Current Position

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA – PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Curriculum Vitae
Harald Thomas Schmidt, M.A., Ph.D.
July 2013
3401 Market Street, Suite 320
Philadelphia
PA 19104- 3308
Phone: (+1) 215-573-4519
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://medicalethics.med.upenn.edu/people/faculty/harald-schmidt
Current Position
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy;
Research Associate, Center for Health Incentives, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics;
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Education
2007-2012
Doctor of Philosophy, London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K.
Department of Public Policy (LSE Health), thesis on personal responsibility for health.
Conceptual analysis, quantitative and qualitative methods. Thesis analyzed US and
German health responsibility and incentive policies and developed a framework for
evaluating their ethical implications.
1996-2001
Master of Arts/Magister Artium (Distinction), University of Münster, Germany
Major: philosophy; minors: history and linguistics (M.A. includes B.A. equivalent)
1999-2000
Visiting student, Oxford University, U.K.
Focus: philosophy, applied ethics
Honors, Scholar- and Fellowships
2012 Titmuss Prize, Department of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political
Science, U.K.
Nominated and selected for Prize for best PhD thesis completed in 2011-2012
2011
Research Fellow, Centre for Advanced Study, University of Münster, Germany
Awarded 3-month achievement-based fellowship, work on foundational bioethics values
2009-2010
Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellowship in Healthcare Policy and Practice
Selected as 1 of 10 international fellows for highly competitive mid-career scholarship;
health policy research on value-based insurance design; Harvard School of Public Health
1998-2001
National German Scholarship Foundation – Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Nominated and selected for a scholarship awarded to the top 0.25% of German students
1999-2000
German Academic Exchange Service – DAAD
1-year competitive scholarship open to Germany’s best students to fund studies abroad
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Professional positions
2013-pres. Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of
Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.
Research and teaching: public health ethics, healthcare priority setting
2012-2013 Lecturer, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania, U.S
Research and teaching: public health ethics, healthcare priority setting
2011-pres. Research Associate, Center for Health Incentives, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.
Research on health incentives and equity (F/T until Sept. 2012, then affiliate)
2009-2010 Harkness Fellow, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, U.S.
Health policy project on comparative effectiveness research, value-based insurance, equity
2007-2011 Research Associate, LSE Health, London School of Economics&Political Science, U.K.
Conceptual analysis, qualitative and quantitative research around health responsibility
2002-2009 Assistant Director, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, London, U.K.
Advanced project- and team management, running expert working parties, report writing,
representing the Council nationally and internationally, future work horizon scanning
2001-2002 Research Officer, Centre for Bioethics, University of Münster, Germany
Project management, conference organization, bibliographical research, editing
2001
Assistant English-German Translator (four weeks), Federal German Ministry for Health
Translation of transplant guidelines and genetic testing policies
1989-1996 Certified Cabinet-maker, Legno Mobili, Bremen, Germany
Designed and built custom-made furniture and kitchens for corporate and individual clients
Professional service
2012-pres. Consultant, World Bank, Population and Reproductive Health Unit, Washington D.C., U.S.
Invited to contribute to development of ethical framework for incentivizing family planning
2012-pres. Member, Management Committee, International Society on Priorities in Health Care
Elected to contribute to management and strategic planning
2011-pres. Spokesperson/Chair, Ethics Section, Deutsches Netzwerk Evidenzbasierte Medizin
Elected to lead ethics section of the German Network for Evidence Based Medicine; tasked
with identifying issues, preparing briefings, reports, symposia and position statements
2004-pres. Consultant, Ethics Task Force, UNESCO, Paris, France
Invited to assist developing countries with establishing national ethics committees, by
contributing to in-country training on bioethics and working methods
2003-pres. Invited reviewer
British Medical Journal; Bulletin of the WHO; Economics&Philosophy; Hastings Center
Report; Health Economics Policy & Law; J Medical Ethics; J Primary Prevention; J Royal
Society of Medicine; Milbank Quarterly; New England J Medicine, Phil, Ethics &
Humanities in Med; Public Health Ethics; Public Health, Ethik in der Medizin, Soc Sci Med.
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Membership in professional organizations
Academy Health
Deutsches Netzwerk Evidenzbasierte Medizin (German Network Evidence Based Medicine)
International Society on Priorities in Health Care
Bibliography
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36 Publications related to public health ethics and personal responsibility for health
22 Publications related to health policy and general bioethics
1 Monograph in bioethics
Publications related to public health ethics and personal responsibility for health
[*] indicates peer-reviewed (18/36)
1.
