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Health data privacy, security and access management



Rahimzadeh V, Walsh B, Rehm HL, Cho M, McGuire AL. Characterizing core outcomes of responsible stewardship for human genomic data in the cloud. BMC Med Genomics. 2026. PMID: 42092915.

Rahimzadeh V, Nelson SC, Thorogood A, Lawson J, Fullerton SM. Ethical governance for genomic data science in the cloud. Nat Rev Genet. 2025;26(2):75-77. PMID: 39424902.

Rahimzadeh V, Peng G, Cho MK. A mixed-methods protocol to develop and validate a stewardship maturity matrix for human genomic data in the cloud. Front Genet. 2022; 13:876869.  PMID: 36313457.

Robinson JO, Daoud A, Geary J, Rahimzadeh V, Bollinger J, Guerrini CJ, Cook-Deegan R, mcguire AL, Majumder MA. Policy options to facilitate cancer genomic variant data sharing: outcomes of a modified policy Delphi. Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 2023;10(2):lsad022. PMID: 37456713.

Rahimzadeh, V., Jones, K.M., Majumder, M.A., Kahana, M.J., Rutishauser, U., Williams, Z.M., Cash, S.S., Paulk, A.C., Zheng, J., Beauchamp, M.S., et al. Benefits of sharing neurophysiology data from the BRAIN Initiative Research Opportunities in Humans Consortium. Neuron, 2023; S0896627323007171. PMID: 37769066.

Bernier A,  Bernier A, Knoppers BM, Lawson J, McDougall R, Raven-Adams M, Rahimzadeh V. Toward Ethical Provenance Tracking: The GA4GH Model Data Access Agreement (DAA). Genet Med. 2025 Oct 1:101594. PMID: 41046474


Artificial Intelligence & Ethics


Subrahmanyam, V., Bailar, M., Ostherr, K., Kostick-Quenet, K. M., McGuire, A. L., Alexander Neitzke-Spruill, L., & Rahimzadeh, V. Meaningful Participation in AI-Mediated Clinical Trial Recruitment. The American Journal of Bioethics. 2026;26(8), 56–59.

Rahimzadeh V, Serpico K, Gelinas L. Institutional review boards need new skills to review data sharing and management plans. Nat Med. 2023; 29(6):1307-1309. PMID: 37055570.

Ulizio CW, Dua D, Mukul NM, Areti S, Kostick-Quenet K, Rahimzadeh VN. Exploring the Ethical and Practical Considerations of Artificial Intelligence in Real-World Health Care Settings: Stakeholder Focus Group Study. JMIR AI. 2026 Apr 2;5:e85163. PMID: 41927044.

Rahimzadeh V, Kostick-Quenet K, Blumenthal Barby J, mcguire A.L. Ethics Education for Healthcare Professionals in the Era of chatgpt and Other Large Language Models: Do We Still Need It?  The American Journal of Bioethics. 2023. PMID: 37487184.

Spector-Bagdady K, Rahimzadeh V, Jaffe K, Moreno J. Promoting Ethical Deployment of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Healthcare. The American Journal of Bioethics. 2022;22(5):4-7. PMID: 35499568.


Space ethics

Rahimzadeh V, Donoviel D, McGuire AL. Closing the human research protections gap in U.S. commercial space policy. Nature Astronomy. 2026, 10:771-773.

Rahimzadeh, V., Fogarty, J., Caulfield, T., Auñón-Chancellor, S., Borry, P., Candia, J., ... & Mcguire, A. L. Ethically cleared to launch? Science. 2023;381(6665), 1408-1411. PMID: 37769066.

Resnik, D., Rahimzadeh V, Shelhamer, M., Wolpe, PR. Informed consent for research participation during space exploration: ethical issues. Bioethics. 2026;1-9.

Rahimzadeh V, Sahin O, Kostick K, Walsh, B, Cole V, Horner C, McGuire A.L. Human Embryo Research Beyond Earth: Legal and Ethical Considerations. Embryo Law and Ethics. Forthcoming.

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