Siegel’s research explores the relationship between autonomy and decision-making ability in the context of psychiatric illness. He has published articles and given national presentations on subjects including patient decision-making capacity, the ethical challenges of invasive psychiatric neuromodulation, pediatric euthanasia, and diagnostic reservation for Borderline Personality Disorder. Dr. Siegel also has an interest in applying behavioral…
Yingcheng “Elaine” Xu, MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Cooper University Healthcare in Camden, New Jersey. She completed her medical training and psychiatric residency at the University of Pennsylvania, where she began to explore the topics of terminal mental illness, medical assistance in dying for mental illness, and palliative psychiatry. She has published…
Benjamin A. Barsky is Associate Professor of Law at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, and Consortium Advisory Board member of the UCSF-UC Law SF Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy. Barsky’s work sits at the intersection of law, health care policy, and public health ethics. Broadly, his research interrogates…
Isabel M. Perera is an Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University. Her current work explores the comparative political economy of psychiatric deinstitutionalization, as well as its implications for normative debates on the appropriate allocation of resources in mental health. Her training includes a doctorate in Political Science and a post-doctorate in Medical Ethics and Health…
William R. Smith, MD, PhD, is assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Smith’s research focuses on ethical, policy, implementation, and behavioral economics in psychiatry, especially in Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) for first-episode psychosis. His current work includes trials collaborating with various NIMH Early Psychosis Network (EPINET) sites to develop incentive…
Dominic A. Sisti, PhD is associate professor and director of the Scattergood Program for the Applied Ethics of Behavioral Healthcare in the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy. He holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry. Sisti’s current research examines the ethical and philosophical dimensions of the concept of mental disorder, with…