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DANA SARAH HOWARD
Center for Bioethics and Department of Philosophy
Ohio State University
2018 Graves Hall, 333 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210
thedanahoward.com
APPOINTMENT
2017– Present
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
OSU Medical Center, Dept. of Biomedical Anatomy and Education, Division of Bioethics
OSU College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Philosophy
2015 – 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health
Clinical Center Department of Bioethics
2013 – 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University
Department of Philosophy
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Bioethics
Ethical Theory
Political Philosophy
AREAS OF COMPETENCE:
Feminist Philosophy,
Philosophy of Disability
Epistemology
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Philosophy, Brown University
Dissertation: On Behalf Of Another
Committee: David Estlund (Principal Advisor), Charles Larmore, Sharon Krause
M.S. Education, Pace University
B.A./M.A. Philosophy, Stanford University
Honors in the Ethics in Society Program, Minor in Middle Eastern Studies
Hawkins J, Segal A, Wendler D, Howard D. Replacing surrogate decision-making with supported decision-making in minimal risk research. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. Forthcoming.
Anderson, M, Tsosie K , Peters C , Trinidad S, McCartney M, Fernandez S, Dale K , Perez S, , Banta C, Bhattacharyya O , Billy J, Brennan R , Cu:k Ba’ak R , Dhein K, Dickinson R , Ducheneaux G , Gerth A, Hernandez K, Howard D, Parasidis E, Thomas N, Yracheta J. A Tribal Data Repository to Advance Indigenous Health and Sovereignty. Nature Genetics.
Segal A, Wendler D, Howard D. Supported Decision-Making and the Inclusion of People who Lack Decisional Capacity in Greater than Minimal Risk Research. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. Forthcoming.
Howard D, McCarthy A. The Value of Non-Domination in Supported Decision-Making for Research Participation for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. Forthcoming.
Howard D, Bornstein M, Wascher J, Norris AH, Rivlin K. Relocation Post-Dobbs Among Clinicians Providing Abortions. JAMA Network Open. 2025;8(6):e2514884. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.14884
Howard D, Turner AN, Nemeth J and Padamsee TJ (2025) Ethical burdens of COVID-19 testing: the case for a research agenda to improve effectiveness and equity in pandemic response. Frontiers in Public Health 13:1542587. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1542587
Fried M, Joshi S, Thomas N, Richards N, Svirsky L, Zettler PJ, Howard D. (2024) Treatment Agreements Do Not Change Clinicians’ Permissive Attitudes of Cannabis Use Among Patients on Long-Term Opioid Therapy. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2024 Nov 25:1-3.
Rivlin, K; Bornstein, M; Wascher, J.; Norris, A; Norris-Turner, A.; Howard, D. (2024) State Abortion Policy and Moral Distress Among Clinicians Providing Abortion After the Dobbs Decision. JAMA Network Open. 7(8):e2426248. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.26248
Svirsky, L., Howard, D., Fried, M., Richards, N., Thomas, N., Zettler, P. (2024) The Legal Landscape of Opioid Treatment Agreements. Milbank Quarterly
Howard D. (2024): The Political Value of Letting Hopes Die. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2024.2344383
Richards, N., Fried, M., Svirsky, L., Thomas, N., Zettler, P., and Howard D. (2023) Clinician Perspectives on Opioid Treatment Agreements: A Qualitative Analysis of Focus Groups. AJOB Empirical Bioethics.
Brown, J. and Howard, D., (2023). The Importance of Defining Actionability as Related to Disclosure of Secondary Findings Identified in Research. The American Journal of Bioethics, 22(10), pp.93-95.
Howard, D., Rivlin, A., Candilis, P., Dickert, N.W., Drolen, C., Krohmal, B., Pavlick, M. and Wendler, D., (2022). Surrogate Perspectives on Patient Preference Predictors: Good Idea, but I Should Decide How They Are Used. AJOB Empirical Bioethics, 13(2), pp.125-135.
Wang, W., Howard, D., Giglio, P., Thomas, D. and Javier Otero, J., (2022). Bioethical implications of current state practices of molecular diagnostics in neuropathology. Neuro-oncology, 24(6), pp.853-854.
