Project Bibliography
June 2008
This bibliography is updated monthly and is sourced from project working group members based on a
standing request to supply citations for papers, lectures, op-eds and other content spawned by the
project, recognizing that some examples will be directly related to project themes and some will be more
peripheral.
Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D.
Emanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
Chair, Department of Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
Articles
"A proposed ethical framework for vaccine mandates: competing values and the case of HPV", Kennedy
Institute of Ethics Journal, forthcoming, 2008 (with Robert I. Field).
"Ethics and vaccines," in: W Orenstein and P. Offit, ed., Vaccines, forthcoming (with Jason L. Schwartz),
2008.
"Leveraging Genetic Resources or Moral Blackmail?- Indonesia and Avian Flu Virus Sample Sharing,"
American Journal of Bioethics, 7,11, 2007: 1-2 (with David R Curry).
"Lessons from the failure of human papillomavirus vaccine state requirements",
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 82, December, 2007: 760-3,
(with JL Schwartz, RR Faden and J Sugarman).
"Off the grid: Vaccinations among home-schooled children," The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics,
35,3, 2007: 471-77. (with D. Khalili).
"Boom and bust-have we learned what we need to from the flu vaccine shortage?" Johns Hopkins
Advanced Studies in Medicine, 2005: 522-3.
"What a shot! Ethical issues associated with genomically derived vaccines," In: The Genomics Revolution:
Reshaping Vaccine Development and Delivery. Washington ASCB,2005:131-137
Lectures
"Ethics and the new cervical cancer vaccine," Philadelphia Department of Health, Philadelphia, PA,
February 13, 2006.
"Hard choices in health care: triage, rationing and allocation for avian flu vaccine," Keynote address,
American Medical Group Association, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 18, 2006.
"Fighting Avian Flu: The ethics of rationing and triage," Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, April 5,
2006.
"Ethics and the new cervical cancer vaccine", Chestnut Hill Rotary Club, Chestnut Hill, PA, August 30,
2006.
"Ethics and HPV vaccines", Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, CT, September 7, 2006.
"Ethical and policy issues in covering cancer vaccines", Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, FL, September
26, 2006.
"Ethics and cancer vaccines" Harvard Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, September 27, 2006.
"Ethics, biotechnology and the future: The case of HPV vaccines", Twenty Fifth
Annual Health Executives Forum, Siemens Medical, Scottsdale, AZ,
October 31, 2006.
"Ethics and vaccines", Merrill Lynch Annual CEO Conference, Scottsdale, AZ,
November 9, 2006.
"The ethical challenge of pandemics: The case of Avian Flu," Temple University, College of Health
Professions, Philadelphia, PA, November 20, 2006.
"Ethical issues raised by the new cervical cancer vaccine," Temple University School of Medicine,
Philadelphia, PA, December 7, 2006.
"Rationing in a time of pandemic," Abington Hospital, Abington, PA, December 14, 2006.
"Ethics and HPV vaccine," New York University, NY, NY December 20, 2006.
"Should the HPV vaccine be mandated?", Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, April 5, 2007.
"What a shot! Ethics and the new cervical cancer vaccine", Washington College, Chestertown, MD, April
26, 2007.
"Ethics, consent and tissues" Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, 10th Annual Meeting,
Washington, D.C., August 27, 2007.
"Ethics and the new cervical cancer vaccine," Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Stanford University
School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, October 10, 2007.
"Ethics and rationing during a pandemic", Minneapolis Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, November
16, 2007
"Fairness, justice and pandemic flu", Temple University
School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, November 29, 2007
"The ethics of rationing during a pandemic flu outbreak",
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, December 21, 2007
“Ethical issues raised by new HPV vaccines”, DeCamp Lecture, Princeton University,
February 13, 2008
"The Rights and Wrongs of Mandates: The Case of HPV Vaccine"
Public Health Forum, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, May 29, 2008
Robert I. Field, JD, MPH, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Health Policy and Public Health
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Articles
"A proposed ethical framework for vaccine mandates: competing values and the case of HPV", Kennedy
Institute Ethics Journal, 18, 2, 2008: 111-124. (with Arthur L. Caplan).
“The ethics of allocating vaccines”, in Ravitsky, V., Fiester, A. and Caplan, A. (eds.). Penn Center Guide
to Bioethics, New York: Springer, forthcoming, 2008.
Presentations
[Accepted] "A bioethics approach to pandemic vaccine allocation policy," Annual Meeting, American
Public Health Association, October, 2008, San Diego.
“An Ethical Framework for Vaccine Mandates: Competing Ethical Values and the Case of HPV”, American
Public Health Association
134th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 5, 2006.
“Bioethical Determinants of Pandemic Vaccine Allocation Strategies: An Ethical Analysis of DHHS Draft
Guidance” (Poster), Academy Health, Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC, June 8, 2008.
Vaccines Forum: Production and Hosting
"The Future of Vaccines,” University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA May 8, 2008.
Paul A. Offit, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Offit, P.A. “Lawsuits Won’t Stop Pandemics,” The Wall Street Journal, December 1, 2005.
Offit, P.A. “Fatal Exemption,” The Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2007.
Offit, P.A. “Risks of Being Risk Averse,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 12, 2007.