Schmidt, H. Wellness Programs Are Good, if Frequently Imperfect [letter]. Wall Street
Journal, June 27, 2013. [open access]
2.
Madison, K., Schmidt, H., & Volpp, K. G. Smoking, Obesity, Health Insurance, and Health
Incentives in the Affordable Care Act - Health Incentives and the Affordable Care
Act. JAMA*, 1-2. [open access]
3.
Schmidt, H. 2013. Should public health ethics embrace the right not to think about one's
health? In Ethics in Public Health and Health Policy. Concepts. Methods, Case Studies*
edited by D. Strech, Hirschberg, I., Marckmann, G. Dordrecht: Springer, 63-83. [link]
4.
Schmidt, H. [2013]. Obesity and blame: exploring elusive goals for personal responsibility.
Hastings Center Report, 43(3), 8-9. [link]
5.
Schmidt, H. Voigt, K., Emanuel. E. 2013. The ethics of not hiring smokers. New England
Journal of Medicine* [online first] DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1301951 [open access]
6.
Schmidt, H. 2013. Carrots, Sticks and False Carrots: How high should weight control
wellness incentives be? Findings from a population-level experiment. Frontiers in Public
Health Services and Systems Research* Vol. 2: No. 1, Article 2. [open access]
7.
Schmidt, H. 2012. Anreize für Eigenverantwortung: Begriffsbestimmung und Evidenzlage
[Incentivizing personal responsibility: conceptual clarification and evidence] Z. Evid.
Fortbild. Qual. Gesundh. wesen (ZEFQ).* 106 (3). 185-194 [link]
8.
Schmidt, H., Halpern, S.D., Ash, D.A. 2012. Fairness and wellness incentives: what is the
relevance of the process-outcome distinction? Preventive Medicine. 55, S1: 118–123*
[link]
9.
Schmidt, H. 2012. Eigenverantwortung und Darmkrebsvorsorge: warum und wie die
Chronikerrichtlinie revidiert werden sollte. [Personal responsibility and colon cancer
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prevention: Why and how the Chroncially-Ill-Directive should be revised] Gesundheitsund Sozialpolitik. 2012 (2) 45-55. [link]
10.
Schmidt, H. 2012. Wellness incentives, equity, and the five groups problem. American
Journal of Public Health,* January 2012 Vol. 102, No. 1, pp. 49-54. [link]
11.
Schmidt, H., Stock, S., Doran, T. 2012. Moving forward with wellness incentives under the
affordable care act: some lessons from Germany. Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief. [link]
12.
Buyx, A., Strech, D., Schmidt, H. 2012. Zur Ethik einer Vorsorge durch direct-to-consumer
individuelle Genanalysen und Ganzkörper-MRTs [Ethical issues raised by direct-toconsumer personal genome analysis and whole body scans], Z. Evid. Fortbild. Qual.
Gesundh. wesen (ZEFQ)* 106 (2012) 29–39. [link]
13.
Voigt, K., Schmidt, H. 2011. Gastric Banding: Ethical dilemmas in reviewing BMI
thresholds. Mayo Clinical Proceedings* 86 (10): 999-1001. [link]
14.
Schmidt, H. 2011. Public Health Ethics. In: Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, Ruth
Chadwick (ed). Oxford: Elsevier. [link]
15.
Voigt, K., Schmidt, H. 2010. Wellness programs: a threat to fairness and affordable care.
Hastings Center Health Care Cost Monitor. [open access]
16.
Schmidt, H. 2010. Incentives and equity. In: Improving health and health care: Who is
responsible? Who is accountable?, edited by B. Rosen, Israeli, A., Shortell, S.,. Jerusalem:
The Israel National Institute for Health Policy.
17.
Schmidt, H. 2010. Personal Responsibility for health: a proposal for a nuanced approach.
In: Improving health and health care: Who is responsible? Who is accountable?, edited by
Rosen, B., Israeli, A., Shortell, S.,. Jerusalem: The Israel National Institute for Health
Policy.
- Reprinted in: Rosen, B., Israeli, A., Shortell, S. (eds) Accountability and Responsibility
in Healthcare- Issues in Addressing an Emerging Global Challenge. World Scientific
[link]
18.
Schmidt, H. 2010. The role of health incentives. The Guardian, Thursday, 30 Sept. [link]
19.
Schmidt, H., K. Voigt, and D. Wikler. 2010. Carrots, sticks, and health care reform-problems with wellness incentives. New England Journal of Medicine* 362 (2):e3. [link]
20.
