The Pediatric Ethicscope Editorial Board is composed of experts in the field of pediatric ethics and bioethics, all with distinguished service to the field and extensive contributions to the literature. The Editorial Board steers the journal and provides guidance on journal operations, policies, and standards. We thank them for their dedication and service.

Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH editorial board member Pediatric Ethicscope: the Journal of Pediatric Bioethics and Pediatric Ethics

Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH

The University of Washington School of Public Health

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. Berkman, E, Diekema, D, Lewis-Newby, M. Organizational Ethics and a Regional Health-Care Network: navigating surges and shortages in pediatrics. Perspect Biol Med. 2025;68 (2):326-336. doi: 10.1353/pbm.2025.a962027. PubMed PMID:40485459 .
  2. de-Winton Cummings, PJ, Baker, KK, Appell, L, Rios, MD, Diekema, DJ, Kitzmann, T et al.. Equity in epidemic response: an action-oriented framework for guiding public health in equitable responses to major infectious disease emergencies. Int J Equity Health. 2025;24 (1):69. doi: 10.1186/s12939-025-02433-2. PubMed PMID:40075487 PubMed Central PMC11900141.
  3. Boda, M, Rokas, KE, Yen, CF, Diekema, DJ, Mercuro, NJ. Rapid Blood Culture Diagnostics for Ambulatory Management of Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025;12 (3):ofaf075. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf075. PubMed PMID:40046882 PubMed Central PMC11879524.
  4. Fabre, V, Hsu, YJ, Carroll, KC, Salinas, AB, Gadala, A, Bower, C et al.. Blood Culture Use in Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units and Wards. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8 (1):e2454738. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.54738. PubMed PMID:39813030 PubMed Central PMC11736503.
  5. 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 .
  6. 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 .
  7. 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 .
  8. 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 .
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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 .
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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 .
  19. 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 .
  20. 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.
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Jacqueline J Glover, PhD editorial board member Pediatric Ethicscope: the Journal of Pediatric Bioethics and Pediatric Ethics

Jacqueline J Glover PhD

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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. Tabatabaei Dakhili, SA, Yang, K, Al Nebaihi, H, Greenwell, AA, Wuest, M, Woodfield, J et al.. Development of a succinyl CoA:3-ketoacid CoA transferase inhibitor selective for peripheral tissues that improves glycemia in obesity. iScience. 2025;28 (5):112336. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112336. PubMed PMID:40454095 PubMed Central PMC12124683.
  2. Glover, JP, Spaulding, N, Nufer, MI, George, J, Portilla, M, Reddy, GVP et al.. Infection, Choice Behavior, and Cross-Infectivity of the Sculpted Damsel Bug, Nabis roseipennis, Offered the Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus lineolaris, Infected with Entomopathogenic Nematodes. Insects. 2025;16 (5):. doi: 10.3390/insects16050475. PubMed PMID:40429188 PubMed Central PMC12112113.
  3. Adam, N, Yang, Y, Djamshidi, M, Seifan, S, Ting, NSY, Glover, J et al.. hTERT Increases TRF2 to Induce Telomere Compaction and Extend Cell Replicative Lifespan. Aging Cell. 2025; :e70105. doi: 10.1111/acel.70105. PubMed PMID:40371663 .
  4. Glover, JP, Spaulding, N, George, J, Portilla, M, Reddy, GVP, Dillman, A et al.. Efficacy of the newly discovered entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema adamsi against Helicoverpa zea: life stage susceptibility, UV tolerance, and field performance. J Nematol. 2025;57 (1):20250012. doi: 10.2478/jofnem-2025-0012. PubMed PMID:40276782 PubMed Central PMC12020467.
