Papers:
Perverse Incentives: A Challenge for Graduate Medical Education
Wu J, Gruppuso P, Adashi E. 2023. American Journal of Medicine.
This is about incentives in the residency labor market that are poorly calibrated with the aims of medical education.
Uterus transplantation: from research, through human trials and into the future
Brännström M, Racowsky C, Carbonnel M, Wu J, et al. 2023. Human Reproduction Update.
This is a review article on uterus transplantation. It traces the development of the landmark surgical innovation and explores some ethical complexities raised by it.
Mixed IgM- and IgA-mediated epidermolysis bullosa acquisita associated with IgM-λ paraproteinemia in an 81-year-old woman
Chau T, Wu J, Kahn B, et al. 2023. JAAD Case Reports.
This describes a case of epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, in which the autoantibodies driving the pathophysiology are distinct from those previously reported.
Melanoma Screening: The Ethics of Over-and Underdiagnosis
Wu J and Negbenebor N. 2022. Rhode Island Medical Journal.
This is about what it means for melanoma screening to be ethically justifiable, given insufficient evidence for national guidelines to recommend it. The paper is in a Special Issue on Public Health Ethics, which I guest co-edited, for the Rhode Island Medical Journal.
“First, do no harm?” Non-maleficence, population health and the ethics of risk
John S and Wu J. 2022. Social Theory and Practice.
This is about when it might be permissible to impose harm on some individuals in efforts to help different individuals. It has to do with the role of non-maleficence in population health policies, such as cancer screening.
The Self-directed Medical Student Curriculum
Wu J, Gruppuso P, Adashi E. 2021. JAMA.
Who controls medical education? This is about the rise of medical students in directing their own learning, sometimes irrespective of formal medical school curricula.
The Ethics of COVID-19 Risk Communication
Wu J and John S. 2021. Journal of General Internal Medicine.
This is about how risk communication requires value judgments about the nature of risk, the importance of informed choice, and the benefits of promoting behavior change.
Addiction Medicine after COVID-19: The Imperative of a Trained Workforce
Wu J, Rich J, Adashi E. 2021. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
This is about The Opioid Workforce Act, a bill that would dramatically strengthen the addiction medicine workforce by adding 1,000 additional residency positions.
Allocating Vaccines in a Pandemic: The Ethical Dimension
Wu J, John S, Adashi E. 2020. American Journal of Medicine.
This is about what constitutes an effective, fair, and justifiable allocation of vaccines.
KIND1 Loss Sensitizes Keratinocytes to UV-induced Inflammatory Response and DNA Damage
Zhang X, Luo S, Wu J, et al. 2017. Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
This is about KIND1, a cytoskeletal protein, and its role in keratinocyte proliferation and UV-induced DNA damage in squamous cell carcinoma.
FRA1 promotes squamous cell carcinoma growth and metastasis through distinct AKT and c-Jun dependent mechanisms
Zhang X, Wu J, Luo S, et al. 2016. Oncotarget.
This is about FRA1, a transcription factor, and its role in tumor growth and metastasis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Cancer Evolution
Wu J. 2016. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences.
This is an encyclopedia article about the benefits of understanding cancer as an evolutionary process.
RNA-Seq and ChIP-Seq Reveal SQSTM1/p62 as a Key Mediator of JunB Suppression of NF-kB-Dependent Inflammation
Zhang X, Jin J, Wu J, et al. 2015. Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
This is about JunB, a transcription factor, and its role in epidermal barrier function and inflammatory responses in skin diseases such as psoriasis.
Book Reviews:
Review of Ben Bradley's Well-being (Polity Press 2015)
Wu J. 2016. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics.
This is a review of Ben Bradley’s book, Well-Being, which is about the philosophical issues underlying what it means to live a good life.
Review of Havi Carel's Phenomenology of Illness (OUP 2016)
Wu J and Fathaigh C. 2018. Journal of Applied Philosophy.
This is a review of Havi Carel’s book, Phenomenology of Illness, which is about how the tools of philosophy can deepen our understanding of illness, and vice versa.