Stock, S., Schmidt, H., G. Buscher, A., Gerber, A., Drabik, C., Graf, M., Lungen, M.,
Stollenwerk, B. 2010. Financial incentives in the German Statutory Health Insurance: new
findings, new questions. Health Policy* 96 (1):51-6. [link]
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21.
Schmidt, H. 2010. Sickness funds, healthy people, obese people: are higher contributions
for those who 'cannot control themselves' justified? In Whose weight is it anyway: essays
on ethics and eating*, edited by I. de. Beauvoir, Vandamme, S, van der Vathorst, S. Ghent:
Acco Peer Reviewed Series, Acco. [link]
22.
Schmidt, H. 2010. Anreize fur Eigenverantwortung: Gerechtigkeitsfragen. In 15. Kongress
Armut und Gesundheit, edited by G. Berlin-Brandenburg. Berlin. [link]
23.
Schmidt, H., A. Gerber, and S. Stock. 2009. What can we learn from German health
incentive schemes? British Medical Journal* 339:b3504. [link]
24.
Schmidt, H. 2009. Just health responsibility. Journal of Medical Ethics* 35 (1):21-6. [link]
25.
Schmidt, H. 2009. Personal responsibility in the NHS Constitution and the social
determinants of health approach: competitive or complementary? Health Economics Policy
and Law* 4 (Pt 2):129-38. [link]
26.
Schmidt, H. 2009. A New Era of Responsibility: For the U.S., England's Health Service
Constitution, and the Broccoli Police. Hastings Center Bioethics Forum January. [link]
27.
Schmidt, H. 2009. Wie man Gesunde heilt. Der Freitag, 29 April, 19. [link]
28.
Krebs, J., Schmidt, H. 2009. Ethics and public health: the ethics of intervention choices. In:
Evidence-based public health, edited by A. Killoran, Kelly, M. Oxford: Oxford University
Press. [link]
29.
Baldwin, T., Brownsword, R., Schmidt, H. 2009. Stewardship, Paternalism and Public
Health: Further Thoughts. Public Health Ethics 2:113-116. [link]
30.
Schmidt, H. 2008. Childhood obesity and parental responsibilities. Hastings Center Report
38 (4):3. [link]
31.
Schmidt, H. 2008. Transport policy, food policy, obese people, and victim blaming [letter].
The Lancet 372 (9639):627. [link]
32.
Schmidt, H. 2008. Germany Institutes ‘Incentives’ for Cancer Patients. Hastings Center
Bioethics Forum January. [link]
33.
Schmidt, H. 2008. Bonuses as Incentives and Rewards for Health Responsibility: A Good
Thing?. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy* 33 (3):198-220. [link]
34.
Schmidt, H. 2007. Personal responsibility for health--developments under the German
Healthcare Reform 2007. European Jounrnal of Health Law* 14 (3):241-50. [link]
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35.
Schmidt, H. 2007. Patients' charters and health responsibilities. British Medical Journal*
335 (7631):1187-1189. [link]
36.
Schmidt, H. 2007. Health Responsibility, the Left, and the Right. Hastings Center
Bioethics Forum July. [link]
Publications related to health policy and general bioethics
[*] indicates peer-reviewed (5/22)
37.
Kreis, J., Schmidt, H. 2013. Public Engagement in Health Technology Assessment and
Coverage Decisions: A Study of Experiences in France, Germany, and the United
Kingdom. Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law.* 38(1), 89-122. [link]
38.
Schmidt, H., Callier, S. 2012. How anonymous is anonymous? - Observations on the
terminology used for biological samples and data in research. Journal of Medical Ethics.*
[online first, Feb 16, 2012 10.1136/medethics-2011-100181] [link]
39.
Callier, S., Schmidt, H. 2010. Managing Patient Expectations About Deidentification.
American Journal of Bioethics 10 (9):21-23. [link]
40.
Schmidt, H. 2010. Gesunder/gemeiner Verstand. In Enzyklopaedie der Philosophie, edited
by H.-J. Sandkühler et al. Hamburg: Meiner. [link]
41.
Schmidt, H., Mehring, S., McMillan, J. 2010. Interpreting the Declaration of Helsinki
(2008): 'must', 'should' and different kinds of obligation. Medicine and Law 24 (4):565-580.
[link]
42.
Rid, A, Schmidt, H. 2010. The 2008 Declaration of Helsinki: first among equals? Journal
of Law, Medicine and Ethics* 38 (1):143-148. [link]
43.
