Anna Wexler, PhD

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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
Office: 2158988274
Education:
BS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007.
PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017.
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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.

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Last updated: 04/25/2024
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