Articles and Columns
“Going It Alone” Salvo, Issue 44, Spring 2018 (available by subscription)
“What’s wrong with crowdfunding medical expenses?” MercatorNet, February 20, 2018.
“Rescuing our lives from tech” MercatorNet, February 16, 2018.
“Porn Planet” Salvo, Issue 43, Winter 2018. (available by subscription)
“Is addiction a matter of choice or genetics?” MercatorNet, November 14, 2017.
“Taking apart the news cycle merry-go-round” MercatorNet, October 17, 2017.
“Casualty Report: Deaths of Despair: Are Middle-Agers Giving Up?“ Salvo, Issue 42, Fall 2017 (available by subscription)
“Silicon Valley’s creepy obsession with longevity” MercatorNet, August 2, 2017.
“Transgender Sports: Men and Women Have Physical Differences That No Surgery or Hormone Treatment Can Change” The Stream, June 16, 2017.
“Turning life into a game” MercatorNet, June 14, 2017.
“Casualty Report: Jumping to Conclusions” Salvo, Issue 41, Summer 2017 (available by subscription).
“Technology and Addiction: How Big Gaming Hacks into our Psyches” MercatorNet, April 6, 2017.
“Addiction or Compulsion: Our Love/Hat Relationship with Technology” MercatorNet, March 23, 2017.
“Casualty Report: Police and Shootings” Salvo, Issue 40, Spring 2017 (available by subscription).
“Manipulating Science News” MercatorNet, February 10, 2017.
“Casualty Report: Suicide Tolls” and “The Come Back Man” Salvo, Issue 39, Winter 2016.
“The Seven Deadly Sins of Social Media” MercatorNet, November 21, 2016.
“Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Algorithm” MercatorNet, September 23, 2016.
“Casualty Report: Euthanasia” Salvo, Issue 38, Fall 2016 (available by subscription).
“When Is It Ethical for Police and the Military to Use Killer Robots?” MercatorNet, August 15, 2016.
“Blind Faith in DNA” MercatorNet, June 23, 2016. (Cross published as “Be Wary of the Magical, Hyped-Up Claims About DNA” The Stream, June 26, 2016.)
“From Me to Eternity” Salvo, Issue 37, Summer 2016.
“Casualty Report: Sex Trafficking” Salvo, Issue 37, Summer 2016.
“Pigs with Human Hearts, and Other Wild Tales from the Future of Organ Donation” Quartz, April 13, 2016.
“Bodyhackers: The Rebel-Punk Transhumanists” MercatorNet, March 31, 2016.
“When Baby-Making Takes Three: You, Me, and She” Christian Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 01, 2016 (available by subscription).
“Panel Says FDA Should Approve Experiments on Male ‘Three-Parent’ Embryos” The Stream, February 8, 2016.
“Surrogate and Babies Die from Complications in Pregnancy” The Stream, October 17, 2015.
“Dying to Feel Good: Modern Self-Realization & the Painkiller Addiction Epidemic” Salvo, Issue 31, Winter 2014 (Feature article, available by subscription).
“Incredible Bulk: Performance-Enhancing Drugs & the Modern Identity Project” Salvo, Issue 27, Winter 2013 (Available by subscription).
“Playing God: The 3D Printing Revolution Is Here. Should We Be Concerned about How Far It Will Go?” Relevant Issue 66, December 2013.
Blogs & Contributions
Medical Xpress and Phys.org contributions (This is a sampling of some of the research summaries I’ve written.):
“Criteria to predict experimentally stable allotropes”
“New hydrogel gives clues to mechanism behind stress-stiffening-mediated mesenchymal stem cell fate”
“Diagnostic tools using synthetic biology”
“New study shows inhibiting copper chaperones reduces tumor cell proliferation”
“Re-framing the placebo effect and informed consent”
“Workshop on the use of biospecimens calls for broad initial consent with oversight”
“Mitochondrial function changes as we age”
Select articles on bioethics.com:
“Embryoids: Explanations and Ethical Issues” (February 26, 2018)
“Haploid Stem Cells” (August 10, 2017)
“Zika Timeline of Events” (February 21, 2017)
“On-Call Ethics Consultants in Human-Subject Research” (May 4, 2015)
“Ebola Timeline” (October 14, 2014)
“STAP Stem Cells: Come and Gone” (September 19, 2014)
“Gene Editing Technology” (April 14, 2014)
“Synthetic Biology and Venter’s Life at the Speed of Light” (March 5, 2014)
“New Guidelines on Prescribing Statins” (February 17, 2014)
“Defining Death” (February 7, 2014)
“The Mighty Mitochondria and Reproductive Technology” (November 18, 2013)
Past contributor to Salvo Magazine’s blog
Past contributor to Trinity International University’s Bioethics Blog
Past contributor to Probe.org web site
Paper Presentations
“Media Coverage of the Zika Virus: The Ethics of Reporting on Disease” Paper Presentation at The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity annual conference, June 2017.
“The Scientific Method in the Era of Big Data” Paper Presentation at The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity annual conference, June 2015.
“Dying to Feel Good: Pain Management and Addiction” Paper Presentation at The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity annual conference, June 2014.
“Performance Enhancement in Sports” Paper Presentation at The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity annual conference, July 2013.