Elizabeth Lanphier , PhD,MS
Assistant Professor of Clinical-Affiliate
Childrens Hospital Bldg R
COM Pediatrics General Pediatrics - 2011
Professional Summary
Elizabeth Lanphier is a faculty member in the Ethics Center and in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the UC College of Medicine and a Research Assistant Professor in the UC Department of Philosophy. Elizabeth is also affiliated faculty in the UC Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department and Center for Public Engagement With Science as well as a non-resident Fellow at the George Mason Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy.
In addition to her published scholarship in peer reviewed journals and book volumes, Elizabeth has written for a variety of outlets including the Hastings Bioethics Forum and Ms. Magazine. Her research has also been featured in "The ethical questions raised by COVID-19 vaccines: 5 essential reads" and "50 years after Roe, many ethics questions shape the abortion debate" in The Conversation as well as "What is Trauma Informed Care?" in Health, and "We're All Second Guessing Ourselves" in The Atlantic. She was quoted in TIME Magazine for the article "How Do You Even Calculate Covid-19 Risk Anymore?" and was an expert cited in "Motivated Reasoning: Emily Oster's COVID Narratives and the Attack on Public Education" in Protean Magazine.
Elizabeth is currently a Co-Director for the Humanities & Arts Interdisciplinary Pathway and a faculty mentor for the Medical Ethics Club at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and from 2023-2026 is part of the Narrative Medicine, Compassionate Arts, and Healing Faculty Research Group at the Taft Center at the University of Cincinnati.
She is also the Vice President of the Bioethics Network of Ohio and a steering committee member and Ethics Lead for the Institute for Research in Sensing. Previously Elizabeth chaired the Committee on Accessibility and Inclusion for the North American Society for Social Philosophy and from 2021-2024 she was a co-chair of the Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Affinity Group for the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities.
Education
Master's Degree: Columbia University New York, NY, 2013 (Narrative Medicine)
Doctoral Degree: Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN, 2019 (Philosophy)
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN , 2020 (Clinical Ethics)
Research and Practice Interests
Clinical Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Feminist Ethics, Shared and Collective Responsibility, Rights Theory, Consent, Complicity, Trauma Informed Care, Humanitarianism
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Harris, Kelly W (2020. ) The Strawman at the Pox Party.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 20 (9 ) ,73-75 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Fyfe, Shannon (2020. ) The Moral Weight of Preferences: Death, Sex, and Dementia.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 20 (8 ) ,76-78 More Information
Matose, Takunda; Lanphier, Elizabeth (2020. ) Rights Don't Stand Alone: Responsibility for Rights in a Pandemic.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 20 (7 ) ,169-172 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Anani, Uchenna (2019. ) Narrative Ethics and Intersectionality.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 19 (2 ) ,29-31 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2016. ) The Internet as Spectator Disclosure: Consent, Community and Responsibility in Patricia Lockwood’s Viral Poem ‘Rape Joke’ .American Studies Journal, , 61 ,
The Internet as Spectator Disclosure
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Mckiernan, Amy (2020. ) Thinking About Thought Experiments in Ethics .Teaching Ethics, , 19 (1 ) ,17-34 More Information
Elizabeth Lanphier, Takunda Matose, Abu Ali Abdur'Rahman (2020. ) (Re)Imagining (Re)Habilitation An Argument from Death Row.Public Philosophy Journal, , 2 (2 ) ,
More InformationLanphier, Elizabeth (2020. ) “How is the Truth to be Said?” Abortion Narratives in Feminist Activism, Politics, and Philosophy .Rejoinder, , 5 ,
Abortion Narratives in Feminist Activism, Politics, and Philosophy
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2020. ) Ethical Home: Making, Remaking, and Unmaking Moral Community.Social Philosphy Today, , 36 (1 ) ,105-124 More Information
Fyfe, Shannon; Lanphier, Elizabeth (2020. ) Why Ethical Sex Demands (the Category of) Nonconsensual Sex.Southwest Philosophical Review , , 36 (1 ) ,135-143 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Anani, Uchenna E (2021. ) Trauma Informed Ethics Consultation.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 1-13 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) A Problem of Self-Ownership for Reproductive Justice.Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees, , 30 (2 ) ,312-327 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) Aporia of the Gift: Precision Medicine's Obligations Without Expectations.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 21 (4 ) ,83-85 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) Physician outreach during a pandemic: shared or collective responsibility?.Journal of medical ethics, , More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Mosley, Luke; Antommaria, Armand H Matheny (2021. ) Assessing Visitor Policy Exemption Requests During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Pediatrics, , More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) Trust, Transparency, and Trauma Informed Care.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 21 (5 ) ,38-40 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) Narrative and Medicine: Premises, Practices, Pragmatism.Perspectives in biology and medicine, , 64 (2 ) ,211-234 More Information
