing diversity in neuroimaging research: Participant-driven recommendations from a qualitative study of an under-represented sample. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2024;70 :101474. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101474. PubMed PMID:39541798 PubMed Central PMC11609318.
17. Polenberg, A, Grueter, C, Braun, T, Mitchell, C. A region on chromosome 16 is associated with Doberman Pinscher dilated cardiomyopathy. Sci Rep. 2024;14 (1):27241. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-78511-2. PubMed PMID:39516562 PubMed Central PMC11549079.
18. Butler, LR, Lashani, S, Mitchell, C, Ra, JH, Greenberg, C, Marks, LB et al.. Longitudinal analysis of culture of patient safety survey results in surgical departments. Front Health Serv. 2024;4 :1419248. doi: 10.3389/frhs.2024.1419248. PubMed PMID:39512273 PubMed Central PMC11540820.
19. Hong, SH, Hardi, FA, Tillem, S, Goetschius, LG, Brooks-Gunn, J, McLoyd, V et al.. Mother-child closeness and adolescent structural neural networks: a prospective longitudinal study of low-income families. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2024;19 (1):. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsae083. PubMed PMID:39512200 PubMed Central PMC11631430.
20. Ee, C, Singleton, A, Elder, E, Davis, N, Mitchell, C, Dune, T et al.. The experience of weight gain during and after breast cancer treatment: a qualitative study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2024; :. doi: 10.1007/s10549-024-07528-y. PubMed PMID:39508973 .

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Dr. Moreno is a Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, of History and Sociology of Science, and of Philosophy. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, is a National Associate of the National Research Council, and is the U.S. member of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee. Dr. Moreno is widely published, and has given invited testimony for both houses of congress. In 2008-09 he served as a member of President Barack Obama’s transition team, where he served as a senior staff member of the presidential advisory commission on bioethics, a post he has held with two previous administrations.

1. López-Rueda, A, Rodríguez-Sánchez, MÁ, Serrano, E, Moreno, J, Rodríguez, A, Llull, L et al.. Enhancing mortality prediction in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: Radiomics and supervised machine learning on non-contrast computed tomography. Eur J Radiol Open. 2024;13 :100618. doi: 10.1016/j.ejro.2024.100618. PubMed PMID:39687913 PubMed Central PMC11648778.
2. García-García, JC, G-García, ME, Mauricio, JC, Moreno, J, García-Martínez, T. Evaluation of the Protein Profile of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain Immobilized in Biocapsules for Use in Fermented Foods. Foods. 2024;13 (23):. doi: 10.3390/foods13233871. PubMed PMID:39682943 .
3. Chen, J, Fasihianifard, P, Lian, R, Gibson-Elias, LJ, Moreno, JL Jr, Chang, CA et al.. Supramolecular Host:Guest Arrays Site-Selectively Recognize Peptide Phosphorylation and Kinase Activity. J Am Chem Soc. 2024; :. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c13757. PubMed PMID:39680592 .
4. Moreno, J, Epp, H, Neville, S. Academic nursing administrators' perceptions of replacing clinical hours with simulation. J Prof Nurs. 2024;55 :5-10. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.08.012. PubMed PMID:39667888 .
5. Mesas, C, Moreno, J, Doello, K, Peña, M, López-Romero, JM, Prados, J et al.. Cannabidiol effects in stem cells: A systematic review. Biofactors. 2024; :. doi: 10.1002/biof.2148. PubMed PMID:39653426 .
6. Rodriguez Arroyo, BP, Mondragón-Cardona, A, Pacheco-Orozco, RA, Tamayo, A, Moreno, JC, Baena-Valencia, JC et al.. Partial Response to Treatment with ALK Inhibitor in a Patient With SQSTM1-ALK Fusion Positive Lung Adenocarcinoma. Eur J Case Rep Intern Med. 2024;11 (12):004887. doi: 10.12890/2024_004887. PubMed PMID:39651381 PubMed Central PMC11623360.
7. Clavijo-Bustos, J, Moreno, JCN, Fuhrmann, J. The genus Dicrania LePeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Macrodactylini) from Colombia with the description of a new species. Zootaxa. 2024;5458 (4):572-580. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.4.5. PubMed PMID:39646919 .
8. Romero, A, Cumplido-Laso, G, Fernández, A, Moreno, J, Canales, J, Ferreira, R et al.. Free amino acids accelerate the time-dependent inactivation of rat liver nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase Enpp3 elicited by EDTA. Amino Acids. 2024;57 (1):1. doi: 10.1007/s00726-024-03431-4. PubMed PMID:39641818 PubMed Central PMC11624235.
