Research
Research and scholarship in our multidisciplinary Division focuses on many themes and uses a variety of methods. Research themes include ethical end-of-life care, informed consent, professionalism and conflict of interest, disclosure of medical errors, ethical response to patients with infectious diseases, ethical implications of genetic testing, research ethics, pediatric ethics, theological ethics, health law, literature and medicine, AIDS and the humanities, cultural and gender studies.
The methods we use include survey research, focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, medical record review, scholarly analysis of ethical problems and review and critique of relevant literature from medicine, law, philosophy, literature and drama.
Opportunities
Medical students and graduate students in the humanities may develop or participate in a research project in collaboration with a Division Member. The projects can be limited to a 3 month summer term or extend over one or more years. One example would be research in Medical Humanities with Therese Jones: The course is designed as a four-week elective for senior medical students and can be scheduled with an instructor over several months, depending on the student’s project. The course focuses on reading and writing in the humanities disciplines such as history of medicine; literature and medicine; or the visual arts in health education and public policy. A final project is required such as a research paper of publishable quality; the development of a model medical humanities course; a portfolio of creative and/or reflective writing; or a portfolio of the development and execution of a community service project in the medical humanities.
Research Support Since 2000
Armand Antommaria, P.D., Ph.D.,
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Interdisciplinary Research in Applied Ethics and Human Values, University Research Committee, University of Utah, Title: Potential Patients' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Participating in Medical Education: Can They be Interpreted in Terms of Presumed Consent? Role: PI, Duration: 2004-5, Funds: $8,000
Jeff Botkin, M.D., M.P.H.
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Mountain States Genetics Consortium, Title: Newborn screening registry and surveillance planning project, Role: PI, Duration: 8/06 - 6/07, Funds: $193,000
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Mountain States Genetics Consortium, Title: Stability of analytes and enzymes in stored blood spots, Role: Co-PI (Marzia Pasquali, PI), Duration: 3/05 - 2/07, Funds: $30,000
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Mountain States Genetics Consortium, Title: Stability of analytes and enzymes in stored blood spots, Role: Co-PI (Marzia Pasquali, PI), Duration: 3/05 - 2/07, Funds: $30,000
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NIH, Title: Utah Human Subjects research enhancement program, Role: PI, Durations: 9/03-12/04, Funds: $248,000
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UCLA subcontract, HRSA Grant, Title: Evaluation of educational interventions for newborn screening, Role: Site Principal Investigator, Duration: 8/03 - 8/04, Funds: $188,295
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NIH,Title: Communication analysis of BRCA1 genetic counseling, Role: PI,Duration: 4/01-3/03, Funds $100,000
Jay Jacobson, M.D.,
- Interdisciplinary Research in Applied Ethics and Human Values, University Research Committee, University of Utah, Title: Primates and Practitioners: Does sub-dominance drive both to self-serving behavior? Role: PI, Duration: 2004-5, Funds: $7,060
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Title: Partnership to Improve End-of-Life Care in Utah, Role: PI, Duration: 1/98-12/01, Funds: $375,000
Selected Recent publications of Research and Scholarship
For more information about research publications, click on Division Members' names.
Armand Antommaria, M.D., Ph.D.
Margaret Battin, M.F.A, Ph.D
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Margaret P. Battin, Leslie P. Francis, Jay A. Jacobson & Charles Smith, The Patient as Victim and Vector: Ethics and Infectious Disease, Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Battin MP. Ending Life: Ethics and the Way We Die. 2005. Oxford University Press, New York.
Jeff Botkin, M.D., M.P.H.
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Botkin JR, Munger M, Shea P, Coffin C, Mineau G. Management of Human Tissue Resources for Research in Academic Medical Centers: Points to Consider. In Kulakowski & Chronister (eds) Research Administration and Management, Sudbury MA, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2006.
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Botkin JR. Research for newborn screening: developing a national framework. Pediatrics 2005;116:862-871.
Leslie Francis, J.D., Ph.D.
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Margaret P. Battin, Leslie P. Francis, Jay A. Jacobson & Charles Smith, The Patient as Victim and Vector: Ethics and Infectious Disease, Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Leslie P. Francis, "Understanding Autonomy in Light of Intellectual Disability," forthcoming in Disability and Disadvantage, ed. Kimberley Brownlee and Adam Cureton (Oxford University Press, 2008).
Jay Jacobson, M.D.
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Margaret P. Battin, Leslie P. Francis, Jay A. Jacobson & Charles Smith, The Patient as Victim and Vector: Ethics and Infectious Disease, Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Therese Jones, Ph.D.
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Jones T. The Medium is the Message: Documenting the Story of Dax Cowart Cultural Sutures: Medicine and Media, Friedman L, Duke University Press 2004, 315-330.
James Tabery, Ph.D.
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