Anani, Uchenna; Lanphier, Elizabeth; Feltman, Dalia (2021. ) Trading Cultural Competency for Trauma Informed Care.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 21 (9 ) ,13-16 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) Breaking Down Communication: Narrative Medicine and its Discontents.Social Philosophy Today, , 37 , More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Fyfe, Shannon (2021. ) Age-not sex or gender-makes the case of Ellie Anderson Complex.Journal of medical ethics, , More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) Friends and Citizens in Plato’s Crito: A Revisionary Relational Reading.Philosophy in the Contemporary World, , 27 (1 ) ,44-67 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Fyfe, Shannon (2021. ) Pediatric Off-Label Use of Covid-19 Vaccines: Ethical and Legal Considerations.The Hastings Center report, , More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2022. ) Abortion and the Intersection of Ethics, Activism, and Politics.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 22 (8 ) ,72-74 More Information
Fyfe, Shannon; Lanphier, Elizabeth; Peterson, Andrew Neurorights for Incarcerated Persons: Should We Curb Inflation?.AJOB neuroscience, , 13 (3 ) ,165-168 More Information
Antommaria, Armand H Matheny; Lanphier, Elizabeth (2022. ) Supporting Marginalized Decision-Maker's Autonomy(ies).The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 22 (6 ) ,22-24 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Bessias, Sophia (2022. ) Stepping Up or Stepping Back: FDA Roles in Producing and Shaping Knowledge of Pediatric Covid-19 Vaccines.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 22 (10 ) ,26-28 More Information
Antommaria, Armand H Matheny; Lanphier, Elizabeth; Housholder, Anne; McGowan, Michelle (2022. ) A Mixed Methods Analysis of Requests for Religious Exemptions to a COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement.AJOB empirical bioethics, , 1-8 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Anani, Uchenna E (2022. ) Enriching the Theory and Practice of Trauma Informed Ethics Consultation.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 22 (9 ) ,W7-W9 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2022. ) Bioethics and Civic Education in a Post-Roe America.Perspectives in biology and medicine, , 65 (4 ) ,654-663 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Churchill, Larry R (2022. ) Editors' Introduction to the Special Issue on the Translational Work of Bioethics.Perspectives in biology and medicine, , 65 (4 ) ,515-520 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Lomotey-Nakon, Leah (2023. ) Birth, trust and consent: reasonable mistrust and trauma-informed remedies.Journal of medical ethics, , 49 (9 ) ,624-625 More Information
Miller, Emily; Tang Girdwood, Sonya; Shah, Anita; Anyigbo, Chidiogo; Lanphier, Elizabeth (2023. ) Professionalism or prejudice? Modelling roles, risking microaggressions.Journal of medical ethics, , More Information
Lomotey-Nakon, Leah; Lanphier, Elizabeth (2023. ) Expanding the Frame: An Afrofuturist Response to Artificial Womb Technology.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 23 (5 ) ,99-101 More Information
Boxell, Lauren; Lanphier, Elizabeth (2023. ) Measuring Moral Distress: Improving the Tools by Educating Clinicians.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 23 (4 ) ,61-63 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Anani, Uchenna E (2023. ) Whose Trauma? Who's Trauma Informed?.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 23 (1 ) ,98-100 More Information
Smith, Hunter Jackson; Earl, Jake; Lanphier, Elizabeth (2023. ) Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptives in the Context of State Abortion Bans.Journal of general internal medicine, , More Information
Palmaccio-Lawton, Samantha Joan; Markham, Kara B; Barnes-Davis, Maria; Lanphier, Elizabeth (2024. ) If You Are in the Chart, You Help Chart the Course.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 24 (2 ) ,58-61 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Anani, Uchenna E (2025. ) Defining and Refining Trauma-Informed Ethics Consultation.The Journal of clinical ethics, , 36 (1 ) ,52-57 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Hulkower, Adira (2025. ) Building Trauma-Informed Hospital Ethics Cultures.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 25 (3 ) ,90-92 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2025. ) Social media or scholarly submission? Appropriate responses and academic attention.Bioethics, , 39 (2 ) ,224-225 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Campelia, Georgina D (2024. ) Relational Space: How Setting of Care Changes the Content of Care for Young Adults.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, , 75 (5 ) ,694-695 More Information
Shanbhag, Pratima R; Zawaly, Sarah; Lanphier, Elizabeth; Shah, Anita (2024. ) A Logic Model Approach to Trauma-Informed Care.Hospital pediatrics, , 14 (10 ) ,e458-e460 More Information
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Fanning, Joseph B (2024. ) Medical Decision-Making Capacity Under Oppressive Conditions.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 24 (8 ) ,114-116 More Information