  5. Browning, BD, Glover, JS, Meredith, LR, Kirkland, AE, Gex, KS, Tomko, RL et al.. A three-tiered mentorship approach for supporting high school students interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. J Clin Transl Sci. 2025;9 (1):e54. doi: 10.1017/cts.2025.19. PubMed PMID:40276494 PubMed Central PMC12018214.
  6. O'Shaughnessy, M, Lim, J, Glover, J, Neale, AR, Day, GM, Hardwick, LJ et al.. Nonmetal Organic Frameworks Exhibit High Proton Conductivity. J Am Chem Soc. 2025;147 (18):15429-15434. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c01336. PubMed PMID:40271994 PubMed Central PMC12063171.
  7. Sarker, H, Panigrahi, R, Lopez-Campistrous, A, McMullen, T, Reyes, K, Anderson, E et al.. Apolipoprotein-A1 transports and regulates MMP2 in the blood. Nat Commun. 2025;16 (1):3752. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59062-0. PubMed PMID:40263360 PubMed Central PMC12015353.
  8. Kittur, K, Kumar, JI, Salomon, K, Johnson, E, Udine, M, Weeden, E et al.. Progression of Intracranial Hemorrhage Comparing Unfractionated Heparin versus Low Molecular Weight Heparin for Chemoprophylaxis in Traumatic Brain Injury. World Neurosurg. 2025;198 :123982. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2025.123982. PubMed PMID:40239859 .
  9. Kittur, K, Dombrowski, K, Salomon, K, Glover, J, Roy, L, Lund, T et al.. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Neuroscience ICU Length of Stay. J Healthc Manag. ;70 (2):126-136. doi: 10.1097/JHM-D-23-00252. PubMed PMID:40059204 .
  10. Waller, ME, Gutierrez, A, Ticer, TD, Glover, JS, Baatz, JE, Wagner, CL et al.. Profiling the response of individual gut microbes to free fatty acids (FFAs) found in human milk. J Funct Foods. 2025;125 :. doi: 10.1016/j.jff.2025.106664. PubMed PMID:40051690 PubMed Central PMC11884519.
  11. Doddamani, D, Carlson, DF, McTeir, L, Taylor, L, Nandi, S, Davey, MG et al.. PRDM14 is essential for vertebrate gastrulation and safeguards avian germ cell identity. Dev Biol. 2025;521 :129-137. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2025.02.005. PubMed PMID:39938772 .
  12. Glover, JC. No need to rethink sensorimotor circuits-Commentary on Goldblatt et al. (2024). Front Neurol. 2025;16 :1544855. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1544855. PubMed PMID:39916946 PubMed Central PMC11798807.
  13. Wu, M, Fulgenzi, CAM, D'Alessio, A, Cortellini, A, Celsa, C, Manfredi, GF et al.. Second-line treatment patterns and outcomes in advanced HCC after progression on atezolizumab/bevacizumab. JHEP Rep. 2025;7 (2):101232. doi: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2024.101232. PubMed PMID:39877031 PubMed Central PMC11773230.
  14. Glover, JC. Hodological patterning as an organizing principle in vertebrate motor circuitry. Front Neuroanat. 2024;18 :1510944. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2024.1510944. PubMed PMID:39844798 PubMed Central PMC11750774.
  15. Glover, J. The Latest Evidence. Am J Nurs. 2025;125 (2):13. doi: 10.1097/AJN.0000000000000010. PubMed PMID:39844222 .
  16. Henden, C, Fjerdingstad, HB, Bjørnsen, EG, Thiruchelvam-Kyle, L, Daws, MR, Inngjerdingen, M et al.. NK-cell cytotoxicity toward pluripotent stem cells and their neural progeny: impacts of activating and inhibitory receptors and KIR/HLA mismatch. Stem Cells. 2025;43 (3):. doi: 10.1093/stmcls/sxae083. PubMed PMID:39708357 PubMed Central PMC11929945.
  17. 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 PubMed Central PMC11791676.
  18. 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.
  19. 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 .
  20. 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.
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John Lantos, MD editorial board member Pediatric Ethicscope: the Journal of Pediatric Bioethics and Pediatric Ethics

