Weiss Lab
Exploring critical issues that bridge bioethics and pediatrics
The Weiss lab’s major areas of scholarship are: 1) clinical decision-making, including models of shared decision-making, decision-making in times of uncertainty, communication, and considering the chronically critically ill; 2) recruitment for clinical research, including improving recruitment processes, learning from the experience of research staff, and improving the experience of those approached for clinical trial participation; and 3) emerging ethical issues in pediatrics related to medical innovation and technologies.
Elliott Mark Weiss, MD, MSME
Elliott M. Weiss, MD, MSME, is an associate professor in the Division of Neonatology at the University of Washington and faculty at the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He is an attending physician in the neonatal intensive care unit and on the ethics consult service. He completed fellowships in Neonatology and Advanced Biomedical Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also received a Master of Science in Medical Ethics. His two major areas of scholarship are: 1) recruitment for clinical research, including improving recruitment processes, learning from the experience of research staff; and 2) clinical decision-making, including models of shared decision-making, decision-making in times of uncertainty, communication, and considering the chronically critically ill.
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Caitie Hawley, MSPH
Scientific Project Manager I
Caitie is a project manager I with the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She has a decade of experience managing a variety of clinical research studies ranging from behavioral interventions, drug and vaccine trials, cardiovascular health, and most recently, pediatric bioethics and palliative care. Her passions include community engagement, health equity, reproductive justice, and vaccines. She has an MSPH in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and has completed a Certificate in Biomedical Regulatory Affairs from UW. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and rock climbing.