Steven Joffe, MD, MPH

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Art and Ilene Penn Professor of Medical Ethics & Health Policy
Director, Penn Fellowship in Advanced Medical Ethics, Perelman School of Medicine
Member, Abramson Cancer Center
Chief, Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute
Director, Postdoctoral T32 Training Program in the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genetics and Genomics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Senior Fellow, Penn Center for Precision Medicine
Co-Director, Cancer Control Program, Abramson Cancer Center
Interim Chair, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
Department: Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Contact information
423 Guardian Dr.
Blockley Hall 1413
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4884
Office: 215-898-3055
Fax: 215-573-3036
Education:
A.B. (Fine Art)
Harvard College, 1988.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 1992.
M.P.H. (Epidemiology)
University of California, Berkeley, 1996.
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Selected Publications

Dickert NW, Spiegelman D, Blumenthal-Barby JS, Graham G, Joffe S, Kahn JM, Kass NE, Kim SYH, Kerlin MP, Langford AT, Lavery JV, Matlock DD, Fenton KN, Mensah GA.: Ethical issues in implementation science: perspectives from a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshop. Implement Sci. 19(1): 77, Nov 2024.

Bierer BE, Koppelman E, Croker AK, Hosseinzadeh S, Hovinga C, Joffe S, McMillan G, Nelson R, Bucci-Rechtweg C.: Engaging children and adolescents in the design and conduct of paediatric research. Front Pediatr 12, Nov 2024.

Callahan KP, Mueller R, Crew K, Brothers K, Munson D, Joffe S, Feudtner C.: Frequency and reasons that parents decline genetic testing for critically ill neonates. Genet Med Open 2, Oct 2024.

McCoy MS, Ward M, Neergaard R, Joffe S, Szymczak JE.: Managing institutional conflicts: Stakeholder accounts of communication between conflict of interest and technology transfer offices. PLoS One 19(8): e0304519, Aug 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304519.

Largent EA, Joffe S, Dickert NW, Morain SR.: The ethical value of consulting community members in non-emergency trials conducted with waivers of informed consent for research. Clin Trials Jun 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1177/17407745241259360. Epub ahead of print.

Hoffman RM, Brummel S, Ziemba L, Chinula L, McCarthy K, Fairlie L, Jean-Philippe P, Chakhtoura N, Johnston B, Krotje C, Nematadzira TG, Nakayiwa F, Ndyanabangi V, Hanley S, Theron G, Violari A, João E, Correa MD  Jr, Hofer CB, Navanukroh O, Aurpibul L, Nevrekar N, Zash R, Shapiro R, Stringer JSA, Currier JS, Sax P, Lockman S; IMPAACT 2010/VESTED Study Team: Weight Changes and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes With Dolutegravir- and Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate-Containing Antiretroviral Treatment Regimens During Pregnancy and Postpartum. Clin Infect Dis 78(6): 1617-1628, Jun 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae001.

Dember LM, Hsu JY, Bernardo L, Cavanaugh KL, Charytan DM, Crowley ST, Cukor D, Doorenbos AZ, Edwards DA, Esserman D, Fischer MJ, Jhamb M, Joffe S, Johansen KL, Kalim S, Keefe FJ, Kimmel PL, Krebs EE, Kuzla N, Mehrotra R, Mishra P, Pellegrino B, Steel JL, Unruh ML, White DM, Yabes JG, Becker WC; HOPE Consortium.: The design and baseline characteristics for the HOPE Consortium Trial to reduce pain and opioid use in hemodialysis. Contemp Clin Trials 136(107409), Jan 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107409. Epub 2023 Dec 10.

McCoy MS, Allen AL, Kopp K, Mello MM, Patil DJ, Ossorio P, Joffe S, Emanuel EJ: Ethical Responsibilities for Companies That Process Personal Data. Am J Bioeth 23(11): 11, Nov 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1080/15265161.2023.2209535. Epub 2023 Jun 1. Response to Open Peer Commentaries at Am J Bioeth 24(3):W1-W5, 2024 March.

Joffe S, Conti RM, Contreras JL, Largent EA, Lynch HF, Mitchell D, Sachs RE, Whelan AM, McCoy MS: Access to affordable medicines: obligations of universities and academic medical centers. Gene Ther 30(10-11): 753-755, Nov 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1038/s41434-023-00393-2. Epub 2023 Nov 8.

Lau-Min, Kelsey S., Rochester, Shavon E., Grabill, Megan, Long, Jessica M., Mckenna, Danielle, Powers, Jacqueline, Boisseau, Leland, Gabriel, Peter Edward, Oyer, Randall A., Domchek, Susan M., Joffe, Steven, Rendle, Katharine A., Nathanson, Katherine L., Katona, Bryson W: Pilot implementation study of a default genetic referral process for patients with young-onset colorectal cancer. JCO Oncology Practice 19(11), Oct 2023 Notes: doi/10.1200/OP.2023.19.11_suppl.429. ASCO Quality Care Symposium.

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