Beams of light through a barred prison cell window.

Solitary Confinement in ICE Facilities

Katherine Peeler, MD, MA co-authored a new report on the use of solitary confinement as "medical isolation" for detainees in ICE facilities.

Pigs eating outside at an organic meat farm.

Animal Welfare and Xenotransplantation

Sana Baban, MBE, Ashlin Amano, MBE, and Lisa Moses, VMD published a piece in the Hastings Center Forum on animal ethics in xenotransplantation research.

Susie Huang and Francis Shen stand beside the Connectome 2.0 scanner.

REACH for BRAIN Project Launches

The NIH BRAIN Neuroethics program recently funded the "Recruitment, Engagement, and Access for Community Health Equity for BRAIN Next-Generation Human Neuroimaging Research and Beyond" (REACH for BRAIN) project, which strives to improve engagement with and recruitment of research participants in studies using the Connectome 2.0 scanner.

Rows of colorful medical records and patient charts.

Medical Insurance Reviews and Patient Privacy Concerns

Peter Q. Harris, MD, Melissa Abraham, PhD, MSc and Bruce Cohen, MD, PhD published a new paper titled, "Should Medical Insurance Review Serve the Patient’s Best Interests? Examples and Considerations Illustrated by Behavioral Health Cases."