Kayte Spector-Bagdady
@kaytesb.bsky.social
Law & ethics @umichmedicine (view own)
Director @MichiganBioethics
AE @Bioethics_net
Former AD @bioethicsgov for @BarackObama
Big data/little privacy
Director @MichiganBioethics
AE @Bioethics_net
Former AD @bioethicsgov for @BarackObama
Big data/little privacy
Pinned
23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problem
If you were a 23andMe customer, your genetic and personal information could be used in civil or criminal cases, targeted advertising, medical discrimination and so much more.
theconversation.com
As someone who has been studying this for over a decade, my take on what 23andMe customers should really be worried about:
Already miss the wonderful people of #ASBH25 and the amazing city of Portland. Can’t wait to see you all again next year!! @michiganbioethics.bsky.social @amersocbiohum (which needs to ditch the 🐤 for the ☁️)
October 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Already miss the wonderful people of #ASBH25 and the amazing city of Portland. Can’t wait to see you all again next year!! @michiganbioethics.bsky.social @amersocbiohum (which needs to ditch the 🐤 for the ☁️)
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Now in @jama.com: @greerdonley.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman & I explain that these preemption cases, while specifically about mifepristone, have implications for FDA and state drug regulation, biomedical innovation, and patient access more generally.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Now in @jama.com: @greerdonley.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman & I explain that these preemption cases, while specifically about mifepristone, have implications for FDA and state drug regulation, biomedical innovation, and patient access more generally.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Now in @jama.com: @greerdonley.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman & I explain that these preemption cases, while specifically about mifepristone, have implications for FDA and state drug regulation, biomedical innovation, and patient access more generally.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Now in @jama.com: @greerdonley.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman & I explain that these preemption cases, while specifically about mifepristone, have implications for FDA and state drug regulation, biomedical innovation, and patient access more generally.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Deck chairs, Titanic, etc
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Deck chairs, Titanic, etc
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Walmart makes BILLIONS on SNAP spending while being one of the top employers of SNAP benefit participants.
So a mega corporation doesn’t pay employees enough to eat, saving BILLIONS only to go on to make BILLIONS when those employees spend tax payer funded SNAP benefits at Walmart.
Cool cool.
So a mega corporation doesn’t pay employees enough to eat, saving BILLIONS only to go on to make BILLIONS when those employees spend tax payer funded SNAP benefits at Walmart.
Cool cool.
"Walmart accounts for roughly a quarter (24%) of SNAP shoppers’ total spending...this would imply a loss of about $2 billion for Walmart if the benefits are withheld for the entire month of November." www.newsweek.com/walmart-set-...
Walmart set to lose billions from SNAP benefits stopping in November
The government has confirmed that the food assistance payments will stop on November 1 as a result of the ongoing shutdown.
www.newsweek.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Walmart makes BILLIONS on SNAP spending while being one of the top employers of SNAP benefit participants.
So a mega corporation doesn’t pay employees enough to eat, saving BILLIONS only to go on to make BILLIONS when those employees spend tax payer funded SNAP benefits at Walmart.
Cool cool.
So a mega corporation doesn’t pay employees enough to eat, saving BILLIONS only to go on to make BILLIONS when those employees spend tax payer funded SNAP benefits at Walmart.
Cool cool.
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Curious what the 4th Circuit's opinion in GenBioPro v. Raynes means for state mifepristone regulation? Check out my new piece with @pzettler.bsky.social & Lewis Grossman in JAMA. We argue that preemption arguments are not dead, even though the court upheld WVA's abortion ban. 1/2
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Curious what the 4th Circuit's opinion in GenBioPro v. Raynes means for state mifepristone regulation? Check out my new piece with @pzettler.bsky.social & Lewis Grossman in JAMA. We argue that preemption arguments are not dead, even though the court upheld WVA's abortion ban. 1/2
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👋 Join fellow ASBH attendees for Dr. Samantha Chao's talk on "Implementation and Impact of Proactive Ethics Rounds in an Emergency Department-Based ICU environment" today at 2:00 pm PT in room C120-122. #ASBH2025 #ICUEthics #ProactiveEthics 〽️ 💙 💛
October 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
👋 Join fellow ASBH attendees for Dr. Samantha Chao's talk on "Implementation and Impact of Proactive Ethics Rounds in an Emergency Department-Based ICU environment" today at 2:00 pm PT in room C120-122. #ASBH2025 #ICUEthics #ProactiveEthics 〽️ 💙 💛
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1/ Thrilled to announce that @pennmehp.bsky.social is recruiting for our NHGRI-funded postdoctoral fellowship in the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genomics. Please share widely.