9. Mas-Fontao, S, Civantos, E, Boukichou, N, Moreno, JA, Tuomilehto, J, Gabriel, R et al.. Prevalence and factors linked to renal involvement in prediabetes patients across Europe in the ePREDICE trial. Sci Rep. 2024;14 (1):30336. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-79842-w. PubMed PMID:39638835 PubMed Central PMC11621331.
10. Menéndez-Valladares, P, M Delgado, R, Núñez-Jurado, D, Sempere-Bordes, L, Penalba, A, Azurmendi, L et al.. Smartphone-Enabled Point-of-Care Testing for Prehospital Stroke Diagnosis. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2024; :1-10. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2024.2437657. PubMed PMID:39630146 .
11. Obradó, L, Estevez-Areco, S, Muñoz, R, Fernandez, H, San Roman, L, Blasco, J et al.. Assessing flow diverter porosity: a comparative analysis of quantification techniques based on imaging and simulation. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2024; :1-10. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2024.2437519. PubMed PMID:39620483 .
12. Vadathya, AK, Garza, T, Alam, U, Ho, A, Musaad, SMA, Beltran, A et al.. Validation studies of the FLASH-TV system to passively measure children's TV viewing. Sci Rep. 2024;14 (1):29805. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-81136-0. PubMed PMID:39616199 PubMed Central PMC11608350.
13. Shaikh, P, Rivera, MR, Beal, MA, Schill, MR, Pawale, A, Moreno, JD et al.. Giant Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension. US Cardiol. 2024;18 :e19. doi: 10.15420/usc.2024.02. PubMed PMID:39588172 PubMed Central PMC11588102.
14. Teplow, D, Spencer-Laitt, D, Long, LJ, Hey, AJ, Moreno, JD, Farchione, TJ et al.. Strengths use and emotional disorder symptom reduction during a transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy: A random-intercept cross-lagged panel model study. Psychotherapy (Chic). 2024; :. doi: 10.1037/pst0000553. PubMed PMID:39570688 .
15. Moreno, J, Nielsen, H, Winther, O, Teufel, F. Predicting the subcellular location of prokaryotic proteins with DeepLocPro. Bioinformatics. 2024;40 (12):. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btae677. PubMed PMID:39540738 PubMed Central PMC11645106.
16. Risen, S, Sharma, S, Gilberto, VS, Brindley, S, Aguilar, M, Brown, JM et al.. Large- and Small-Animal Studies of Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Biodistribution of Inflammasome-Targeting Nanoligomer in the Brain and Other Target Organs. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci. 2024;7 (11):3439-3451. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.4c00068. PubMed PMID:39539269 PubMed Central PMC11555505.
17. Censor, S, Martin, JV, Silberbush, O, Reddy, SMM, Zalk, R, Friedlander, L et al.. Long-Range Proton Channels Constructed via Hierarchical Peptide Self-Assembly. Adv Mater. 2024;36 (50):e2409248. doi: 10.1002/adma.202409248. PubMed PMID:39530654 PubMed Central PMC11636193.
18. Pescador-Dionisio, S, Cendrero-Mateo, MP, Moncholí-Estornell, A, Robles-Fort, A, Arzac, MI, Renau-Morata, B et al.. In vivo detection of spectral reflectance changes associated with regulated heat dissipation mechanisms complements fluorescence quantum efficiency in early stress diagnosis. New Phytol. 2024; :. doi: 10.1111/nph.20253. PubMed PMID:39530143 .
19. Tolopka, JI, Svriz, M, Ledesma, TM, Lanari, E, Scervino, JM, Moreno, JE et al.. Environmental Pollutant Anthracene Induces ABA-Dependent Transgenerational Effects on Gemmae Dormancy in Marchantia polymorpha. Plants (Basel). 2024;13 (21):. doi: 10.3390/plants13212979. PubMed PMID:39519898 PubMed Central PMC11548294.
20. García-Martín, A, Prados, ME, Lastres-Cubillo, I, Ponce-Diaz, FJ, Cerero, L, Garrido-Rodríguez, M et al.. Etrinabdione (VCE-004.8), a B55α activator, promotes angiogenesis and arteriogenesis in critical limb ischemia. J Transl Med. 2024;22 (1):1003. doi: 10.1186/s12967-024-05748-w. PubMed PMID:39506809 PubMed Central PMC11539538.

