Center for Bioethics / People / Sankar
Pamela L. Sankar
Associate Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
Chair, Program and Facilities Committee, Center for Bioethics and Department of Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania
Member, Graduate Program in Public Health Studies, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
Member, Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Department of Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Contact information
3401 Market Street, Suite 320
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-898-7136
Fax: 215-573-3036
Fax: 215-573-3036
Email:
sankarp@mail.med.upenn.edu
sankarp@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education:
BA (History of Ideas)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1974.
MA (Anthropology)
Boston University (Advanced to Ph.D. Candidacy, 1980), Boston, MA, 1980.
MA (Communications)
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1984.
Ph.D. (Communications)
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1992.
Permanent linkBA (History of Ideas)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1974.
MA (Anthropology)
Boston University (Advanced to Ph.D. Candidacy, 1980), Boston, MA, 1980.
MA (Communications)
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1984.
Ph.D. (Communications)
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1992.
Description of Bioethics Expertise
RESEARCH INTEREST:Privacy and confidentiality, genetics, and informed consent
ABOUT:
Pamela Sankar, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Bioethics in the Department of Medical Ethics and a Fellow at the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Sankar has a BA from the University of Michigan in History of Ideas. She began her graduate training in Anthropology and Communications at Boston University and completed her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. She pursued post-doctoral training in health services research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine with a fellowship awarded by the Veteran's Administration.
Since coming to the Center for Bioethics, Dr. Sankar's research interests have included medical privacy and confidentiality, ethical and cultural implications of genetic research, research ethics, and genetics and race.
Dr. Sankar's research and scholarship have been funded by the Ayer Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation, and National Institutes of Health.
Selected Publications
Caulfield, T, Fullerton, SM, Ali-Khan, SE, Arbour,L, Burchard, EG, Cooper, RS, Hardy, B, Harry, S, Hyde-Lay, R, Kahn, J, Kittles, R, Koenig, BA, Lee, SS-J, Malinowski, M, Ravitsky, V, Sankar, P, Scherer, SW, Séguin, B, Shickle, D, Suarez-Kurtz, G, Daar, AS: Race and ancestry in biomedical research: exploring the challenges. Genome Medicine 1(1): 8, 2009.Karlawish, J, Rubright, J, Casarett, D, Cary, M, TenHave, T, Sankar, P: Older adults’ attitudes toward enrollment of non-competent subjects participating in Alzheimer’s Research. American Journal of Psychiatry 166(2): 182-8, 2009.
Hull Sara Chandros, Sharp Richard R, Botkin Jeffrey R, Brown Mark, Hughes Mark, Sugarman Jeremy, Schwinn Debra, Sankar Pamela, Bolcic-Jankovic Dragana, Clarridge Brian R, Wilfond Benjamin S: Patients' views on identifiability of samples and informed consent for genetic research. The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 8(10): 62-70, Oct 2008.
Armstrong, K, McMurphy, S, Dean, LT, Micco, E, Putt, M, Halbert, CH, Schwartz, JS, Sankar, P, Pyeritz, RE, Bernhardt, B, Shea, JA: Differences in the patterns of health care system distrust between blacks and whites. Journal of General Internal Medicine 23(6): 827-33, Jun 2008.
Armstrong, K, McMurphy, S, Dean, LT, Micco, E, Putt, M, Halbert, CH, Schwartz, JS, Sankar, P, Pyeritz, RE, Bernhardt, B, Shea, JA: Differences in the patterns of health care system distrust between blacks and whites. Journal of General Internal Medicine 23(6): 827-33, 2008.
Henderson, G.E., Churchill, L.R., Davis, A.M., Easter, M.M., Grady, C., Joffe, S., Kass, N., King, N.M.P., Lidz, C.W., Miller, F.G., Nelson, D.K., Peppercorn, J., Rothschild, B.B., Sankar, P., Wilfond, B.S., Zimmer, C.R.: Clinical trials and medical care: defining the therapeutic misconception. PLoS Medicine 4(11): e324, 2007.
Sankar, P., Jones, N.L., Karlawish, J.: Evaluating existing and emerging connections among interdisciplinary researchers. BioScience 57(11): 965-972, 2007.
Sankar, P, Cho, MK, Mountain, J: Race and ethnicity in genetic research. American Journal of Medical Genetics 9(143A): 961-70, 2007.
Segal, ME, Polansky, M, Sankar, P: Adults' values and attitudes about genetic testing for obesity risk in children. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity 2(1): 11-21, 2007.
Segal, M, Polansky, M, Sankar, P : Predictors of uptake of obesity genetic testing among affected adults. Human Genetics 120(5): 641-52, 2007.