Department of
Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Department of Medical Ethics / People / McCoy
Matthew McCoy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Contact information
1404 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
mmcco@mail.med.upenn.edu
mmcco@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education:
B.A. (English and Politics)
University of San Francisco, 2003.
M.Sc. (Political Theory)
London School of Economics and Political Science, 2008.
Ph.D. (Political Theory)
Princeton University, 2015.
M.B.E. (Bioethics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2017.
Permanent linkB.A. (English and Politics)
University of San Francisco, 2003.
M.Sc. (Political Theory)
London School of Economics and Political Science, 2008.
Ph.D. (Political Theory)
Princeton University, 2015.
M.B.E. (Bioethics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2017.
Selected Publications
Smith, JN, Barnhill A, Savulescu J, Liao SM, McCoy MS, Blumenthal-Barby J.: "Why Do You Ask?" Revisiting the Purpose of Eliciting the Public’s Moral Judgments About Emerging Technologies. AJOB Empirical Bioethics online first, March 2025.McCoy MS, Dellgren JL, Emanuel EJ: What Justifies Public Engagement in Health Financing Decisions? Bulletin of the World Health Organization 103(1): 32-36, January 2025.
Zeng E, Wu X, Ertmann EN, Huang L, Johnson DF, Mehendale AT, Tang BT, Zhukoff K, Adjei-Poku M, Bauer L, Friedman AB, McCoy MS : Measuring Risks to Users’ Health Privacy Posed by Third-Party Web Tracking and Targeted Advertising. Proceedings of CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems In Press 2025.
Greenberg KS, 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 and the Biosciences In Press 2025.
McCoy MS, Gaines ME, 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.
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, August 2024.
McCoy MS, Wu A, Burdyl S, Kim Y, Smith NK, Gonzales R, Friedman AB: User information sharing and hospital website privacy policies. JAMA Network Open 7(4): 1-10, April 2024.
Emanuel EL, Dellgren JL, McCoy MS, Persad G: Fair Allocation of GLP-1 and Dual GLP-1-GIP Receptor Agonists. NEJM 391(8): 775-776, April 2024 Notes: *Peer reviewed.
McCoy MS, Emanuel EJ, Joffe S: Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Ethical Responsibilities for Companies That Process Personal Data” American Journal of Bioethics 24(3): W1-W5, February 2024.
Joffe S, Conti R, Contreras J, Largent E, Lynch HF, Mitchell D, Sachs R, Whelan A, McCoy MS : Access to Affordable Medicines: Obligations of Universities and Academic Medical Centers. Gene Therapy 30(10-11): 753-55, November 2023