Heidi Walsh is a Senior Project Manager at the Bioethics Research Center. She manages research projects involving ethical, social, and professional issues that affect patients, researchers, and healthcare providers. Heidi also serves as the managing editor for Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics: A Journal of Qualitative Research (NIB). The journal provides a forum for exploring complex bioethical issues through the words of the people experiencing them. The NIB narratives can be used to foster empathy, as a tool for narrative education, and to raise awareness of bioethical issues.

Heidi’s interests include the promotion of evidence-informed policy and decision-making, qualitative data analysis, and improving the patient experience.

• Walsh, H. A, Parsons, M. V, Mozersky, J., Gupta, A., Lai, A. M, Friedrich, A. B, & DuBois, J.M. (2025). Responsible sharing of qualitative research data: Insights from a pioneering project in the United States. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069251329607
• Walsh, H. A. (2024). Healing the Healers: Exploring Grief in Medicine. Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, 14(2), 111-116. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1353/nib.2024.a944472
• McIntosh, T., Walsh, H. A, Baldwin, K., Iltis, A., Mohan, S., Sawinski, D., Goodman, M., & DuBois, J. M. (2024). Evaluating ApoL1 Genetic Testing Policy Options for Transplant Centers: A Delphi Consensus Panel Project with Stakeholders. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.0000000000000397
• McIntosh, T., Pendo, E., Walsh, H. A., Baldwin, K. A., King, P., Anderson, E. E., Caldicott, C. V., Carter, J. D., Johnson, S. H., Mathews, K., Norcross, W. A., Shaffer, D. C., & DuBois, J. M. (2023). What can state medical boards do to effectively address serious ethical violations? The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 51(4), 941-953. https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2024.6
• DuBois, J. M., Mozersky, J., Parsons, M., Walsh, H. A., Friedrich, A., & Pienta, A. (2023). Exchanging words: Engaging the challenges of sharing qualitative research data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(43). https://doi.org/www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2206981120
• McIntosh, T. J., Walsh, H. A., Parsons, M., Solomon, E., Mozersky, J., & DuBois, J. M. (2022). Responding to sexual abuse in healthcare: The development of a guide for patients. Journal of Patient Centered Research and Reviews, 9(2). https://doi.org/https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1881&context=jpcrr
• Solomon, E. D., Walsh, H. A., Parsons, M., McIntosh, T., Mozersky, J., & DuBois, J. M. (2021). Development of a resource guide to help patients receive appropriate care. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 32(4), 2249–2257. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2021.0197
• Pendo, E., McIntosh, T. J., Walsh, H. A., Baldwin, K., & DuBois, J. M. (2021). Protecting patients from physicians who inflict harm: New legal resources for state medical boards. Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law and Policy, 15(1). https://doi.org/https://scholarship.law.slu.edu/jhlp/vol15/iss1/4?utm_source=scholarship.law.slu.edu%2Fjhlp%2Fvol15%2Fiss1%2F4&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages