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Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Nichole Roxas
University of California, Los Angeles
2
Mike Fillon
National Cancer Institute
3
Bhavini Patel Murthy
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4
Clare Dyer
BMJ Group (United Kingdom)
5
Kaidi He
Shanghai American School
6
Ian J. Penkala
Lung Institute
7
Jane Tuckerman
Royal Children's Hospital
8
Felix R. De Bie
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
9
Jennifer Abbasi
WinnMed
10
Florence Ashley
University of Toronto

Rising Stars Papers

1
Beyond the trans/cis binary: introducing new terms will enrich gender research
Nature|2024
36 cit.
2
Guidelines on gender related treatment flouted standards and overlooked poor evidence, finds Cass review
BMJ|2024
18 cit.
3
Antisemitism in medicine: As Wes Streeting vows sweeping changes, how did we get here?
BMJ|2025
12 cit.
4
MPs back legalising assisted dying in England and Wales
BMJ|2025
11 cit.
5
Bird Flu Outbreak in Dairy Cows Is Widespread, Raising Public Health Concerns
JAMA|2024
10 cit.
6
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy: To Protect Adolescents, Social Media Needs Warning Labels
JAMA|2024
10 cit.
7
Blind Spots, Shortcuts, and Automation Bias—Researchers Are Aiming to Improve AI Clinical Models
JAMA|2024
8 cit.
8
Stakeholder perspectives of immunisation delivery for adolescents with disability in specialist schools in Victoria, Australia: ‘we need a vaccination pathway’
BMC Public Health|2024
8 cit.
9
Tapping AI’s Strengths—From Operating Room Safety to Wearable Device Interpretation
JAMA|2024
7 cit.
10
Parental Rights Over Transgender Youth: Furthering a Pressing and Substantial Objective?
Alberta Law Review|2024
7 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Isabel Sloan‐Yip
University of British Columbia Hospital
2
Marijke C. Kars
Utrecht University
3
Lynn Gibbs‐Scharf
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4
Tamar Nov‐Klaiman
University of Augsburg
5
Mirjam A. de Vos
Emma Kinderziekenhuis
6
Julia W. Mason
ELCA (Switzerland)
7
Kathleen Dooling
Pfizer (United States)
8
Danya F. Vears
Deakin University
9
Kira Bona
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
10
Allison M. McCarthy
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Inductive content analysis: A guide for beginning qualitative researchers
Focus on Health Professional Education A Multi-Professional Journal|2022
669 cit.
2
Use of Recombinant Zoster Vaccine in Immunocompromised Adults Aged ≥19 Years: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2022
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|2022
236 cit.
3
Reconsidering Informed Consent for Trans-Identified Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy|2022
86 cit.
4
The Myth of “Reliable Research” in Pediatric Gender Medicine: A critical evaluation of the Dutch Studies—and research that has followed
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy|2023
47 cit.
5
How doctors manage conflicts with families of critically ill patients during conversations about end-of-life decisions in neonatal, pediatric, and adult intensive care
Intensive Care Medicine|2022
46 cit.
6
Moving from ‘fully’ to ‘appropriately’ informed consent in genomics: The PROMICE framework
Bioethics|2022
44 cit.
7
Australian Public Perspectives on Genomic Newborn Screening: Risks, Benefits, and Preferences for Implementation
International Journal of Neonatal Screening|2024
41 cit.
8
Clinical Manifestations of Varicella: Disease Is Largely Forgotten, but It's Not Gone
The Journal of Infectious Diseases|2022
37 cit.
9
Collaborative coding in inductive content analysis: Why, when, and how to do it
Journal of Genetic Counseling|2025
32 cit.
10
Australian healthcare professionals' perspectives on the ethical and practical issues associated with genomic newborn screening
Journal of Genetic Counseling|2022
30 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Joav Merrick
Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services
2
Thomas Grisso
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
3
John D. Lantos
Bioethics International
4
Julian Savulescu
National University of Singapore
5
Joanne Wolfe
Harvard University
6
Barbara B. Biesecker
RTI International
7
Saad B. Omer
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
8
Valerie Jenkins
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
9
Janet L. Williams
Geisinger Health System
10
Mindy B. Statter
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the US
EClinicalMedicine|2020
1.5k cit.
2
Assessing Patients' Capacities to Consent to Treatment
New England Journal of Medicine|1988
1.4k cit.
3
Symptoms and Suffering at the End of Life in Children with Cancer
New England Journal of Medicine|2000
1.2k cit.
4
COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries
Nature Medicine|2021
1.1k cit.
5
Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater tracks community infection dynamics
Nature Biotechnology|2020
1.1k cit.
6
Communicating sad, bad, and difficult news in medicine
The Lancet|2004
1k cit.
7
Vaccine Refusal, Mandatory Immunization, and the Risks of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
New England Journal of Medicine|2009
1k cit.
8
A New Definition of Genetic Counseling: National Society of Genetic Counselors’ Task Force Report
Journal of Genetic Counseling|2006
895 cit.
9
Procreative Beneficence: Why We Should Select the Best Children
Bioethics|2001
861 cit.
10
Information needs of patients with cancer: results from a large study in UK cancer centres
British Journal of Cancer|2001
854 cit.

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