John D. Lantos MD

University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine

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. Gorin, M, Smids, J, Lantos, J. Pediatric Gender Medicine-Reply. JAMA. 2025; :. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.3404. PubMed PMID:40397440 .
  2. Howick, J, Lantos, JD, Treweek, S, Svobodova, M, Jacob, N, Edwards, A et al.. Variation in the extent to which patient information leaflets describe potential benefits and harms of trial interventions: a commentary. Trials. 2025;26 (1):132. doi: 10.1186/s13063-025-08824-8. PubMed PMID:40229793 PubMed Central PMC11998131.
  3. Furák, J, Zsoldos, P, Lantos, J, Lantos, J, Rárosi, F, Szűcs, E et al.. Impact of spontaneous ventilation with intubation on perioperative results in uniportal VATS lobectomy compared to general anaesthesia using a double-lumen tube. J Thorac Dis. 2025;17 (2):774-783. doi: 10.21037/jtd-24-1396. PubMed PMID:40083494 PubMed Central PMC11898360.
  4. Gorin, M, Smids, J, Lantos, J. Toward Evidence-Based and Ethical Pediatric Gender Medicine. JAMA. 2025;333 (10):841-842. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.28203. PubMed PMID:39804741 .
  5. Verhagen, E, Lantos, J. The Dutch model for regulating paediatric euthanasia. Arch Dis Child. 2025;110 (5):397-399. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-326998. PubMed PMID:39603708 PubMed Central PMC12013537.
  6. Lantos, JD. Neonatal bioethics, AI, and genomics. Early Hum Dev. 2024;198 :106130. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106130. PubMed PMID:39405800 .
  7. 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.
  8. 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 .
  9. 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 .
  10. 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 .
  11. 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 .
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Lantos, JD. The Future of Newborn Genomic Testing. Children (Basel). 2023;10 (7):. doi: 10.3390/children10071140. PubMed PMID:37508635 PubMed Central PMC10378699.
  16. 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 .
  17. 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 .
  18. 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 .
  19. 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 .
  20. 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 .
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Mark Mercurio, MD, MA editorial board member Pediatric Ethicscope: the Journal of Pediatric Bioethics and Pediatric Ethics

