Robert KlitzmanProfessor of Psychiatry and Director of the Masters of Bioethics Program at Columbia UniversityPosts by Robert KlitzmanBioethics Forum EssayNew York’s Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Initiative: Positive Signs and a Path ForwardRecent policies by New York State Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams to identify homeless mentally ill people and remove them from the streets for involuntary...Read New York’s Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Initiative: Positive Signs and a Path ForwardBioethics Forum EssayThe Drama of Medical Ethics: A New Play“The Doctor,” a new play by Robert Icke, powerfully dramatizes many controversial issues of medical ethics, along with identity politics.Read The Drama of Medical Ethics: A New PlayBioethics Forum EssayConfusing Equity for Ethics Standards: Where Do We Go from Here?The country’s leading hospital accreditation body recently eliminated the only performance standard that governed clinical ethics services. We argue the removal of the ethics standard requires additional review, and we have three recommendations.Read Confusing Equity for Ethics Standards: Where Do We Go from Here?Bioethics Forum EssayFacebook’s Emotion Experiment: Implications for Research EthicsSeveral aspects of a recently published experiment conducted by Facebook have received wide media attention, but the study also raises issues of significance for the ethical review of research more generally. In...Read Facebook’s Emotion Experiment: Implications for Research EthicsBioethics Forum EssayMedical Privacy for Royalty and the Rest of Us “What’s happening with my son?” a woman on the other end of the phone asked me. I wasn’t sure what to say. I was training to be a psychiatrist, and...Read Medical Privacy for Royalty and the Rest of UsRelated PostsEventThe Future of Bioethics: Challenges, Visions and OpportunitiesJoin a discussion on The Future of Bioethics: Challenges, Visions and Opportunities with the new President of The Hastings Center, Vardit Ravitsky. Speaker: Vardit Ravitsky, Ph.D, President and CEO of The...Read The Future of Bioethics: Challenges, Visions and OpportunitiesEventELSIcon2022: Innovating for a Just and Equitable FutureHastings Center scholar Erik Parens along with Paul Appelbaum, Robert Klitzman, and Julia Wynn will appear on a panel at the ELSIcon2022 conference: “The Impact of Receipt of Genetic Test...Read ELSIcon2022: Innovating for a Just and Equitable Future Supporting InformationChongwe, G., J. Ali, D. K. Kaye, C. Michelo, and N. E. Kass, “Ethics of Adaptive Designs for Randomized Controlled Trials,” Ethics & Human Research 45, no. 5 (2023): 2-14,...Read Supporting Information PRESS RELEASE 1-29-2019: The Inaugural Issue of Ethics & Human Research, January – February 2019Editor’s Note: Widening the Lens Karen J. Maschke The journal’s name change “provides an opportunity to identify new ethical, policy, and regulatory challenges that rapid developments in science, medicine, and...Read PRESS RELEASE 1-29-2019: The Inaugural Issue of Ethics & Human Research, January – February 2019IRB: Ethics & Human ResearchWhat Makes IRBs Tick? An Empirical Analysis of IRBs and Their Relationship with ResearchersRobert Klitzman’s provocatively titled book, The Ethics Police? The Struggle to Make Human Research Safe, explores the often contentious relationship between the scientists who conduct human subjects research and the...Read What Makes IRBs Tick? An Empirical Analysis of IRBs and Their Relationship with ResearchersIRB: Ethics & Human ResearchHow IRB Leaders View and Approach Challenges Raised by Industry-Funded ResearchMany questions exist concerning how IRBs view and respond to challenges posed by industry-funded studies. These studies may be designed to benefit the funder more than science or society more...Read How IRB Leaders View and Approach Challenges Raised by Industry-Funded Research
