Anna Wexler, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Department: Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Contact information
Medical Ethics and Health Policy
14th Floor Blockley Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104
14th Floor Blockley Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2158988274
Email:
awex@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
awex@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Education:
BS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007.
PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017.
Permanent linkBS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007.
PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017.
Selected Publications
Nagappan A, Kalokairinou L, Wexler A: Ethical issues in direct-to-consumer healthcare: A scoping review. PLOS Digital Health 2024.Qiu L, Chang A, Ma R, Strong TV, Okun MS, Foote KD, Wexler A, Gunduz A, Miller JL, Halpern CH: Neuromodulation for the treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome–A systematic review. Neurotherapeutics 21(3), 2024.
Wexler A, Choi R, Pearlman A, Rasmussen L: Navigating Biosafety Concerns within COVID-19 Do-It-Yourself Science: An Ethnographic and Interview Study. Biosocieties 2023.
Wong JK, Mayberg HS, Wang D, Richardson M, Halpern CH, Krinke L, Arlotti M, Rossi L, Priori A, Marceglia S, Gilron R, James F Cavanagh, Jack W Judy, Svjetlana Miocinovic, Annaelle D Devergnas, Roy V Sillitoe, Stephanie Cernera, Carina R Oehrn, Aysegul Gunduz, Wayne K Goodman, Erika A Petersen, Helen Bronte-Stewart, Robert S Raike, Mahsa Malekmohammadi, David Greene, Petra Heiden, Huiling Tan, Jens Volkmann, Valerie Voon, Luming Li, Pankaj Sah, Terry Coyne, Peter A Silburn, Cynthia S Kubu, Anna Wexler, Jennifer Chandler, Nicole R Provenza, Sarah R Heilbronner, Marta San Luciano, Christopher J Rozell, Michael D Fox, Coralie de Hemptinne, Jaimie M Henderson, Sameer A Sheth, Michael S Okun: Proceedings of the 10th annual deep brain stimulation think tank: Advances in cutting edge technologies, artificial intelligence, neuromodulation, neuroethics, interventional psychiatry, and women in neuromodulation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 16(1084782), 2023.
Wexler A, Largent E: Ethical Considerations for Researchers Developing and Testing Minimal-Risk Devices. Nature Communications 14(2325), 2023.
Erickson C, Wexler A, Largent E: Alzheimer’s in the modern age: Ethical challenges in the use of digital monitoring to identify cognitive changes. Informatics for Health and Social Care 2023.
Blum M, Dayno R, Wexler A: Rheumatology and the Shifting Patient Landscape. The Rheumatologist 2023.
Kalokairinou L, Choi R, Wei N, Wexler A : Policies of US Companies Offering Direct-to-Consumer Tests. JAMA Internal Medicine 2023.
Halley, M.C., Dixon-Salazar, T., Wexler, A. : Beyond “Ensuring Understanding:” Toward a Patient-Partnered Neuroethics of Brain Device Research AJOB Neuroscience 13(4): 241-244, 2022.
Wexler A, Sisti D: Brain Wellness “Spas”: Anticipating the Off-Label Promotion of Psychedelics. JAMA Psychiatry 79(8): 748-749, 2022 Notes: *peer-reviewed.