Publications

Dorfman, L., Gollust, S. E., Themba, M., Tamber, P. S., & Iton, A. (2025). Changing the story on health and racial equity: Why public health needs an infrastructure for building narrative power. Milbank Quarterly, 103(3), 724-754.

Stabler, H., Kirkland, C., & Leider, J. P. (2025). Building pathways to careers in public health: what we can learn from Minnesota public health corps. JPHMP Direct. 

Boncyk, M., Rampalli, K. K., Winters, M. N., Makkar, M. K., Nanema, S., Amevinya, G. S., Laar, A., Frongillo, E. A., & Blake, C. E. (2025). What, when, and how food and beverage are advertised on Ghanaian television. PLOS ONE, 20(6), e0325730.

Gariti, A., Berkman, E., Clark, J., Derrington, S., Dudzinski, D., Madrigal, V., Mann, D., Walter, J., & Wolfe, I. (2025). Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Pediatric Organ Recovery—Guidelines for Its Ethical Implementation. Pediatric Transplantation, 29(5), e70101.

Laar, A. (2025) Lock in and improve Ghana’s health taxes: There should be no backing down on fight for public health. MyJoyOnline.

Michaelson, W. C., Tosti-Kharas, J. (2025) Should Federal Workers Accept Trump’s Buyout Offer? Time

Pope, T. M. (2025). Medicare mandates for shared decision making with patient decision aids: Linking payment to preference. Annals of Health Law, 34(1), 143–180.

Wechkin, H. A., Menzel, P. T., Loggers, E. T., Macauley, R. C., Pope, T. M., Reagan, P. L., & Quill, T. E. (2025). "Mr. Smith Has No Mealtimes": Minimal Comfort Feeding for Patients with Advanced Dementia. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 69(2), 216–222. 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.11.001

Liu, R., Pope, T. M., & Xu, A. X. (2025). Deep and Continuous Palliative Sedation Without Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: An International Review. Indiana International & Comparative Law Review, 35(1), 67–152.

Piscitello, G. M., DeMartino, E. S., & Parker, W. F. (2025). Addressing Inadequate Documentation of Unilateral Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders. JAMA, 333(9):755-756. 10.1001/jama.2024.26282.

Wrigley-Field, E., Raquib, R. V., Berry, K. M., Morris, K. J., & Stokes, A. C. (2025). Mortality Trends Among Early Adults in the United States, 1999-2023. JAMA Network Open, 8(1), e2457538-e2457538.

DeBruin, D. A. (2024). Fetal Personhood and the Boundless Responsibilities of Pregnant Persons. The American Journal of Bioethics, 24(2), 33–36.

Konerman-Sease, J. (2024). Afterlife and Life-After. Literature and Medicine, 42(1), 21-25.

Konerman-Sease, J. (2024). On the Ground: Terrestrial Theopoetics and Planetary Politics, by O’neil Van Horn. Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology, 28(2), 222-225.

Konerman-Sease, J. (2024). People on Floors: Creating Relics Out of Medical Waste. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 67(4), 556-565.

Larsen, S., Needle, J. S., Hsieh, E., & Shapiro, M. (2024). Professional interpreter use when a child is dying: A survey of pediatric critical care clinicians. Hospital Pediatrics. Advance online publication.

Pope, T. (2024). Written Consent Forms with Remote Witnesses. Journal of Aid-in-Dying Medicine.

Pope, T., & Brodoff, L. (2024). Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking as a Bridge to Medical Aid in Dying. Journal of Aid-in-Dying Medicine.

Leider J., DeBruin D., & Lim S. (2024) Ethical and Operational Strategies for Scarce Resource Allocation. JAMA Health Forum, 5(9), e242940.

Overbey, D. M., Stephens, E. H., Parent, B., Ameduri, R. K., Catarino, P. A., Needle, J., Kucera, J. A., Kaldas, F. M., Biniwale, R., & Turek, J. W. (2024). Review of Current Normothermic Regional Perfusion Practice in Pediatric Cardiac Donation. The Annals of thoracic surgery, S0003-4975(24)01091-9. Advance online publication.

Riggan, K. A., Kesler, S., DeBruin, D., Wolf, S. M., Leider, J. P., Sederstrom, N., Dichter, J., & DeMartino, E. S. (2024). Minnesota hospitals' plans for implementing statewide guidance on allocation of scarce critical care resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes, 8(6), 537–547.

Riggan, K. A., Nguyen, N. V., Ennis, J. S., DeBruin, D. A., Sharp, R. R., Tilburt, J. C., Wolf, S. M., & DeMartino, E. S. (2024). Behind the Scenes: Facilitators and Barriers to Developing State Scarce Resource Allocation Plans for the COVID-19 Pandemic. CHEST, 166(3), 561-571.