Rid, A, Schmidt, H. 2010. Die erneut überarbeitete 'Deklaration von Helsinki ': wie sind
die Anderungen aus ethischer Sicht zu beurteilen? Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift*
134 (49):2525-2528. [link]
- Reprinted in: Ehni, H-J, Wiesing, U. (Hrsg.): Die Revision der Deklaration von Helsinki,
Deutscher Arzteverlag: Köln 25-32. [link]
44.
Schmidt, H., Kreis, J. 2009. [Comparing Comparative Effectiveness:] Lessons from
Abroad. Hastings Center Report 39 (6):20-22. [link]
45.
Schmidt, H. 2009. Book notice: Biller-Andorno, N.; Schaber, P.; Schulz-Baldes, A. (Hg.):
Gibt es eine universale Bioethik? Medicine, Health Care & Philosophy 12 (1).
46.
Schmidt, H., Smith, P. 2009. The 2008 Declaration of Helsinki and research in developing
countries. International Clinical Trials 5:74-77. [link]
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47.
Schmidt, H. 2008. Bioethics, Human Rights and Universalisation: a Troubled
Relationship? - Observations on UNESCO's Universal Declaration on Bioethics and
Human Rights. In Legitimation ethischer Entscheidungen im Recht - Interdisziplinare
Untersuchungen, edited by S. Voneky, Hagedorn, C., Clados, M., von Achenbach, J.
Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer Verlag. [link]
48.
Schmidt, H. 2007. Whose dignity? - Resolving ambiguities in the scope of 'human dignity'
in the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. Journal of Medical Ethics*
33:578-584. [link]
49.
Schmidt, H. 2007. [Public consultation and "reasonable override,"] Commentary on the
role of public consultation in Furger's and Fukuyama's Beyond Bioethics, with reply from
Furger and Fukuyama. Hastings Center Report 37 (6):6. [link]
50.
Schmidt, H. 2007. The use of GM crops in developing countries. In Die richtigen Maße fur
die Nahrung. Biotechnologie, Landwirtschaft und Lebensmittel in ethischer Perspektive,
edited by T. Potthast, Baumgartner, Chr., Engels, E-M. Tübingen, Basel: Francke Verlag.
51.
Schmidt, H., Schulz-Baldes, A. 2007. The 2007 draft Declaration of Helsinki: Plus Ça
Change...? Hastings Center Bioethics Forum Nov. [link]
52.
Schmidt, H. 2005. Book Review: The Human Embryo Research Debates: Bioethics in the
Vortex of Controversy: R M Green, OUP. Journal of Medical Ethics 29:123-124.
53.
Schmidt, H. 2005. The use of GM crops in developing countries: an outlook. In: Syngenta
Lectures.
54.
Schmidt, H. 2003. Praimplantationsdiagnostik: Jenseits des Rubikons? Individual- und
sozialethische Aspekte der PID/PGD [Ethical Problems of Pre-implantation Genetic
Diagnosis]. Edited by Siep, L. et al. Vol. 4, Münsteraner Bioethik-Studien. Berlin, Münster,
Wien, Zürich, London: Lit Verlag. [link] [google books preview]
55.
Schmidt, H. 2000. Harmonisation of EU Member States' Legislation Concerning Embryo
Research, STOA Briefing Note 12/2000, PE 296.694 (available in 12 languages).
Luxembourg: European Parliament.
56.
Schmidt, H. 2000. Comments on Dirk Koppelberg's Cooperative Naturalism. In Naturalism
in the Cognitive Sciences and the Philosophy of Mind, edited by S. Nannini, Sandkühler,
H-J. Frankfurt am Main, New York: Lang.
57.
Schmidt, H. 2000. [Documentation of controversy around primate research at the
University of Bremen] Dokumentation über die Einrichtung der Primatenforschung an der
Universität Bremen. In Naturverständnisse, Moral und Recht in der Wissenschaft: zur
Problematik von Tierversuchen, edited by H.-J. Sandkühler. Frankfurt am Main, New
York: Lang.
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58.
Schmidt, H. 2000. [Report on a dies academicus on Animal Experimentation and Freedom
of Research] Tierversuche und Forschungsfreiheit: Bericht über das Diskussionsforum zu
Fragen der Legitimation von experimenteller Forschung an höheren Tieren am
Schwerpunkttag der Universität Bremen vom 18. 11. 1998. In Naturverständnisse, Moral
und Recht in der Wissenschaft: Zur Problematik von Tierversuchen, edited by H.-J.
