Through the Donaghue grant, Yale solicits research proposals for studies that show promise for producing useful new knowledge in biomedical or behavioral research ethics. For information on how to apply, please visit our Grants and Opportunities page.
Donaghue research grants awarded in 2005:
1) "A Bioethical Analysis of 'fMRI Investigation of PTSD-Related Cognitive Deficits and DNA Tissue Banking"
Deane Aikins, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
David Koepsell, PhD/JD
Visiting Scholar, Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics and Donaghue Initiative in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Ethics
2) "A National Survey and Ethical Analysis of Informed Consent Practices in Academic Emergency Departments
Linda Degutis, DrPH, MSN
Associate Professor, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Edward Monico, MD, JD
Assistant Professor, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
3) "What Did the Research Do to Us? An Ethical Exploration of an Obervational Study's Impact on Partipants and Community Members in a Tanzanian Plantation"
Alison Norris, PhD
MD Candidate in Yale School of Medicine
4) "A Comparative Ethical Assessment of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights: Conceptual Challenges in the Formulation of International Covenants Governing Biomedical and Behavioral Research"
Brian Sorrells, PhD Candidate
Department of Religious, Yale University
Donaghue research grants awarded in 2004:
1) "A Research Agenda in Hospice Palliative Care: Problems, Barriers, and Priorities"
David Tolley, MAR
Post-Bachelor's candidate, Yale University
2) "An Ethical Analysis of Role Priorities and Role Conflicts in New Research Designed to Treat Intractable Epilepsy"
Robert Duckrow, MD
Professor or Neurology, Yale School of Medicine
Chalmers Clark, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University
Donaghue Initiative Visiting Scholar 2003-04
3) "Travelers' Vaccines: Case Studies for a Problem of Distributive Justice in Transnational Research"
Jason Andrews, BA
Student, School of Medicine
Donaghue research grants awarded in 2003:
1) “A Cross-Cultural Study of Research Ethics with Active Users of Illicit Drugs”
Kaveh Khoshnood, MPH, PhD
Asst. Professor, Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Kevin Irwin, MA
Research Associate, Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health
PhD candidate in Sociology, Yale University
2) “Under the Knife: Surgery and Human Experimentation in America During the First World War”
Beth Linker, MA, MPhil
PhD candidate in History of Medicine and Science, Yale University
3) “Community Benefit and Clinical Trials Conducted in Developing Countries: A Preliminary Study”
Carrie Thiessen, MSt
MD/PhD candidate, Yale School of Medicine
PhD candidate in Health Policy (Ethics), Harvard University