Academic Publications
(* indicates co-first author)
Pierson L and Tsai B. Misaligned AI constitutes a growing public health threat. BMJ, 2023.
Pierson L and Verguet S. When should global health actors prioritize more uncertain interventions? The Lancet Global Health, 2023.
Mintz R*, Pierson L*, and Miller DG. Rethinking Professionalism Assessments in Medical Education. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2022.
Pierson L and Pierson E. Patients cannot consent to care unless they know how much it costs. BMJ, 2022.
Pierson L and Millum J. Health Research Priority Setting: Do Grant Review Processes Reflect Ethical Principles? Global Public Health, 2021.
Miller DG, Pierson L, and Doernberg S. The Role of Medical Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2020.
Pierson L*, Gibert S*, Berkman B, Danis M, and Millum J. The Allocation of Scarce Biospecimens for Use in Research. Journal of Medical Ethics, 2020.
Pierson L and Millum J. Health Research Priority-Setting: The Duties of Individual Funders. The American Journal of Bioethics, 2018.
Pierson L and Tsai B. Misaligned AI constitutes a growing public health threat. BMJ, 2023.
Pierson L and Verguet S. When should global health actors prioritize more uncertain interventions? The Lancet Global Health, 2023.
Mintz R*, Pierson L*, and Miller DG. Rethinking Professionalism Assessments in Medical Education. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2022.
Pierson L and Pierson E. Patients cannot consent to care unless they know how much it costs. BMJ, 2022.
Pierson L and Millum J. Health Research Priority Setting: Do Grant Review Processes Reflect Ethical Principles? Global Public Health, 2021.
Miller DG, Pierson L, and Doernberg S. The Role of Medical Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2020.
Pierson L*, Gibert S*, Berkman B, Danis M, and Millum J. The Allocation of Scarce Biospecimens for Use in Research. Journal of Medical Ethics, 2020.
Pierson L and Millum J. Health Research Priority-Setting: The Duties of Individual Funders. The American Journal of Bioethics, 2018.
Op-eds, letters, and commentaries
Sullivan H and Pierson L. With students remote, universities should put COVID-19 testing capacity to good use. The Boston Globe, 2022.
Pierson L and Pierson E. Genetic Risks for Cancer Should Not Mean Financial Hardship. The New York Times, 2021.
Pierson L, Pierson M, Steinhardt J, and Pierson E. Incarceration and COVID-19. Health Affairs, 2021.
Millum J and Pierson L. Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Health Research Priority-Setting: The Duties of Individual Funders.” The American Journal of Bioethics, 2019.
Pierson L and Millum J. Disease Prevalence and the Magnitude of Research Benefits. The American Journal of Bioethics, 2018.
Pierson L and Millum J. The limits of research institutions in setting research priorities. Journal of Medical Ethics, 2017.
Pierson E and Pierson L. What Do Campus Protesters Really Want? The New York Times, 2015.
Pierson L and Pierson E. Genetic Risks for Cancer Should Not Mean Financial Hardship. The New York Times, 2021.
Pierson L, Pierson M, Steinhardt J, and Pierson E. Incarceration and COVID-19. Health Affairs, 2021.
Millum J and Pierson L. Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Health Research Priority-Setting: The Duties of Individual Funders.” The American Journal of Bioethics, 2019.
Pierson L and Millum J. Disease Prevalence and the Magnitude of Research Benefits. The American Journal of Bioethics, 2018.
Pierson L and Millum J. The limits of research institutions in setting research priorities. Journal of Medical Ethics, 2017.
Pierson E and Pierson L. What Do Campus Protesters Really Want? The New York Times, 2015.
Work in Progress
Pierson L. Accounting for future populations in health research. (Under review at Bioethics.)
Pierson L and Doernberg S. We should allow patients to choose not to choose. (Under review at Annals of Internal Medicine.)
Pierson L, Sullivan H, Gibert S, Fei RY, Tucker Edmonds B, Persad G, Largent EA. Bioethicists' views on abortion care.
Pierson L. Rethinking public engagement in health care priority setting.
Pierson L and Doernberg S. We should allow patients to choose not to choose. (Under review at Annals of Internal Medicine.)
Pierson L, Sullivan H, Gibert S, Fei RY, Tucker Edmonds B, Persad G, Largent EA. Bioethicists' views on abortion care.
Pierson L. Rethinking public engagement in health care priority setting.
Blog posts
Pierson L. Medical School Curricula Should Reflect Disease Burden. Bill of Health Blog, 2022.
Pierson L. We Need to Evaluate Ethics Curricula. Bill of Health Blog, 2022.
Pierson L. Ethics Education in U.S. Medical Schools' Curricula. Bill of Health Blog, 2022.
Pierson L. How to Assess the Impact of Ethics Education. Bill of Health Blog, 2022.
Pierson L. The AMA Can Help Fix the Workforce Shortages it Helped Create. Bill of Health Blog, 2022.
Pierson L. Picking Research Projects That Matter. Bill of Health Blog, 2022.
Pierson L. Becoming a Bioethicist is Expensive. That's a Problem. Bill of Health Blog, 2021.
Pierson L. The NIH Has the Opportunity to Address Research Funding Disparities. Bill of Health Blog, 2021.
Pierson L. Medical Schools Need to Do More to Reduce Students' Debt. Bill of Health Blog, 2021.
Pierson L. Disclosing Pain: The Case for Greater Transparency. Bill of Health Blog, 2021.
Pierson L. Shortening Medical Training Would Help Trainees Balance Family and Career. Bill of Health Blog, 2021.
Pierson L, Gibert S, and Millum J. Allocating Scarce Biospecimens. Journal of Medical Ethics Blog, 2020.
Pierson L. We Need to Evaluate Ethics Curricula. Bill of Health Blog, 2022.
Pierson L. Ethics Education in U.S. Medical Schools' Curricula. Bill of Health Blog, 2022.
Pierson L. How to Assess the Impact of Ethics Education. Bill of Health Blog, 2022.
Pierson L. The AMA Can Help Fix the Workforce Shortages it Helped Create. Bill of Health Blog, 2022.
Pierson L. Picking Research Projects That Matter. Bill of Health Blog, 2022.
Pierson L. Becoming a Bioethicist is Expensive. That's a Problem. Bill of Health Blog, 2021.
Pierson L. The NIH Has the Opportunity to Address Research Funding Disparities. Bill of Health Blog, 2021.
Pierson L. Medical Schools Need to Do More to Reduce Students' Debt. Bill of Health Blog, 2021.
Pierson L. Disclosing Pain: The Case for Greater Transparency. Bill of Health Blog, 2021.
Pierson L. Shortening Medical Training Would Help Trainees Balance Family and Career. Bill of Health Blog, 2021.
Pierson L, Gibert S, and Millum J. Allocating Scarce Biospecimens. Journal of Medical Ethics Blog, 2020.