Mark Mercurio MD, MA

Yale University School of Medicine

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. Pyle, AK, Mercurio, MR. Ethical challenges and justice concerns for infants and children with life-limiting conditions and significant disability, including trisomy 13 and 18. Semin Perinatol. 2025; :152101. doi: 10.1016/j.semperi.2025.152101. PubMed PMID:40517086 .
  2. Cuevas Guaman, M, Bishop, CE, Miller, ER, Dammann, CEL, Ahmad, KA, Horowitz, E et al.. Consensus Recommendations for Sustainable and Equitable Neonatology Staffing: A Delphi Approach. Pediatrics. 2025;155 (6):. doi: 10.1542/peds.2024-069943. PubMed PMID:40360176 .
  3. Patel, J, Chrispim Gimenez, M, Mercurio, MG. Patient with papillomatous lesions. JAAD Case Rep. 2025;59 :63-66. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2025.02.004. PubMed PMID:40276731 PubMed Central PMC12018687.
  4. Familiari, F, Tollefson, LV, Izzo, A, Russo, R, Mercurio, M, Gasparini, G et al.. High-grade medial femoral condyle and medial tibial plateau bone bruises predict ramp lesions of the medial meniscus in patients with anterior cruciate ligament tears: A prospective clinical and MRI evaluation. J Exp Orthop. 2025;12 (2):e70238. doi: 10.1002/jeo2.70238. PubMed PMID:40226534 PubMed Central PMC11993983.
  5. Mercurio, M, Cofano, E, Kennedy, JG, Butler, JJ, Zanini, A, Galasso, O et al.. Indications, Functional Outcomes, Return to Sport and Complications of Anterior and Lateral Approaches for Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Comprehensive Review. Healthcare (Basel). 2025;13 (7):. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13070841. PubMed PMID:40218138 PubMed Central PMC11988321.
  6. Mercurio, M, Denami, F, Melissaridou, D, Corona, K, Cerciello, S, Laganà, D et al.. Deep Learning Models to Detect Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury on MRI: A Comprehensive Review. Diagnostics (Basel). 2025;15 (6):. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics15060776. PubMed PMID:40150118 PubMed Central PMC11941175.
  7. Mastrella, C, Rizzo, S, Vito, MD, Garzoli, S, Mercurio, MD, Mariotti, M et al.. In Vitro Study to Evaluate the Best Conditions Highlighting the Antimicrobial Activity of Carum carvi Essential Oil on Human Pathogen Isolates in Formulations Against the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2025;18 (3):. doi: 10.3390/ph18030321. PubMed PMID:40143099 PubMed Central PMC11945957.
  8. Longo, C, Pierri, C, Trani, R, Mercurio, M, Nonnis Marzano, C, Corriero, G et al.. Toward a green strategy of sponge mariculture and bioactive compounds recovery. Sci Rep. 2025;15 (1):5999. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-90192-z. PubMed PMID:39966515 PubMed Central PMC11836350.
  9. Bruce, L, Lewis, CS, Mercurio, MR. Infanticide and Infant Abandonment: New Directions in US Law and Policy. Pediatrics. 2025;155 (3):. doi: 10.1542/peds.2024-068991. PubMed PMID:39947230 .
  10. Balassone, G, Cappelletti, P, De Bonis, A, De Simone, A, Di Martire, D, Graziano, SF et al.. From tiny to immense: Geological spotlight on the Alexander Mosaic (National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy) using non-invasive in situ analyses. PLoS One. 2025;20 (1):e0315188. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315188. PubMed PMID:39813194 PubMed Central PMC11734927.
  11. D'Ambrosi, R, Corona, K, Cerciello, S, Guerra, G, Mercurio, M, Galasso, O et al.. Combining an Anterolateral Complex Procedure With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Reduces Graft Reinjury Without Increasing the Rate of Complications: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Am J Sports Med. 2025; :3635465241285887. doi: 10.1177/03635465241285887. PubMed PMID:39799408 .
  12. Familiari, F, Zappia, A, Gasparini, G, Mercurio, M, Tedesco, G, Riccelli, DA et al.. Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fracture: When Should We Surgically Treat? A Case-Series. J Clin Med. 2025;14 (1):. doi: 10.3390/jcm14010237. PubMed PMID:39797320 PubMed Central PMC11721676.
  13. Mercurio, M, Carlisi, G, Ostojic, M, Imbrogno, A, Galasso, O, Gasparini, G et al.. The Protective Role of the FIFA 11+ Training Program on the Valgus Loading of the Knee in Academy Soccer Players Across a Season. Healthcare (Basel). 2025;13 (1):. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13010073. PubMed PMID:39791680 PubMed Central PMC11720229.
  14. Mercurio, M, Cofano, E, Gasparini, G, Galasso, O, Familiari, F, Sanzo, V et al.. Isolated ACL Reconstruction Versus Combined ACL and Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction: Functional Outcomes, Return to Sport, and Survivorship: An Updated Meta-analysis of Comparative Studies. Am J Sports Med. 2025;53 (4):971-980. doi: 10.1177/03635465241251467. PubMed PMID:39754418 .
  15. 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 PubMed Central PMC11640471.
  16. 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.
  17. 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 .
  18. 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.
  19. 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. 2025;64 (1):103-109. doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2024.08.011. PubMed PMID:39182822 .
  20. 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 .
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Christine Mitchell, RN, MS, MTS, FAAN editorial board member Pediatric Ethicscope: the Journal of Pediatric Bioethics and Pediatric Ethics

