Ryan Spellecy, PhD

Ursula von der Ruhr Chair in Bioethics; Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Locations

Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities

Contact Information

Biography

Dr. Spellecy received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Utah and is associate professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities in the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, in the Institute for Health & Equity. Dr. Spellecy has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles in the area of research ethics, informed consent, ethical issues in psychiatry, and community involvement in research. He has advised the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute regarding engaging patients in the peer review process, the Association of American Medical Colleges on IRBs and community based research, and testified before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics regarding the use of clinical data for research. Ryan served on the Association of American Medical Colleges working group on IRBs and community based research. He currently chairs an Institutional Review Board at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Spellecy is the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network co-PI for an NIH funded national study evaluating a novel, easier to read informed consent form for BMT trials.

                
                    Research Experience
                
                    Advance Directive Adherence
Advance Directives
Advisory Committees
Beneficence
Bioethical Issues
Bioethics
Commitment of Mentally Ill
Consent Forms
Education, Distance
Education, Graduate
Educational Technology
Ethical Review

                    Leadership Positions
                
                    Chair, Frodert Memorial Lutheran Hospital/Medical College of Wisconsin IRB #2

                    MCW Program / Core Facilities
                
                    CTSI

                    Community Partnerships
                
                    United Community Center
Walnut Way

The Real-Time IRB: A Collaborative Innovation to Decrease IRB Review Time.

(Spellecy R, Eve AM, Connors ER, Shaker R, Clark DC.) J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2018 10;13(4):432-437 PMID: 29902956 PMCID: PMC6146014 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85048789156 06/16/2018
Easy-to-Read Informed Consent Form for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Clinical Trials: Results from the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network 1205 Study.

(Spellecy R, Tarima S, Denzen E, Moore H, Abhyankar S, Dawson P, Foley A, Gersten I, Horwitz M, Idossa L, Joffe S, Kamani N, King R, Lazaryan A, Morris L, Horowitz MM, Majhail NS.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 10;24(10):2145-2151 PMID: 29679770 PMCID: PMC6193865 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85047348782 04/22/2018
Engender trust and edify.

(D'Souza A, Spellecy R, Derse A.) Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 01;53(1):104 PMID: 29035397 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85057522137 10/17/2017
Ethical and Regulatory Considerations Regarding Enrollment of Incompetent Adults in More Than Minimal Risk Research as Compared With Children.

(Derse AR, Spellecy R.) Am J Bioeth. 2015;15(10):68-9 PMID: 26479114 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84945139744 10/21/2015
Facilitating Autonomy With Broad Consent.

(Spellecy R.) Am J Bioeth. 2015;15(9):43-4 PMID: 26305751 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84940102216 08/26/2015
Is 'informed consent' an 'understood consent' in hematopoietic cell transplantation?

(D'Souza A, Pasquini M, Spellecy R.) Bone Marrow Transplant. 2015 Jan;50(1):10-4 PMID: 25243618 PMCID: PMC4320584 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84920682651 09/23/2014
The limits of traditional approaches to informed consent for genomic medicine.

(May T, Zusevics KL, Derse A, Strong KA, Jeruzal J, La Pean Kirschner A, Farrell MH, Spellecy R.) HEC Forum. 2014 Sep;26(3):185-202 PMID: 25117558 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84907301107 08/15/2014
Piloting a nationally disseminated, interactive human subjects protection program for community partners: unexpected lessons learned from the field.

(Solomon S, Bullock S, Calhoun K, Crosby L, Eakin B, Franco Z, Hardwick E, Holland S, Leinberger-Jabari A, Newton G, Odell J, Paberzs A, Spellecy R.) Clin Transl Sci. 2014 Apr;7(2):172-6 PMID: 24720349 PMCID: PMC4782626 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84899653521 04/12/2014
In the absence of evidentiary harm, existing societal norms regarding parental authority should prevail.

(Strong KA, Derse AR, Dimmock DP, Zusevics KL, Jeruzal J, Worthey E, Bick D, Scharer G, La Pean Kirschner A, Spellecy R, Farrell MH, Geurts J, Veith R, May T.) Am J Bioeth. 2014;14(3):24-6 PMID: 24592835 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84897678644 03/07/2014
Risk, respect for persons, and informed consent in comparative effectiveness research.

(Spellecy R, Leuthner S, Farrell M.) Am J Bioeth. 2013;13(12):46-8 PMID: 24256539 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84889652053 11/22/2013
More than cheating: deception, IRB shopping, and the normative legitimacy of IRBs.

(Spellecy R, May T.) J Law Med Ethics. 2012;40(4):990-6 PMID: 23289700 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84872161649 01/08/2013
The importance of risk tolerance in maternal autonomy.

(Kapfhamer JD, Menon S, Spellecy R.) Am J Bioeth. 2012;12(7):53-4 PMID: 22694037 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84862305037 06/15/2012

Ryan Spellecy, PhD