Sandkühler. Frankfurt am Main, New York: Lang.
59.
Schmidt, H. 1999. Gesunder/gemeiner Verstand. In Enzyklopaedie der Philosophie, edited
by H.-J. Sandkühler, et al. Hamburg: Meiner.
Publications: Contributions to Reports by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
2010
2007
Medical profiling and online medicine: the ethics of 'personalised healthcare' in a
consumer age [link]
Public Health: Ethical Issues [link]
2005
The Ethics of Research Involving Animals [link]
2005
The Ethics of Healthcare Related Research in Developing Countries: a Follow-up
Discussion Paper [link]
2003
Pharmacogenetics: Ethical Issues [link]
2003
The Use of GM Crops in Developing Countries [link]
Policy related working documents
Working Documents for Federal Ministry for Health, Bonn, Germany
Produced as part of competitive three month internship in Division 312, Organ
Transplantation and Genetics
1. Schmidt, H. 2001. [Overview of legal regulations concerning PGD/IVF in the E.U.,
Australia, Canada, U.S.] Rechtliche Regelungen zu PGD/IVF in den Mitgliedsstaaten der
EU sowie Australien, Canada, USA, 6 pp.
2. Schmidt, H. 2001. [Overview of law and governance arrangements concerning genetic
testing in the U.K.] Rechtslage, Rechtspraxis, relevante Institutionen und deren Aufgaben
hinsichtlich der Regelung genetischer Tests in Großbritannien, 38 pp.
3. Schmidt, H. 2000. [Overview of legal regulations concerning therapeutic cloning and
embryo-research in the E.U., Australia, Canada, U.S.] Rechtliche Regelungen zu
therapeutischem Klonen und Embryonenforschung in den Mitgliedsstaaten der EU sowie
Australien, Canada, USA, 6 pp.
4. Schmidt, H. 2000. [Fact Sheet: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) –
Structure, Tasks and Functioning] Die HFEA im Ueberblick: Funktionen und Aufgaben.
3 pp.
Working Documents for Enquete-Commission Recht und Ethik in der modernen Medizin,
Deutscher Bundestag, Berlin, Germany
Produced as part of competitive six week internship
5. Schmidt, H., Beckmann, R., Wolfschmidt, M. 2000 [Legal Aspects of Preimplantation
Genetic Diagnosis] Rechtliche Aspekte der Präimplantationsdiagnostik, 5 pp.
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6.
Schmidt, H., Graumann, S.,Wolfschmidt, M. 2000. [Ethical Aspects of Preimplantation
Genetic Diagnosis] Ethische Aspekte der Präimplantationsdiagnostik 6 pp.
Working Document for STOA, European Parliament, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Produced as part of competitive six week internship in the European Parliament’s General
Secretariat’s office for Scientific and Technological Options Assessment
7. Schmidt, H. 2000. Harmonisation of EU Member States' Legislation Concerning Embryo
Research, STOA Briefing Note 12/2000, PE 296.694 (available in 12 languages).
Luxembourg: European Parliament.
Conference Presentations and invited lectures
Selection, related to personal responsibility for health only
Oct 2013
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Atlanta, GA, U.S.
July 2013
Brocher Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland.
June 2013
Academy Health, Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, ML, U.S.
Mar 2013
London School of Economics, London, U.K.
Jan 2013
RWJF Annual Public Health Law Research Meeting, New Orleans, U.S.
Dec 2012
Belgian National Ethics Council/King Baudouin Foundation, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Aug 2012
Hastings Center on Bioethics, Garrison, NY, U.S.
June 2012
Academy Health, Annual Research Meeting, Orlando, FL, U.S. [slides]
Mar 2012
Deutsches Netzwerk Evidenz basierte Medizin/German Network Evidence-based
medicine, Hamburg, Germany. [slides (members only)]
Feb 2012
GMD Wellness Rewards Congress, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.
Nov 2011
Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen (IQWiG)/Institute
for Quality and Efficiency in Healthcare, Köln, Germany. [slides and audio]
May 2011 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Policy Forum, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Apr 2011 Harvard Program of Ethics in Health Annual Conference, Boston, MA, U.S. [slides]
Apr 2011 World Bank Institute/WHO Flagship Seminar, Tallin, Estonia.
Mar 2011
Center for the Study of Incentives in Health, Queen Mary University, London, U.K.
Oct 2010
National German Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes),
Annual Meeting of US Scholars, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, U.S.
May 2010
Center for Health Incentives, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine,
Philadelphia, PA, U.S.