Crerand, Canice E; Suorsa-Johnson, Kristina I; Ernst, Michelle M; Fei, Y Frances; Hansen-Moore, Jennifer; Jaffal, Nadia; James, LaTeesa N; Jewell, Tess; Johnson, Jodie; Lanphier, Elizabeth; Pennesi, Christine M; Umbaugh, Hailey; McClinchie, Madeline; Saylor, Kate M; Britt, Alexandra ; Sandberg, David E (2025. ) Stigma in differences of sex development: a scoping review.Journal of pediatric psychology, , More Information
Fyfe, Shannon; Lanphier, Elizabeth (2025. ) Autonomy Under Ignorance.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB, , 25 (7 ) ,143-146 More Information
Schwartz, David; Lanphier, Elizabeth (2025. ) The new narrative medicine: ethical implications of artificial intelligence on healthcare narratives.Monash bioethics review, , More Information
Book Chapter
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2019 ) Witnessing Illness: Phenomenology of Photographic Self Portraiture Bodies and Transitions in the Health Humanities .(pp. 132-142).New York, Routledge
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2018 ) Humanitarianism: Neutrality, Impartiality and Humanity Cambridge Handbook on Just War .(pp. 273-290).New York, Cambridge University Press
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2019 ) Ageing and Aesthetic Responsibility Ageing in an Ageing Society .(pp. 99-124).Sheffield, Equinox Press
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021 ) Complexity and Contradiction: Intimacy, Testimony, and Care in Humanitarian Aid Care Work and Medical Travel .(pp. 155-176).Lexington Books
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021 ) An Institutional Ethic of Care Applying Nonideal Theory to Bioethics: Living and Dying in a Nonideal World .(pp. 169 -193).Cham, Springer
Lanphier, Elizabeth and Hannah Cory (2021 ) The weight of imaginative resistance and pedagogy for narrative transformation Weight Bias in Health Education: Critical Perspectives for Pedagogy and Practice .(pp. 100-112).New York, Routledge (Co-Author)
Lanphier, Elizabeth and M. Forrest Behne (2023 ) Prisons, Pandemics, and Personal Responsibility Ohio Under COVID .(pp. 194-216).Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press (Co-Author)
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2024 ) Rehearsing Grief: Turning to Look at Loss in Eurydice Envisioning Embodiment in the Health Humanities: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literature, Culture, and Media .(pp. 99).Palgrave Macmillan (Author)
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2024 ) Making Narrative Medicine Practices Trauma Informed Narrative Medicine: Trauma and Ethics .(pp. 65).Vernon Press (Author)
Additional Publications
Editorial
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2020. ) Bill Lee’s Pro-Life Message is Contradicted by Death Penalty Stance .
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2020. ) Prisoners, at Great Risk, Should Get Vaccine Early .
Columbus Dispatch Link to Op-Ed
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2020. ) Where No Lives Matter .
Fyfe, Shannon; Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) Is a Minor’s Decision to Take Puberty-Blockers Exceptional? .
Journal of Medical Ethics Blog Link
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) Ohio's vaccination plan used to include incarcerated people. Now it doesn't .
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) Vaccine guilt is good – as long it doesn’t stop you from getting a shot .
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) Do doctors engaging in advocacy speak for themselves or their profession? .
Journal of Medical Ethics Blog Link
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) Vaccine Guilt and Moral Emotions .
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) My Body, Whose Choice? .
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) With abortion heading back to the Supreme Court, is it time to retire the ‘my body, my choice’ slogan? .
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) Parents, Covid, and Trauma-Informed Choices .
Link to Hastings Bioethics Forum
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2021. ) Should We Enroll our Child in a Covid-19 Vaccine Trial .
Link to Hastings Bioethics Forum
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Fyfe, Shannon (2021. ) Is It Ethical to Prohibit Off-Label Use of Covid-19 Vaccines in Kids? .
Link to Hastings Bioethics Forum
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Fyfe, Shannon (2021. ) ‘Off-label’ use is common in medicine – a bioethicist and legal philosopher explain why the COVID-19 vaccines are different .
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Fyfe, Shannon (2022. ) With Pediatric Hospitalizations Rising, Reconsider Off-Label Covid Vaccination for Young Children .
Link to Hastings Bioethics Forum
Lanphier, Elizabeth (2022. ) Back to School: The Covid Vaccination Choice .
Link to Hastings Bioethics Forum
Lanphier, Elizabeth; Earl, Jake (2023. ) Abortion restrictions put hospital ethics committees in the spotlight – but what do they do? . (Co-Author)
Bessias, Sophia; Harbin, Ami; Lanphier, Elizabeth (2023. ) Covid is Surging- Most Young Children Are Still Unvaccinated . (Co-Author)
Other Information
Find me on Bluesky @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social and see my personal website for links to papers and preprints.,
Contact Information
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Ethics Center
3333 Burnet Ave MLC 15006
Cincinnati
Ohio, 45229
elizabeth.lanphier@cchmc.org