Institut Ethique, Histoire, Humanités (iEH2) CMU/1 rue Michel Servet CH-1211 Genève 4. Tél : +4179-4743146 Fax : +4122-3794619 Email : samia.hurst@unige.ch Samia Alexandra H U R S T CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFORMATION : Status : cohabitation, four step-children born 91, 93, 99, 00 Nationality : Swiss Date of Birth : December 2nd 1971 Place of Birth : Geneva, Switzerland DEGREES Geneva University Medical School, Switzerland Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland Geneva University Medical School, Switzerland Dept of Clinical Bioethics, NIH, Bethesda, USA Geneva University Medical School, Switzerland M.D. FMH Spec. Doctorate Post-doc Habilitation YEAR(s) 1990-96 1996-2001 1996-2001 2001-2003 2003-2010 FIELD Medicine Internal Medicine Medicine Bioethics Bioethics Current position: Associate Professor, Institute for Ethics, History, and Humanities Consultant ethicist, Clinical Ethics Council, Geneva University Hospitals, Past positions 2009-2013 SNF Professor, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, Geneva University Medical School 2003-2009 Swiss National Science Foundation PROSPER fellow in Bioethics: Lecturer, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, Geneva University Medical School 2003-2008 Médecin cheffe de clinique, General Internal Medicine Service, Geneva University Hospitals 2003 Visiting faculty, George Mason University, Washington DC Selected scientific and advisory activities 2014Member of the Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics 2014Member of the assessment consortium for the Swiss Medical Board 2013Ethicist for the independent expert group for the Health Agenda 2020 of the Federal Department of the Interior, Switzerland 2012-2014 Member of the extraparlementary commission on drug policies 2012-2014 Member of the World Health Organization Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage 2012 Participant in the expert hearings on the revision of the Declaration of Helsinki 2012Support for the development of clinical ethics committees: Fribourg hospitals, Geneva home care services 2011Member of the Senate of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences 2011Representative of the Swiss Academies to the ALLEA Standing Committee on Science and Ethics 2011Member of the Ethics committee of the European Network for Cancer Research in Children and Adolescents. 2010Chair of the Ethics committee for the handicap foundations of Geneva 2009-2012 Chair, subcommission on Clinical ethics support for the Central Ethics Commission of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences 2009Member of the Geneva Cantonal Commission on Animal Experimentation 2008Member of the Central Ethics Commission of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences 2008-2012 President, Swiss Society for Biomedical Ethics Page 1 20072007-2013 2007200620032004- Bioethica Forum Editor Member of the WHO Ethics Review Committee Representative of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Ethics to the Swiss Academy for Human and Social Sciences Participant in various WHO consultations on issues in biomedical ethics. Member of the Ethics Review Committee at the Geneva University Hospitals European Clinical Ethics Network, founding member Program development Harvard-Brocher-Geneva Summer Academies in Global Population Health, Organization committee 2010: « Measurements and ethical evaluation of health inequalities » 2012: « Distributing human resources for health: ethics and policy » 2014: « Ethical issues in the measurement of the Global burden of disease» Doctoral program in Bioethics, Geneva University Medical School Distinctions 2014 2009-2013 2009, 2013 2005-2009 2005 2003 2002 American Board of Internal Medicine Professionalism Article Prize SNF-Professor in Bioethics Brocher Foundation