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Dr. Ross is a trained philosopher and a practicing pediatrician. She is the Carolyn and Matthew Bucksbaum Professor of Clinical Medical Ethics, an Associate Director of MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, and co-director of the Ethics Consultation Service, providing both clinical and research ethics consultation. Dr. Ross serves on the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) and as the chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Bioethics Executive Committee. A frequent lecturer at national and international conferences, Dr. Ross has written more than 100 research articles, and published two books on pediatric ethics, with a third forthcoming.

1. Fairley, JL, Hansen, D, Proudman, S, Sahhar, J, Ngian, GS, Apostolopoulos, D et al.. The frequency and clinical associations of opioid use in systemic sclerosis. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2024;8 (4):rkae144. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkae144. PubMed PMID:39669116 PubMed Central PMC11634672.
2. Fairley, JL, Hansen, D, Proudman, S, Sahhar, J, Ngian, GS, Walker, J et al.. Progression and clinical implications of frailty in patients with systemic sclerosis. Clin Rheumatol. 2024; :. doi: 10.1007/s10067-024-07253-3. PubMed PMID:39656398 .
3. Strauch, C, Roß, L, Schneider, S. Exploring guest molecule uptake in pH-responsive polyelectrolyte microgels via Monte Carlo simulations. Soft Matter. 2024;20 (48):9664-9672. doi: 10.1039/d4sm00950a. PubMed PMID:39618406 .
4. Armour, R, Nielsen, S, Buxton, JA, Bolster, J, Han, MX, Ross, L et al.. Initiation of buprenorphine in the emergency department or emergency out-of-hospital setting: A mixed-methods systematic review. Am J Emerg Med. 2024;88 :12-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.11.031. PubMed PMID:39577213 .
5. Shah, RC, Morrisroe, K, Stevens, W, Ferdowsi, N, Proudman, S, Nikpour, M et al.. Scleroderma renal crisis, an increasingly rare but persistently challenging condition: a retrospective cohort study. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2024;8 (4):rkae131. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkae131. PubMed PMID:39555050 PubMed Central PMC11565229.
6. Collier-Bain, HD, Brown, FF, Causer, AJ, Ross, L, Rothschild-Rodriguez, D, Browne, N et al.. Downhill running does not alter blood C1q availability or complement-dependent cytotoxicity of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies against haematological cancer cell lines in vitro. Sci Rep. 2024;14 (1):28239. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-79690-8. PubMed PMID:39548231 PubMed Central PMC11568217.
7. Ross, L, Bond, S, Day, JA. Pursuing Gender Equity in Rheumatology: Thinking Beyond Gender Representation to Assess Gender Equality. J Rheumatol. 2024; :. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.2024-0840. PubMed PMID:39547691 .
8. Phillips, CB, McVey, A, Sprague, BN, Cooper, K, Stephan, AT, Ross, LA et al.. Predictive Utility of Four Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Assessments and Cognitive Status Changes Among Cognitively In-Tact Older Adults. J Aging Health. 2024; :8982643241297193. doi: 10.1177/08982643241297193. PubMed PMID:39520262 .
9. Omelianchuk, A, Capron, AM, Ross, LF, Derse, AR, Bernat, JL, Magnus, D et al.. Adam Omelianchuk, Alexander Morgan Capron, Lainie Friedman Ross, Arthur R. Derse, James L. Bernat, and David Magnus reply. Hastings Cent Rep. 2024;54 (5):37-38. doi: 10.1002/hast.4920. PubMed PMID:39487773 .
10. Ross, L, Eberlein, S, Khalil, C, Choi, SY, McKelvey, K, Spiegel, BMR et al.. Bridging the Gap: Culturally Responsive Strategies for NIH Trial Recruitment. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024; :. doi: 10.1007/s40615-024-02166-y. PubMed PMID:39470977 .
11. Luke, GA, Ross, LS, Lo, YT, Wu, HC, Ryan, MD. Picornavirus Evolution: Genomes Encoding Multiple 2A^NPGP Sequences-Biomedical and Biotechnological Utility. Viruses. 2024;16 (10):. doi: 10.3390/v16101587. PubMed PMID:39459920 PubMed Central PMC11512398.
