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
Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (ADEI) Vice Chair, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Associate Faculty Director, Online Education Initiatives, 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
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, Kramer DB: Editorial: Facilitating Efficient and Ethical Trials at the Intersection of Research and Clinical Care. JAMA online first 2024.
Lynch HF, Lurie P, Cohen IG: Viewpoint: Checks and Balances on FDA's Authority (peer reviewed). JAMA 332(9): 705-706, 2024.
Committee on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Accelerating Treatments and Improving Quality of Life: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Consensus Study Report: Living with ALS. National Academies Press 2024 Notes: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27739/living-with-als https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis-accelerating-treatments-and-improving-quality-of-life https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38917255/
Cohen IG, Adashi EY, Lynch HF: Viewpoint: Who Will Save Legal Access to Emergency Abortion? (invited, peer reviewed). JAMA 332(14): 1141-1142, 2024.
Lynch HF, Conti RM, Contreras J: Industry Price Guarantees for Publicly Funded Medicines: Learning from Project NextGen for Pandemics and Beyond. Journal of Law and the Biosciences 11(2): lsae019, 2024.
Hamilton KW, Hua E, Dutcher L, Lynch HF, Junker P, Doucette AG, Werner D, Kannel EZ, Civitello T, Gabriel P, Ahya VN, Jacobs DA, Garfall A, Pratz K, Degnan KO, Blumberg EA, Capozzi D, Craig E, Takach P, Payne AS, Geara A, Koenig H, Holzman L, Tebas P: Guide to SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation and Equitable Allocation: Experience from a Single Medical Center. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 11(8): ofae388, 2024.
Menkhaus K, Saylor K, Lynch HF: ALS and Government-Funded Expanded Access: Learning from the Initial Years of the ACT for ALS. International Symposium on ALS/MND, Montreal 2024.
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.