Howard, D., (2022) Transformative Choices and the Specter of Regret. Journal of the American Philosophical Association. 8(1), 72-91. doi:10.1017/apa.2020.51
McCarthy, A. & Howard, D. (2021) Supported Decision-Making: Non-Domination Rather Than Mental Prosthesis. American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience. Oct 1:1-11.
Svirsky, L. Howard, D., and Berman, M. (2021), E-cigarettes and the Multiple Responsibilities of the FDA.The American Journal of Bioethics [Target Article]
Beck, A. S., Svirsky, L., & Howard, D. (2021). ‘First Do No Harm’: physician discretion, racial disparities and opioid treatment agreements. Journal of Medical Ethics.
Zealley, J. A., Howard, D., Thiele, C., & Balta, J. Y. (2021). “Human body donation: How informed are the donors?” Clinical Anatomy, 1–7.
Howard, D. (2020), Civil Disobedience, Not Merely Conscientious Objection, In Medicine. HEC Forum. Springer Netherlands.
Howard, D.S. (2019), The Scoundrel and the Visionary: On Reasonable Hope and the Possibility of a Just Future. Journal of Political Philosophy, 27: 294-317.
Berkman, B. E., Howard, D., & Wendler, D. (2018). Reconsidering the Need for Reconsent at 18. Pediatrics, 142(2)
Howard, D. and Aas, S., (2018) On Valuing Impairment. Philosophical Studies, Volume 175, Issue 5: 1113.
Howard, D. (2017) The Medical Surrogate as Fiduciary Agent. Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, Vol. 45, No. 3.
Byron, K. and Howard, D. (2017). ‘Hey everybody, don't get pregnant’: Zika, the WHO, and an Ethical Framework for Advising. Journal of Medical Ethics Vol. 43.
Howard, D. (2015) “Transforming Others: On the Limits of ‘You’ll Be Glad I did It’ Reasoning” Res Philosophica, Vol. 92, No. 2.
1. Howard, D. and Wendler, D. (2020) “Beyond Instrumental Value: Respecting the Will of Others and Deciding On Their Behalf” The Oxford Handbook for Philosophy and Disability. ed. David Wasserman and Adam Cureton. Oxford University Press.
2. Howard, D. (2018) “Disability, Well-Being and (In)Apt Emotions” The Ethics of Ability and Enhancement, ed. Terry Price and Jessica Flanigan, Palgrave Macmillan.
3. Howard, D. (2017) “Paternalism and Deciding For The Incompetent” The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Paternalism. ed. Kalle Grill and Jason Hanna. Taylor & Francis/Routledge.
1. Howard D. (2024) The Common Good According to Whom? Journal of Moral Philosophy.
2. Svirsky, L., Howard, D. and Berman, M.L., (2022). E-Cigarettes, the FDA, Public Health, and Harm Reduction: A Response to the Open Peer Commentaries. The American Journal of Bioethics, pp.1-4.
3. Brown, J. and Howard, D., (2022). The Importance of Defining Actionability as Related to Disclosure of Secondary Findings Identified in Research. The American Journal of Bioethics, 22(10), pp.93-95.
4. Howard D (2022) Review of Metagnosis: Revelatory Narratives of Health and Identity. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal.
5. Braverman D, Doernberg S, Runge C, Howard D, (2017). “OxRec model for assessing risk of recidivism: ethics.” Lancet Psychiatry 3(9): 808-809.
6. Howard, D. (2013) “The Public-Private Distinction," The Encyclopedia of Political Thought: Wiley-Blackwell Publications.
7. Howard, D. (2011) “Democratic Theory,” The International Encyclopedia of Political Science: Sage Publications, Washington D.C.
8. Howard, D. (2016) “Response to Hedberg: Unraveling the Asymmetry in Procreative Ethics” The Philosophy and Medicine Newsletter of the American Philosophical Association, Vol. 15, No. 2
9. Howard, D. (2010) “Paternalism as Non-Domination: A Republican Argument,” The Philosophy and Medicine Newsletter of the American Philosophical Association, Vol. 09, No. 2.