Steve Joffe
@stevejoffe.bsky.social
Professor @ UPenn. Research ethics, pediatric ethics, cancer ethics, genomethics, science policy. Grateful immigrant, he/him. Speak only for myself. Reposts do not imply endorsement.
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0667-7384
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0667-7384
This is one of the most internally contradictory lines I have ever seen in a supposedly authoritative piece. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is one of the most internally contradictory lines I have ever seen in a supposedly authoritative piece. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
But also: if tumor testing shows a variant in a cancer predisposition gene, the likelihood it will also be present in the germline differs a lot between genes.
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
But also: if tumor testing shows a variant in a cancer predisposition gene, the likelihood it will also be present in the germline differs a lot between genes.
If Whiskey can't have my wife, he'll make do with her shoe.
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If Whiskey can't have my wife, he'll make do with her shoe.
Odd name for an AI company.
October 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Odd name for an AI company.
Framing @nytimes.com is all wrong.
How about this: “Trump admin threatened 9 universities with withdrawal of critical things to which they’re legally entitled if they decline to align with the administration’s ideological agenda for higher ed.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
How about this: “Trump admin threatened 9 universities with withdrawal of critical things to which they’re legally entitled if they decline to align with the administration’s ideological agenda for higher ed.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
October 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Framing @nytimes.com is all wrong.
How about this: “Trump admin threatened 9 universities with withdrawal of critical things to which they’re legally entitled if they decline to align with the administration’s ideological agenda for higher ed.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
How about this: “Trump admin threatened 9 universities with withdrawal of critical things to which they’re legally entitled if they decline to align with the administration’s ideological agenda for higher ed.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
More poor framing from @chronicle.com.
Critical to recognize that memo is a sticks not carrots.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Critical to recognize that memo is a sticks not carrots.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
October 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
More poor framing from @chronicle.com.
Critical to recognize that memo is a sticks not carrots.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Critical to recognize that memo is a sticks not carrots.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Apropos of yesterday's announcements about autism.
September 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Apropos of yesterday's announcements about autism.
August 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The caricature here is one that I, as a university professor & the parent of two recent college grads, don't recognize at all.
August 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The caricature here is one that I, as a university professor & the parent of two recent college grads, don't recognize at all.
Email sent to our Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty today.
For a brief moment, I thought it was a nudge rather than an opportunity to learn some local history.
For a brief moment, I thought it was a nudge rather than an opportunity to learn some local history.
August 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Email sent to our Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty today.
For a brief moment, I thought it was a nudge rather than an opportunity to learn some local history.
For a brief moment, I thought it was a nudge rather than an opportunity to learn some local history.
Whatever the motivation for this NIH policy revision, I'm pleased to see a clear statement that race & ethnicity are sociopolitical constructs (though I'm not sure what is intended by "not anthropological in nature" – not biological?).
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
July 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Whatever the motivation for this NIH policy revision, I'm pleased to see a clear statement that race & ethnicity are sociopolitical constructs (though I'm not sure what is intended by "not anthropological in nature" – not biological?).
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Though the Anti-Defamation League claims to protect civil rights for all, when the targets aren't Jewish or Israeli, it's gone mute. www.adl.org/resources/pr...
July 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Though the Anti-Defamation League claims to protect civil rights for all, when the targets aren't Jewish or Israeli, it's gone mute. www.adl.org/resources/pr...
July 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Endorse, from Linda Greenhouse @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
July 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Endorse, from Linda Greenhouse @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
Interestingly, this physician has faced prior disciplinary action from the Board. db.dopl.utah.gov/disciplinary...
July 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Interestingly, this physician has faced prior disciplinary action from the Board. db.dopl.utah.gov/disciplinary...
Seems a good day to post this.
June 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Seems a good day to post this.
The bioethical principle of respect for autonomy is easily misunderstood.
By this is correct.
By this is correct.
June 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The bioethical principle of respect for autonomy is easily misunderstood.
By this is correct.
By this is correct.
Not a good reflection on these groups that they're finding these choices to be difficult.
June 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Not a good reflection on these groups that they're finding these choices to be difficult.
April 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
BECAUSE WE HAVE A VACCINE. AND, UNTIL RECENTLY, ALMOST EVERYONE TOOK IT.
Remarkably, nowhere in the article does the word "vaccine" appear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/w...
Remarkably, nowhere in the article does the word "vaccine" appear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/w...
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
BECAUSE WE HAVE A VACCINE. AND, UNTIL RECENTLY, ALMOST EVERYONE TOOK IT.
Remarkably, nowhere in the article does the word "vaccine" appear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/w...
Remarkably, nowhere in the article does the word "vaccine" appear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/w...
The data beg to differ. www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
April 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The data beg to differ. www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
While pharma (and all of us) may hope that the person who replaces Marks will promote quality science and evidence-based regulatory decision making, this paragraph from Marks's resignation letter makes clear the conditions under which s/he will be working.
March 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
While pharma (and all of us) may hope that the person who replaces Marks will promote quality science and evidence-based regulatory decision making, this paragraph from Marks's resignation letter makes clear the conditions under which s/he will be working.
The Office of Research Integrity within the Dept of Health & Human Services is responsible for integrity of research conducted by, as well as extramural research supported by, HHS.
It's going to be an interesting and challenging few years for ORI.
ori.hhs.gov/about-ori
It's going to be an interesting and challenging few years for ORI.
ori.hhs.gov/about-ori
March 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Office of Research Integrity within the Dept of Health & Human Services is responsible for integrity of research conducted by, as well as extramural research supported by, HHS.
It's going to be an interesting and challenging few years for ORI.
ori.hhs.gov/about-ori
It's going to be an interesting and challenging few years for ORI.
ori.hhs.gov/about-ori