Arsht Research Initiatives

2007 "Ethics and Community" Grantees

Does electronic disclosure affect contributions to non-profit organizations? Practice and policy implications
Royce Burnett, PhD, CPA, Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting
Cherice Johnson, School of Business MBA program
                                     
Disclosing volume outcome data to prospective patients: Should it be part of the informed consent process?                       
Leonidas Koniaris, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Brandon von Tobel, Senior Medical Student

How do personal values, culture, and perceptions of alleged perpetrators and victim children bias child protection professionals’ decisions about distinguishing between corporal punishment and physical abuse?
Walter Lambert, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Medical Director, University of Miami-Child Protection Team
Lilia Diaz, RN, Graduate, Nursing and Health Studies
Mindy Reinstein, UM Law School

Ethics in ophthalmology           
Richard Lee, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Cell Biology and Anatomy and Neuroscience Graduate Program
Ashleigh Levison, Junior Medical Student

The ethics of newborn screening in a society with low health literacy
Lee Sanders, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Julia Sein, Undergraduate, Biology, Honors Medical Program

Does lung cancer deserve less attention than other types of cancers? The ethical issues surrounding cancer research funding disparities
Michael Slote, PhD, MA, Professor, Department of Philosophy; UST Professor of Ethics
Aaron Wilson, Graduate, Philosophy

We the Students: An online interactive ethics debate show
Sanjeev Chatterjee, MA, MFA, Vice Dean, Associate Professor and Executive Director, Knight Center for International Media
David Steinberg, Director of Debate, School of Communication
Daniel Kaslow, Undergraduate, School of Communication

The ethical implications of disparate-impact discrimination towards women in high school athletics: A national study of job announcements and job descriptions for interscholastic athletic administrators
Warren Whisenant, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sport Administration, School of Education
Gerard T. Mirabito, Graduate, Sport Administration
Rachel Munoz, Undergraduate, Sport Administration
Stephanie Cohen, Undergraduate, Psychology and Sport Administration minor

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