Christine Mitchell RN, MS, MTS, FAAN

Harvard Medical School

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. Klopack, ET, Hernandez, B, Potter, C, Faul, JD, Hill, C, Smyth, L et al.. Remarkable concordance in associations between epigenetic clocks and health behaviors across three countries. Soc Sci Med. 2025;381 :118287. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118287. PubMed PMID:40532495 .
  2. Blair, SI, Wetzel, J, Gonzalez, M, Kolodziej, EP, Mitchell, CJ, Foster, GM et al.. Blood-Brain and Blood-Gill Barrier Disruption in Coho Salmon Exposed to Roadway Runoff and 6PPD-Quinone. Environ Sci Technol. 2025; :. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5c01559. PubMed PMID:40526793 .
  3. Michael, M, Wong, R, Gill, S, Strickland, AH, Pavlakis, N, Shapiro, JD et al.. The Ave-Rec trial: Phase II trial of PDL1/PD-1 blockade with Avelumab post Chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced resectable T3B-4/N1-2 Rectal cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2025; :. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-0705. PubMed PMID:40522298 .
  4. Reid, RR, Dawson, N, Duncan, E, Gillespie, R, Mitchell, C, Branston, CJ et al.. Partial night lighting may reduce the physiological impact of artificial light at night on captive zebra finches. Front Physiol. 2025;16 :1592407. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2025.1592407. PubMed PMID:40519783 PubMed Central PMC12162287.
  5. Dosunmu, SD, Sarno, A, Lee, E, Mitchell, C, Wang, J, Shaak, K et al.. Validation of the revised MUSA criteria for sonographic detection of adenomyosis. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2025; :. doi: 10.1007/s00261-025-05039-y. PubMed PMID:40514461 .
  6. Ammous, F, Peterson, MD, Mitchell, C, Faul, JD. Physical Activity Is Associated With Decreased Epigenetic Aging: Findings From the Health and Retirement Study. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2025;16 (3):e13873. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13873. PubMed PMID:40511567 PubMed Central PMC12163535.
  7. Reid, RR, Dawson, N, Evans, NP, Mitchell, C, Boonekamp, J, Dominoni, DM et al.. Artificial Light at Night weakens body condition but does not negatively affect physiological markers of health in great tits. J Exp Biol. 2025; :. doi: 10.1242/jeb.249926. PubMed PMID:40509875 .
  8. Gaydosh, L, Hargrove, T, Kelly, A, Koss, K, Schnepper, L, Notterman, D et al.. The social context of educational effort - implications for psychological and physiological health in adolescence. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2025;179 :107499. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107499. PubMed PMID:40505458 .
  9. Boice, RM, Mitchell, CM, Sollecito, TP, Kulkarni, R. Oral Hyperpigmentation Secondary to Radioactive Iodine Therapy. JCEM Case Rep. 2025;3 (7):luaf112. doi: 10.1210/jcemcr/luaf112. PubMed PMID:40492014 PubMed Central PMC12146262.
  10. Pilla, SJ, Yeh, HC, Mitchell, CM, Miller, ER 3rd, Oh, S, White, K et al.. Dietary Patterns, Sodium Reduction, and Blood Pressure in Type 2 Diabetes: The DASH4D Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025; :. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.1580. PubMed PMID:40489102 PubMed Central PMC12150227.
  11. Gounis, M, Campos, AV, Shokry, E, Mitchell, L, Deshmukh, R, Dornier, E et al.. Metabolic adaptations of micrometastases alter EV production to generate invasive microenvironments. J Cell Biol. 2025;224 (8):. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202405061. PubMed PMID:40488669 PubMed Central PMC12147664.
  12. Hall, NM, Dickens, DD, Minor, KA, Thomas, Z, Mitchell, C, Johnson, N et al.. The strong Black woman stereotype and identity shifting among Black women in academic and other professional spaces. Womens Health (Lond). 2025;21 :17455057251335358. doi: 10.1177/17455057251335358. PubMed PMID:40482016 PubMed Central PMC12145493.
  13. Lee, B, Ciciurkaite, G, Peng, S, Mitchell, C, Perry, BL. Associations Between Negative Social Ties and Accelerated Biological Aging, Inflammation, and Multiple Morbidities. medRxiv. 2025; :. doi: 10.1101/2025.05.23.25328261. PubMed PMID:40475146 PubMed Central PMC12140526.
  14. Bar, O, Vagios, S, Barkai, O, Elshirbini, J, Souter, I, Xu, J et al.. Harnessing vaginal inflammation and microbiome: a machine learning model for predicting IVF success. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2025;11 (1):95. doi: 10.1038/s41522-025-00732-8. PubMed PMID:40473637 PubMed Central PMC12141462.
  15. Fliss, MD, Abercrombie, MJ, Denson, KG, Wiens, L, Losciale, JM, Schweitzer, AM et al.. A Critical Occluding Tension Phase Transition Occurs Between 30% and 40% 1RM in Dynamic Knee Extension Exercise. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2025;35 (6):e70082. doi: 10.1111/sms.70082. PubMed PMID:40468711 PubMed Central PMC12138320.
  16. Schweitzer, AM, Koehle, MS, Fliss, MD, Mitchell, CJ. Collagen Remodeling Increases After Acute Resistance Exercise in Healthy Skeletal Muscle Irrespective of Age. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2025; :. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00992.2024. PubMed PMID:40454703 .
  17. Allan, B, Boeddinghaus, R, Whyte, A, Goonewardene, M, Nguyen, ATM, Mitchell, CA et al.. Equivalent Outcomes Following Submerged or Trans-Mucosal Guided Bone Regeneration Procedures Using a Bioactive Collagen Membrane: A Prospective Case Series. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants. 2025;0 (0):1-28. doi: 10.11607/jomi.11043. PubMed PMID:40446155 .
  18. Goman, AM, Tan, N, Pike, JR, Bessen, SY, Chen, ZS, Huang, AR et al.. Effects of hearing intervention on falls in older adults: findings from a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomised controlled trial. Lancet Public Health. 2025;10 (6):e492-e502. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00088-X. PubMed PMID:40441816 .
  19. Aijaz, A, Pannu, S, Abushukair, H, Mitchell, CL, Hsu, ML, Johnson, ML et al.. Taking a Bite Out of Small Cell Lung Cancer By Leveraging Precision-Directed Delta-Like Ligand-3 Therapies. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2025;45 (3):e472794. doi: 10.1200/EDBK-25-472794. PubMed PMID:40440602 .
  20. Dyett, PA, Foster-Nicholas, LA, Mitchell, C, Jones-Oyefeso, V, Legall, G. Evaluating Nursing and Dietetics Students Regarding Nutrition, Non-Communicable Diseases, and Integrated Healthcare: A Multi-Center Survey Study. Inquiry. 2025;62 :469580251340177. doi: 10.1177/00469580251340177. PubMed PMID:40432226 PubMed Central PMC12120273.
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Jonathan D Moreno, PhD editorial board member Pediatric Ethicscope: the Journal of Pediatric Bioethics and Pediatric Ethics