Eyal, N., Wynia, M. K., Harter, T. D., DeBruin, D., & Eberl, J. T. (2023). Why Dropping Most Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates is Now Ethical. Health Affairs Forefront.

Konerman-Sease, J. (2023). Responding to people in pain with Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. Christian Bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Studies in Medical Morality, 29(3), 207–220.

Leider, J. P., Lim, S., DeBruin, D., Waterman, A. T., Smith, B., Ghimire, U., ... & Hick, J. L. (2023). Using a web platform for equitable distribution of COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies: A case study in resource allocation. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1226935.

Lundberg, D. J., Wrigley-Field, E., Cho, A., Raquib, R., Nsoesie, E. O., Paglino, E., Chen, R., Kiang, M. V., Riley, A. R., Chen, Y. H., Charpignon, M. L., Hempstead, K., Preston, S. H., Elo, I. T., Glymour, M. M., & Stokes, A. C. (2023). COVID-19 Mortality by Race and Ethnicity in US Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, March 2020 to February 2022. JAMA network open, 6(5), e2311098.

Wrigley-Field, E., Berry, K. M., Stokes, A. C., & Leider, J. P. (2023). COVID-19 Vaccination and Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Mortality at Midlife in Minnesota. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 64(2),

Baker, J. N., Friebert, S., Needle, J., Jiang, J., Wang, J., & Lyon, M. E. (2022). An Intervention in Congruence for End-of-Life Treatment Preference: A Randomized Trial. Pediatrics, 149(5), e2021054796.

Chantarat, T., Van Riper, D. C., & Hardeman, R. R. (2022). Multidimensional structural racism predicts birth outcomes for Black and White Minnesotans. Health services research, 57(3), 448–457.

DeBruin, D.A. (2022). Addressing pandemic disparities: Equity and neutral conceptions of justice. In Boylan, M. (Eds.) Ethical public health policy within pandemics. The International Library of Bioethics, Vol. 95. Springer, Cham.

DeBruin, D. A., Leider, J. P., Sakata, V., & White, D. B. (2022). Ethical Issues Related to COVID-19 Treatments. The Exchange, ASPR TRACIE.

Gollust, S. E., Saloner, B., Hest, R., & Blewett, L. A. (2022). US Adults’ Preferences for Public Allocation of a Vaccine for Coronavirus Disease 2019. JAMA Network Open. 3(9):e2023020.

Kaske, E. A., Wu, J. T., Hardeman, R. R., Darrow, D. P., & Satin, D. J. (2022). The language of less-lethal weapons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(17), e2117779119.

Konerman-Sease, J. (2022). What Bioethics Grad Students Want in Catholic Health Internships. In The Third Annual Catholic Healthcare Innovation in Ethics Forum, 18(1).

Madrigal, V. N., Feltman, D. M., Leuthner, S. R., Kirsch, R., Hamilton, R., Dokken, D., Needle, J., Boss, R., Lelkes, E., Carter, B., Macias, E., & Bhombal, S. (2022). Bioethics for Neonatal Cardiac Care. Pediatrics, 150(Suppl 2), e2022056415N.

Needle, J. S., Friebert, S., Thompkins, J. D., Grossoehme, D. H., Baker, J. N., Jiang, J., Wang, J., & Lyon, M. E. (2022). Effect of the Family-Centered Advance Care Planning for Teens with Cancer Intervention on Sustainability of Congruence About End-of-Life Treatment Preferences: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 5(7), e2220696.

Kesler, S. M., Wu, J. T., Kalland, K. R., Peter, L. G., Wothe, J. K., Needle, J. K., Wang, Q., & Weinert, C. R. (2021). Operationalizing Ethical Guidance for Ventilator Allocation in Minnesota: Saving the Most Lives or Exacerbating Health Disparities?. Critical care explorations, 3(6), e0455.

Laar, A., DeBruin, D., Ofori-Asenso, R., Laar, M.E., Redman, B., & Caplan, A. (2021). Rationing health and social goods during pandemics: Guidance for Ghanaian decision makers. Clinical Ethics, 16(3), 165-170.

Leider, J. P., Wrigley-Field, E., DeBruin, D., & Sederstrom, N. (2021). Now Is the Time to Explicitly Emphasize Equity in Vaccine Access. JPHMP Direct.

Lyon, M. E., Cheng, Y. I., Needle, J., Friebert, S., Baker, J. N., Jiang, J., & Wang, J for the Adolescent Palliative Care Consortium. (2021). The intersectionality of gender and poverty on symptom suffering among adolescents with cancer. Pediatric blood & cancer, 68(8), e29144.