12. Rodríguez-Villegas, C, Pérez-Santos, I, Díaz, PA, Baldrich, ÁM, Lee, MR, Saldías, GS et al.. Deep Turbulence as a Novel Main Driver for Multi-Specific Toxic Algal Blooms: The Case of an Anoxic and Heavy Metal-Polluted Submarine Canyon That Harbors Toxic Dinoflagellate Resting Cysts. Microorganisms. 2024;12 (10):. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms12102015. PubMed PMID:39458324 PubMed Central PMC11510374.
13. Alcantara, IC, Villaluz, N, McAleer, K, Valliani, I, Ross, LW. Commercial Tobacco Cessation Interventions for American Indian and Alaska Native Persons Living in the United States: A Narrative Systematic Review of Effectiveness Using a Health Equity Lens. Am J Health Promot. 2024; :8901171241293419. doi: 10.1177/08901171241293419. PubMed PMID:39438073 .
14. Kia, H, Pang, C, Göncü, K, Jakubiec, B, MacKinnon, KR, Handlovsky, I et al.. "I Needed to be That Voice": A Multi-Party Study of the Healthcare and Social Service Experiences and Needs of Transgender and Gender-diverse Older Adults in Canada. J Appl Gerontol. 2024; :7334648241295570. doi: 10.1177/07334648241295570. PubMed PMID:39438016 .
15. Taylor, L, Hansen, D, Morrisroe, K, Fairley, J, Calderone, A, Oon, S et al.. Impact of Season, Environmental Temperature, and Humidity on Raynaud Phenomenon in an Australian Systemic Sclerosis Cohort. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2024; :. doi: 10.1002/acr.25452. PubMed PMID:39420564 .
16. Stephan, AT, Chai, HW, McVey, A, Sprague, BN, Wolf, AV, Phillips, CB et al.. Differential Longitudinal Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Status by Living Situation in Older Adults. J Appl Gerontol. 2024; :7334648241285602. doi: 10.1177/07334648241285602. PubMed PMID:39413159 .
17. Ross, L, Collins, L, Uzoaru, F, Preston, MA. Adapting and Validating a Patient Prompt List to Assist Localized Prostate Cancer Patients with Treatment Decision Making. Healthcare (Basel). 2024;12 (19):. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12191981. PubMed PMID:39408161 PubMed Central PMC11477444.
18. Romp, CR, Ross, L, Baucom, S, Dalmolin, BK, Chang, C. Collaboration to Remove Barriers to Pump Integration With the Electronic Health Record. J Healthc Qual. ;46 (6):359-364. doi: 10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000454. PubMed PMID:39405522 .
19. Kanai, M, Mok, S, Yeo, T, Shears, MJ, Ross, LS, Jeon, JH et al.. Identification of the drug/metabolite transporter 1 as a marker of quinine resistance in a NF54×Cam3.II P. falciparum genetic cross. bioRxiv. 2024; :. doi: 10.1101/2024.09.27.615529. PubMed PMID:39386571 PubMed Central PMC11463348.
20. Ha, FJ, Brown, Z, Stevens, W, Prior, D, Ross, L, Ferdowsi, N et al.. N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide is associated with pulmonary hypertension or diastolic dysfunction in patients with systemic sclerosis: An Australian prospective cross-sectional study. J Scleroderma Relat Disord. 2024;9 (3):178-184. doi: 10.1177/23971983241249209. PubMed PMID:39381051 PubMed Central PMC11457770.

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Dr. Rushton is the Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics in the Berman Institute of Bioethics and the School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins University, with a joint appointment in the School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics. A founding member of the Berman Institute, Dr. Rushton co-chairs the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Ethics Consultation Service.

1. Rushton, CH. Phases of Suffering: A Roadmap for Moral Repair. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2024;35 (4):366-373. doi: 10.4037/aacnacc2024795. PubMed PMID:39642068 .
2. Bergman, A, Nelson, K, Boyce, D, Hanson, G, Reina, M, Rushton, C et al.. Moral resilience and moral injury of nurse leaders during crisis situations: A qualitative descriptive analysis. Nurs Manage. 2024;55 (12):16-26. doi: 10.1097/nmg.0000000000000196. PubMed PMID:39625140 .
3. Kuruvilla, J, Rushton, C, Villa, D, Aslam, M, Prica, A, Abdel Samad, N et al.. A randomized trial of ibrutinib and R-GDP prior to stem cell transplant in relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Br J Haematol. 2024;205 (5):2067-2071. doi: 10.1111/bjh.19764. PubMed PMID:39267295 .