Jonathan D. Moreno PhD

The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

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. Hay, AJD, Popichak, KA, Mumford, G, Bian, J, Shirley, P, Wolfrath, L et al.. Microglia-specific NF-κB signaling is a critical regulator of prion-induced glial inflammation and neuronal loss. PLoS Pathog. 2025;21 (6):e1012582. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012582. PubMed PMID:40532025 .
  2. Lian, R, Yang, YD, Moreno, JL Jr, Eggimann, BL, Chen, J, Gibson-Elias, LJ et al.. Self-Aggregative Recognition and Extraction of Perfluorooctanesulfonate with Flexible Cationic Water-Soluble Deep Cavitands. J Am Chem Soc. 2025; :. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c04762. PubMed PMID:40523866 .
  3. Spiecker, L, Laurien, M, Schröder, F, Moreno, JCC, Fübbeker, SM, Lüdtke, S et al.. Comparative Study of Sun Compass Orientation in Migrating Anadromous versus Resident Freshwater Threespine Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Integr Org Biol. 2025;7 (1):obaf022. doi: 10.1093/iob/obaf022. PubMed PMID:40503563 PubMed Central PMC12152475.
  4. Ortega, YT, Salcedo, AP, Reis da Silva, R, Gutiérrez, B, Moreno, JA. Dental fluorosis in volcanic areas: Analysis of associated factors in a Colombian school population. Biomedica. 2025;45 (2):297-309. doi: 10.7705/biomedica.7337. PubMed PMID:40493831 .
  5. Moreno, JA, Cabañas, R, Bellón, T, Fernández, EG, Raso, IV, Aldana, S et al.. Lymphocyte Transformation Test: A Promising Tool for Identifying the Causative Agent in Drug-Induced Acute Interstitial Nephritis. Kidney Int Rep. 2025;10 (5):1562-1565. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.02.029. PubMed PMID:40485678 PubMed Central PMC12142607.
  6. Cajamarca-Baron, J, Bonilla Crespo, JS, Calderón Vásquez, AT, Peña, AP, Moreno, JM, Vargas, LP et al.. Porphyria cutanea tarda and systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2025;19 (1):267. doi: 10.1186/s13256-024-04911-7. PubMed PMID:40481483 PubMed Central PMC12143034.
  7. Santos, VG, Carvalho, PD, Souza, AH, Priskas, S, Castro, JAL, Pereira, AMF et al.. Effect of timing of artificial insemination with conventional or sex-sorted semen on fertility of lactating dairy cows. J Dairy Sci. 2025; :. doi: 10.3168/jds.2025-26428. PubMed PMID:40451583 .
  8. Moreno, J, Moreno, F, Fatela, F, Leorri, E, Leira, M, Masqué, P et al.. Patterns of ecological quality in Portuguese transitional waters over the last five decades: a framework based on benthic foraminifera for the Sado estuary. Mar Pollut Bull. 2025;218 :118215. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118215. PubMed PMID:40449470 .
  9. Bånnsgård, M, Engström, M, Finizia, C, Moreno, J, Tubic, B. Evaluation of a Patient Safety Advisory Among Inpatients-A Mixed Methods Study. Scand J Caring Sci. 2025;39 (2):e70034. doi: 10.1111/scs.70034. PubMed PMID:40448254 PubMed Central PMC12125419.
  10. Gritti, T, Chicharro, C, Carrillo, E, Solana, JC, Moreno, J, Carra, E et al.. Combination of Cpb-Hsp70 typing methods reveals genetic divergence between Leishmania infantum strains causing human tegumentary leishmaniasis in northern Italy and central Spain: a retrospective study. Infect Dis Poverty. 2025;14 (1):41. doi: 10.1186/s40249-025-01309-5. PubMed PMID:40420215 PubMed Central PMC12105401.
  11. García-Martínez, C, Moncholi-Estornell, A, Pescador-Dionisio, S, Cendrero-Mateo, MP, Rodrigo, MJ, Moreno, J et al.. Canopy imaging spectroscopy reveals a stepwise redshifted energy redistribution in the antenna under drought stress. Sci Rep. 2025;15 (1):17241. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-01940-0. PubMed PMID:40383793 PubMed Central PMC12086207.
  12. Bénard, A, Alipour, S, Mauny, F, Grillot, M, Bonvalot, M, Moreno, JP et al.. [Optimization of cervical cancer screening in France: A prospective multicenter clinical study]. Gynecol Obstet Fertil Senol. 2025; :. doi: 10.1016/j.gofs.2025.05.001. PubMed PMID:40379257 .
  13. LoTempio, JE Jr, Donohue, CR, Moreno, JD, Cook-Deegan, R. Ethics choices during the Human Genome Project reflected their policy world, not ours. Cell Genom. 2025;5 (5):100841. doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2025.100841. PubMed PMID:40373741 PubMed Central PMC12143320.
  14. Clausen, D, Farley, M, Little, A, Kasper, K, Moreno, J, Limesand, L et al.. Wearable continuous diffusion-based skin gas analysis. Nat Commun. 2025;16 (1):4343. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59629-x. PubMed PMID:40346055 PubMed Central PMC12064829.
  15. Minen, RI, Camalle, MD, Schwertfeger, TJ, Abdulhakim, F, Reish, H, Perez de Souza, L et al.. Characterization of the cyclic dipeptide cyclo(His-Pro) in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 2025;198 (1):. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf174. PubMed PMID:40317191 PubMed Central PMC12089766.
  16. Mellado-Díaz, A, Moreno, JL, Verdugo-Althöfer, M, Wehr, JD, Saunders, GW. Fluvioralfsia iberica gen. et sp. nov., Fluvioralfsiaceae fam. nov.: The first freshwater member of the Ralfsiales (Phaeophyceae), collected from streams in Spain. J Phycol. 2025;61 (3):708-721. doi: 10.1111/jpy.70022. PubMed PMID:40299519 .
  17. Muñoz-Castells, R, Modesti, M, Moreno-García, J, Catini, A, Capuano, R, Di Natale, C et al.. Application of an Electronic Nose to the Prediction of Odorant Series in Wines Obtained with Saccharomyces or Non-Saccharomyces Yeast Strains. Molecules. 2025;30 (7):. doi: 10.3390/molecules30071584. PubMed PMID:40286168 PubMed Central PMC11990477.
  18. Brito, JA, Moreno, JI, Contreras, LM. Energy-Aware Edge Infrastructure Traffic Management Using Programmable Data Planes in 5G and Beyond. Sensors (Basel). 2025;25 (8):. doi: 10.3390/s25082375. PubMed PMID:40285065 PubMed Central PMC12030613.
  19. Nunes, J, Pina, S, Oliveira, AC, Moreno, J, Pérez, P. Acute Intoxication With Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum). Cureus. 2025;17 (3):e80763. doi: 10.7759/cureus.80763. PubMed PMID:40248547 PubMed Central PMC12005235.
  20. Bia, T, Zait, H, Sanchez, C, Nieto, J, Bernardo, L, Kouidri, M et al.. Leishmaniasis Awareness and Screening Among Dog Owners in Tiaret, Algeria. Vet Ital. 2025;61 (2):. doi: 10.12834/VetIt.3658.32246.2. PubMed PMID:40232838 .
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Lainie Ross MD, PhD

