In the Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law at WMed, we have an active research program that provides ample opportunities for students and residents to participate with faculty in research and scholarly activities. We offer experiences that enable discovery and promote creativity. Together, we are committed to pursuing inquiry, disseminating knowledge, and fostering critical thinking that encourages lifelong learning.
Recent Publications
Bayer A., Crutchfield P. Introducing Health Equity Curriculum: Challenges and Opportunities Medical Science Educator. 2025;35:9-11.
Scheall S., Crutchfield P. The misplaced, if not erroneous, nature of many obligation attributions Episteme. 2025
Shepherd T., Redinger M. Hastings Center Report. 2025;55:3-5.
Bayer A., Crutchfield P. Introducing Health Equity Curriculum: Challenges and Opportunities Medical Science Educator. 2024
Carroll E., Crutchfield P. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 2024;33:290-295.
Crutchfield P. Mental Privacy, Cognitive Liberty, and Hog-tying Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 2024
Crutchfield P. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 2024;21:695-710.
Crutchfield P., Redinger M. AJOB Neuroscience. 2024;15:W1-W3.
Crutchfield P., Redinger M. AJOB Neuroscience. 2024;15:3-16.
Crutchfield P., Scheall S. Bioethics. 2024;38:316-325.
Evans N.G., Hereth B., Gross M.L., Moreno J.D. How do we justify research into enhanced warfighters? Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 2024;11
Goold P., Allhoff F. Sailing - Philosophy For Everyone: Catching the Drift of Why We Sail Sailing - Philosophy for Everyone: Catching the Drift of Why We Sail. 2024:1-205.
Hereth B. Mulder鈥檚 hail Mary Religious Studies. 2024
Kanungo S., Vergano S.A., Clark T., Madani R., Schott M., Couch K., Villela R., White N. Krabbe Disease鈥揟o Add or Not to Newborn Screening? OBM Genetics. 2024;8
Pinto Payares D.V., Spooner L., Vosters J., Dominguez S., Patrick L., Harris A., Kanungo S. A systematic review on the role of mitochondrial dysfunction/disorders in neurodevelopmental disorders and psychiatric/behavioral disorders Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2024;15
Redinger M.J. American Journal of Bioethics. 2024;24:110-112.
Redinger M.J., Gibb T.S., Redinger K.E. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2024;99:699-701.
Wasserman J.A., Crutchfield P., Brummett A. SHOULD WE CHANGE?: The Ethics of Human Enhancement The Routledge International Handbook of Changes in Human Perceptions and Behaviors. 2024:455-471.
Crutchfield P. PROTECTING FUTURE GENERATIONS BY ENHANCING CURRENT GENERATIONS The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Human Enhancement. 2023:282-292.
Crutchfield P. The Duty to Edit the Human Germline Res Publica. 2023;29:347-365.
Crutchfield P., Gibb T.S., Redinger M.J. The Journal of clinical ethics. 2023;34:258-269.
Crutchfield P., Scheall S., Justin Rzeszutek M., Dawn Brown H., Cardoso Sao Mateus C. Consciousness and Cognition. 2023;108
Hereth B. What You鈥檙e Rejecting When You鈥檙e Expecting Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 2023;20(3):397-408.
Hereth B., Evans N.G. Make Them Rare or Make Them Care: Artificial Intelligence and Moral Cost-Sharing Ethical Dilemmas in the Global Defense Industry. 2023:217-236.
Kanungo S., Kanungo S., Lorber A.R., Lorber A.R., Schmitt C., Schmitt C., Vanriper K., Vanriper K., Billian J., Billian J., Kanungo S, VanRiper K, Schmitt C, Lorber AR, Billian J Kidney Blood Press Res. 2023;48:578-585.
Lorber A.R., Schmitt C., Vanriper K., Kanungo S. Kidney and Blood Pressure Research. 2023;48:596-598.
Norris M.K., Kanungo S. Role of Metabolic Nutrition in Newborn Screening and Inherited Metabolic Disorders OBM Genetics. 2023;7
Redinger M. American Journal of Bioethics. 2023;23:79-81.
