Leah Pierson
@leahpierson.bsky.social
Internal medicine resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Interested in ethics, priority setting, and global health | co-host of @biounethical.bsky.social: biounethical.com
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#21 Bryan Carmody: Are doctor shortages real?
Podcast Episode · Bio(un)ethical · 07/14/2025 · 1h 42m
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Here are links to the guidance:
WHO page:
who.int/publications...
PDF:
iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...
A huge thanks to everyone involved in writing this and giving feedback! I hope this guidance will improve priority setting and lead to even more socially valuable research.
WHO page:
who.int/publications...
PDF:
iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...
A huge thanks to everyone involved in writing this and giving feedback! I hope this guidance will improve priority setting and lead to even more socially valuable research.
WHO guidance on the ethics of health research priority setting
This guidance aims to synthesize current good practice for incorporating ethics into health research priority setting. It is relevant to anyone making decisions about what research to support or condu...
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June 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Here are links to the guidance:
WHO page:
who.int/publications...
PDF:
iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...
A huge thanks to everyone involved in writing this and giving feedback! I hope this guidance will improve priority setting and lead to even more socially valuable research.
WHO page:
who.int/publications...
PDF:
iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...
A huge thanks to everyone involved in writing this and giving feedback! I hope this guidance will improve priority setting and lead to even more socially valuable research.
4) How should the ethical principles be implemented?
At each stage of priority setting—preparation, prioritization, and follow-up—the four principles can be applied. See page 30 (in PDF) for practical guidance on implementing them.
At each stage of priority setting—preparation, prioritization, and follow-up—the four principles can be applied. See page 30 (in PDF) for practical guidance on implementing them.
June 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
4) How should the ethical principles be implemented?
At each stage of priority setting—preparation, prioritization, and follow-up—the four principles can be applied. See page 30 (in PDF) for practical guidance on implementing them.
At each stage of priority setting—preparation, prioritization, and follow-up—the four principles can be applied. See page 30 (in PDF) for practical guidance on implementing them.
3) What key ethical principles should guide the priority-setting process?
These four:
These four:
June 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
3) What key ethical principles should guide the priority-setting process?
These four:
These four:
2) Who is the guidance for?
Anyone who sets research priorities, including funders, policymakers, research institutions, researchers, advocacy groups, and so on.
All should undertake some form of priority setting, but in proportion to the resources available and the stakes of the decisions.
Anyone who sets research priorities, including funders, policymakers, research institutions, researchers, advocacy groups, and so on.
All should undertake some form of priority setting, but in proportion to the resources available and the stakes of the decisions.
June 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
2) Who is the guidance for?
Anyone who sets research priorities, including funders, policymakers, research institutions, researchers, advocacy groups, and so on.
All should undertake some form of priority setting, but in proportion to the resources available and the stakes of the decisions.
Anyone who sets research priorities, including funders, policymakers, research institutions, researchers, advocacy groups, and so on.
All should undertake some form of priority setting, but in proportion to the resources available and the stakes of the decisions.
In short:
"Decisions about what research to conduct, promote or support should be made explicitly, in a systematic way, and guided by ethical principles."
The guidance aims to help research actors set priorities in an explicit, systematic, and ethical way.
"Decisions about what research to conduct, promote or support should be made explicitly, in a systematic way, and guided by ethical principles."
The guidance aims to help research actors set priorities in an explicit, systematic, and ethical way.
June 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In short:
"Decisions about what research to conduct, promote or support should be made explicitly, in a systematic way, and guided by ethical principles."
The guidance aims to help research actors set priorities in an explicit, systematic, and ethical way.
"Decisions about what research to conduct, promote or support should be made explicitly, in a systematic way, and guided by ethical principles."
The guidance aims to help research actors set priorities in an explicit, systematic, and ethical way.
1) Why is ethical guidance on research priority setting necessary?
Decisions about what research we prioritize influence the distribution of health and illness. At present, there are large and unjustifiable disparities in research funding. The guidance aims to help address this.
Decisions about what research we prioritize influence the distribution of health and illness. At present, there are large and unjustifiable disparities in research funding. The guidance aims to help address this.
June 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
1) Why is ethical guidance on research priority setting necessary?
Decisions about what research we prioritize influence the distribution of health and illness. At present, there are large and unjustifiable disparities in research funding. The guidance aims to help address this.
Decisions about what research we prioritize influence the distribution of health and illness. At present, there are large and unjustifiable disparities in research funding. The guidance aims to help address this.
This is amazing!! Congrats!
April 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is amazing!! Congrats!
3) Academic researchers have good outside options, and many can/will leave if they can't do their research.
4) Our next generation of scientists is watching opportunities vanish, mentors grow disillusioned, and funding streams dry up; many may permanently pivot.
4) Our next generation of scientists is watching opportunities vanish, mentors grow disillusioned, and funding streams dry up; many may permanently pivot.
April 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
3) Academic researchers have good outside options, and many can/will leave if they can't do their research.
4) Our next generation of scientists is watching opportunities vanish, mentors grow disillusioned, and funding streams dry up; many may permanently pivot.
4) Our next generation of scientists is watching opportunities vanish, mentors grow disillusioned, and funding streams dry up; many may permanently pivot.
1) A pause is harmful even if it's temporary: any day a lab is closed is an additional day without research, an additional day without a cure.
2) Restarting research isn't trivial because, e.g., participants lose trust, experts leave, lab animals have lifecycles, etc.
2) Restarting research isn't trivial because, e.g., participants lose trust, experts leave, lab animals have lifecycles, etc.
April 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
1) A pause is harmful even if it's temporary: any day a lab is closed is an additional day without research, an additional day without a cure.
2) Restarting research isn't trivial because, e.g., participants lose trust, experts leave, lab animals have lifecycles, etc.
2) Restarting research isn't trivial because, e.g., participants lose trust, experts leave, lab animals have lifecycles, etc.
Thank you!!!! Very excited. :)
March 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Thank you!!!! Very excited. :)
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#20 Rachel Fraser: How your social world shapes what you know
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