The University of Chicago Medicine

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. Onejeme, C, Fitzgibbon, M, Jimenez, A, Ross, L. Clinical pearls addressing hair growth and loss in transgender patients on hormone replacement therapy. Dermatol Online J. 2025;31 (1):. doi: 10.5070/D331164961. PubMed PMID:40526930 .
  2. Malhotra, S, Adachi, K, Fallah, A, Johnson, R, Ishminder Kaur,, McCarty, J et al.. Pearls and Pitfalls of Intrathecal Amphotericin B Therapy for Refractory Coccidioidal Meningitis in Children: An Illustrative Pediatric Case Series. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2025; :. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004888. PubMed PMID:40526908 .
  3. Péntek, L, Szarka, G, Ross, L, Balogh, B, Telkes, I, Völgyi, B et al.. Eyes Are the Windows to the Soul: Reviewing the Possible Use of the Retina to Indicate Traumatic Brain Injury. Int J Mol Sci. 2025;26 (11):. doi: 10.3390/ijms26115171. PubMed PMID:40507981 PubMed Central PMC12155131.
  4. Baird, RB, Hitchcock, TJ, Ševčík, J, Monteith, KM, Gardner, A, Ross, L et al.. Faster adaptation but slower divergence of X chromosomes under paternal genome elimination. Nat Commun. 2025;16 (1):5288. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-60114-8. PubMed PMID:40500283 PubMed Central PMC12159173.
  5. Yeh, J, Ross, L, Schlesinger, J, McLendon, B, Flatt, J, Hollister, B et al.. Dementia Care Navigation: The Role and Training of Dementia Care Specialists in Managed Care Organizations. J Appl Gerontol. 2025; :7334648251343330. doi: 10.1177/07334648251343330. PubMed PMID:40499074 .
  6. Kim, G, Ross, LM, Sudnick, AM, Johnson, JL, Pieper, CF, Connelly, MA et al.. The impact of lifestyle modification on metabolic pathways in older adults with overweight/obesity and rheumatoid arthritis: a secondary exploratory analysis of the SWET-RA study. BMC Rheumatol. 2025;9 (1):68. doi: 10.1186/s41927-025-00525-8. PubMed PMID:40490834 PubMed Central PMC12147280.
  7. Mongue, AJ, Woodman, TE, Marshall, H, Garber, A, Franco, JC, McCutcheon, JP et al.. Contrasting Evolutionary Trajectories Under Paternal Genome Elimination in Male and Female Citrus Mealybugs. Mol Ecol. 2025; :e17826. doi: 10.1111/mec.17826. PubMed PMID:40485618 .
  8. McDonald, J, Wicks, C, Ross, L. Early, integrated systemic sclerosis palliative care for patients and their caregivers: description of a new model of care. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2025;9 (2):rkaf052. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkaf052. PubMed PMID:40475073 PubMed Central PMC12137902.
  9. Moseley, GA, Ross, LM, Collins-Bennett, KA, North, R, Johnson, JL, Kraus, WE et al.. Cumulative effects of training at different weekly energy expenditures on cardiorespiratory fitness and markers of metabolic syndrome in STRRIDE-Extension. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2025;138 (6):1532-1542. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00743.2024. PubMed PMID:40445732 .
  10. Pauling, JD, Charlton, R, Ross, L, McHugh, NJ, McGrogan, A. Cardiovascular and venous thromboembolic events in systemic sclerosis: epidemiological analysis of the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2025; :. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaf285. PubMed PMID:40445198 .
  11. Fairley, JL, Hansen, D, Proudman, S, Sahhar, J, Ngian, GS, Apostolopoulos, D et al.. Frequency and determinants of use of immunosuppressants in the Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study. J Scleroderma Relat Disord. 2025; :23971983251342690. doi: 10.1177/23971983251342690. PubMed PMID:40416409 PubMed Central PMC12102085.
  12. Campochiaro, C, Suliman, YA, Giuggioli, D, Moinzadeh, P, Alunno, A, Schoones, JW et al.. Recommendations for the local management of digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis: A report from the World Scleroderma Foundation (WSF) 'Ad hoc committee'. J Scleroderma Relat Disord. 2025; :23971983251339821. doi: 10.1177/23971983251339821. PubMed PMID:40385097 PubMed Central PMC12084219.
  13. Sealy-Jefferson, S, Ross, LJ, Anderson-Mays, T, Sanders, K, Oneal, R, Booth, JM et al.. Residential Evictions by Life Course, Type, and Timing, and Associations with Self-rated Health: Social Epidemiology to Combat Unjust Residential Evictions (SECURE) Study. J Urban Health. 2025; :. doi: 10.1007/s11524-025-00977-w. PubMed PMID:40366613 .
  14. Brogan, RJ, Rooyackers, O, Phillips, BE, Twelkmeyer, B, Ross, LM, Atherton, PJ et al.. Biomarkers of insulin resistance and their performance as predictors of treatment response in overweight adults. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025; :. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaf285. PubMed PMID:40359244 .
  15. Sealy-Jefferson, S, Ross, LJ, Sanders, K, Harry, K, Anderson-Mays, T, Oneal, R et al.. Neighborhood Threat of Eviction over Time and Risk of Preterm Birth in Black American Women. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025; :. doi: 10.1007/s40615-025-02465-y. PubMed PMID:40358901 .
  16. Sleiman, MM Jr, Zamir, T, Peshkin, BN, Hamilton, JG, Liu, M, Yockel, MR et al.. Parental Communication with their Children about Cancer Risk and DTC Cascade Genetic Testing: Implications for Genetic Education and Counseling. Am J Med Genet A. 2025; :e64115. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.64115. PubMed PMID:40357860 .
  17. Menaker, SA, Boyke, AE, Bannykh, SI, Abdullaev, Z, Ross, LB, Eboli, P et al.. Anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with leptomeningeal dissemination presenting with cranial neuropathy in an adult patient: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2025;9 (19):. doi: 10.3171/CASE24768. PubMed PMID:40354757 PubMed Central PMC12070299.
  18. Moukha-Chafiq, O, Malankhanova, T, Valiyaveettil, J, Gupta, V, Kezar, H, Zhang, S et al.. Discovery of a Chiral 2,4-Substituted Pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine as a Potent, Selective, and Orally Bioavailable LRRK2 Inhibitor. J Med Chem. 2025;68 (10):9926-9946. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c02473. PubMed PMID:40353293 .
  19. Fairley, JL, Ross, L, Paratz, E, McKelvie, P, Hansen, D MBiostatistics, Stevens, W et al.. Pathological contributors to organ damage and mortality in systemic sclerosis: a nationwide matched case-control study. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2025;73 :152739. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152739. PubMed PMID:40344933 .
  20. Heffernan, ME, Barrera, L, Jones, M, Hayes, A, Roldan, M, Wright, M et al.. The Newborn Screening Experience of Caregivers of Children With Cystic Fibrosis in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025;60 (5):e71110. doi: 10.1002/ppul.71110. PubMed PMID:40326644 .
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Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN editorial board member Pediatric Ethicscope: the Journal of Pediatric Bioethics and Pediatric Ethics