symposium Swiss National Science Foundation PROSPER fellow in Bioethics European Molecular Biology Laboratory lecture on Bioethics Oltramare Foundation fellowship funding in Bioethics Tissot Prize for doctoral work in general medicine Research Protection of vulnerable persons in research and health care Equity in clinical practice and health care systems Ethical issues in human subjects research and translational research Ethical issues at the end of life Impact 2014 2013 2011 2010 Parliamentary commission hearings on limiting confidentiality in prison Definition of vulnerability integrated into the Declaration of Helsinki Research results cited by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court decision 9C_334/2010 (Myozyme case) Geneva position on the management of hunger strike in prison led to legislative changes in several Swiss cantons. Page 2 Publications (2009-2014) 1. Peer reviewed articles Hurst SA: Eroding students' rural motivation: first do no harm? Swiss Medical Weekly. 2014. Sous Presse. (IF=1.821) Carron P-N, Dami F, Diawara F, Hurst S, Hugli O: Palliative care and prehospital emergency medicine: analysis of a case series. Medicine . 2014. Sous Presse (IF=4.2) Layat Burn C., Hurst S.A., Ummel M., Cerutti B., Baroffio A. : Telling the truth : medical students’ progress with an ethical skill. Medical Teacher. 2014. Sous Presse . (IF=1.824) Wonkam A., Hurst S.: A call for policy action in sub-saharan Africa to rethink diagnostics for pregnancy affected by sickle cell disease: differential views of medical doctors, parents and adult patients predict value conflicts in Cameroon. OMICS. 2014 ;18(7) :472-80 Tavaglione N., Martin A., Mezger N., Durieux S., François A., Jackson Y., Hurst SA: Fleshing out vulnerability. Bioethics. 2014. Sous Presse. (IF=1.333) Tilburt J., Wynia M., Sheeler R.D., Thorsteinsdottir B., James K., Egginton J.S., Liebow M., Hurst S.A., Danis M., Goold S.D.: Conflicted and Divided: US Physicians’ Views on Addressing Health Care Costs. JAMA. 2013 ;310(4) :380-8 (IF=29.978). Barras A.-C., Adler D., Iancu Ferfoglia R., Ricou B., Gasche Y., Leuchter I., Hurst S.A., Escher-Imhof M., Pollak P., Janssens J-P.: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and home ventilation: is tracheostomy still an option? Reflections of a multidisciplinary work group and review of the medical literature. Swiss Medical Weekly. 2013; 143:w13830 (IF=1.821) Martin A., Tavaglione N., Hurst SA: Resolving the conflict: clarifying ‘vulnerability’ in health care ethics. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. 2014; 24(1):51-72 (IF=1.205) Ilic N, Auchlin A, Hadengue A, Wenger A, Hurst SA: Informed consent forms in oncology research: linguistic tools identify recurrent pitfalls. American Journal of Bioethics – Primary research. 2013 ; 4(4):39-54. (IF=4.083) Hurst SA, Becerra M, Perrier A, Junod Perron N, Elger B: Including patients in resuscitation decisions in Switzerland: from doing more to doing better. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2013;39(3):158-65. (IF=1.363) Gilbert F., Vranic A., Hurst SA: Involuntary & Voluntary Invasive Brain Surgery: Ethical Issues Related to Acquired Aggressiveness. Neuroethics. 2012;6(1):115-128. (IF=0.917) Tavaglione N., Hurst SA. : Why physicians ought to lie for their patients. American Journal of Bioethics. 2012;12(3):4-12 (IF=4.083) Perret-Guillaume C., Genet C., Allali D., Herrmann F., Hurst SA., Benetos A., Vischer U.: Attitudes and approaches to decision-making about anti-hypertensive treatment in elderly patients. J. Am Med Dir Assoc. 2011, 12(2), pp121-8 (IF=4.429) Becerra M., Hurst SA., Junod Perron N., Cochet S., Elger B.: ”Do not attempt resuscitation” and ”Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation” in an inpatient setting: factors influencing physicians’ decisions in Switzerland. Gerontology. 