Ryan Spellecy, PhD

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

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Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities

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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.

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.
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 Oct;24(10):2145-2151.
Engender trust and edify.

(D'Souza A, Spellecy R, Derse A.) Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 01;53(1):104.
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.
Facilitating Autonomy With Broad Consent.

(Spellecy R.) Am J Bioeth. 2015;15(9):43-4.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The importance of risk tolerance in maternal autonomy.

(Kapfhamer JD, Menon S, Spellecy R.) Am J Bioeth. 2012;12(7):53-4.

Ryan Spellecy, PhD