Holly Fernandez Lynch JD, MBE
Associate Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition, Penn Carey Law School
Associate Faculty Director, Online Education Initiatives, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Faculty Search Advisor, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Department: Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Contact information
Blockley Hall, Room 1426
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-746-7327
Links
Public website for the Advancing Effective Research Ethics Oversight (AEREO) Consortium
A resource for locating diverse, underrepresented bioethics scholars
Public website for the Advancing Effective Research Ethics Oversight (AEREO) Consortium
A resource for locating diverse, underrepresented bioethics scholars
Education:
BA (Health and Societies)
University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences, 2003.
MBE (Bioethics)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006.
JD (Law)
University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2006.
Permanent linkBA (Health and Societies)
University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences, 2003.
MBE (Bioethics)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006.
JD (Law)
University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2006.
Selected Publications
Lynch HF, Kramer DB: Editorial: Facilitating Efficient and Ethical Trials at the Intersection of Research and Clinical Care. JAMA 333(1): 34-36, 2025.Lynch HF, Largent EA, McCoy MS, Joffe S: Advancing Trust in Science: Institutional Obligations to Promote Research Integrity. Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics In press 2025 Notes: Introduction to special issue.
Zettler P, Sachs RE, Joffe S, Lynch HF: Viewpoint: The Dangers of Decoupling Safety and Effectiveness in Drug Approval. JAMA Online first 2025 Notes: Peer reviewed.
Hu X, Robertson C, Bateman-House A, Lynch HF: Balancing Scientific Uncertainty and Demand for Psychedelic Medicines (chapter). Law and Policy of Psychedelic Medicine. Cohen IG, Marks M, McGuire AL (eds.). Cambridge University Press, In press 2025.
Greenberg KG, Lynch HF, Nwakama C, Frumovitz J, Setru S, Johnson AM, Shah SM, Schadt L, McCoy MS, Hoffman AK, Largent EA: A Review of Public Comments Submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Response to the 2022 National Coverage Decision on Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Law & Biosciences 12(1): lsaf004, 2025.
McCoy M, Gaines M, Joffe S, Kanter GP, Largent EA, Lo B, Lynch HF, Whelan AM, Mello MM: A Framework for Assessing the Permissibility of Academic Leaders’ Outside Activities. Milbank Quarterly In press 2025.
Bateman-House A, Lynch HF: Trump gave patients a ‘right to try.’ It hasn’t helped them. STAT News: First Opinion August 2024 Notes: https://www.statnews.com/2024/08/02/trump-gave-patients-right-to-try-it-hasnt-helped-them/
Lynch HF: Supreme Court Hearing Abortion Pill Case. Scripps News Live March 2024 Notes: https://video.snapstream.net/Play/7u0n6PNc4F9nZE4X4uFTqk?accessToken=f7f95bj5drm9.
Lynch HF, Sisti D: Psychedelics in Drug Development: Regulatory Challenges. WITF Public Radio, "The Spark" 2024 Notes: https://www.witf.org/2024/12/11/psychedelics-in-drug-development-regulatory-challenges/
Lynch HF, Kesselheim AS: Viewpoint: FDA in the Crosshairs: Science, Politics, and Abortion (invited, peer reviewed). JAMA 331(15): 1269-1270, 2024 Notes: With interview: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/18866351.