4. Holtz, H, McQueen, A, Weissinger, G, Alderfer, M, Swavely, D, Sledge, JA et al.. The Impact of Transitional Shock on Newer Nurses in a Contemporary Healthcare Environment. J Nurs Adm. 2024;54 (9):507-513. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000001468. PubMed PMID:39162421 .
5. Rushton, CH. Self-Stewardship: An Ethical Imperative for Nurses. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2024;35 (2):193-198. doi: 10.4037/aacnacc2024727. PubMed PMID:38848569 .
6. Jones, L, Karageorghis, CI, Ker, T, Rushton, CJ, Stephenson, SR, Wheeldon, IL et al.. The exercise intensity-music-tempo preference relationship: A decennial revisit. Psychol Sport Exerc. 2024;74 :102644. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102644. PubMed PMID:38608851 .
7. Rushton, CM, Kelly, PJ, Thomas, T, Beck, AK, Townsend, C, Baker, AL et al.. SMART Family and Friends: Feasibility and outcomes of a video-conference delivered intervention for families impacted by another's methamphetamine use. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024;161 :209355. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209355. PubMed PMID:38548059 .
8. Weissinger, GM, Swavely, D, Holtz, H, Brewer, KC, Alderfer, M, Lynn, L et al.. Critical Care Nurses' Moral Resilience, Moral Injury, Institutional Betrayal, and Traumatic Stress After COVID-19. Am J Crit Care. 2024;33 (2):105-114. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2024481. PubMed PMID:38424022 .
9. Rushton, CH, Gosselin, T, Joseph, ML. An ethical framework for human resource allocation in nursing. Nurs Manage. 2024;55 (3):18-23. doi: 10.1097/nmg.0000000000000103. PubMed PMID:38345398 .
10. Wright, E, D'Aoust, R, Swoboda, SM, Hughes, V, Hudson, K, Reller, N et al.. Resilience and Ethics in Nursing Education and Practice: Needs and Opportunities. Nurse Educ. ;49 (4):E218-E222. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001580. PubMed PMID:38113932 .
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13. Rushton, CH, Hanson, GC, Boyce, D, Holtz, H, Nelson, KE, Spilg, EG et al.. Reliability and validity of the revised Rushton Moral Resilience Scale for healthcare workers. J Adv Nurs. 2024;80 (3):1177-1187. doi: 10.1111/jan.15873. PubMed PMID:37772644 .
14. Yoon, JY, Roth, JJ, Rushton, CA, Morrissette, JJD, Nathanson, KL, Cohen, RB et al.. Homologous recombination pathway gene variants identified by tumor-only sequencing assays in lung carcinoma patients. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2023;12 (6):1236-1244. doi: 10.21037/tlcr-22-749. PubMed PMID:37425424 PubMed Central PMC10326790.
15. Rushton, CH. Transforming Moral Suffering by Cultivating Moral Resilience and Ethical Practice. Am J Crit Care. 2023;32 (4):238-248. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2023207. PubMed PMID:37391375 .
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Dr. Unguru is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist at The Herman and Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai; Core Faculty, John Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics; and an Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Unguru Chairs the Sinai Hospital Ethics Committee where he also directs an ethics curriculum for the pediatric house staff. Dr. Unguru is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group, Bioethics Steering Committee. He has served as a consultant to the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Research and the American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. He has published and spoken nationally on a wide range of issues in pediatric bioethics.

1. Jones, J, Lignou, S, Unguru, Y, Sheehan, M, Dunn, M, Seltzer, RR et al.. Alterations in care for children with special healthcare needs during the early COVID-19 pandemic: ethical and policy considerations. Monash Bioeth Rev. 2024; :. doi: 10.1007/s40592-024-00223-0. PubMed PMID:39663349 .
2. Johnson, LM, Sharma, A, Carroll, Y, Goodson, D, Mandrell, BN, Gattuso, J et al.. Listening to patients and parents with sickle cell disease: the totality of gene therapy risks may outweigh the perceived benefits. Blood Adv. 2024;8 (21):5723-5724. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012963. PubMed PMID:38865716 PubMed Central PMC11583866.
3. Unguru, Y. Hope, hype, and cure: Ethics and four-letter words in pediatric cancer care. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024;71 (3):e30804. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30804. PubMed PMID:38078566 .
4. Menig, S, Militano, O, Ostrenga, A, Bernhardt, MB, Lee, B, Unguru, Y et al.. Methotrexate Scarcity Among Children's Oncology Group Institutions: Results of a Multinational Survey. Oncologist. 2023; :. doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad323. PubMed PMID:38069904 .