Ross S.D., Rudowski S., Kanungo S. Spinal Muscular Atrophy: An Overview OBM Genetics. 2023;7
Rudowski S., Boerkoel C.F., He M., Kanungo S. Whole Genome Sequencing in Era of Newborn Screening OBM Genetics. 2023;7
Yan K., Cheng G., Zhou W., Xiao F., Zhang C., Wang L., Zhang P., Lu C., Kong Y., Wang X., Zhou Y., Lu W., Tang J., Song X., Wei Q., Meng D., Yao L., Zhuang D., Qu L., Xu Q., Yin Z., Su L., Wan J., Si Y., Fujioka K., Mussap M., Kanungo S., Bhandari V., Huang W., Pan X., Zhou W. JAMA Network Open. 2023;6(7):E2326301.
Brummett A., Crutchfield P. Bioethics. 2022;36:367-373.
Carroll E., Crutchfield P. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 2022;31:333-343.
Clemente E.G., Kanungo S., Schmitt C., Maajali D. Hyperinsulinism Endocrines. 2022;3:115-126.
Clemente E.G., Penukonda S.K., Doan T., Sullivan B., Kanungo S. Turner Syndrome Endocrines. 2022;3:240-254.
Crutchfield P. Societal Collapse and Intergenerational Disparities in Suffering Neuroethics. 2022;15
Draznin M., Borgohain P., Kanungo S. Newborn Screening in Pediatric Endocrine Disorders Endocrines. 2022;3:107-114.
Draznin M.B., Kanungo S. Special Issue 鈥淕enetics in Pediatric Endocrinology鈥 Endocrines. 2022;3:601-602.
Fogler J.M., Ratliff-Schaub K., McGuinn L., Crutchfield P., Schwartz J., Soares N. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2022;47:189-194.
Gibb T.S., Redinger K.E., Barker H. American Journal of Bioethics. 2022;22:95-97.
Golemon L., Allhoff F., Broy T.J. Supply Chains, Work Alternatives, and Autonomous Vehicles Autonomous Vehicle Ethics: The Trolley Problem and Beyond. 2022:316-336.
Hereth B. Heavenly Procreation Faith and Philosophy. 2022;39:100-123.
Hereth B. Mary, did you consent? Religious Studies. 2022;58(4):677-700.
Hereth B. Moral Neuroenhancement for Prisoners of War Neuroethics. 2022;15(1)
Hereth B. QUEER ADVICE TO CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHERS1 European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 2022;14(1):49-75.
Hereth B., Evans N. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 2022;31(4):557-569.
Hereth B., Tubig P., Sorrels A., Muldoon A., Hills K., Evans N.G. The BMJ. 2022
Kanungo S., Beenen K.T. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2022;69:1003-1016.
Kaplan H., Guidry-Grimes L., Crutchfield P., Hulkower A., Horner C., Burke J.E., Fedson S. The Journal of clinical ethics. 2022;33:303-313.
Moreno J., Gross M.L., Becker J., Hereth B., Shortland N.D., Evans N.G. The ethics of AI-assisted warfighter enhancement research and experimentation: Historical perspectives and ethical challenges Frontiers in Big Data. 2022;5
Redinger K., Gibb T., Caras K.S., Donmoyer I. Medical education. 2022;56:557-558.
Redinger M.J., Eberl J.T. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. 2022;39:501-503.
Redinger M.J., Popescu R. American Journal of Bioethics. 2022;22:53-55.
Vergano S.A.S., Kanungo S., Arnold G. Pediatrics. 2022;149
Wasserman J.A., Navin M.C., Drzyzga V., Gibb T.S. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2022;48:144-149.
Arnold G.L., Kanungo S., Bush L. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2021;134:285-286.
Bright D.R., Petry N., Roath E., Gibb T. Pharmacogenomics. 2021;22:927-937.
Burke M., Parikh S., Kanungo S. Teaching anticipatory guidance for the newborn Caring for the Newborn: A Comprehensive Guide for the Clinician. Second Edition. 2021:183-195.
Crutchfield P. Moral Enhancement and the Public Good Moral Enhancement and the Public Good. 2021:1-174.
Crutchfield P. Delusion, Proper Function, and Justification Neuroethics. 2021;14:113-124.
