This page contains journal articles published by Center for Bioethics and Social Justice faculty and their collaborators over the last three (2023-present). DOIs linked in each citation will open in a new window. This page is updated quarterly. For journal articles published prior to 2023, visit our faculty webpages for selected publications and CVs.
Pham, M.T., de Leeuw, A., Burkhart, I. et al. Why We Need Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) in Neuroethics. Neuroethics 19, 15 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-026-09643-7
Elmadawy, H., Pauls, S., Burke, K., Asbahi, O., Johnson, D., Lesser, K., … Cascio, M. A. (2026). The impact of food insecurity on post-secondary educational outcomes in racial groups: a systematic review. Journal of American College Health, 74(1), 129–139. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2025.2501015
Pham, M.T., de Leeuw, A., Burkhart, I., Klein, E., Goering, S. Why We Need Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) in Neuroethics, Neuroethics 19, 15 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-026-09643-7
Fleck, L. M. (2026). It is AOOS All the Way Down: AI and Liver Transplantation. The American Journal of Bioethics, 26(1), 83–85. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2025.2594413
Cascio, M.A., & Racine, E. It’s a Neurodiverse World: Stories from Neurodivergent People. Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics 15(2), 79-83. (2025) https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/nib.2025.a974061.
Cascio, M.A., Knopes, J., Warner, B. et al. Team Switching in Peer-Based Learning Groups: Academic Performance and Medical Student Perspectives. Med.Sci.Educ. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02540-3.
Kursav, M., Sweeder, R., & Valles, S. (2025). Mechanisms of STEM Retention: Lessons from Interview Data from Students in STEM Cohort Program. Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 26(3), Pages 10–20. https://doi.org/10.63504/jstem.v26i3.2618
Sirhan, Nicholas**, Paige Benard**, M. Ariel Cascio, Kelly R. Ellis, Brenda M. Varriano, and Neli Ragina. In Press, Journal Pre-Proof. Identifying Prenatal Care Barriers for Pregnant Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Living in Central Michigan. AJPM Focus. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2025.100407.
Wilkins RB, Coffin T, Pham M, Klein E and Marathe M (2025) Mind the gap: bridging ethical considerations and regulatory oversight in implantable BCI human subjects research. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 19:1633627. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2025.1633627
Leonard Michael Fleck (2025) Conscientious Objection and PVS: Proceed with Caution, The American Journal of Bioethics, 25:3, 49-51, DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2025.2457729
Habab M. and Pham M.T. (2024) “Medical Interpretation Services: Challenges for LEP Communities,” American Journal for Bioethics 24(11): 72-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2399848
Bharadwaj, A., M.A. Cascio, & P. Cullis. 2024. Diagnostic Odysseys of New Daily Persistent Headache. Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics 14(2): 117-132. https://doi.org/10.1353/nib.2024.a944473
Paul A. Tubig, Timothy E. Brown, Darcy McCusker, Michelle Pham, Eran Klein & Sara Goering (2024) From an ethics ‘side dish’ to ‘your modus operandi’: neurotechnology researcher perspectives on the impacts of a decade of embedded ethics collaboration, Journal of Responsible Innovation, 11:1, DOI: 10.1080/23299460.2024.2414493
Blalock, A. E., McCurdy, J., Henry, K., & Wentworth, C. (2024). “I have established this support network”: How Chosen Kin Support Women Medical Students During their First Two Years in Medical School. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1–11. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39415550/
Sussman, Tamara, Xueping Ma, Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola, Amanda Grenier, M. Ariel Cascio, Lynn McCleary, Paulette Hunter, Maryse Soulières, and Rym Sakaria. 2024. Supported decision making with persons with dementia: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/8/e085954
Scavarda, Alice & M. Ariel Cascio. 2024. “Children should be raised like this”: A history of the neurodiversity movement in Italy and its implications for children’s wellbeing. Children & Society. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/chso.12898
Marathe, M. (2024). Therapeutic value in the time of digital brainwaves. Social Studies of Science, 54(6), 931-954. https://doi.org/10.1177/03063127241241032
Morgan LJ, Pham MT. Examining right to try practices. Journal of Medical Ethics. Epub November 14, 2023. DOI: 10.1136/jme-2023-109600.
Fleck LM. Teaching Bioethics Today: Waking from Dogmatic Curricular Slumbers. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 2023:1-8. Epub November 9, 2023. DOI: 10.1017/S0963180123000178.
Pham MT, Campbell TA, Dorfman N, Torgerson L, Kostick-Quenet K, Blumenthal-Barby J, Storch EA, Lázaro-Muñoz G. Clinician perspectives on levels of evidence and oversight for deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant childhood OCD. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. October 2023;39:100830. Epub August 23, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2023.100830.
Merner AR, Kostick-Quenet K, Campbell TA, Pham MT, Sanchez CE, Torgerson L, et al. Participant perceptions of changes in psychosocial domains following participation in an adaptive deep brain stimulation trial. Brain Stimulation. July-August 2023;16(4):990-998. DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2023.06.007.
Fleck LM. The Dobbs Decision: Can It Be Justified by Public Reason? Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. July 2023;32(3):310-322. DOI: 10.1017/S0963180122000822.
Fleck LM. Abortion and “Zombie” Laws: Who Is Accountable? Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. July 2023;32(3):307-308. DOI: 10.1017/S0963180122000810.
Fleck LM, Dave A. Multi-cancer early detection screening tools: A dream come true or a nightmare in the offing. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2023;41(16_suppl):e18926-e18926. Epub May 31, 2023 [meeting abstract]. DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.e18926.
Fleck LM. ECMO: What Would a Deliberative Public Judge? The American Journal of Bioethics. June 2023;23(6):46-48. Epub May 23, 2023. DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2023.2201197.
Fleck LM. Abortion, Artificial Wombs, and the “No Difference” Argument. The American Journal of Bioethics. May 2023;23(5):94-97. Epub May 2, 2023. DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2023.2191019.
Kameswaran V, Y V, Marathe M. 2023. Advocacy as Access Work: How People with Visual Impairments Gain Access to Digital Banking in India. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. April 2023;7(CSCW1):Article 120, 23 pages. DOI: 10.1145/3579596.
Haimson OL, Marathe M. Uncovering Personal Histories: A Technology-Mediated Approach to Eliciting Reflection on Identity Transitions. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. April 2023;30(2):Article 23, 28 pages. DOI: 10.1145/3504004.
Pham MT, McCurdy J. Who’s Experience, Which Liability? The American Journal of Bioethics. January 2023;23(1):41-43. Epub January 3, 2023. DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2022.2146804.