5. Canavera, KE, Bjornard, KL, Cost, NG, Grady, A, Irving, H, Kaye, EC et al.. Disparate Access to Fertility Preservation in Youth: A Call for Advocacy to Close the Gap. J Pediatr. 2023;261 :113496. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113496. PubMed PMID:37211206 .
6. Sharma, A, Young, A, Carroll, Y, Darji, H, Li, Y, Mandrell, BN et al.. Gene therapy in sickle cell disease: Attitudes and informational needs of patients and caregivers. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023;70 (6):e30319. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30319. PubMed PMID:36975201 PubMed Central PMC10187715.
7. Unguru, Y, Bernhardt, MB, Berg, SL, Marie-Johnson, L, Grimm, KP, Woodman, C et al.. Essential medicines for childhood cancer in Europe. Lancet Oncol. 2023;24 (2):e67. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00009-8. PubMed PMID:36725147 .
8. Benedetti, DJ, Marron, JM, Thomas, SM, Brown, AEC, Pyke-Grimm, KA, Johnson, LM et al.. The role of ethicists in pediatric hematology/oncology: Current status and future needs. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023;70 (2):e30132. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30132. PubMed PMID:36495529 .
9. Benedetti, DJ, Marron, JM, Thomas, SM, Caruso Brown, AE, Pyke-Grimm, KA, Johnson, LM et al.. Words Matter. J Clin Oncol. 2023;41 (3):706-707. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.01056. PubMed PMID:36150097 .
10. Unguru, Y. Culturally Aware Communication Promotes Ethically Sensitive Care. Am J Bioeth. 2022;22 (6):31-33. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2022.2063446. PubMed PMID:35616971 .
11. Ehmann, MR, Zink, EK, Levin, AB, Suarez, JI, Belcher, HME, Daugherty Biddison, EL et al.. Operational Recommendations for Scarce Resource Allocation in a Public Health Crisis. Chest. 2021;159 (3):1076-1083. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.246. PubMed PMID:32991873 PubMed Central PMC7521357.
12. Shuman, AG, Fox, ER, Unguru, Y. COVID-19 and Drug Shortages: A Call to Action. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2020;26 (8):945-947. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2020.26.8.945. PubMed PMID:32715960 PubMed Central PMC10391236.
13. Shuman, AG, Fox, E, Unguru, Y. Preparing for COVID-19-related Drug Shortages. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020;17 (8):928-931. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202004-362VP. PubMed PMID:32492353 PubMed Central PMC7393783.
14. Unguru, Y. Balancing Risk and Reward: Greater Research Oversight Is Appropriate for Novel Therapies for Children With Life-Limiting Illness. Am J Bioeth. 2020;20 (4):104-105. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2020.1730484. PubMed PMID:32223620 .
15. Shuman, A, Unguru, Y. Drug Shortages: The View Across an Ocean. Oncologist. 2020;25 (4):274-276. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-1010. PubMed PMID:32027068 PubMed Central PMC7160395.
16. Fox, ER, Unguru, Y. Oncology drug shortages in the USA - business as usual. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2020;17 (3):128-129. doi: 10.1038/s41571-019-0318-x. PubMed PMID:31831853 .
17. Esbenshade, AJ, Kahalley, LS, Baertschiger, R, Dasgupta, R, Goldsmith, KC, Nathan, PC et al.. Mentors' perspectives on the successes and challenges of mentoring in the COG Young Investigator mentorship program: A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019;66 (10):e27920. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27920. PubMed PMID:31309744 PubMed Central PMC6707882.
18. Unguru, Y, Bernhardt, MB, Berg, SL, Johnson, LM, Pyke-Grimm, K, Woodman, C et al.. Chemotherapy and Supportive Care Agents as Essential Medicines for Children With Cancer. JAMA Pediatr. 2019;173 (5):477-484. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.0070. PubMed PMID:30830204 .
19. Barone, S, Unguru, Y. Ethical Issues Around Pediatric Death: Navigating Consent, Assent, and Disagreement Regarding Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2018;27 (4):539-550. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2018.05.009. PubMed PMID:30219216 .
20. Sharma, A, Johnson, LM, Caruso Brown, A, Unguru, Y, Lantos, JD. An Extravagant Gift From a Grateful Patient. Pediatrics. 2018;141 (6):. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-2837. PubMed PMID:29728430 .

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