Cynda Rushton PhD, RN, FAAN

The John’s Hopkins University and John’s Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

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, CM, Kelly, PJ, Larance, B, Townsend, CJ, Thomas, T, Beck, AK et al.. A qualitative exploration of affected family members' responses to methamphetamine use using the family resilience framework. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025;174 :209710. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2025.209710. PubMed PMID:40286858 .
  2. Rushton, C, Nelson, K, Bergman, A, Boyce, D, Jenkins, C, Swoboda, SM et al.. Perceived Organizational Effectiveness during a Public Health Crisis and Moral Wellness among Nurse Leaders: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Nurs Manag. 2024;2024 :6808266. doi: 10.1155/2024/6808266. PubMed PMID:40224875 PubMed Central PMC11919016.
  3. Ramesh, RG, Bigdeli, A, Rushton, C, Rosenbaum, JN. Erratum to "CNViz: An R/Shiny application for interactive copy number variant visualization in cancer" [Journal of Pathology Informatics Volume 13, 2022, 100089]. J Pathol Inform. 2025;17 :100431. doi: 10.1016/j.jpi.2025.100431. PubMed PMID:40124664 PubMed Central PMC11927715.
  4. Rushton, CH, Uveges, MK. Enduring Ethical Issues: Looking Back, Looking Forward. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2025;36 (1):21-22. doi: 10.4037/aacnacc2025237. PubMed PMID:39999335 .
  5. Bergman, A, Rushton, CH. Overcoming Stigma: Asking for and Receiving Mental Health Support. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2025;36 (1):58-62. doi: 10.4037/aacnacc2025203. PubMed PMID:39999334 .
  6. Rushton, CH, Turner, K, Brock, RN, Braxton, JM. Invisible Moral Wounds of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are We Experiencing Moral Injury?. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2025;36 (1):37-43. doi: 10.4037/aacnacc2025280. PubMed PMID:39999333 .
  7. Rushton, CH, Reller, N, Swoboda, SM. Applying E-PAUSE to Ethical Challenges in a Pandemic. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2025;36 (1):52-57. doi: 10.4037/aacnacc2025374. PubMed PMID:39999328 .
  8. Holtz, H, Weissinger, GM, Swavely, D, Rushton, C. Critical care nurses' perspectives on organizational betrayal by health systems during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurs Manage. ;56 (3):33-42. doi: 10.1097/nmg.0000000000000227. PubMed PMID:39968858 .
  9. Rushton, CE, Tate, JE, Sjödin, Å. A modern, flexible cloud-based database and computing service for real-time analysis of vehicle emissions data. Urban Inform. 2025;4 (1):1. doi: 10.1007/s44212-024-00066-4. PubMed PMID:39802502 PubMed Central PMC11711864.
  10. Elliott, MJ, Howarth, K, Main, S, Fuentes Antrás, J, Echelard, P, Dou, A et al.. Ultrasensitive Detection and Monitoring of Circulating Tumor DNA Using Structural Variants in Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2025;31 (8):1520-1532. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-3472. PubMed PMID:39785866 PubMed Central PMC11994999.
  11. 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 .
  12. 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 .
  13. 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 .
  14. 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 .
  15. 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 .
  16. 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 .
  17. 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 .
  18. 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 .
  19. 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 .
  20. 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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Yoram Unguru, MD, MA, MS editorial board member Pediatric Ethicscope: the Journal of Pediatric Bioethics and Pediatric Ethics

Yoram Unguru MD, MS, MA

The Children’s Hospital at Sinai and John’s Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

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. Greene, BL, Allen, DC, Unguru, Y, Marron, JM. Boots on the Ground in Childhood Cancer Drug Shortages: a multilevel approach. Perspect Biol Med. 2025;68 (2):337-350. doi: 10.1353/pbm.2025.a962028. PubMed PMID:40485460 .
  2. Dinkiye, M, Abdissa, D, Hailu, T, Shad, AT, Unguru, Y. Clinical Profile of Pediatric Solid Tumors: Experience From a Tertiary Care Center in Ethiopia. Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2025;8 (5):e70222. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.70222. PubMed PMID:40344343 PubMed Central PMC12062510.
  3. Unguru, Y, Okoro, E, Okoro, AT. Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease: Striking a Balance Between Approved Therapies and Clinical Trials. Am J Bioeth. 2025;25 (4):151-153. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2025.2470678. PubMed PMID:40192666 .
  4. 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 .
  5. 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.
  6. 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 .
  7. 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 .
  8. 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 .
  9. 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.
  10. 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 .
  11. 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 .
  12. 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 .
  13. 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 .
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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 .
  18. 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.
  19. 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 .
  20. 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.
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