Jessica Mozersky, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Bioethics Research Center, General Medical Sciences
jmozersky@wustl.edu

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

I am a faculty member and co-investigator in the Bioethics Research Center. My research explores the ethical and social implications of genetics and new biomedical technologies such as neuroimaging. I am currently Co-investigator or Site Principal Investigator for numerous NIH funded studies, and I co-direct the Responsible Conduct of Research Course for ICTS scholars

PUBLICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

  • Mozersky J. (2013) Risky Genes: Genetics, Breast Cancer and Jewish Identity, Routledge: London UK
  • Mozersky J. (2012) “Who’s to Blame? Accounts of Genetic Responsibility and Blame among Ashkenazi Jewish Women at Risk of BRCA Breast Cancer” Sociology of Health and Illness 2012, 34 (5): 776-790
  • Mozersky, J. and Mennuti, MT. (2013) “Cell free fetal DNA testing – who will drive implementation?” Genetics in Medicine 15 (6): 433-434
  • Cheon J, Mozersky J and Cook-Deegan, R. (2014) “Variants of Unknown Significance in BRCA: A Harbinger of Ethical and Policy Issues to Come?” Genome Medicine 6 (12): 121-31. PMCID: PMC4295298
  • Wagner, JK, Mozersky J and Pyeritz RE. (2014) “‘Use it or lose it’ as an alternative approach to protect genetic privacy in personalized medicine.” Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations on the Ethical and Sociocultural Implications of Personalized Medicine 32: 198-201. PMCID: PMC3970576
  • Mozersky J. (2015) “Hoping Someday Never Comes: Deferring Ethical Thinking about Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing” American Journal of Empirical Bioethics 6 (1): 31-41
  • Allyse, M, Michie, M, Mozersky, J. and Rapp, R. (2015) “Cherchez la Femme: Reproductive CRISPR and Women’s Choices” The American Journal of Bioethics 15 (12): 47-49
  • Mozersky J, Ravitsky V, Michie M, Rapp R, Chandrasekharan S and Allyse M. (2017) “Towards an Ethically Sensitive Implementation of Non-invasive Prenatal Screening in The Global Context” Hastings Center Report, 2: 41-49. PMCID: PMC5568559
  • Mozersky J and Sankar P. (2017) “Mandating Moral Reflection?” The American Journal of Bioethics 17 (1):32-34
  • Mozersky J, Stites SD, Sisti DA. (2017) “Expanding our lens: Thinking Beyond Genomics” The American Journal of Bioethics, 2017, 17 (4): 29-31.
  • Mozersky J, Sankar, P, Harkins K, Hachey S, Karlawish, J. (2018) Comprehension of an Elevated Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography Biomarker Result by Cognitively Normal Older Adults. JAMA Neurology, 2018;75(1):44-50. https://doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.2954. PMCID: PMC5833492
  • Gehlert S and Mozersky J. (2018) Seeing Beyond the Margins: Challenges to Informed Inclusion of Vulnerable Populations in Research. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 46 (1): 30-43 https://doi.org/10.1177/1073110518766006
  • Sisk BA, Friedrich AB, Mozersky J, Walsh HW, DuBois JD (2018) “Core Functions of Communication in Pediatric Medicine: and Exploratory Analysis of Parent and Patient Narratives” Journal of Cancer Education 2018 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-018-1458-x
  • Dubois J, Anderson E, Chibnall J, Diakov L, Doukas D, Holmboe E, Koenig H, Krause J, McMillan G, Mendelsohn M, Mozersky J, Norcross W, Whelan A. (2018) “Preventing Egregious Ethical Violations in Medical Practice: Evidence-Informed Recommendations from a Multidisciplinary Working Group” Journal of Medical Regulation December 2018 104 (4) p. 23 – 31. https://doi.org/10.30770/2572-1852-104.4.23
  • Dubois J, Anderson E, Mozersky, J, Walsh, H, Chibnall J. (2019) “Serious Ethical Violations in Medicine: A Statistical and Ethical Analysis of 280 Cases in the United States from 2008-2016” American Journal of Bioethics 19 (1): 16-34 https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2018.1544305
  • Mozersky, Walsh, Parsons, Baldwin, McIntosh, DuBois. “Are We Ready to Share Qualitative Research Data? Knowledge and Preparedness among Qualitative Researchers, IRB Members, and Data Repository Curators.” IASSIST (in press)
  • Mozersky, Parsons, Walsh, Baldwin, McIntosh, DuBois. “Research Participant Views Regarding Qualitative Data Sharing.” Ethics & Human Research (accepted)