Needle, J. S., Liaschenko, J., Peden-McAlpine, C., & Boss, R. (2021). Stopping the Momentum of Clinical Cascades in the PICU: Intentional Responses to the Limits of Medicine. Journal of palliative care, 36(1), 12–16.

Thompkins, J. D., Needle, J., Baker, J. N., Briggs, L., Cheng, Y. I., Wang, J., Friebert, S., & Lyon, M. E. (2021). Pediatric Advance Care Planning and Families' Positive Caregiving Appraisals: An RCT. Pediatrics, 147(6), e2020029330.

Wrigley-Field, E., Garcia, S., Leider, J. P., & Van Riper, D. (2021). COVID-19 Mortality At The Neighborhood Level: Racial And Ethnic Inequalities Deepened In Minnesota In 2020. Health affairs (Project Hope), 40(10), 1644–1653.

Wu, J. T., DeBruin, D. A., Wolf, S. M., Klemond, T., & DeMartino, E. S. (2021). Addressing a Missing Link in Emergency Preparedness: New Insights on the Ethics of Care in Contingency Conditions from the Minnesota COVID Ethics Collaborative. The American Journal of Bioethics, 21(8), 17–19.

DeBruin, D., & Leider, J. P. (2020). COVID-19: The Shift From Clinical to Public Health Ethics. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 26(4), 306-309.

Friebert, S., Grossoehme, D. H., Baker, J. N., Needle, J., Thompkins, J. D., Cheng, Y. I., Wang, J., & Lyon, M. E. (2020). Congruence Gaps Between Adolescents With Cancer and Their Families Regarding Values, Goals, and Beliefs About End-of-Life Care. JAMA Network Open, 3(5), e205424.

Grossoehme, D. H., Friebert, S., Baker, J. N., Tweddle, M., Needle, J., Chrastek, J., Thompkins, J., Wang, J., Cheng, Y. I., & Lyon, M. E. (2020). Association of Religious and Spiritual Factors With Patient-Reported Outcomes of Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms, Fatigue, and Pain Interference Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer. JAMA network open, 3(6), e206696.

Lim, S., DeBruin, D. A., Leider, J. P., Sederstrom, N., Lynfield, R., Baker, J. V., ... Wolf, S. M. (2020). Developing an ethics framework for allocating remdesivir in the COVID-19 pandemic. In Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 95(9), 1946-1954. Elsevier.

Needle, J. S., Peden-McAlpine, C., Liaschenko, J., Koschmann, K., Sanders, N., Smith, A., Schellinger, S. E., & Lyon, M. E. (2020). "Can you tell me why you made that choice?": A qualitative study of the influences on treatment decisions in advance care planning among adolescents and young adults undergoing bone marrow transplant. Palliative medicine, 34(3), 281–290.

Schreiner, K., Grossoehme, D. H., Friebert, S., Baker, J. N., Needle, J., & Lyon, M. E. (2020). "Living life as if I never had cancer": A study of the meaning of living well in adolescents and young adults who have experienced cancer. Pediatric blood & cancer, 67(10), e28599.

DeBruin, D. A., & Leider, J. P. (2019). Ethics and the public health system. In J. Kahn, N. Kass, & A. Mastroianni (Eds.), Oxford handbook of public health ethics, 1-17. Oxford University Press.

Kamrath, H. J., Osterholm, E., Stover-Haney, R., George, T., O'Connor-Von, S., & Needle, J. (2019). Lasting Legacy: Maternal Perspectives of Perinatal Palliative Care. Journal of palliative medicine, 22(3), 310–315.

Needle, J. S., Peden-McAlpine, C., & Liaschenko, J. (2019). Physicians' Perspectives on Adolescent and Young Adult Advance Care Planning The Fallacy of Informed Decision Making. The Journal of clinical ethics, 30(2), 131–142.

Needle J. S., Brunquell D., Lyon M., & Heith C*. (2018). Mature minors, mature decisions: Advance care planning for adolescent patients with life-limiting illness. Journal of Pediatric Ethics, 1(3). 

Laar, A., & DeBruin, D. (2017). Key populations and human rights in the context of HIV services rendition in Ghana. BMC international health and human rights, 17(1), 20.

Needle, J. S., Bjorklund, A., & Gupta, S. (2017). Considerations in Caring for Adult Patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Journal of pediatric intensive care, 6(2), 77–82.

Sveen, W.*, Sury, M., & Needle, J. (2017). If Truth Be Told: Paternal Nondisclosure in Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection. Journal of Pediatric Ethics 1(1).

