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Leah Pierson
@leah_pierson
MD-PhD student @HarvardChanSPH and @HarvardMed | Fellow @HarvardEthics | Former fellow @NIHBioethics
May 9, 2024 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Our article, Bioethicists Today: Results of the Views in Bioethics Survey (VIBeS), is now out in AJOB!

We surveyed 824 US bioethicists on:

(1) Major issues in bioethics, like medical aid in dying, paying organ donors, abortion, and many others

(2) Their backgrounds

🧵 Image We aimed to contact everyone who presented at @AmerSocBioHum in 2021 or 2022 and/or is affiliated with a US bioethics training program.

Of the 1,713 people we contacted, 824 (48%) completed our survey.

Some highlights:
Jul 27, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I used to feel guilty for having watched 300 episodes of Love Island during my MD-PhD, but then I realized some of the lessons the show offers about love also apply to research*

*these lessons could not have been learned more efficiently/in any other way 1. If you don’t get good vibes about a person/project early on, don’t invest a ton of time/energy into making it work.

2. Relatedly, don’t get too hung up on sunk costs. Being brave enough to start over can save you heartbreak in the long run.