2011;57(5):414-21 (IF=2.203) Strech D., Hurst SA., Danis M.: The role of ethics committees and ethics consultation in allocation decisions. A four-stage process. Medical Care. 2010, 48(9), 821-6. (IF=3.183) Ford N., Calmy A., Hurst SA: When to start antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: a human rights analysis. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 2010, 10(6), doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-10-6 Pedersen R., Hurst SA., Schildmann J., Schuster S., Molewijk B.: The development of a descriptive evaluation tool for clinical ethics case consultations. Clinical Ethics. 2010, 5, pp 136–141. Hurst S.: What ‘Empirical Turn in Bioethics’? Bioethics. 2010. 24(8), pp 439-44 (IF=1.642) Hurst S. : Clinical indication as ethical appraisal : the example of imaging before middle ear surgery. ORL. 2010. 72(3), pp132-43 (IF=0.840) Preynat-Seauve O., Burkhard P., Villard J., Zingg W., Ginovant N., Feki A., Dubois-Dauphin M., Hurst S., Mauron A., Jaconi M., Krause K-H. : Pluripotent stem cells as new drugs ? The example of Parkinson’s disease. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 2009, 381(2), pp 113-21 (IF=2.962) Page 3 Hurst S., Mezger N., Mauron A.: Allocating Resources in Humanitarian Medicine. Public Health Ethics. 2009, 2 (1), pp 8999.(IF=0.741) Calain P., Fiore N., Poncin M., Hurst S.: Research Ethics and International Epidemic Response : the Case of Ebola and Marburg Haemorrhagic Fevers. Public Health Ethics. 2009, 2 (1), pp7-29. (IF=0.741) Hurst S.: Just Care; should doctors give priority to patients of low socioeconomic status? Journal of Medical Ethics. 2009, 35(1), pp7-1. (IF=1.206) 2. Reviews and commentaries Hurst SA: Equivalent confusions. American Journal of Bioethics. 2014. Sous Presse. Hurst SA : Simplicity as progress : implications for fairness in research with human participants. American Journal of Bioethics. 2013. Sous Presse. (IF=4.083) Hurst SA : La qualité de la vie et la question du bien. Bioethica Forum. 2013 ;6(2) :72-74 Hurst SA : L’éthique du monde en développement ? Bioethica Forum 2013 ; 6(1) :18-20 Hurst SA: Ethique et santé publique. Les Ateliers de l’Ethique. 2012 ;7(3) :59-67 Hurst SA: What if Medical Graduates are Right? American Journal of Bioethics. 2012; 12(5):37-8(IF=4.083) Barazzetti G., Hurst S.A., Mauron A.: Clinically driven safety benchmarks. American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience. 2012;3(2):22-23 Hurst SA: Interventions and Persons. American Journal of Bioethics. 2012; 12(1):10-1 (IF=4.083) Hurst SA: A step toward pluralist fairness. American Journal of Bioethics. 2011; 11(12):46-7 (IF=4.083) Martin A, Mauron A, Hurst SA: Assisted Suicide is compatible with Medical Ethos. American Journal of Bioethics. 2011, 11(6), pp55-7 (IF=4.083) Hurst SA, Mauron A: Trustworthiness in conflicts of interests. American Journal of Bioethics. 2011, 11(1), pp 40-1 (IF=3.986) Baertschi B., Hurst SA, Mauron A. : It’s not who you are. American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience. 2010, 1(3), pp 18-9 Hurst SA.: La dissimulation dans la recherche clinique: éclairer l’ignorance? Bioethica Forum. 2009, 2(2), pp 84-6 Mauron A., Hurst SA.: From Ritalin to malignant teaching: the fuzzy borders of neuroenhancement. American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience. 2010, 1(1), pp 31-33 Hurst SA.: Cruess R. et al : Teaching Medical Professionalism. Book review. JAMA. 2009, 302(12), pp1344-5. (IF=28.899) Hurst SA., Mauron A.: Articulating the balance of interests between humans and other animals. American Journal of Bioethics. 2009, 9(5), pp17-19. (IF=4.000) Danis M., Hurst SA. : Developing the capacity of ethics consultants to promote just resource allocation. American Journal of Bioethics. 