DeBruin, D., Leider, J. P., & Reynolds, N. (2016). Ethical guidance for crisis standards of care: Planning and response guidelines. An annex to the Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH’s) Crisis Standards of Care Plan. Deliverable to MDH for Minnesota Crisis Standards of Care Ethics contract.

Needle, J., & Smith, A. R. (2016). The Impact of Advance Directives on End-of-Life Care for Adolescents and Young Adults Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant. Journal of palliative medicine, 19(3), 300–305.

Laar, A., & DeBruin, D. (2015). Ethics-sensitivity of the Ghana national integrated strategic response plan for pandemic influenza. BMC Medical Ethics, 16(30).

Laar, A. K., DeBruin, D. A., & Craddock, S. (2015). Partner notification in the context of HIV: An interest-analysis. AIDS Research and Therapy, 12(15).

Needle J. (2014). Ethical challenges with the advancement of hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Journal of pediatric intensive care, 3(3), 195–200.

DeBruin, D., & Marshall, M. F. (2013). Ethical issues in pandemic Influenza planning concerning pregnant and postpartum women. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 121(5), 1138-1143. Published as American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee Opinion, ACOG Ethics Committee.

DeBruin, D., Liaschenko, J., & Marshall, M. F. (2012). Social Justice in Pandemic Preparedness. American journal of public health, 102(4), 586–591.

Needle, J. S., Mularski, R. A., Nguyen, T., & Fromme, E. K. (2012). Influence of personal preferences for life-sustaining treatment on medical decision making among pediatric intensivists. Critical care medicine, 40(8), 2464–2469.

Garrett, J. E., Vawter, D. E., Gervais, K. G., Prehn, A. W., DeBruin, D. A., Livingston, F., Morley, A. M., Liaschenko, J., & Lynfield, R. (2011). The Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project: Sequenced, Robust Public Engagement Processes. Journal of Participatory Medicine. 3:e6.

Nakagawa, T., Rigby, M., Bratton, S., Shemie, S., Ajizian, S., Berkowitz, I., Bowens, C., Cosio, C., Curley, M., Dhanani, S., Dobyns, E., Easterling, L., Fortenberry, J., Helfaer, M., Kolovos, N., Koogler, T., Lebovitz, D., Michelson, K., Morrison, W., Naim, M., Needle, J., Nelson, B., Rotta, ... Weise, K. (2011). A call for full public disclosure for donation after circulatory determination of death in children. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 12(3), 375-377.

Vawter, D. E., Garrett, J. E., Gervais, K. G., Prehn, A. W., & DeBruin, D. A. (2011). Attending to Social Vulnerability When Rationing Pandemic Resources. The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 22(1), 42–53.

DeBruin, D., Marshall, M.F., Parilla, E., Liaschenko, J., Leider, J., Brunnquell, D., Garrett, J., & Vawter, D. (2010). Implementing ethical frameworks for rationing scarce health resources in Minnesota during severe influenza pandemic. Report of the Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project (deliverable to Minnesota Department of Health) pp.122. Available at

Needle J. S. (2010). Home extubation by a pediatric critical care team: providing a compassionate death outside the pediatric intensive care unit. Pediatric critical care medicine: A journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 11(3), 401–403.

Vawter, D. E., Garrett, J. E., Gervais, K. G., Prehn, A. W., & DeBruin, D. A. (2010). Dueling Ethical Frameworks for Allocating Health Resources. The American Journal of Bioethics, 10(4), 54–56.

Vawter, D., Garrett, J., Gervais, K., Prehn, A., DeBruin, D., Tauer, C., Parilla, E., Liaschenko, J., & Marshall M. (2010). For the good of us all: Ethically rationing health resources in Minnesota in a severe influenza pandemic. Report of the Minnesota Pandemic Ethics Project (deliverable to Minnesota Department of Health) pp.183.

Garrett, J. E., Vawter, D. E., Prehn, A. W., DeBruin, D. A., & Gervais, K. G. (2009). Listen! The Value of Public Engagement in Pandemic Ethics. The American Journal of Bioethics, 9(11), 17–19.

Needle, J. S., O'Riordan, M., & Smith, P. G. (2009). Parental anxiety and medical comprehension within 24 hrs of a child's admission to the pediatric intensive care unit*. Pediatric critical care medicine  a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 10(6), 668–674.

Needle, J., & Anderson, M. R. (2006). Medical emergency teams: Are improved outcomes really like day and night?. Critical care medicine, 34(6), 1840–1841.

De Vries, R., DeBruin, D. A., & Goodgame, A. (2004). Ethics Review of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research: Where Should We Go From Here? Ethics & Behavior, 14(4), 351–368.