Author Archives: jwboyd
Story about Physician Health Programs
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/doctors-fear-controversial-program-made-to-help-them/63-ac167fca-a312-4464-a315-de5ba712698f?ref=exit-recirc
The Emotional Life of Donor Conceived People
Here is a nice Q and A discussing some of the findings of our study of donor conceived individuals in Severance: On the Aftermath of Separation. For a sample, I’ve copied one of the questions below, along with my answer: … Continue reading
The Potential Dangers of Testing Your Own DNA
I was lucky to meet Dani Shapiro through HMS Bioethics when she came to speak in a class I taught there about her book Inheritance. That meeting ultimately resulted in Josh North, Rennie Burke, Yvette Ollada, Gali Katznelson and I … Continue reading
Doctors in India Need Human Rights Training to Advocate for Prison Reform
Delighted that the work that co-authors Shivam Singh and Farhad Udwadia and I did examining how much medical students in India are taught about human rights and conditions inside their own prisons. Our paper can be found here in the … Continue reading
How to Survive a Quarantine Winter
Here is another blog on Psychology Today authored by Jessica Tepper and myself.
COVID in jails and prisons
We moved to Houston 3 months ago and just unpacked our last box last Saturday. This is my first letter in the Houston Chronicle. COVID or no, prison reform/decarceration for many who are currently being held is long overdue. The … Continue reading
Advocating for Change: Neuroethics and Race
Once again delighted to have former students Zamina Mithani and Jane Cooper co-author a piece on bioethics and race. Our latest blog post on the topic is now live at the Emory Nueroethics site here. Bioethics needs to use its … Continue reading
Nutmeg Challenge Anyone?
I didn’t know this was a thing until Ian Lecklitner contacted me for comment. The articile in MEL magazine is here.
What does it mean to ‘recover’ from the coronavirus?
I was quoted in this article written by Naomi Elegant in Fortune. The full text of the article is copied below: Along with the daily spikes in confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths, a third, more hopeful number is also ticking … Continue reading
SAMHSA nationwide database of buprenorphine providers is rife with wrong numbers and practices that don’t prescribe the medication
Here’s the story in the Globe: And here is the piece Lila Flavin and I wrote for STAT news.