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Lauren Brinkley Rubinstein, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Social Medicine and a member of the UNC Center for Health Equity Research, is a co-author of a Viewpoint article published online by JAMA on August 17, 2020.


Lauren Brinkley Rubinstein, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Social Medicine and a core faculty member of the UNC Center for Health Equity Research, is a co-author of a Viewpoint article published online by JAMA on August 17, 2020.

The article, titled “Ethical Considerations for COVID-19 Vaccine Trials in Correctional Facilities,” argues that “the US research community should revisit whether COVID-19 vaccine trials should include incarcerated individuals and correctional facility staff. Correctional settings present the opportunity to determine vaccine efficacy when trials are ethically conducted and perhaps to the benefit of the health of people who live and work there. Not revisiting the inclusion of these groups in COVID-19 clinical trials presents another set of ethical challenges.”

Read the full article here.