May 2010
Citizen's Council, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE),
London, U.K.
Jan 2010
The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, ML, U.S.
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Dec 2009
The Fourth International Jerusalem Conference on Health Policy, The Israel National
Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research, Jerusalem, Israel. [video]
Dec 2009
Kongress Armut und Gesundheit, Gesundheit Berlin Brandenburg, Berlin, Germany.
Mar 2009
Responsibility and Health Workshop, Hughes Hall Centre for Biomedical Science in
Society, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K.
Oct 2008
Eurobese Project Workshop, Ghent, Belgium.
Sept 2008
Public health interventions advisory committee, National Institute for Health and
Clinical Excellence (NICE), London, U.K.
Sept 2008
9th World Congress on Bioethics, Intl. Association of Bioethics, Rijeka, Croatia.
Apr 2008
Priority in Practice Conference, Philosophy Dept., University College London, U.K.
Teaching
BIOE 565 001 – Rationing and resource allocation. Fall 2012 and Spring 2013
Co-taught with Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, University of Pennsylvania. Lecture is open
university wide to students from undergraduate level. Introduction to priority setting in
conditions of absolute and relative scarcity. Lectures cover the historical context,
basic ethical theories of justice, Accountability for Reasonableness, and principled
accounts including ones focusing on age, need, deservingness, and personal
responsibility. Case studies in organ donation, vaccinations, health incentive and
coverage and benefit design policy in the US and international context illustrate the
relevance of ethical underpinnings at the micro, meso and macro level, and also
introduce key concepts in health technology assessment and cost-effectiveness
analysis.
Key concepts in Bioethics
As a member of UNESCO’s Bioethics Task Force I have participated in several weeklong training sessions with newly formed national ethics committees in developing
countries. These committees often comprise established scholars in bioethics as well
as novices. I have led hour-long units on basic ethical theories; justice, equality and
equity; autonomy and individual responsibility; human dignity; biodiversity; and the
ethics of externally sponsored research.
Guest lectures
I have given more than 150 talks and lectures on topics including the ethics of public
health, healthcare research, animal research, genetically modified crops as Assistant
Director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics (2002-2009) to a wide range of
audiences ranging from students to expert academics and policy makers. On my
personal research topic of personal responsibility for health I have also guest lectured
to diverse student populations at the Harvard School of Public Health, Columbia
University, and the Community College of Philadelphia.
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Conference and Research Support
Symposium: “Preventing obesity: Personal responsibility? Social responsibility?
Moving beyond polarization in policy, discourse and practice”, Brocher Foundation,
Geneva, Switzerland. Summer 2013
Harald Schmidt, PhD, Sridhar Venkatapuram, PhD, Michael Marmot, PhD. Grant for
2 day Symposium at the Brocher Foundation, covering travel and accommodation for
up to 12 speakers and conference catering for up to 45 participants. Organized in
collaboration with the WHO’s Ethics and Health team, University College London’s
Institute of Health Equity, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Health
Incentives and Behavioral Economics.
Penn CMU Roybal P30 Center on Behavioral Economics and Health, National
Institutes of Aging, P30AG034546-03 #2, 9/2011-8/2012
Jason Karlawisch, MD, PI, Co-Investigators: Scott Halpern, MD, PhD, Harald
Schmidt MA, PhD(cand), Jeff Kullgren, MD, $18,737, “Who wants to be in a
behavioral economic intervention?” Grant for testing the hypothesis that age-related
differences exist in willingness to participate in behavioral economic interventions,
using descriptive and experimental techniques.
Penn CMU Roybal P30 Center on Behavioral Economics and Health, National
Institutes of Aging, P30AG034546-03 #6, 8/2011-10/2011
Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, PI, Harald Schmidt MA, PhD(cand), Co-Investigator, $8,500
“Attitudes on wellness incentives, carrots and sticks”. Grant for fielding two
population-level surveys (probability and non-probability samples, using Knowledge
Networks and Usamp) on attitudes towards wellness incentives, including an
experiment on framing incentives as rewards or penalties.
Harkness Fellowship in Healthcare Policy and Practice 9/2009-12/2010
Research and living expenses ($106,000) to carry out interview-based project on
the strategies of public and private healthcare providers regarding the use of
comparative effectiveness research in benefit design and coverage decisions.
Media Coverage
Including: ABCnews, Associated Press, Congressional Quarterly, Dow Jones Newswires,
Financial Times, Kaiser Health News, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Newsweek,
MSNBC TV, Reuters, Reuters’ Front Row Washington blog.
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