Details at medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/elsipostdoc
Details at medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/elsipostdoc
Penn Medical Ethics and Health Policy | ELSI Genomics Postdoctoral Training Program
About the Fellowship
The mission of the 3-year Penn Postdoctoral Training Program in the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genetics and Genomics, supported by a training grant from...
medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu
October 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
1/ Thrilled to announce that @pennmehp.bsky.social is recruiting for our NHGRI-funded postdoctoral fellowship in the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genomics. Please share widely.
Details at medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/elsipostdoc
Details at medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/elsipostdoc
Wait…what?
RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
October 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Wait…what?
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Our article, "Addressing US Demand for Psychedelic Medicines in the Face of Scientific Uncertainty," is out now in @jlme-journal.bsky.social.
The thesis is simple: when psychedelics are being pursued for medical use, they should be regulated like other medicines.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The thesis is simple: when psychedelics are being pursued for medical use, they should be regulated like other medicines.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Our article, "Addressing US Demand for Psychedelic Medicines in the Face of Scientific Uncertainty," is out now in @jlme-journal.bsky.social.
The thesis is simple: when psychedelics are being pursued for medical use, they should be regulated like other medicines.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The thesis is simple: when psychedelics are being pursued for medical use, they should be regulated like other medicines.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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One more plug for this webinar tomorrow afternoon. Not too late to register!
An opportune time to promote this virtual event coming up in a few weeks, hosted by the folks at @busph.bsky.social. (Too bad there’s not much to discuss!) Details and registration: publichealthconversation.org/conversation...
October 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
One more plug for this webinar tomorrow afternoon. Not too late to register!
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I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
Full page NYT
Go blue 💛💙
Go blue 💛💙
October 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Full page NYT
Go blue 💛💙
Go blue 💛💙
AI makes falsified academic images undetectable: www.chemistryworld.com/news/fake-mi...
This is why I argued here that GenAI is going to both make unintentional fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism more common but also research misconduct more intractable: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
This is why I argued here that GenAI is going to both make unintentional fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism more common but also research misconduct more intractable: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Fake microscopy images generated by AI are indistinguishable from the real thing
Materials scientists warn that raw data and replication studies are needed to tackle the looming threat of near-undetectable AI fraud
www.chemistryworld.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
AI makes falsified academic images undetectable: www.chemistryworld.com/news/fake-mi...
This is why I argued here that GenAI is going to both make unintentional fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism more common but also research misconduct more intractable: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
This is why I argued here that GenAI is going to both make unintentional fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism more common but also research misconduct more intractable: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Ahem.
Louder for the lawmakers in the back.
Louder for the lawmakers in the back.
🚨 60% voters say they would replace a lawmaker who backs cuts to medical researchfunding.
Medical research is a top issue, and Americans want more investment, not less.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3Kfkq8c
#Fight4Hematology #HemeSky
Medical research is a top issue, and Americans want more investment, not less.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3Kfkq8c
#Fight4Hematology #HemeSky
September 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Ahem.
Louder for the lawmakers in the back.
Louder for the lawmakers in the back.
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“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.”
What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.”
What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Deaths Rose in Emergency Rooms After Hospitals Were Acquired by Private Equity Firms | Harvard Medical School hms.harvard.edu/news/deaths-...
Deaths Rose in Emergency Rooms After Hospitals Were Acquired by Private Equity Firms
Staffing, salary cuts offer likely explanation for increase compared to non-private-equity hospitals
hms.harvard.edu
September 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Deaths Rose in Emergency Rooms After Hospitals Were Acquired by Private Equity Firms | Harvard Medical School hms.harvard.edu/news/deaths-...
You know it's bad when you can't get John Yoo (of 9/11 torture memo infamy) on your side
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | What’s wrong with a military campaign against the drug trade
Trump’s boat strikes against the cartels risk crossing the line between law enforcement and war.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
You know it's bad when you can't get John Yoo (of 9/11 torture memo infamy) on your side
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Between the “No More Tears” expose and now this, Johnson & Johnson has had a YEAR. T&Ps for their attorneys.
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Between the “No More Tears” expose and now this, Johnson & Johnson has had a YEAR. T&Ps for their attorneys.
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I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
September 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
It’s just so much cooler to buy used books
September 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It’s just so much cooler to buy used books
So fun to catch up with #NicoleHuberfeld of @bulaw.bsky.social @busph.bsky.social who came to @umichlaw.bsky.social to teach and lunch with old (as in for a long time...not the age kind) friends 🙂w/ @nbagley.bsky.social @nicholson.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So fun to catch up with #NicoleHuberfeld of @bulaw.bsky.social @busph.bsky.social who came to @umichlaw.bsky.social to teach and lunch with old (as in for a long time...not the age kind) friends 🙂w/ @nbagley.bsky.social @nicholson.bsky.social
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.