2009, 9(4), pp 37-9. (IF=4.000) 3. Monographs Danis M, Hurst SA, Fleck L, Forde R, Slowther AM: Toward Fair Rationing at the Bedside. Oxford University Press. 2014. Sous Presse. Eyal N, Hurst SA, Norheim O, Wikler D : Health Inequalities - Concept, Measures, Ethics. Oxford University Press. 2013. Page 4 4. Book contributions Hurst S.A.: The ethics of selling body parts. In Rainhorn JD and El Boudamoussi S (Edts). Globalisation and Commodification of the Human Body: a cannibal market. Editions Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris (in process). To be published by End 2014. Eyal N., Hurst SA: Do health workers have a duty to work in underserved areas? In Arras J, Fenton E, Kukla R: Routledge Companion to Bioethics. 2014. Sous Presse Hurst SA: Doctors and suicide assistance – International questions and the Swiss context. in Hurst SA, Mathwig F, Kind C: Suizidhilfe in der Schweiz – zur Kontroverse um eine angemessene ärztliche Rolle. Hurst S.: Clinical Ethics. In Callahan D., Chadwick R., Singer P.: Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. Elsevier. 2012. Mauron A, Hurst S. Experimenting Innovative Cell Therapies for Parkinson's Disease: A View from Ethics. In: Fanderau H, Fegert JM, Wiesemann K. (eds.). Implanted Minds : The Neuroethics of Intracerebral Cell transplantation and Deep Brain Stimulation. p. 107-122. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag. 2011. Hurst S.: Clinical research on conditions affecting cognition. In J. Illes and B.J. Sahakian (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Neuroethics: Oxford University Press. 2011. Hurst SA., Elger B.: Research with vulnerable persons. In Van Norman G., Jackson S., Rosenbaum S., Palmer S.: Clinical Ethics in Anesthesiology. Cambridge University Press. 2011. Mauron A., Hurst SA: Physician aid in dying and euthanasia. In Van Norman G., Jackson S., Rosenbaum S., Palmer S.: Clinical Ethics in Anesthesiology. Cambridge University Press. 2011. Escher M., Hurst SA: The ethics of research on pain and other symptoms. In Van Norman G., Jackson S., Rosenbaum S., Palmer S.: Clinical Ethics in Anesthesiology. Cambridge University Press. 2011. Eyal N., Hurst S. : Coercion in the fight against medical brain drain. In Shah R.: The International Migration of Health Workers. Palgrave MacMillan. 2010. Hurst S., Reiter-Theil S., Slowther A., Pegoraro R., Forde R., Danis M. : Should Ethics Consultants Help Clinicians Face Scarcity in their Practice ? < Sollte der Ethiker im Konsil Klinikern beim Umgang mit knappen Resourcen helfen?> in Reiter-Theil S., Ohnsorge K., Leuthold M. : Ethikkonsultation heute – ein Kompendium. Europäische und Internationale Perspektive. Lit-Verlag, Münster 2010. 5. Other pertinent publications Ottersen, T, Norheim OF, Berhane F, Chitah B, Cookson R, Daniels N, Eyal N, Flores W, Gosseries A, Hausman D, Hurst S, Kapiriri L, Ord T, Reis A, Sadana R, Saenz C, Segall S, Sen G, Edejer T, Voorhoeve A, Wikler D, Yamin A: Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Bulletin of the WHO. 2014;92:389. (IF=5.459) Hurst SA: Declaration of Helsinki and protection for vulnerable research participants. JAMA. 2014;311(12):1252 (IF=29.978). Makrythanasis P., Hamamy H, Antonarakis S, Mauron A, Hurst SA: Analysis of the Born in Bradford birth cohort. The Lancet. 2014;383(9912):123 Hurst SA: Ethics and non-biomedical research with human subjects. Swiss Medical Weekly. 2011, 141, w13285 (IF=1.823) Hurst SA: Important discussions, Bioethica Forum. 2011, 4(3), pp 79-80 Hurst SA.: A special kind of realism. Bioethica Forum. 2011, 4(2), p 43 Eyal N., Hurst SA: Scaling up changes in doctors’ education for rural retention: a comment on WHO guidelines. Bulletin of the WHO. 2011, 89, p 83. (IF=5.459) Hurst SA, Borisch B, Mauron A : Public health : how much evidence is needed to support our policies ? Journal of public health policy. 2011. 32(1), pp135-41 (IF=1.326) Page 5