Gibb T.S., Crutchfield P., Redinger M.J., Minser J. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2021;68:607-619.
Gibb T.S., Redinger K., Fealko C., Parikh S. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021;18:1-11.
Greydanus D.E., Dickson C., Kanungo S., Merrick J. Introduction: From lilith to shiphrah and puah-and beyond: What have we learned about caring for the newborn in the past 300 millennia? Caring for the Newborn: A Comprehensive Guide for the Clinician. Second Edition. 2021:xxix-xlvii.
Greydanus D.E., Kanungo S., Dickson C., Merrick J. Caring for the newborn: A comprehensive guide for the clinician. second edition Caring for the Newborn: A Comprehensive Guide for the Clinician. Second Edition. 2021:1-517.
Hereth B. Animal rights Pacifism Philosophical Studies. 2021;178(12):4053-4082.
Hereth B. Health Justice for Unjust Combatants Journal of Military Ethics. 2021;20(1):67-81.
Hereth B., Ferrucci A. Here鈥檚 not looking at you, kid: A new defence of anti-natalism South African Journal of Philosophy. 2021;40(1):14-33.
Kanungo S., Samuel S., Ramsay J., Neelakantan M., Saeedian J. Newborn screening Caring for the Newborn: A Comprehensive Guide for the Clinician. Second Edition. 2021:43-63.
Reaume M., Farishta M., Costello J.A., Gibb T., Melgar T.A. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2021;97:55-58.
Redinger M. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2021;66
Scheall S., Crutchfield P. The Priority of the Epistemic Episteme. 2021;18:726-737.
Allhoff F., Golemon L. HEC Forum. 2020;32:313-331.
Blake M., Hereth B. Sanctuary Cities and Non-Refoulement Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 2020;23(2):457-474.
Crutchfield P. Bioethics. 2020;34:679-686.
Crutchfield P. Extrapolating from Laboratory Behavioral Research on Nonhuman Primates Is Unjustified Journal of Applied Philosophy. 2020;37:628-645.
Crutchfield P. Bioethics. 2020;34:190-194.
Crutchfield P., Gibb T.S., Redinger M.J., Fales W. American Journal of Bioethics. 2020;20:84-86.
Crutchfield P., Scheall S. Epistemic Burdens, Moral Intimacy, and Surrogate Decision Making American Journal of Bioethics. 2020;20:59-61.
Gibb T.S., Hybels M.I., Hussain K. AJOB Neuroscience. 2020;11:31-33.
Kanungo S., Barr J., Crutchfield P., Fealko C., Soares N. Applied Clinical Informatics. 2020;11:755-763.
Matheny Antommaria A.H., Gibb T.S., McGuire A.L., Wolpe P.R., Wynia M.K., Applewhite M.K., Caplan A., Diekema D.S., Hester D.M., Lehmann L.S., McLeod-Sordjan R., Schiff T., Tabor H.K., Wieten S.E., Eberl J.T. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2020;173:188-194.
Minser J., Gibb T. Journal of Medical Humanities. 2020;41:323-340.
Redinger M. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2020;47
Redinger M., Fledderman N., Crutchfield P. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2020;33:147-151.
Redinger M.J., Gibb T.S. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 2020;29:317-326.
Wasserman J.A., Redinger M., Gibb T. New England Journal of Medicine. 2020;382:773-777.
Agana M., Apple R., Alavi Z., Gibb T., Soares N., Augustyn M. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 2019;40:397-399.
Allhoff F. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. 2019;29:187-203.
Allhoff F., Potts K. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. 2019;165(4):256-265.
Bauler T.J., Cole S., Gibb T., Van Enk R., Lutwick L., Dickinson B.L. HIV/AIDS: A case-based learning module for first-year medical students Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 2019;19
Crutchfie P. Bioethics. 2019;33:112-121.
Crutchfield P. American Journal of Bioethics. 2019;19:89-91.
Crutchfield P., Gibb T.S., Redinger M.J., Ferman D., Livingstone J. Chest. 2019;155:617-625.
Crutchfield P., Scheall S. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. 2019;22:613-621.