Offit, P.A. “Dr. Advertising,” The New York Times, July 12, 2007.
Offit, P.A. “Thimerosal and Vaccines—A Cautionary Tale,” New England Journal of Medicine 2007; 357:
1278-9.
Roberta M. Snow, Ph.D.
Professor
Management Department
307 Anderson Hall
West Chester University
“THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IN NATIONAL INFLUENZA PANDEMIC PLANNING AND POLICY: QUESTIONS
OF FEASIBILITY AND PRACTICALITY,” International Academy of Business and Public Administration
Disciplines, Fall 2007 Business and Public Administration Conference, October 25–28, New Orleans,
Louisiana
Barbara M. Watson, MD
MB ChB, FRCP(UK),FAAP
Immunization Program
Division of Disease Control
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Maureen Kolasa, James Lutz, Andrew Chilkatowsky, Barbara Watson, Robert Levenson, John Stevenson,
Jorge Rosenthal. Do laws Bring Children in Child Care Centers Up-to Date For Their Immunizations?
Ambulatory Pediatrics 2003; :154-57
Z. S. Moore, J. F. Seward, B. M. Watson, T. J. Maupin, A. O. Jumaan. Chickenpox or Smallpox: The Use
of the Febrile Prodrome as a Distinguishing Characteristic. CID 2004; 39:1810-18
A.B. Jessop, B.M. Watson, R.Mazar, J. Andrel. Assessment of Screening, Treatment, and Prevention of
Perinatal Infections in the Philadelphia Birth Cohort American Journal of Medical Quality (AJM)0 2005:
20,253-261
R. Keren, .T.E. Zaoutis, C.Bridges, G. Herrera, B.Watson, A. Wheeler, D. Licht, X.Q.Luan, S.Coffin
Neurological and Neuromuscular Disease as a Risk Factor for Respiratory Failure in Children Hospitalized
with Influenza Infection JAMA 2005:294, 2188-2194.
S.Coffin,.T.E. Zaoutis, A. Wheeler, K. Heydon, G. Herrera, C.Bridges, B.Watson, R. Localio,R. Hodinka,
R. Keren, Incidence, Complications, and Risk Factors for Prolonged Stay in Children Hospitalized with
Community Aquired Influenza. Pediatrics 2007:119;740-48
Barbara Watson; Rachel Civen,; Meredith Reynolds,; Karl Heath,; Dana Perella,; Tina Carbajal,; Laurene
Mascola,; Aisha Jumaan,; Laura Zimmerman; Abike James; Carlene Quashi,; Scott Schmid,. Validity of
Self-Reported Varicella Disease History among Pregnant Women Attending Prenatal Clinics. Public Health
Reports 2007
S S. Hutchins1; I. Sulemana1; K. L. Heilpern2; W. Schaffner3; G. Wax 4; ; E. B. Lerner5; B. Watson6;
R. Baltimore7, R. A. Waltenburg2; D. Aronsky8; S. Coffin9; G. Ng7; A. S. Craig10 A. Behrman11; J.
Meek7; E. Sherman6; S. . S..-Chaves1; R. Harpaz1; S. Schmidt. Performance of an Algorithm for
Assessing Smallpox Risk Among Patients with Rashes that May Be Confused with Smallpox. CID(In Press)
Dalya Guris, MD, MPH, Aisha O Jumaan, PhD, Barbara Watson MD, Laurene Mascola MD, MPH, John X
Zhang, PhD, Sandra S. Chaves, MD, MSc, Paul Gargiullo, PhD, Dana Perella MSPH, AV co-author, and
Jane F. Seward, MBBS, MPH. Changing Varicella Epidemiology in the Active Surveillance Sites – USA,
1995-2005. JID 2007 (In Press)
Meredith A. Reynolds, Barbara M. Watson, Kelly K. Plott-Adams, Aisha O. Jumaan, Karin Galil, Teresa J.
Maupin, John X. Zhang, Jane F. Seward. Epidemiology of Varicella Hospitalizations in the United States,
1995-2005 JID 2007 Supplement (In Press)
Allen Craig, Barbara Watson, Tom Zink, Jeffery P. Davis, William Schaffner. Hepatitis A outbreak Activity
in the USA: responding to a vaccine preventable disease. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
2007 in press
David R. Curry, MSLS
Executive Director, Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy
Visiting Scholar, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
"Vaccines: Law, Ethics and Human Rights in Developing Countries," Presentation and Panel, Penn Global
Development Initiative Forum, 11 April 2008
“Observations and Comment: Draft Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic Influenza Vaccine,”
Submission to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), 31 December 2007
"Leveraging Genetic Resources or Moral Blackmail?- Indonesia and Avian Flu Virus Sample Sharing,"
American Journal of Bioethics, 7,11, 2007: 1-2, (with Arthur L. Caplan)
“Vaccines Ethics: A Global Perspective,” Lecture, IGERT Multidisciplinary Biotechnology Course,
University of Delaware, 29 October 2007
“Make sure your health care workers got flu shot,” Mercury News, 12/05/06,
(with Arthur L. Caplan)
“Vaccines, Ethics and Public Health Policy,” Lecture, IGERT Multidisciplinary Biotechnology Course,
University of Delaware, 23 October 2006



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