Sarah-Vaughan Brakman

Education:

• B.A.cum laude Mount Holyoke College
• M.A. Rice University
• Ph.D. Rice University

Publications:

Selected Publications:

• Guiding Principles of Community Engagement and Global Health Research: Solidarity and Subsidiarity, The American Journal of Bioethics, 20:5, 2020: 62-64.
• The Principle of Subsidiarity and The Hague Convention on International Adoption: A Philosophical Analysis, Ethics and International Affairs, Volume 33, Issue 2, Summer 2019, pp. 207-230.
• Embryo Adoption before and after Dignitas Personae: Defending an Argument of Limited Permissibility. with D. Weaver, In Contemporary Controversies in Catholic Bioethics Ed. Jason Eberl. Springer Publishers, 2017: 147-167.
• Who is a Parent? The Philosophical Groundings of Parenthood, The Family: A Journal of Public Policy, 28 (3), Summer 2014, 349-367.
• The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition. Ed with D. Weaver, Springer Publishers, 2007.
• Real Mothers, in The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and the Catholic Tradition. Eds. SV Brakman and D Weaver. Springer Publishers, 2007: 119-138.
• Adoption, ART, and a Re-conception of the Maternal Body: Toward Embodied Maternity. with S. Scholz, Hypatia vol. 21, no. 1, 2006: 54-73.

Areas of Interest:

• Ethics of Adoption, Reprogenetics, Empirical Bioethics, Research Ethics, Physician-Patient Relationship, Literature & Medicine

Certifications:

• HealthCare Ethics-Certification (Id: 00002517)

Honors and Awards:

• Outstanding Faculty Mentor Teaching Award,2016

Professional Experience:

• Ethics Consultant & Chair, National Ethics Committee, Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, 2000 to present.
• Voting Member, Institutional Review Board (IRB), Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, 2011 to present.
• Reviewer, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of Population Affairs, 93.007, Review Panel, July-August, 2013.

In the News Media:

• Social Distancing Is Not a Personal Choice. It Is an Ethical Duty. Vox April 9, 2020.
• Redefining Medical School Candidacy: The Rise of Bioethics in Admissions Testing. ReachMD April 30, 2015