Laura M. Beskow

M.P.H, Ph.D.
Ann Geddes Stahlman Chair in Medical Ethics, Professor of Health Policy

Institution(s):

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Methods

Qualitative Methods
Mixed Methods
Consensus Methods

Disciplines

Research Ethics
Policy
Bioethics

Areas of Expertise

Human Research Protections
Informed Consent
Research Recruitment
Biobanking
Pragmatic Trials

Publications

Ethical and practical guidelines for reporting genetic research results to study participants: Updated guidelines from a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute working group
The integration of genomics into public health research, policy and practice in the United States
Informed consent for population-based research involving genetics
Ethical issues in identifying and recruiting participants for familial genetic research
Changing perspectives on the benefits of newborn screening
Informed consent for biorepositories: Assessing prospective participants’ understanding and opinions
Prospective biorepository participants’ perspectives on access to research results
Ethical challenges in genotype-driven research recruitment
Offering individual genetic research results: Context matters
Informed consent in genomics and genetic research
Developing a simplified consent form for biobanking
Ethical and practical guidelines for reporting genetic research results to study participants: Updated guidelines from an NHLBI working group
Parent perspectives on pediatric genetic research and implications for genotype-driven research recruitment
Epilepsy patient-participants and genetic research results as "answers"
Research participants’ perspectives on genotypedriven research recruitment
Offering aggregate results to participants in genomic research: Opportunities and challenges
Managing incidental findings and research results in genomic research involving biobanks and archived data sets
IRB chairs’ perspectives on genotype-driven research recruitment
Recommendations for ethical approaches to genotype-driven research recruitment
Am I a control?: Genotype-driven research recruitment and self-understandings of study participants
Institutional review boards’ use and understanding of certificates of confidentiality
Pharmacogenetic testing in the face of unclear clinical efficacy: Lessons from cytochrome P450 2D6 for Tamoxifen
Proposed regulations for research with biospecimens: Responses from stakeholders at CTSA Consortium Institution
Informed consent for biobanking: consensus-based guidelines for adequate comprehension
Returning a research participant’s genomic results to relatives: Analysis and recommendations
Return of genetic research results to participants and families: IRB perspectives and roles
Canadian research ethics board leadership attitudes to the return of genetic research results to individuals and their families
Lessons from HeLa cells: The ethics and policy of biospecimens
Improving biobank consent comprehension: A national randomized survey to assess the effect of a simplified form and review/retest intervention
Informed consent in translational genomics: Insufficient without trustworthy governance
Thought leader perspectives on participant protections in precision medicine research
Exploring understanding of "understanding": The paradigm case of biobank consent comprehension
Genomic databases, subpoenas, and certificates of confidentiality
Improving translation and cultural appropriateness of Spanish‐language consent materials for biobanks
Legal and ethical challenges of international direct-to-participant genomic research: Conclusions and recommendations
Protecting participants in genomic research: Understanding the ‘Web of Protections’ afforded by federal and state law
Ethical, legal, and social issues in the design and conduct of human genome epidemiologic studies
Informed consent
Thought-leader perspectives on risks in precision medicine research
Perspectives on choice of law challenges in multistate precision medicine research
Addressing choice of law challenges in multi-state precision medicine research: experts' assessment of key factors
“Choice of law” in precision medicine research
Data stewardship in FTLD research: Investigator and research participant views
Offering aggregate results to participants in genomic research: Benefits and challenges
Ethical, legal, and social implications of biobanks for genetics research
Informed consent in genomics and genetic research

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