Hereth B. Animal gods The Lost Sheep in Philosophy of Religion: New Perspectives on Disability, Gender, Race, and Animals. 2019:183-207.
Hereth B., Timpe K. The lost sheep in philosophy of religion: New perspectives on disability, gender, race, and animals The Lost Sheep in Philosophy of Religion: New Perspectives on Disability, Gender, Race, and Animals. 2019:1-400.
Lin P., Allhoff F. Arctic 2.0: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Develop a Frontier Ethics and International Affairs. 2019;33:193-205.
Timpe K., Hereth B. Introduction The Lost Sheep in Philosophy of Religion: New Perspectives on Disability, Gender, Race, and Animals. 2019:1-27.
Allhoff F., Henschke A. The Internet of Things: Foundational ethical issues Internet of Things (Netherlands). 2018;1-2:55-66.
Alsukhon J., Elisa A., Kanungo S., Azmeh R. Severe combined immunodeficiency-a purine metabolism disorder Pediatric Medicine. 2018;1
Arora G., Gibb T.S., Bursch B. Clinical Teacher. 2018;15(2):175-177.
Crutchfield P. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom). 2018;43:568-584.
Crutchfield P. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2018;24(2):441-453.
Crutchfield P., Gibb T., Redinger M. Placebos and a New Exception to Informed Consent AJOB Neuroscience. 2018;9:200-202.
Crutchfield P., Gibb T., Redinger M. Placebos and a New Exception to Informed Consent AJOB Neuroscience. 2018;9:200-202.
Crutchfield P., Pazdernik V., Hansen G., Malone J., Wagenknecht M. Being Hungry Affects Oral Size Perception i-Perception. 2018;9
Hereth B. Queer oppression and pacifism The Routledge Handbook of Pacifism and Nonviolence. 2018:281-292.
Patel D.R., Apple R., Kanungo S., Akkal A. Intellectual disability: Definitions, evaluation and principles of treatment Pediatric Medicine. 2018;1
Redinger M.J., Crutchfield P., Gibb T.S., Longstreet P., Strung R. American Journal of Bioethics. 2018;18(5):31-33.
Stahl D., Cabrera L., Gibb T. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2018;24:1119-1142.
Allhoff F., Ford S., Henschke A. The Asia-Pacific Chapter of the International Society for Military Ethics Journal of Military Ethics. 2017;16:118-120.
Crutchfield P.A.S., Jarvis J.S., Olson T., Wilson M.S. Journal of Dental Education. 2017;81:1301-1308.
Redinger M.J., Gibb T.S., Westerman P. American Journal of Bioethics. 2017;17(4):22-24.
Agich G., Thomas B.J.B., Meilaender G., Moseley D., Nussbaum A., Clint Parker J., Redinger M. Christian bioethics would like to thank the following guest reviewers for their help during this past year Christian Bioethics. 2016;22:363-363.
Allhoff F. The coming era of nanomedicine Handbook of Clinical Nanomedicine: Nanoparticles, Imaging, Therapy and Clinical Applications. 2016;1:103-126.
Chung P., Kanungo S., Patel D.R. Hearing impairment Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Across the Lifespan. 2016:1179-1196.
Crutchfield P. Decoded Neurofeedback Is Unlikely to Enhance Moral Capacities AJOB Neuroscience. 2016;7:125-126.
Crutchfield P. Bioethics. 2016;30:389-396.
Crutchfield P. The Future of Inductive Risk for Disorders of Consciousness AJOB Neuroscience. 2016;7:56-57.
Crutchfield P., Mahoney C., Pazdernik V., Rivera C. Archives of Oral Biology. 2016;61:89-97.
Gibb T., Redinger M. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 2016;25(3):556-560.
Lin P., Allhoff F., Rowe N. Computing ethics war 2.0: Cyberweapons and ethics: Considering the basic ethical questions that must be resolved in the new realm of cyberwarfare The Applied Ethics of Emerging Military and Security Technologies. 2016:381-383.
Redinger M., Gibb T. The Problem of Suffering in Psychiatric Nosology AJOB Neuroscience. 2016;7:175-176.
Redinger M.J., Gibb T.S., Longstreet P.L., Stryker H. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 2016;44:407-408.